tonight's reading was very quick for ol' b&n--it seems that people are just showing up later and later nowadays--in the end there was probably 15-20 people in attendence throughout. the set up was real odd too--a "in the round" kind of vibe. oh well. read new material, made an ass of myself, plugged upcoming readings--the same old same old. some new faces tonight--a couple of h.s.-er's making their second consecutive appearance: it's good to see new blood getting a chance to get over the fear of reading in front of this kind of public audience. it's the vibe we have formed at this reading: very open, very positive--hopefully without getting the "touchy-feely-cardigan-and-aura-reading" vibe. it's still my favorite reading because not everyone is there to hear poems--getting someone to sit and check poetry out (to me) is just flat out awesome. a lady sat through the entire reading, and actually had a good time. will she be out again? doesn't matter--for one night, she was exposed to live poetry--and i think she connected to the energy in some sort of way.
enough soapbox. . .i can't help it: i love poetry and i love being an mc.
more later
todays soundtrack: jeff buckley sketches for my sweetheart the drunk; the jayhawks blue earth; smashing pumpkins siamese dream; aretha franklin aretha arrives/areath now!/lady soul; travis the man who; charles mingus this is jazz; john coltrane ole coltrane; whiskeytown faithless street; teenage fanclub grand prix; tom waits rain dogs
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