"Mighty" Mike McGee's Electronic Place of Himself.
Typings of a well-traveled, talky, funny, hobo-poet.
ENTRY 4/365
My show last night was a great time. If you read my entry from yesterday, then you know my day didn’t start off as well as I would have liked. I was really bummed out until Darren picked me up. He drove down from Logan to get me, then brought me back, acquiring coffee along the way. Yeehaw! That’s 1.5 hours each way. Luckily the school was to reimburse him for his driving.
Our conversation began the moment I entered his vehicle and continued all the way to when I checked into the University Inn, room 521. Then he rushed off to a meeting. Darren Edwards is a kind man and very new to the performance poetry world. He did a 4-poem opener before me and I was impressed. His work, while very new, is obviously influenced by his 29 years on the planet and his time studying creative non-fiction at USU. He graduates this year. His performance style, while just beginning, is so fresh and unpolished. I really enjoyed watching him reach into himself and express his firm beliefs to the audience, which were all pretty much performance poetry virgins. We enjoyed Darren and they enjoyed my set.
I thought I needed to find my own ride to Logan, Utah from SLC, so I asked Jesse Parent if he knew any poets that might want to drive, so he introduced me to Darren via Facebook. He said Darren has been frequently driving down (from Logan and back!) to compete in the SLC slams and reading at the open mics just in the last year. He’s just getting better and better. He just missed out on accruing enough points to make the SLC slam final. I truly belive if Darren wishes to make the 2011 SLC National Team, he will undoubtedly do so.
MY FIRST PERFORMANCE EVER IN THE STATE OF UTAH
Last night was fantastic. Roughly 60 students all hanging out, listening to the McGee. A great way to introduce myself and my work to residents of Utah. The crowd made me feel so welcome and like I was doing my job well. I realize more and more now that it’s not the poetry that sells me, and not even the comedy per se, it’s more my personality. I am the product. People who know any of my work seem to come back to my live shows to hang out with new listeners and me on stage. I am always floored by people mouthing out lines and poems with me. Weird and humbling. I am so honored.
After the show, I went and ate some of the best Indian food I’ve ever had with 14 of the most beautiful Utans I could’ve met. Fantastic!
Good times had by all.
———
Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 11 March, 2010 at 10:10 AM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged performance, tour, utah state university. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
ENTRY 4/365
My show last night was a great time. If you read my entry from yesterday, then you know my day didn’t start off as well as I would have liked. I was really bummed out until Darren picked me up. He drove down from Logan to get me, then brought me back, acquiring coffee along the way. Yeehaw! That’s 1.5 hours each way. Luckily the school was to reimburse him for his driving.
Our conversation began the moment I entered his vehicle and continued all the way to when I checked into the University Inn, room 521. Then he rushed off to a meeting. Darren Edwards is a kind man and very new to the performance poetry world. He did a 4-poem opener before me and I was impressed. His work, while very new, is obviously influenced by his 29 years on the planet and his time studying creative non-fiction at USU. He graduates this year. His performance style, while just beginning, is so fresh and unpolished. I really enjoyed watching him reach into himself and express his firm beliefs to the audience, which were all pretty much performance poetry virgins. We enjoyed Darren and they enjoyed my set.
I thought I needed to find my own ride to Logan, Utah from SLC, so I asked Jesse Parent if he knew any poets that might want to drive, so he introduced me to Darren via Facebook. He said Darren has been frequently driving down (from Logan and back!) to compete in the SLC slams and reading at the open mics just in the last year. He’s just getting better and better. He just missed out on accruing enough points to make the SLC slam final. I truly belive if Darren wishes to make the 2011 SLC National Team, he will undoubtedly do so.
MY FIRST PERFORMANCE EVER IN THE STATE OF UTAH
Last night was fantastic. Roughly 60 students all hanging out, listening to the McGee. A great way to introduce myself and my work to residents of Utah. The crowd made me feel so welcome and like I was doing my job well. I realize more and more now that it’s not the poetry that sells me, and not even the comedy per se, it’s more my personality. I am the product. People who know any of my work seem to come back to my live shows to hang out with new listeners and me on stage. I am always floored by people mouthing out lines and poems with me. Weird and humbling. I am so honored.
After the show, I went and ate some of the best Indian food I’ve ever had with 14 of the most beautiful Utans I could’ve met. Fantastic!
Good times had by all.
———
Word to the nerd.
Originally published at Mike McGee Town. You can comment here or there.
This entry was written by , posted on at 10:10 AM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged gigs & shows, performance, tour, utah state university. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
In my ever-growing quest to get people on the road, I have come up with a survey. Please, if you know a performer (NOT limited to poets) looking to tour or has toured, send this to them and have them respond to it as a comment or send it to me at ilikemike at g mail with the subject: "Completed Gigging Survey." I will use some of this information for a project later. I may also re-post this information on my website’s How-To page.
My definition of a bare-minimum tour: More than a week of continuous travel between a minimum of two states/provinces, with no less than five gigs performed, each one being at least 30 miles apart from the last, thus having traveled at least 150 miles with no return home during the tour. Anyone who has experienced this or more, please feel free to respond to the survey.
I am initially seeking a little more transparency in gigging (touring; traveling outside of your home region to perform for audiences) and to help debunk a lot of the myth with regard to it so that more people will consider it as an option with their poetry experience.
Here’s what I want to know from touring people and the people who know them well enough to answer each question factually. Please use the corresponding letter-number when answering if not copying over each question:
A. FOR THOSE NOT TOURED
a1. If you have considered touring, but have yet to embark on a trip, what has/is stopping you?
a2. What would lure you onto the road?
B. FOR ORGANIZERS OF POETRY EVENTS
b1. What poetry event do you organize?
b2. What do you look for in a featured performer/poet?
b3. Is their notability a factor in booking them? When is it not?
b4. What is your rate of pay for featured performers/poets?
b5. What do you expect from a poet professionally?
C. FOR THE CURIOUS
c1. What questions would you ask of an experienced traveling performer?
D. FOR THOSE TOURED
d1. Have you toured more than once?
d2. How long did your tour last? What is an ideal length for you?
d3. What type of venues did you play? How many?
d4. What year was your first tour?
d5. How many times have you toured since?
d6. How many tours would you say you broke even, lost money, or made money?
d7. What was your poetry, slam, comedy or music experience prior to your first tour?
d8. How many people have you toured with? Explain.
d9. What are your best memories from touring?
d10. Did you keep a job during any of your touring (was your tour during a break/vacation from work)?
d11. Would you tour again? What would you do differently?
d12. What was/were your primary method(s) of travel?
d13. What was your favorite venue? Which city did you enjoy the most? (May very easily be two different places.)
d14. What was your goal in touring?
d15. Would you consider a long-term career in touring your craft?
d16. Do you consider what you do on stage a craft?
d17. What has been your longest performance? (Marathon events and planned all-nighters not included.)
d18. Are you published or recorded professionally? Who released your product? (Not including any self-made merchandise.)
d19. Does this company support your tours? Do they promote you and your travels, gigs and appearances?
d20. What has been your longest gap between tours?
d21. How do you feel when you are touring? How do you feel when you are not?
d22. When is your favorite time of year to tour? Least?
d23. What was your worst experience on the road?
d24. Ever had to cancel a show? What were your reasons for doing so?
d25. Ever had a show canceled you were booked for? What were the circumstances for cancellation? How did it affect the rest of your tour?
d26. Ever been stranded in a town where you knew nobody? Why?
d27. What is your ideal tour? Explain.
d28. Where do you stay on the road?
d29. What’s your usually daily budget on the road?
d30. What do you carry with you? Your must haves.
d31. How many bags, including merchandise?
d32. Do you create your own merchandise? What do you make for sale?
d33. What are your average nightly sales? What was your biggest sale?
d34. Smallest crowd you did a full set for? Largest? How did they feel?
d35. Most surprisingly attentive audience? Reactive? Best?
d36. Most unexpected result from touring?
d37. Biggest learning lesson from touring?
d38. Longest stay in one place for a gig?
d39. How did you book your tour? Did people vouch for you? Have you vouched for others? Have you regretted it?
d40. What is the most money you’ve ever been paid for a performance? (ONLY if it is under $1,001, otherwise, just state "Over $1,001") Has this been consistent?
d41. What questions are you asked most on the road while touring by non-performers? New-performers?
d42. How many shows have you done for free? Why did you do them? (Not including product sales)
E. FOR POETS SPECIFICALLY
e1. How do you label yourself when seeking gigs to people who don’t know you, in your bio, or to your non-poetry friends and family? (Ex. poetry slammer, spoken word artist, Talky McTalkerson, slam poet, poet, funny poet…et cetera.) Why? Is this important?
e2. Do you use a stage name? If so: Why? Has is been a benefit? Has this hindered your ability to get published? Has it kept you from getting gigs outside of poetry slam? If you were offered a gig/publishing deal, but only if you were use your real name, would you take it?
e3. Ever toured with a group? Slam team? Duo? What were they called and do they/you still work together? Was this easier or harder than gigging alone?
e4. Have you competed in poetry slams? If so, has your involvement in poetry slam hindered your ability to book readings/gigs? Has it been a benefit?
e5. How do you view the relationship between poetry slams and being a touring poet?
e6. Do you enter into poetry slams or competitions anymore? Why or why not?
e7. Do you prefer open mic or poetry slam features? Give details.
e8. Do you view yourself a professional poet? Why?
e9. Who are your biggest influences in writing? Performance? Touring? Humanity?
e10. What are your short-term goals? Long-term?
e40. Are you a bad-ass Bay Area rapper?
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Word to the road nerd.
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FLORIDA GIG
I have been booked for the University of Central Florida in Orlando on July 22, 2009.
I will share the stage with the lovely Shanelle Gabriel. Show time is 7:00pm, and it will be held in the UCF Cape Florida Ballroom. Our show will last about 90 minutes.
SUMMER PLANS
Aside from the above mentioned gig, I am taking most of the summer off to relax in Worcester. I hope to hold a couple of “kitchen readings” at my house, focusing on one poet. I want poets to have an opportunity to perform for up to an hour in a very intimate setting. I’d also like to record the sets and post them on my site, maybe even stream them live from my house.
More information to follow once I have a show in the works.
I know that I have no intention of attend the National Poetry Slam in West Palm Beach, Florida in August. Considering the fact that even blinking and sitting make me sweat, I have very little interest in spending a week in a place that is surely to make me sweat from sweating. I hope people have fun and enjoy NPS. I hope there’s no hurricane this year, although, it would be the ultimate “Storm Poet.”
David Perez is coming to visit Wormtown after NPS. That makes me very pleased.
———
Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 8 July, 2009 at 8:02 AM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged college, poetry, shanelle gabriel, spoken word, tour, ucf, university of central florida. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
FLORIDA GIG
I have been booked for the University of Central Florida in Orlando on July 22, 2009.
I will share the stage with the lovely Shanelle Gabriel. Show time is 7:00pm, and it will be held in the UCF Cape Florida Ballroom. Our show will last about 90 minutes.
SUMMER PLANS
Aside from the above mentioned gig, I am taking most of the summer off to relax in Worcester. I hope to hold a couple of “kitchen readings” at my house, focusing on one poet. I want poets to have an opportunity to perform for up to an hour in a very intimate setting. I’d also like to record the sets and post them on my site, maybe even stream them live from my house.
More information to follow once I have a show in the works.
I know that I have no intention of attend the National Poetry Slam in West Palm Beach, Florida in August. Considering the fact that even blinking and sitting make me sweat, I have very little interest in spending a week in a place that is surely to make me sweat from sweating. I hope people have fun and enjoy NPS. I hope there’s no hurricane this year, although, it would be the ultimate “Storm Poet.”
David Perez is coming to visit Wormtown after NPS. That makes me very pleased.
———
Word to the nerd.
Originally published at Mike McGee Town. You can comment here or there.
This entry was written by , posted on at 8:02 AM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged college, personal updates, poetry, shanelle gabriel, spoken word, tour, ucf, university of central florida. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Caught Amtrak yesterday morning from Boston to Newark International Airport. Waited for a few hours for my evening Air India flight. $280 one-way to Frankfurt.
The flight was quite rickety, a bit Greyhound-y in odor and decor, but I anticipated that much. I did not anticipate the complimentary and quite satisfying chicken dinner with steamed veggies. Air India: Not Great… Not Horrible… Cheap Enough To Go Again.
Blazed through German customs and baggage claim to meet my father and step-mother on the outside. Immediately picked up a German pay-as-you-go mobile phone. $10 for the phone. $20 in minutes. Should last throughout the Germany portion of this trip.
Ate lunch with my family at home. Looked up train schedules. Connected by text with Derrick Brown. Smoked too much with my dad. Talked un-enough. Joked around with everyone. Relearned some German history and language. Then ate delicious schnitzel and fried potatoes for dinner.
Must get some sleep in order to meet up with Derrick in Bern, Switzerland tomorrow. Today was restful. I made it here with a hitch, bump or serious delay.
So far, so awesome.
Here’s where we’ll be:
Cafe Kairo
June 11th
9pm
address: cafe kairo, dammweg 43, 3013 bern, switzerland
web: www.cafe-kairo.ch
KO’s Event
June 12th
7PM
(Landsberg Germany, more info to come)
Poetry Dead or Alive Show
June 13th
Theater am Schwanhof: Am Schwanhof 68-72, 35037 Marburg
Door Cover: 6 EURO
Age: 17+
Time: 20.00 o clock (24 hour clock)
June 14
Substanz poetry slam with ko and rayl, munich
Munich SUBSTANZ (Ruppertstr. 28, U3/U6 Poccistr.)
June 14
8PM
studio der schaubuhne
kurfurstendamm 153 10709 berlin
eintritt 13 euro, erm 8 euro
karten 030.890023
www.schabuehne.de
June 17
Poetry Slam Mainz
Venue: KUZ, Dagobertstraße 20b | 55116 Mainz
7:30pm
all ages
June 18
Late Night Special
VENUE: LOMO, Ballplatz 2, Mainz
COVER: 5-7 EUROS
18+
Paul Hoffman’s Show
June 19th
7:00pm
VENUE: Schulterblatt 73, 20357 Hamburg, Germany
18+
June 20th
Word Life
8PM
Cafe Euro, 72 John Street, Sheffield
18+
Cover: £5 on the door
The Waiting Room
June 21
7:30pm
Station Road, Eaglescliffe, Stockton on Tees, (TS16 0BU)
UK
6 euros
June 22nd
AMSTERDAM SHOW
House show (TBA)
all ages
Glastonbury Festival
June 24th-26th
Glastonbury Festival
Worthy Farm, Nr. Pilton, Southwest
Cost: £175 (Festival ticket price)
“Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield music and
performing arts festival in the world and a template for all
the festivals that have come after it. The difference is
that Glastonbury has all the best aspects of being at a
Festival in one astonishing bundle.” (Glastonbury Festivals
Website). One of those aspects that sets Glastonbury apart
from other festivals is Poetry&Words. We will be there on
all three days, bringing you some absolutely fantabulous
poets – rappers, comic poets, spoken word artists .. the
weird, the wise and the wonderful … all will be here. Come
along and see us in the Theatre and Circus fields if you
want to be moved, entertained or just find a cool spot to
chill out in for a while!
http://www.myspace.com/glastonburypoetry
–––––––––
Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 10 June, 2009 at 2:20 PM, filed under Travel, Writing and tagged derrick brown, germany, tour, train, Travel. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Caught Amtrak yesterday morning from Boston to Newark International Airport. Waited for a few hours for my evening Air India flight. $280 one-way to Frankfurt.
The flight was quite rickety, a bit Greyhound-y in odor and decor, but I anticipated that much. I did not anticipate the complimentary and quite satisfying chicken dinner with steamed veggies. Air India: Not Great… Not Horrible… Cheap Enough To Go Again.
Blazed through German customs and baggage claim to meet my father and step-mother on the outside. Immediately picked up a German pay-as-you-go mobile phone. $10 for the phone. $20 in minutes. Should last throughout the Germany portion of this trip.
Ate lunch with my family at home. Looked up train schedules. Connected by text with Derrick Brown. Smoked too much with my dad. Talked un-enough. Joked around with everyone. Relearned some German history and language. Then ate delicious schnitzel and fried potatoes for dinner.
Must get some sleep in order to meet up with Derrick in Bern, Switzerland tomorrow. Today was restful. I made it here with a hitch, bump or serious delay.
So far, so awesome.
Here’s where we’ll be:
Cafe Kairo
June 11th
9pm
address: cafe kairo, dammweg 43, 3013 bern, switzerland
web: www.cafe-kairo.ch
KO’s Event
June 12th
7PM
(Landsberg Germany, more info to come)
Poetry Dead or Alive Show
June 13th
Theater am Schwanhof: Am Schwanhof 68-72, 35037 Marburg
Door Cover: 6 EURO
Age: 17+
Time: 20.00 o clock (24 hour clock)
June 14
Substanz poetry slam with ko and rayl, munich
Munich SUBSTANZ (Ruppertstr. 28, U3/U6 Poccistr.)
June 14
8PM
studio der schaubuhne
kurfurstendamm 153 10709 berlin
eintritt 13 euro, erm 8 euro
karten 030.890023
www.schabuehne.de
June 17
Poetry Slam Mainz
Venue: KUZ, Dagobertstraße 20b | 55116 Mainz
7:30pm
all ages
June 18
Late Night Special
VENUE: LOMO, Ballplatz 2, Mainz
COVER: 5-7 EUROS
18+
Paul Hoffman’s Show
June 19th
7:00pm
VENUE: Schulterblatt 73, 20357 Hamburg, Germany
18+
June 20th
Word Life
8PM
Cafe Euro, 72 John Street, Sheffield
18+
Cover: £5 on the door
The Waiting Room
June 21
7:30pm
Station Road, Eaglescliffe, Stockton on Tees, (TS16 0BU)
UK
6 euros
June 22nd
AMSTERDAM SHOW
House show (TBA)
all ages
Glastonbury Festival
June 24th-26th
Glastonbury Festival
Worthy Farm, Nr. Pilton, Southwest
Cost: £175 (Festival ticket price)
“Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield music and
performing arts festival in the world and a template for all
the festivals that have come after it. The difference is
that Glastonbury has all the best aspects of being at a
Festival in one astonishing bundle.” (Glastonbury Festivals
Website). One of those aspects that sets Glastonbury apart
from other festivals is Poetry&Words. We will be there on
all three days, bringing you some absolutely fantabulous
poets – rappers, comic poets, spoken word artists .. the
weird, the wise and the wonderful … all will be here. Come
along and see us in the Theatre and Circus fields if you
want to be moved, entertained or just find a cool spot to
chill out in for a while!
http://www.myspace.com/glastonburypoetry
–––––––––
Word to the nerd.
Originally published at Mike McGee Town. You can comment here or there.
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About to pack for my short flight from Los Angeles to San José. I will be in Silicon Valley for a few days, involving two shows.
Have had an amazing few weeks on the road. A lot of it filled with Derrick Brown, Vancouver, B.C. and Honolulu. Not too shabby.
Derrick and I held a bookparty (“book release” sounds lame, like I’m putting my books back out into the wilderness, which, technically, I am–but no) in Honolulu on May 11, and in Long Beach on May 16. They were both jammed in with sweet nugget-y peeps of all sorts and walks. It was good to see Dante, Lindsey and Bobby who came to the show at {open}, a fantastic book shop run by Shea & Sé.
TANGENT: Totally listening to all of the Arcade Fire I have on my Mac.
My buddy Dante, whom I lived with in San José in 2005, whom also supplied the sweet comicbook sketch of Spherical Man and Feedbag in my book, has also written a nice review of “In Search of Midnight” at craveonline.com. Good articles there. Lots to read. His review ismore a general state of what he thinks of me, which is also good. Says a lot for spoken word.
Derrick Downtown Brown and I are embarking on a Euro Tour together (“European, I’m A Peein’ 2009″) in June-July. I have many dates coming up, and no-dates-on-purpose from July 14 through mid-August. Then I’ll close out August with some Chicago time.
Saw Star Trek twice this month. Whoa. Dang. Son-of-a-Yes! The best action-adventure I’ve seen in years. Such quality entertainment. When they make prequels to this one in 20 years, people will complain that they don’t compare to the original 2009 version.
(From Slammaster, Kat Dietrich) Ladies and Gentlemen, the time to crown a new hero is upon us. For months we have watched poets grab awe inspiring victories and ego crushing defeats. Now that the dust has settled, now that the casualties have been cleared, 10 poets remain standing to face off in the ultimate showdown known as the San Jose Grand Slam! That’s right folks, San Jose Poetry Slam finals are here! This TUESDAY, May 19th, our top scoring poets will come together, battling it out not only to crown our Grand Slam Champion, but also to select San Jose ‘s 2009 Slam Team. The team will go on to represent San Jose at the National Poetry Slam in West Palm Beach , Florida . These Poets (selected by you) will go up against teams of poets from 80 other cities across the US and abroad, slugging it out for the title of National Poetry Slam Champions! But that’s not all; the Grand Slam will be hosted by San Jose’s own Mighty Mike McGee!!! Don’t miss out on this blockbuster poetry event! In fact, bring every one you know! As always, we will have poets, poetry, and beer (brought to you by our illustrious sponsor, Faultline Brewery)! We look forward to seeing you again.
~Kat Dietrich & Chris Bundy
San Jose Poetry Slam @ MACLA 510 S. 1st Street San Jose , CA . 7:30 PM Doors Open
8 PM Show Starts (the magic begins!) Tuesday, May 19th $6 at the door
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO SENDING THE TEAM TO NATIONALS!
San José Team Finalists: Clay Courchain, Kat Dietrich, Kristina Roberston, Patrick, Danny D., Dave Perez, Chris Bundy, Kevin Sparks, Jen G, Scorpiana X, Wes Moots
Want to buy a book from me in person? I will be performing at Barefoot Coffee in Santa Clara (5137 Stevens Creek Blvd. at Lawrence Expwy)
Friday, MAY 22. FREE SHOW. 7:30pm. Books are $15.00. Barefoot Coffee is the deliciousest.
Can’t make it to Barefoot? Well, I just noticed this: http://www.amazon.com/Search-Midnight-McGee-Handbook-Awesome/dp/0982148828 Whoa.
–––––––––
Word to the nerd.
This entry was written by , posted on 19 May, 2009 at 5:36 AM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged barefoot coffee roasters, bookparty, derrick brown, macla, mike mcgee, Performance Poetry and Spoken Word, San-Jose-California, spoken word, star trek, sweetness, tour, write bloody. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
About to pack for my short flight from Los Angeles to San José. I will be in Silicon Valley for a few days, involving two shows.
Have had an amazing few weeks on the road. A lot of it filled with Derrick Brown, Vancouver, B.C. and Honolulu. Not too shabby.
Derrick and I held a bookparty (”book release” sounds lame, like I’m putting my books back out into the wilderness, which, technically, I am–but no) in Honolulu on May 11, and in Long Beach on May 16. They were both jammed in with sweet nugget-y peeps of all sorts and walks. It was good to see Dante, Lindsey and Bobby who came to the show at {open}, a fantastic book shop run by Shea & Sé.
TANGENT: Totally listening to all of the Arcade Fire I have on my Mac.
My buddy Dante, whom I lived with in San José in 2005, whom also supplied the sweet comicbook sketch of Spherical Man and Feedbag in my book, has also written a nice review of “In Search of Midnight” at craveonline.com. Good articles there. Lots to read. His review ismore a general state of what he thinks of me, which is also good. Says a lot for spoken word.
Derrick Downtown Brown and I are embarking on a Euro Tour together (”European, I’m A Peein’ 2009″) in June-July. I have many dates coming up, and no-dates-on-purpose from July 14 through mid-August. Then I’ll close out August with some Chicago time.
Saw Star Trek twice this month. Whoa. Dang. Son-of-a-Yes! The best action-adventure I’ve seen in years. Such quality entertainment. When they make prequels to this one in 20 years, people will complain that they don’t compare to the original 2009 version.
(From Slammaster, Kat Dietrich) Ladies and Gentlemen, the time to crown a new hero is upon us. For months we have watched poets grab awe inspiring victories and ego crushing defeats. Now that the dust has settled, now that the casualties have been cleared, 10 poets remain standing to face off in the ultimate showdown known as the San Jose Grand Slam! That’s right folks, San Jose Poetry Slam finals are here! This TUESDAY, May 19th, our top scoring poets will come together, battling it out not only to crown our Grand Slam Champion, but also to select San Jose ’s 2009 Slam Team. The team will go on to represent San Jose at the National Poetry Slam in West Palm Beach , Florida . These Poets (selected by you) will go up against teams of poets from 80 other cities across the US and abroad, slugging it out for the title of National Poetry Slam Champions! But that’s not all; the Grand Slam will be hosted by San Jose’s own Mighty Mike McGee!!! Don’t miss out on this blockbuster poetry event! In fact, bring every one you know! As always, we will have poets, poetry, and beer (brought to you by our illustrious sponsor, Faultline Brewery)! We look forward to seeing you again.
~Kat Dietrich & Chris Bundy
San Jose Poetry Slam @ MACLA 510 S. 1st Street San Jose , CA . 7:30 PM Doors Open
8 PM Show Starts (the magic begins!) Tuesday, May 19th $6 at the door
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO SENDING THE TEAM TO NATIONALS!
San José Team Finalists: Clay Courchain, Kat Dietrich, Kristina Roberston, Patrick, Danny D., Dave Perez, Chris Bundy, Kevin Sparks, Jen G, Scorpiana X, Wes Moots
Want to buy a book from me in person? I will be performing at Barefoot Coffee in Santa Clara (5137 Stevens Creek Blvd. at Lawrence Expwy)
Friday, MAY 22. FREE SHOW. 7:30pm. Books are $15.00. Barefoot Coffee is the deliciousest.
Can’t make it to Barefoot? Well, I just noticed this: http://www.amazon.com/Search-Midnight-McGee-Handbook-Awesome/dp/0982148828 Whoa.
–––––––––
Word to the nerd.
Originally published at Mike McGee Town. You can comment here or there.
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REPLACING THE FAILURE THAT IS MY POETRY PROJECT
I was chatting it up with liz_o_fashiz_o and javabill last night after a hearty, friendly, hilarious game of Hold ‘Em, and Liz came up with the idea for The Great Album Challenge. It’s awesome!
There’s a deadline to join. A deadline to post your "list of the 100 albums everyone should listen to before they die." Go to this community and join–––> albumchallenge.
Start your lists. Follow the rules. TELL EVERY BLOGGER YOU KNOW.
THE FAILURE I MENTIONED ABOVE
I feel my LiveJournal poetry challenges of late have suffered due to the fact that I am a lazy bitch AND they’re like communism – the idea behind it looks great in written form, but have tragic results when put into practice AND I am a lazy bitch. The prompts will return, however the main goal will simply be to write and share on my journal, not to build poems together. Prompts help me tremendously, as I’m sure they do many other writers here on LJ, noobs or vets.
It’s gonna be sweet. Golly, I do love me some Worcester AND Massachusetts! It’s full of inspiration, the wickedest dialect, and chowder. Mathofackin’ chowder.
UPCOMING SHOWS
If you’re in Elon, North Carolina, or a reasonably close vicinity, I will be performing here on Tuesday night, November 18, 2008–––> www.elon.edu/e-web/students/activities/sub.xhtml
November 19 at Northwest Missouri State University
9001 University Dr. Maryville, Mo 64468
with Mayda Del Valle
in the Union Living Room
EARLIER THIS WEEK
I love the fantastic students that came to my show at UMass Dartmouth the other night. Wow. Thanks for letting me be a fucking nut and thank you for enjoying it so much.
UNTIL NEXT TIME
Word to the nerd.
2008 is a retired old man. Time to go home, dude.
This entry was written by , posted on 15 November, 2008 at 4:15 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged elon, great album challenge, north carolina, northwest missouri state university, poetry, Projects & Ideas, tour, umass dartmouth. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.