July 17, 2010
July 4, 2010
Chalk the Walk and First Friday Poetry Spectacular photos
I've got some photos from First Friday and Chalk the Walk posted on Facebook. They should be viewable to the public. Others are posting more and better photos as I type this, so feel free to search and network. :-)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2070092&id=1201537293
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2070092&id=1201537293
June 19, 2010
TONIGHT! Cat Listening and Alana Belle feature for Poet's Haven at W.9th Phoenix!
TONIGHT!!!
A word of warning to everyone: THIS SHOW WILL START ON TIME! That's "REAL TIME," not the "poetry standard time" so many of us have become used to. Unfortunately, the venue's hours are shorter than they were last time we did a show there, so time is precious. You can sign-up for the open-mic at 6:30, and the features WILL start AT 7:00. Trust me, you do NOT want to miss these features!
A word of warning to everyone: THIS SHOW WILL START ON TIME! That's "REAL TIME," not the "poetry standard time" so many of us have become used to. Unfortunately, the venue's hours are shorter than they were last time we did a show there, so time is precious. You can sign-up for the open-mic at 6:30, and the features WILL start AT 7:00. Trust me, you do NOT want to miss these features!
June 9, 2010
STREET TEAM NEEDED for July 2 (Literally!)
Attention all Canton First Friday Poetry people! We need to assemble a street team for July's event. Literally. See, July's First Friday theme is "Chalk the Walk," and I've gotten the okay to have a team of poets write haiku and short poems on the walkways of downtown Canton.
Some rules will apply. Everything's got to be all-ages appropriate, and certain areas will be off-limits. (They'll be marked off with tape, areas for artists to do their sidewalk art.) Original material will be welcome as well as pieces from poets of all eras.
Let me know if you want to join the team!
Final plans will be announced once I know how many people are on board. I would like everyone meet beforehand with lists of poems and haiku that they plan to use, so we can make sure nobody duplicates any of the pieces. We can also coordinate things on the map, assign certain areas to each poet so that we can be sure to cover the entire arts district. Chalk will be provided.
This is in part inspired by my friend Christina Brooks, who recently began chalking poetry on the sidewalk in front of her home near Detroit. :-)
Anyone that wants to join in is welcome to do so, just contact me so we can coordinate everything. Also, if you are unable to take part in the actual chalking, we could still use help gathering up short poems for this project.
Thanks!
--VX
Some rules will apply. Everything's got to be all-ages appropriate, and certain areas will be off-limits. (They'll be marked off with tape, areas for artists to do their sidewalk art.) Original material will be welcome as well as pieces from poets of all eras.
Let me know if you want to join the team!
Final plans will be announced once I know how many people are on board. I would like everyone meet beforehand with lists of poems and haiku that they plan to use, so we can make sure nobody duplicates any of the pieces. We can also coordinate things on the map, assign certain areas to each poet so that we can be sure to cover the entire arts district. Chalk will be provided.
This is in part inspired by my friend Christina Brooks, who recently began chalking poetry on the sidewalk in front of her home near Detroit. :-)
Anyone that wants to join in is welcome to do so, just contact me so we can coordinate everything. Also, if you are unable to take part in the actual chalking, we could still use help gathering up short poems for this project.
Thanks!
--VX
May 9, 2010
Canton's First Friday Poetry Spectacular - May 7, 2010
Friday night's Canton First Friday show went well. A HUGE thanks to Todd and Brennis from the Second April Gallerie for not chasing us out when we ran WAY past the time the show is supposed to be wrapped up. Vince Robinson delivered an awesome set to start the night. (I'll have to get Vince booked for a Saturday Night show next year so we can get him in the podcast!)
Something new we'll be doing: Since I started emceeing this show, folks have been asking if there is some way we can get a little more exposure for the slam winners. So, starting this month, we'll have a camera rolling during the slam and video of the winners will be posted on YouTube.
This month, Kedric Wolfe placed third and first place resulted in a tie between Blu and February Luv. To try to break the tie, we had a POETRY DEATH MATCH. (Yes, that has to be all caps, it is a rule.) Unfortunately, the POETRY DEATH MATCH also resulted in a tie. Since we didn't have time to go another round, it was decided that first and second place would be left tied, and the prize money for both was split down the middle.
Did I mention that Arts in Stark provides the prize money? And that BR Square sponsored the featured poet?
Anyway, here's the video of the winners. Due to YouTube's 10 minute time limit, the POETRY DEATH MATCH was uploaded separately, and can be viewed directly below this video.
Something new we'll be doing: Since I started emceeing this show, folks have been asking if there is some way we can get a little more exposure for the slam winners. So, starting this month, we'll have a camera rolling during the slam and video of the winners will be posted on YouTube.
This month, Kedric Wolfe placed third and first place resulted in a tie between Blu and February Luv. To try to break the tie, we had a POETRY DEATH MATCH. (Yes, that has to be all caps, it is a rule.) Unfortunately, the POETRY DEATH MATCH also resulted in a tie. Since we didn't have time to go another round, it was decided that first and second place would be left tied, and the prize money for both was split down the middle.
Did I mention that Arts in Stark provides the prize money? And that BR Square sponsored the featured poet?
Anyway, here's the video of the winners. Due to YouTube's 10 minute time limit, the POETRY DEATH MATCH was uploaded separately, and can be viewed directly below this video.
May 4, 2010
Primary Election Day
While walking in to my local polling station today to cast my ballot in the primary election, I came to a realization. The Democrats being represented by a donkey and the Republicans by an elephant are no longer accurate portrayals of the parties. They both need new mascots. Here's my proposal:
DEMOCRATS:
The Democrats have become the party of pussies. Democrats won far and wide in 2008, because we the people wanted liberal change. They won by large margins because us, the wide majority, wanted things to move back to the left. Not just back to the center, but to the FAR LEFT. Then a small but vocal minority started yelling and screaming and they chickened out. Instead of "lets do what we need to do" it became "lets try to make the other side happy, too." Now they have accomplished NOTHING. They proved themselves to be a bunch of PUSSIES! So I propose that the new mascot for the Democratic party be a vagina!
REPUBLICANS:
If the Democrats have become the party of pussies, the Republicans are a party of dicks. All they want to do is fuck the Democrats. They'll fuck the Democrats over health reform, they'll fuck them over civil liberties, they'll fuck them over financial reform, the list goes on and on. It's only appropriate that the new mascot for the Republican party be a man's phallic member.
As I wrote this, I tried to find some pictures to attach. Not photos, nothing of a pornographic nature. I just wanted some simple black-and-white line drawings, like I remember from the health book back in high school. No luck. Even with safe-search turned on, everything I found was too detailed or graphic for this purpose. Sorry, folks, words only here.
That aside... Has anyone else wondered if the "tea baggers" know that "tea bagging" is when a male stripper bangs his scrotum up against the forehead of a patron? The term was coined by John Watters in the 1990's for his movie "Pecker."
DEMOCRATS:
The Democrats have become the party of pussies. Democrats won far and wide in 2008, because we the people wanted liberal change. They won by large margins because us, the wide majority, wanted things to move back to the left. Not just back to the center, but to the FAR LEFT. Then a small but vocal minority started yelling and screaming and they chickened out. Instead of "lets do what we need to do" it became "lets try to make the other side happy, too." Now they have accomplished NOTHING. They proved themselves to be a bunch of PUSSIES! So I propose that the new mascot for the Democratic party be a vagina!
REPUBLICANS:
If the Democrats have become the party of pussies, the Republicans are a party of dicks. All they want to do is fuck the Democrats. They'll fuck the Democrats over health reform, they'll fuck them over civil liberties, they'll fuck them over financial reform, the list goes on and on. It's only appropriate that the new mascot for the Republican party be a man's phallic member.
As I wrote this, I tried to find some pictures to attach. Not photos, nothing of a pornographic nature. I just wanted some simple black-and-white line drawings, like I remember from the health book back in high school. No luck. Even with safe-search turned on, everything I found was too detailed or graphic for this purpose. Sorry, folks, words only here.
That aside... Has anyone else wondered if the "tea baggers" know that "tea bagging" is when a male stripper bangs his scrotum up against the forehead of a patron? The term was coined by John Watters in the 1990's for his movie "Pecker."
April 23, 2010
Is your book or CD on Amazon?
Attention all Poet's Haven contributors! Do you have a book or CD published and is it available on Amazon? If so, please contact me and let me know!
I'm looking for books and CDs by authors and artists that we have published both on PoetsHaven.com and in the podcast. I would like to add more items to the rotating Amazon ads appearing on the site, and have been considering a regular or semi-regular "Vertigo Picks" type thing posted here. (Remember how the old Poet's Haven Newsletter e-mails had staff entertainment picks at the end of the message? Ahhh, the good ol' days...) While the "Vertigo Picks" thing might occasionally be something not on Amazon, I would like to try to keep it focused on things that we can get commission on. (Hey, those commissions are what pays to keep the site up!)
Thanks!
I'm looking for books and CDs by authors and artists that we have published both on PoetsHaven.com and in the podcast. I would like to add more items to the rotating Amazon ads appearing on the site, and have been considering a regular or semi-regular "Vertigo Picks" type thing posted here. (Remember how the old Poet's Haven Newsletter e-mails had staff entertainment picks at the end of the message? Ahhh, the good ol' days...) While the "Vertigo Picks" thing might occasionally be something not on Amazon, I would like to try to keep it focused on things that we can get commission on. (Hey, those commissions are what pays to keep the site up!)
Thanks!
Whoops... Forgot to post... Episode 34 online!
I just came here to post something else, and noticed that I forgot to post that podcast episode 34 was online! It features poetry from Cavana Faithwalker and Allisun Hovater and music from Ramona Stone. Go! Listen! Enjoy! :-)
April 6, 2010
Two new podcasts, now online!
Two new episodes of the Saturday Night With The Poet's Haven podcast have gone online!
Episode 32 features the poetry of Tangina Stone, Debbie Goings, Crutch, The Dude, and Marlana-Patrice, with music by Ramona Stone.
Episode 33 features poetry from Tangina Stone and Cavana Faithwalker with a poetry/music hybrid piece from AURAL Heather.
Stay tuned, more episodes are on the way!
Episode 32 features the poetry of Tangina Stone, Debbie Goings, Crutch, The Dude, and Marlana-Patrice, with music by Ramona Stone.
Episode 33 features poetry from Tangina Stone and Cavana Faithwalker with a poetry/music hybrid piece from AURAL Heather.
Stay tuned, more episodes are on the way!
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