"Mighty" Mike McGee's Electronic Place of Himself.
Typings of a well-traveled, talky, funny, hobo-poet.
1/365 (Count reset for missing yesterday… I always realize I forgot to post an hour after midnight! fuck… What to do, what to do?)
I fly to Salt Lake City tomorrow. I get to hang with Jesse Parent. He’s cool and has Worcester cred. He’s gonna show me the Mormon Temple like a tourist. (MUST take photos.) Then I am off to Denver for a show at Johnson & Wales University on Thursday. I’ve been there before and I had a blast last time. Denverites: Spread the word!
I have many gigs to tend to. Click here for updated dates. Looking forward to rocking some schools and Denver Poetry Slam. Will have a few days of free time next week. I was hoping to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas for a day or two, but the cost of travel makes it very difficult to get out there. I miss Fayetteville and my peeps there. Will have to get there this year.
Shit. I really need to hit up the whole mid-west. Big time. Texas to Minnesota. Like mad.
GAMING
I am bringing a Magic deck with me. If you play, lemme know, bring your deck. We’ll make it happen. I am also down for Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, and Bananagrams, but you’ll have to supply them.
YOUTH WORKSHOP
Ken Arkind is working out a youth poetry performance workshop for me to facilitate in Denver this weekend. Should be good times. Will update with information soon.
CHICAGO IS MINT AND BOSS
After my last mid-west school on March 19th, I think I am just going to catch a train and ride to Chicago. One: Because I love Chicago. Two: Because I love trains. If anyone wants to ride the train with me, come! Let us ride the train and play games. I need to see Chicago peeps like mad.
ON A RADTASTIC NOTE
Got a call tonight from my friend John. I wedded him and his wife Audra last August in Milwaukee, my very first wedding. They wanted me to know that I will be an uncle this year as they have gone made themselves pregnant. I am so very happy for them and their child as they will be incredible parents.
Babies having babies, man. Babies having babies.
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Word to the nerd.
Bunnies having bunnies, man.
This entry was written by , posted on 8 March, 2010 at 8:37 PM, filed under Travel and tagged arkansas, batesville, chicago, colorado, comedy shows, denver, illinois, live performance, performances, salt lake city, slc, spoken word shows, uncle mike, utah. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
1/365 (Count reset for missing yesterday… I always realize I forgot to post an hour after midnight! fuck… What to do, what to do?)
I fly to Salt Lake City tomorrow. I get to hang with Jesse Parent. He’s cool and has Worcester cred. He’s gonna show me the Mormon Temple like a tourist. (MUST take photos.) Then I am off to Denver for a show at Johnson & Wales University on Thursday. I’ve been there before and I had a blast last time. Denverites: Spread the word!
I have many gigs to tend to. Click here for updated dates. Looking forward to rocking some schools and Denver Poetry Slam. Will have a few days of free time next week. I was hoping to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas for a day or two, but the cost of travel makes it very difficult to get out there. I miss Fayetteville and my peeps there. Will have to get there this year.
Shit. I really need to hit up the whole mid-west. Big time. Texas to Minnesota. Like mad.
GAMING
I am bringing a Magic deck with me. If you play, lemme know, bring your deck. We’ll make it happen. I am also down for Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, and Bananagrams, but you’ll have to supply them.
YOUTH WORKSHOP
Ken Arkind is working out a youth poetry performance workshop for me to facilitate in Denver this weekend. Should be good times. Will update with information soon.
CHICAGO IS MINT AND BOSS
After my last mid-west school on March 19th, I think I am just going to catch a train and ride to Chicago. One: Because I love Chicago. Two: Because I love trains. If anyone wants to ride the train with me, come! Let us ride the train and play games. I need to see Chicago peeps like mad.
ON A RADTASTIC NOTE
Got a call tonight from my friend John. I wedded him and his wife Audra last August in Milwaukee, my very first wedding. They wanted me to know that I will be an uncle this year as they have gone made themselves pregnant. I am so very happy for them and their child as they will be incredible parents.
Babies having babies, man. Babies having babies.
———
Word to the nerd.
Bunnies having bunnies, man.
Originally published at Mike McGee Town. You can comment here or there.
This entry was written by , posted on at 8:37 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged arkansas, batesville, chicago, colorado, comedy shows, denver, illinois, performances, salt lake city, slc, spoken word shows, Travel & Touring, uncle mike, utah. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Because just posting my dates doesn’t feel like a “real” journal entry, I would also like to point out that I dig you all.
Now, here is a list of my upcoming shows. If you want more information, just drop me a line or leave a comment.
2010 SCHEDULE
January 26 – Mount Union College, Alliance, OH – http://www.muc.edu/
January 27 – WSU Pullman, WA http://www.wsu.edu/
February 5 – Eastern Oregon University – http://www.eou.edu/index.shtml
February 16 – Urbana Poetry Slam, Bowery Poetry Club, New York
March 14 – Denver Poetry Slam, Mercury Café, Colorado
NOTE: More dates to come in Utah and Colorado in March.
———
Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 26 January, 2010 at 11:28 AM, filed under Travel and tagged live performance, performances, shows, shows. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Because just posting my dates doesn’t feel like a “real” journal entry, I would also like to point out that I dig you all.
Now, here is a list of my upcoming shows. If you want more information, just drop me a line or leave a comment.
2010 SCHEDULE
January 26 – Mount Union College, Alliance, OH – http://www.muc.edu/
January 27 – WSU Pullman, WA http://www.wsu.edu/
February 5 – Eastern Oregon University – http://www.eou.edu/index.shtml
February 16 – Urbana Poetry Slam, Bowery Poetry Club, New York
March 14 – Denver Poetry Slam, Mercury Café, Colorado
NOTE: More dates to come in Utah and Colorado in March.
———
Word to the nerd.
Originally published at Mike McGee Town. You can comment here or there.
This entry was written by , posted on at 11:28 AM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged events, live performance, performances, shows, shows, tour/touring, Travel. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
I came up with an idea, not sure if I did it independently, but I don’t know of any posting or discussion on it prior to this weekend.
I was hanging out in Chicago with many poetry friends and family and it occurred to me while hanging out with Joel Chmara, Robbie Q and Alvin Lau that I’ve always wanted to perform duets with them. I’ve actually considered preparing duets with many performance poets all over the spoken world.
So the idea is this: Any one writes any number of duets. Make them available online as scripts, with the parts designated for anyone; could be random or specific people in mind. Your part vs. anyone’s part. Any one could memorize the alternate part, then when the primary author gets to town, or the alternate performer is in the same locale as the primary author, they can do the poem anywhere.
The Sweet Nugget
© 2008 Mike McGee
MIKE: I like nuggets.
VOICE 2: I like sweetness.
MIKE: We could join them up to make…
BOTH: SWEET NUGGETS!
I like this idea a lot. Imagine a duet with Roger Bonair-Agard and Paulie Lipman. An ode to awesome things with Ken Arkind and Tony Brown. Patricia Smith and Rob “Ratpack Slim” Sturma rockin’ to childhood. The potential for collaborations are endless. Andrea Gibson and I remarking on love and ladies.
I’m sure somone has done this, but I’m thinking of collecting collaborative duets and posting them on my site.
I think I may post a not-oft-used duet I wrote with Shane Koyczan. That could be fun to do with almost anybody.
I think it could be such a nice addition to a poetry feature if I had a duet or two to do with a poet I have very little access to.
Thoughts?
–––––––––
Word to the nerd.
2008: Doing it!
This entry was written by , posted on 4 September, 2008 at 10:31 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged collaboration, open duets, performances, poets. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
I came up with an idea, not sure if I did it independently, but I don’t know of any posting or discussion on it prior to this weekend.
I was hanging out in Chicago with many poetry friends and family and it occurred to me while hanging out with Joel Chmara, Robbie Q and Alvin Lau that I’ve always wanted to perform duets with them. I’ve actually considered preparing duets with many performance poets all over the spoken world.
So the idea is this: Any one writes any number of duets. Make them available online as scripts, with the parts designated for anyone; could be random or specific people in mind. Your part vs. anyone’s part. Any one could memorize the alternate part, then when the primary author gets to town, or the alternate performer is in the same locale as the primary author, they can do the poem anywhere.
The Sweet Nugget
© 2008 Mike McGee
MIKE: I like nuggets.
VOICE 2: I like sweetness.
MIKE: We could join them up to make…
BOTH: SWEET NUGGETS!
I like this idea a lot. Imagine a duet with Roger Bonair-Agard and Paulie Lipman. An ode to awesome things with Ken Arkind and Tony Brown. Patricia Smith and Rob “Ratpack Slim” Sturma rockin’ to childhood. The potential for collaborations are endless. Andrea Gibson and I remarking on love and ladies.
I’m sure somone has done this, but I’m thinking of collecting collaborative duets and posting them on my site.
I think I may post a not-oft-used duet I wrote with Shane Koyczan. That could be fun to do with almost anybody.
I think it could be such a nice addition to a poetry feature if I had a duet or two to do with a poet I have very little access to.
Thoughts?
–––––––––
Word to the nerd.
2008: Doing it!
Originally published at Mike McGee Town. You can comment here or there.
This entry was written by , posted on at 10:31 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged collaboration, ideas, open duets, performances, poets, tour/touring. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.