Thrift Store Socialists Claim Victory In Spanish Ice Storm Festival

March 9, 2008 at 11:14 pm | In Albuquerque New Mexico, Blackbirds, Bluegrass, Culture, Life, Love, Music, NPR, Poetry, Sam Adams, Thrift Store Socialists Claim Victory In Spanish Ice St, Wheatgrass | 1 Comment

Brooke and I went out to the Sumner & Dene Gallery for the inaugural night of a new poetry series in town, hosted by Adam Rubenstein & Jessica Dalzell. It was a great time, and, the feature poet, Stephanie Roth, was very good, to boot. One of the better poets I’ve heard around town here also paid me a compliment after the reading was over (I had participated in an open mic right before the feature) regarding my poetry and I remember feeling stunned, pleasantly, a little bit. It felt so good. Even though, of course, I know I need to write (and read!) more.

Afterwards there was some Sam Adams Seasonal Beer and chip french fries at the neighboring Blackbird’s Buvette. Oh, and there was a cool bluegrass band playing last night.

Talk about a well-rounded evening! Whew!

The Darjeeling Riveted

March 8, 2008 at 6:18 pm | In Albuquerque, Culture, Life, Poetry, Rich Boucher, The Darjeeling Limited, The Darjeeling Riveted | 3 Comments

I saw the film The Darjeeling Limited last night. What a film. Definitely rent this movie ASAP. I’m no expert film critic but this film was beautiful, funny, sad, and thoughtful all at the same time. I suppose you’d want all that in a film, wouldn’t you?

Britney Spears’ Father Invalidates Obama’s Superdelegate Baby Car Wash | Poetry At The Blue Dragon in Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 7, 2008 at 5:35 pm | In Academic Poetry, Albuquerque New Mexico, Cheyenne Silver, Clinton, Comedy, Culture, Election, Feminism, Ken Gurney, Life, Living, Margaret Atwood, Middle East, NASA, Newark, Delaware, Obama, Poetry, Slam Poetry, The Blue Dragon, War in Iraq | 2 Comments

 

So Brooke and I went to the newly-reopened Blue Dragon last night for their [re]inaugural poetry reading. I understand on very good authority that the Blue Dragon was a great venue and a wonderful home for performers of all kinds in this city. I really like the place. It’s a little place, very charming on the outside, and on the inside, where the performances happen, is a great, great room. Great stage positioning and sound. Mr. Ken Gurney hosted a two-hour poetry open mic and I heard a lot of very good work from quite a number of new faces. I’d say at the height of attendance throughout the night there were close to 20 people there. In the first hour, I read “Quite Contrary” (my IWPS one-minute poem, the one about answering the random call at the payhone? have you heard me do it?) and  ”Maiden Forms“, and, in the second hour, I read “Paramecium” and then I debuted a new poem, a parody/commentary on the deluge of new drug/pharmaceutical commercials called ”Maybe It’s Time“. The crowd, which seemed predominantly “non-slam” in its bent (I heard one woman remark after someone brought up poetry slams that “they have medications for that”), seemed to like my work. I can’t wait for the next poetry event due at the Dragon: the poetry slam. I think it’s going to be very cool.

FCC Okays Nudity On TV If It’s Alyson Hannigan | Delaware Poet Turns into New Mexican Poet, Clouds Rain Fruit Loops on Obama

March 6, 2008 at 9:35 pm | In Albuquerque, Blackbird's Buvette, Clouds Rain Fruit Loops on Obama, Culture, FCC Okays Nudity On TV If It’s Alyson Hannigan | Dela, Fetish, Green Chiles, Janine Lindemulder, Life, Living, Love, Mas Poetry, My Life, Newark, Delaware, Out Ch'Yonda, Poetry, Sneezing, The Onion | Leave a Comment

So, I’m having a fantastic time in Albuquerque. The city is so beautiful; at some point I’m going to take a bunch of pictures of all the amazing sights that I have seen thus far and post them up on here so all my Delaware and Massachusetts friends and family can see how it is out here. The job search is going slowly, but both surely and well. I’m being very diligent and treating this job search (in a manner of speaking) like the job that I have now. But I’ve had interviews already and will get more. The poetry scene out here is wild. I went to a poetry slam (IWPS format!) at a place called Blackbird’s Buvette in downtown Albuquerque last night and had a blast. I didn’t advance very far (thanks in part to drawing a “1″ in the lots), but that’s okay. Last night was like a lot of slams out here – fantastic and very high quality. There’s some wonderful competition out here. So far, since I’ve got here, I have competed in three slams, all of which were qualifiers to get into the semifinals competition to make the 2008 Albuquerque Poetry Slam Team. I placed third overall in the first slam I competed in (at Mas Poetry, at Winning Coffee by UNM), getting 5 points there. Then I won (!) a slam at a place called Out Ch’Yonda in the Barelas part of ABQ, getting 20 points there. Then there’s the 1 point I earned last night from just having competed in the slam. So, I’ve got 26 points total. The points are not the point. Green chiles are the point.

Also, I found this video clip on the Onion online today and I had to share it.

And yes, I agree with the FCC spokesman’s premise.*

*or, Salma Hayek.

from www.theonion.com posted with vodpod

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