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CA - NorCal slamUPDATE -- Scum-Bag Olympics!
UPDATE -- Scum-Bag Olympics!
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( 1 )Tidbits. ( 2 )Berkeley WEDS. ( 3 )Monterey WEDS.
( 4 )Oak/Tourettes THURS. ( 5 )San Jose MON.
( 6-14 )UPCOMING EVENTS.
( 15 )ALSO RECOMMENDED: 24-hour Poetry Slumber Party!
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UPDATE: NorCal's Poetry Slam Fanzine.
08-27-08 Vol. 11, No. 33.
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( 1 ) NEWS & TIBITS
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---TOURETTES WITHOUT REGRETS is the biggest
slam on the West Coast; but it's more like
a filthy vaudeville event than poetry reading.
They are notorious for revolting audience-
participation games, like playing hot potato
with a cow's tongue. One of their main events
this week is the Scum-bag Olympics. I have no
doubt it will be as hilarious as it is
discusting! Plus, their new venue is a hit!
Details: ( 4 ).
---LOCAL POETS INJURED IN BRAWL: A group of local
poets and slammasters were seriously injured in
a drunken melee this weekend in San Francisco:
ekabhumi.livejournal.c...00189.html
---SLUMBER PARTY with Mike McGee!?! What could be
more fun? How about if it was in the San Jose
Museum of Art this Saturday? Details: ( 15 ).
---SF SLAM will go on hiatus during the month of
September. SF Slaminatrix Mona Webb can be seen
guest emceeing at the Berkeley Slam, however, on
the first Weds monthly through November. That
includes TONIGHT! Details: ( 2 ).
---CHICO SLAM is back! Details: ( 6 ).
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( 2 ) BERZERKELEY --Every Wednesday.
* West Coast Champions *
Ekabhumi checks in:
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~
----THIS WEEK: Open Slam! $150 Cash Prizes, hot
pizza, Live Jazz, and cool Irish beer on tap.
SF Slaminatrix Mona Webb hosts, 3 Blind Mice
bring the Live Jazz.
---FEATURING: Team San Francisco! This energetic
young team struggled in our local Battle of the Bay,
but shocked all the critics by kicking ass at
Nationals and finishing in the top 20. Members
include: Stephen Meads, Mark States, Matt Blesse,
Dre, and Leigh Anne. Many of these poets are also
powerhouse competitors right here in Berkeley, so
this is your chance to see them without the pressure
of numbers and judges, as part of multi-voice group
poems! SF Slaminatrix Mona Webb is emceeing ( sorry,
no home cooking tonight! ) while Joshua Walters is
away on vacation. She'll be holding down the first
Weds in Oct and Nov as well!
----LAST WEEK: Had an excellent time emceeing with
Dre. Our feature, Rudy Francisco, exceeded all
expectations and our crowd loved him. His work was
fun, uplifting, and delivered with a certain casual
elegance. I'd recommend him to any and all. I'm
guessing plenty of our regulars skipped the show
because they didn't recognize a poet from San Diego,
but they seriously missed out. Lots of great new
poets and new poems.
---Our audience was modest, about 100 with 17 sign
ups. The judges were in an odd mood... they REALLY
liked what they really liked... there were THREE
perfect 30's in the first round, including the first
poet up!!! I think that's some kind of record for
the history books; I've never seen it before! On the
other hand, they were giving out 8's and 6's till
the end. So high-scoring but consistent.
---Nazelah started us off merrily, sacrificing with
a tribute poem to poetry and performance that incor-
porated all kinds of unique Berkeley elements! It
was cool how the poem acknowledged the PLACE it was
performed! Top 5 Poets: Lucky 7 knocked it out of
the park as the first competitor up with "Movie Of
My Birth" for a perfect 30. WOW. Poet "-i-" debuted
a new piece "Skeletons In The Closet" that ALSO
earned a 30. Jelal ripped a new piece about Concious
Hiphop that ALSO got a 30. Dusty Rose and Baraka
debuted a new duet about Polyamory with incredible
synchopation for a 29. Baruch admitted "I Like Taco
Bell" and squeaked into the top 5 with a 28.4.
---The newbies have been doing really well, but
folks were HUNGRY tonight! Like, veteran slammers
literally slamming for grocery money. So folks
wasn't playin! Much respect to Preacher's Son,
Dahled, Elan, Abe, Nina, and Tammy, all of whom
scored over 27. A special shoutout especially to
all the new poets. It seems we have a lot of Youth
Speaks alums in the mix lately.
---Round 2, Matt Blesse set the bar very high with
ANOTHER new poem ( it's that time of year! ). Dusty
& Baraka returned with "The Vagilante" ( as in
Vagina ) which had hilarious moments but had to
settle for 5th. Baruch finished 4th with a tribute
to all the lovely men on BART. Jelal RIPPED a new
Geek anthem, but had to settle for 3rd, because
tonight was a BATTLE between two divas: Poet "-i-"
returned with "I Wanna Be Beautiful" and earned an
intimidating 29.5. Lucky 7 replied with a spirited
rendition of "Marvel Poet" but came up .4 shy of
the win.
----UPCOMING: Next week is the notorious 80'S THEME
NIGHT, which means you can wear costumes and read
any poems/lyrics from the 80's. Pop music and rap
lyrics are highly encouraged! Get out your penny
loafers and polo shirts, your Punk Rock monkey
boots, your hairspray and leg warmers! Featuring
Team Berkeley's the poet "-i-". host: Lucky 7.
SEPT 17: CONTROVERSE presents the "Drugs, Damage, &
Destruction" themed open slam, featuring National
Indi Finalist and local heavyweight, Jaylee Alde.
Host: Jamie DeWolf & Syszygy.
------STARRY PLOUGH. 3101 Shattuck. 510-841-2082.
( 1 block uphill of Ashby BART ). EVERY WEDS.
8:30-11pm. Sign-ups: 7:30. ALL AGES before 9pm.
Hosts: Charles Ekabhumi, Betsy Gomez, Jamie DeWolf,
Christian Drake, Lucky 7, & Joshua Walters.
Music: 3 Blind Mice, & DJ Agana.
www.myspace.com/berkeleypoetryslam
www.berkeleypoetryslam.com
Contact: voluptuary @ hotmail.com
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( 3 ) MONTEREY --Every Wednesday.
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--EAST VILLAGE COFFEE LOUNGE. 498 Washington St.
( @Pearl St. ) near Downtown Monterey.
Show: 8:00-10:00pm. $3 donation.
Open Mic & slam every Wednesday.
Host: Garland Thompson.
Booking: gtpoet @ gmail.com
The Rubber Chicken Poetry Slam & Open Mic
www.westcoastslam.com
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( 4 ) OAK/Tourettes --Next Slam: THURS, Sept 4.
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----"The most controversial, anything goes
Anarchist Slam on the West Coast -to screaming
sold out crowds." -SF Chronicle
----"The profane yet sometimes profound group
entertains with a helter skelter mix of shock
theater, on stage debauchery, freestyle battle
rap, and yes, even poetry." - Contra Costa Times
----"Astonishly funny!" -Boing Boing
----THE THREE ARENAS OF OPEN COMPETITION:
- - - - - - -
$100 FREESTYLE RAP BATTLE * $100 OPEN SLAM
DIRTY HAIKU BOUT: RACHEL WARNER Vs. The 16 Year Old!
Featuring: Freestyle Legend TOPR! * Burlesque by
MALAIKA MILLIONS! Beatbox Juggling by BRONKAR!
PSYCHOTIC EROTIC VAUDEVILLE and EVIL AUDIENCE
CONTESTS!!
---The last Tourettes was a deranged mash-up of a
show with a huge turn out, full on audience
debauchery, surrealist trophies for our three
rings of competition and an evil contest of WHAT's
DOWN MY PANTS? which got so absurdly out of hand
that the indomitable MISS ASHLEIGH couldn't stomach
it and even your un-shockable host had to flinch.
If you weren't there, wait for the video to be
unleashed soon!
---THIS THURSDAY the behemoth of Tourettes returns
with a huge pyrotechnic explosion of talent with
all that is good in the world of Tourettes and what
makes our show such a triple fisted whiplash whirl-
pool of talent with sultry burlesque from Vancouver
from the hellfire hot MALAIKA MILLIONS, the
amazingly entertaining juggling beatboxer BRONKAR,
and the gutter king of freestyle ciphers and the
Bukowski of hip hop: TOPR! Videos and pics for them
all are below. Getting them all together in one
night is a huge coup, this show is low brow, high
brow and uni-brow, the best of everything! Ever
since we've been at the New Metro, we've been
lining up some of the most ferociously talented
folks from the underground and this show is gonna
be a doozy, with a line-up I'm amped just to watch!
We add such audience crazed contests as the
mysterious SCUM-BAG OLYMPICS, a Phone Sex Face-Off
and other dirty surprises! Check out the videos
from below to see the full
calvacade of talent coming your way!
----BRONKAR's Juggling Beatbox:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx5PFNTtIEs
----MALAIKA MILLIONS
www.flickr.com/photos/...471744941/
----TOPR's Ode to Shoplifting:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY9iFYcleSA
----TOPR's Documentary Previw:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCID2W9NukI
----TOPR and Songs
www.myspace.com/topr
----THE NEW OAKLAND METRO!
630 3rd St @ Jefferson, Oakland, CA.
Sign up 8pm, show 8:30. ALL AGES. FULL BAR. $10
Hosted by Jamie DeWolf and D Silence
Onstage Freakin' by Queen Blankety Blank
Battle Beats by DJ F*ck Off!
Info: tongueartillery@ yahoo .com
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( 5 ) SAN JOSE --Next Slam: MON, Sept 8.
Mike McGee checks in:
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----MACLA's gallery and theater have become the much
needed new home of spoken word in downtown San Jos�.
The SJ Poetry Slam is back and on fire. It's good to
be in a venue that really cares about why we're
there.
----Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Faultline
Brewing Company in Sunnyvale, we have beer at every
slam. It's pretty darn good stuff I might add.
----LAST SLAM: With few poets being around the Bay
Area or even thinking about touring - all due to the
National Poetry Slam last weekend, we had little to
no SF, Santa Cruz, or East Bay poet contingency
signed up. I'm sure everyone was resting and de-
compressing from their trip to Madison, WI. That
didn't stop people from slamming though! Our sign
up list looked like a roster of Silicon Valley
newbies.
----We took 13 poets into the first round and heard
fabulous work from people of all ages. The vibe was
extraordinary and MACLA was full of many new
attendees. There wasn't a single performance that
didn't keep the audience listening. There were
moments so quietly intense, you could hear your own
heartbeat, while most poems ended in an eruption of
cheer. It was great and it felt like the old days
when Vadim Litvak used to run the SJPS. Our
attendance hasn't dropped below 40+ since we moved
venues!
----Thanks to the ever growing turn out, we upped
the prize ante to $30 for first, $20 for second,
and $15 for third.
----FEATURE: Bill Peckham ( ever our unofficial San
Jos� Poet Laureate ) brought much thought and wartime
awareness to the stage with his poem about Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, very timely considering their recent
anniversaries. Then I re-took the stage in a short,
fun set of poems and anecdotes.
----SECOND ROUND: With odes to Jesus, culture, race,
and everything youthful, it was Ausitn Ashford who
came out on top, followed by his buddy Jeff in
second, and David Perez in third.
----NEXT SLAM: Sept. 8, 2008 - 2nd Monday, every
month. We'll probably start our official season of
team qualification. Contact Kat about it at her
email address below.
----MACLA. 510 S 1st Street. Dwntwn San Jos�.
7:30 PM Doors & Sign Up. 8:00 PM Show.
$6 at the door. ALL AGES! 2nd Monday Monthly.
Host: Mike McGee
Info: Kat Dietrich
kat0ninetales @ aol . com
www.myspace.com/sanJos�slam
MACLA: www.maclaarte.org
( 408 ) 998-2808 ( ask for David )
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( 6 )CHICO --Next Slam: THURS, Sept 11.
Matt Zellmer checks in:
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----Chico Poetry Slam returned from its absence in
the community with its first slam of the season on
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Robertsonat Augie's
Fine Coffee & Tea!
----The slam was a success because of the level of
attendance at a new venue and the diversity and
dynamic nature of the poems performed. Nine Chico
slammers and one out-of-town slammer tore right
through the center of everyone in the room in a
two-round gut check. Love, heartbreak, pain,
innocence, faith, family, stereotype, and many
other universally human themes were represented on
the mic. Chico poet John Staedler performed an
incredibly high-energy poem about loving people.
He scored well, but despite delivering the most
energetic poem of the first round, he would not
advance into the second round. Kristina Robertson,
who will be featuring at Chico Poetry Slam on
November 6th, made the trip up to Chico with fellow
Bay Area poet and feature of the night Kim Johnson
to slam with the Chico poets. Kristina's poem
about her identity as an Asian-American won the
crowd and the judges. Chico poet Matthew Zellmer
also scored well, and despite his stumbles through
a poem about dealing with heartbreak, he would join
newcomers Larry and Burke, as well as out-of-town
slammer Kristina Robertson in the second round.
Originally from New Orleans, and with a street-
preacher's intensity, Larry stole the show in the
second round with a poem about replacing violence
and intolerance with beauty and love, just missing
a perfect 30 by a few decimal places, and winning
the slam rather convincingly.
----As a feature, Kim Johnson was everything the
Chico Slam could ask for. Her affection for wordplay
and her laser-guided sense for the theatrical were
displayed warmly and completely. She held nothing
back, and Chico rewarded her with the best in smiles
that the slam has to offer. It was a joy having
her, and Chico Poetry Slam cannot wait until she
makes a return trip up north.
----On a less inspiring note, Chico Poetry Slam may
be forced to relocate once again, as the owner of
Augie's Fine Coffee & Tea, a church-affiliated caf�,
was not terribly pleased with the content of many
of the poems performed. Poetry can be a dangerous
thing, and I would be remiss if I didn't say that
the poets at the Chico Poetry Slam were fantastic
on August 28th. Ruffling feathers doesn't just
come with the territory, it's part of the job
description.
----UPCOMING:
Sept 11 Ike Torres
Sept 25 - Caitlin Meissner
Oct 9 Danny Sherrard
Oct 23 Mesej 1 & Jaye Lee
Nov 6 - Kristina Robertson
Nov 20 - Josh Healey
Dec 4 - Mona Webb
Dec 18 - Mighty Mike McGee and David Perez
----Augies Fine Coffee and Tea. 230 Salem Street,
Chico, CA. 95928. 7pm. All Ages.
Every other THURS. Hosted by Tazuo.
www.myspace.com/chicopoetreeslam
Info: wordgroove @ yahoo.com
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( 7 )SANTA CRUZ/Verse & Verses -SAT, Sept 13.
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---THE POET AND THE PATRIOT. 320 Cedar St, Ste E.
95060. ( 831 ) 426-8620. FREE!!! Ages: 21+ only.
7:30pm sign-ups, 8:00 PM show ( get there early! )
Open EMCEE sign up list and POETRY sign up list.
50$ in cash prizes. Every 2nd and 4th Saturday.
Info: kineticpoetics @gmail.com
www.kineticpoetics.com
sccityslam @ gmail.com
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( 8 )SACRAMENTO/Mahogany --Next Slam: WEDS, Sept 24.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~
----The Mahogany Urban Poetry Series Returns!
----Featuring the Berkeley Poetry Slam Team:
Christian Drake, Abe, and The Poet "-I-".
----Speak Poet, Speak.
----Queen Sheba Restaurant. 1704 Broadway ( at 17th ).
Open Mic Poetry & Music every Weds. Slam: LAST WEDS.
8pm-11pm. $5 cover. All Ages.
More Info: malikspeaks@ aol. com 916 455 8410
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( 9 ) OAKLAND --Next Slam: THURS, Sept 25.
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----What's up Fam? We're back from Nationals with
recharged batteries and lots of stories to tell. It
was a great week, Team Oakland was actually in 1st
place after prelims. We'll tell you all about it at
the slam @ The Oasis on Thurs.
-----The Oasis Restaurant & Bar
135 12th St. ( @ Madison ). 21+ w/ ID.
oaklandslam @ gmail.com
www.myspace.com/oaklandslam
www.facebook.com/profi...=589018993
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( 10 ) S.F./ The City Slam --Next Slam: OCTOBER
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~
----The slam is going on a hiatus for the month of
September while Mona rests from Nationals and her
recent injuries.
----We'll be back in October with our first annual
DRAG SLAM! Queens! Kings! Faux Drag! Poets
in costume and making fools of themselves! This
is our first official drag slam, but we've done
this before and it's a riot. Mark your calendars!
-----The City Slam & Experimental Mic.
A forum for lyrical creativity: layering poetry,
music, dance, & all artistic avenues of expression.
Normally Second Sunday of Every Month...
---- MAMA CALIZO'S VOICE FACTORY THEATER
1519 Mission ( at 11th a few blocks from the Civic
Center BART, next to Fire Stone Tires ), SF, 94103.
FUNDRAISER! $6-20 Sliding Scale. All Ages.
DOORS OPEN AT 4:30 PM. Show starts at 5:00!!!
Info: myspace.com/goldengateslam
thecityslam @ yahoo.com
www.voicefactorysf.org
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( 11 )NEW WORD SERIES presents IWPS --Oct 1-9, 2009.
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---A POETRY PARTY! This 10-day festival includes
many spoken word events, readings, poetry slams,
themed competitions, day events, and late night fun!
Our festival is based in Berkeley, but events will
be held across the greater Bay Area. The fun begins
on Thursday, Oct 1st at the notorious Tourettes
Without Regrets in Oakland, and culminates at the
Individual World Poetry Slam Finals on Sat, Oct 10.
Festival venues are located in Napa Valley, Oakland,
Monterey, and San Francisco.
---THE MAIN EVENT: in 2009, NWS presents the
Individual World Poetry Slam! We are honored to
host Poetry Slam, Inc's annual tournament, which
includes 72 poets representing slam venues from
around the world in three days of competition. IWPS
will be held at venues near the Ashby BART station
in S. Berkeley, home of the Berkeley Poetry Slam and
our home venue, the Starry Plough.
www.poetryslam.com
---Fans, local poets, and visiting competitors will
have many opportunities to listen, perform, and
compete, even if they are not part of IWPS itself!
Our esteemed partners in this festival include: Epic
Arts, Poetry Flash, and Youth Speaks. They will
produce Youth open slams, outdoor open mics, and
a series of bookstore readings.
---HISTORY: The first New Word Series was held in
2003. It was an innovative tournament of 14 teams
of poets from across North America. The finals
included Team Oakland ( who won ), team Hollywood,
Team Berkeley, and the Young Chicago Authors' team.
We had a great time and folks have been begging us
ever since to bring it back!
--Epic Arts is a Performance Arts non-profit based
in South Berkeley. They have a long history of
producing unconventional arts events.
www.epicarts.org
--Poetry Flash is a calendar and poetry journal
listing events across the state, with a circulation
of 22K. The Flash will include our program as an
insert in their journal, and curate a week-long
series of readings during the festival, pairing
established poets with published slammers.
www.poetryflash.org
--Youth Speaks is the premier at-risk youth literacy
program in the nation, bringing poetry and writing
workshops to thousands of kids and hosting the big-
gest poetry slams in the world.
www.youthspeaks.org
---Our projected host hotel is Hotel Shattuck Plaza.
www.hotelshattuckplaza.com
---If you're interested in helping, sponsoring, or
just want to be a fly on the wall, please join:
iWPS_ 2009_NorCal
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( 12 ) MODESTO --Next Slam: TBA.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~
--PROSPECT Theater. 520 Scenic Drive. Modesto, CA,
95350. 2nd WED MONTHLY. 7:00pm. Sign ups @ 6:45pm.
Regular Admission: $3.00. Poet's Fee: $5.00
Cash Prizes: 1st & 2nd place. MC: Sam Pierstorff.
Info: www.slamonrye.com
Contact: pierstorffs @mjc. edu
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( 13 )SACTO/Life Sentence --ON HIATUS
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-----SAC CITY PIZZA. 2114 Sutterville Rd.
FREE! All Ages. EVERY TUES from 7PM-10PM,
SIGN-UPS for open mic & slam start at 6:30.
Host: -GO. Co-host: DJ Quest. Web-host: Conocida
Producer: Jennilyn and -GO
www.tube.com/3rdeyecollective
www.MYSPACE.COM/LIFESENTENCESHOW
More info: ailive @tmail.com
or call 707 803 3393.
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( 14 )BIG SUR /W. Coast Regionals
--POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~
----West Coast Poetry Slam Benefit
Big Sur
rinfelise @ gmail dot com
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( 15 ) SAN JOS�/24-Hour Open Mic! --SAT, Sept 6.
Mike McGee checks in:
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~
----MACLA presents "End of Summer Slumber Fest
'08"
----STARTS: Saturday, September 6, 2008, Noon
----ENDS: Sunday, September 7, 2008, Noon
----No one turned away for lack of funds.
----Fresh out of hibernation with a pots of coffee
in one hand and a box of chap books in the other,
Mike McGee and David Perez return to MACLA for
another 24-hour set of poetry. This time, they open
the mic to a band of loyal poetry-and-music-loving
vampires to form the one and only, "End of Summer
Slumber Fest '08". We're packing in couches,
pillows, blankets and whatever else is soft and
fluffy to make a never-before-seen Thunderdome of
Comfort. Caffeine will be provided. So peel back
those eyelids and help us rock the night away by
reading your own poetry or just kicking back,
cuddling up and watching the show.
----NEEDED: Poets, musicians, teachers, blankets,
pillows, snacks, jimmies and good attitude/behavior.
----Sign up in person at MACLA or contact David to
get a slot. All signees get a 15 minute slot. That
a feature-length slot for everybody! Dave and Mike
will fill all gaps, but could use some loiterers to
help.
----24-HOUR WEBCAST: Visit www.mikemcgee.net for
webcast info.
----MACLA. 510 S 1st Street. Dwntwn San Jos�.
NOON to NOON. 9/06 to 9/07
$5-7 sliding scale. ALL AGES!
Host: Mike McGee, David Perez and who knows...
David: david @ maclaarte . org
MACLA: www.maclaarte.org
( 831 ) 332-1690 ( ask for David )
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BONUS HAIKU/SENRIYU
By Yours Truly.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~
Leap before you look.
Boredom is a cowards' death.
Now regret nothing.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
--See Ya At Tha Slam!
Charles Ellik, ed.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~
--NORCAL SLAM UPDATE is my online fanzine of the
NorCal slam scene, posted every Tues. It's highly
subjective & reviews are limited to where Chaz
can visit. No ads or paid endorsements accepted.
Non-slam events included as sanity & space permits.
Beware! Slams are not for faint of heart! The
UPDATE, its editor & contributors & host sites
are not responsible for what happens if you attend
any of the shows listed.
--Weekly Circulation: approx. 3,700 world-wide.
--All local reports are edited for length.
--Slams nationwide: www.poetryslam.com
--A listserve to chat about slams in NorCal:
norcalslams-subscribe @ yahoogroups.com
--To join the oldest international slam listserve:
email: poetry_slam-subscribe @ yahoogroups.com
--For info on many non-slam poetry events in CA
( NorCal ) www.poetryflash.org/
( SoCal ) www.poetix.net
---Photo's of slams: www.poeticdream.com
---An 'incomplete history' of slam's early days:
www.e-poets.net/library/slam/
---Your Editor's Site:
people.tribe.net/charles
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