"Mighty" Mike McGee's Electronic Place of Himself.
Typings of a well-traveled, talky, funny, hobo-poet.
Fridays are a little wak in terms of posting anything I actually want people to read.
I will just use Fridays as a link day, sending people to sweet websites, and balance it with a short, personal update. Weekends are generally lame for posts, but since I am determined to post daily, I want to have content for each day of the week.
CHICO, CALIFORNIA
Performed at Chico State last night and it went well. The best part of my stay in Chico was surely my time spent with Kyle, Heather, Lor, Sarah, and Tazuo. It was good to catch up with them.
The gig was fun. It felt like impromptu stand-up comedy. I went mostly humorous and felt the audience riding along with me.
Chico’s a cute town. I enjoyed my time here, but this is not a place I could settle in. The summers in this region of California are blazing hot and humid. Makes me feel gross.
Tazuo’s doing an invitational slam on June 10. Should bring more quality spoken word to Chico. Not sure where it’s being held, but there will probably be information at ThePoetTazuo.com
YESTERDAY’S POST ON HEALTH
Been getting tremendous response to my post on better health and developing a healthy living regimen. I really appreciate everyone who’s chimed in with advice and personal accounts.
I’d like to clarify that when I said I was developing a 7-year plan, I think some people took that as I planned to wait for 7 years to be healthy. No. Sheesh. I just meant that I should be wholly different and at peak health by the time I am 41 years old. These new habits should be normal within 7 years. This plan started yesterday. I’ve already doubled my water intake. I’ve also been sleeping a lot more, not pushing myself to stay awake. Seven hours of sleep as opposed to 4-6.
I’ve talked to a lot of people and I don’t want to worry so much about my health at 40. If I do this right and pace myself, I should be fine. I have accomplished a lot more difficult things in my life. I can do this.
I am also now convinced that a Master Cleanse is not for me, plus, I feel pretty cleansed whenever I eat right anyway.
I just have to stay set on my sights. I think if I can drop 60 pounds, I’ll feel pretty damn good.
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE POETRY SLAM FINAL
I am hosting the Slam Free Or Die Final on Saturday night.
It’s going to be rad. More info here…
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Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 7 May, 2010 at 8:42 AM, filed under Uncategorized and tagged chico, Friday Post, Travel, Worcester-Massachusetts. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Fridays are a little wak in terms of posting anything I actually want people to read.
I will just use Fridays as a link day, sending people to sweet websites, and balance it with a short, personal update. Weekends are generally lame for posts, but since I am determined to post daily, I want to have content for each day of the week.
CHICO, CALIFORNIA
Performed at Chico State last night and it went well. The best part of my stay in Chico was surely my time spent with Kyle, Heather, Lor, Sarah, and Tazuo. It was good to catch up with them.
The gig was fun. It felt like impromptu stand-up comedy. I went mostly humorous and felt the audience riding along with me.
Chico’s a cute town. I enjoyed my time here, but this is not a place I could settle in. The summers in this region of California are blazing hot and humid. Makes me feel gross.
Tazuo’s doing an invitational slam on June 10. Should bring more quality spoken word to Chico. Not sure where it’s being held, but there will probably be information at ThePoetTazuo.com
YESTERDAY’S POST ON HEALTH
Been getting tremendous response to my post on better health and developing a healthy living regimen. I really appreciate everyone who’s chimed in with advice and personal accounts.
I’d like to clarify that when I said I was developing a 7-year plan, I think some people took that as I planned to wait for 7 years to be healthy. No. Sheesh. I just meant that I should be wholly different and at peak health by the time I am 41 years old. These new habits should be normal within 7 years. This plan started yesterday. I’ve already doubled my water intake. I’ve also been sleeping a lot more, not pushing myself to stay awake. Seven hours of sleep as opposed to 4-6.
I’ve talked to a lot of people and I don’t want to worry so much about my health at 40. If I do this right and pace myself, I should be fine. I have accomplished a lot more difficult things in my life. I can do this.
I am also now convinced that a Master Cleanse is not for me, plus, I feel pretty cleansed whenever I eat right anyway.
I just have to stay set on my sights. I think if I can drop 60 pounds, I’ll feel pretty damn good.
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE POETRY SLAM FINAL
I am hosting the Slam Free Or Die Final on Saturday night.
It’s going to be rad. More info here…
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Word to the nerd.
Originally published at Mike McGee Town. You can comment here or there.
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I am in Chico, California for tonight’s poetry slam! 526 Broadway Street. 7:00pm/$5.00. With David Perez too! Come make hang with us!
This entry was written by , posted on 18 December, 2008 at 4:11 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged broadway street, chico, Performance Poetry and Spoken Word. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
I had a great time in Chico. Great crowd. Moxie’s rules as a venue. One of the best cafe venues in the U.S. Turns out Joan Baez was performing at the same time down the street, but the local weekly rag chose me as the pick of the week. Sorry, Joan, but that’s dope!
Everyone had a good time. Even my BB. Love you, bud. It was good to be around Tazuo and the youth team. They ended up driving my sleepy ass back to San Jose yesterday morning.
The Chico Poetry Slam has a slew of potentially great poets, but the real skill lies within the Chico Speaks Out youth team. Isaac, Ulysses, Cara, Donovan and a few others. They have more stage and lyrical ability individually than most adult spoken word artists do. Listening to them practice in the van on the way home was inspiring–and they’re all still in high school. Cara runs and online zine for the group. I’ll post a link to it soon.
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I took up a chance to meet Kelly Clarkson during my stay in Chico. She’s much cuter in person than I ever could’ve imagined.
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If you haven’t performed in Chico yet, I highly recommend it.
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Word to the nerd.
| Mike McGee and a Chinchilla named Kelly Clarkson (img2) Taken by Hillary Given in Chico, California, December 7, 2005. |
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This entry was written by , posted on 9 December, 2005 at 4:23 AM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged chico, chinchilla, Performance Poetry and Spoken Word. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
I am currently working on updating my site. Version 4.0 2006 should be up and running by the first of December. I also have new shirts and stuff at my CafePress Shop.
I will be adding a butt-load more of new shirts and such to the shop. If you have any ideas for shirts involving my poetry, phrases or images, please let me know.
Check out this one:
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I wanna thank everybody who commented on my last post. I’m digging my new hair cut and it goes well with a shirt and tie; nice shoes.
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I have two shows coming up:
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo: December 1, 2005
Chico Poetry Slam: December 7, 2005
If you have any questions about these shows, please email me…
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I’ve discontinued my first two albums, “Mighty” and “Is Beautiful,” however, I will be releasing an MP3 Anthology called “I Like Mike” in which all of the tracks that appeared on those two albums will be featured as well. Look for that soon.
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I miss you guys. Have a dope week.
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Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 23 November, 2005 at 3:43 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged chico, mike mcgee live, performance, san luis obispo. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.