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a whole freakin' archive of jabber Sunday, January 18, 2004... 10:02 PM So, I'm sitting here watching C-SPAN (I only get 10 channels, gimme a break), and they're running through campaign events from all the Democratic candidates, what with the Iowa caucuses being tomrorrow. And, y'know, no matter what happens, I'm still voting Democratic in November (that should be obvious at this point), but I still say... even watching the campaigns evolved, and hearing things I like from all the candidates, Howard Dean still seems like the only human being up there. The rest of them seem so Washington-scripted, with their helmet heads and Clinton-style thumb-pointing and even their adopted fiery speak against the failures of the administration. I'm sick of politicians. I don't believe them. But I believe Howard Dean.Besides that, at the Dean thing with Carter in Georgia, the Deanies were all sorts o' rowdy and fun at the press conference. And that's how I feel when I go to Dean things, I feel riled up and ready to go. Not only that, but Dean actually takes a second and recognizes it and encourages it. (I'm currently snoring through Gephardt's speech to the unions.) At a Dean event I went to in September, he was going on in about the failures of the Bush administration, and in the middle of it, someone yelled out, "F*** Bush!" Dean paused mid-sentence, and looked hard out at the audience. Then he smiled and said, "God, it's great to be back in New York." Woohoo!
Friday, January 16, 2004... 9:01 PM news item from yesterday: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040115/pl_afp/us_politics_bush_040115193416And I quote: "This country must not fear the influence of faith in the future of this country. We must welcome faith in order to make America a better place," said the president, who is a regular church-goer.The one thing he doesn't want us to be afraid of is the his church influence?!
Thursday, January 15, 2004... 1:00 AM psst... wrote a new article on Alternet this week:"Taking It to the People" -- http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17555 enjoy!
Friday, January 09, 2004... 9:46 PM Irritating things on my mind, because it's 8° -- yes, that's eight degrees -- outside.No smoking in bars in California = expected and tolerable. No smoking in bars in the dead of friggin' winter in NYC = intolerable and ludicrous. I'm staying home. I went to rent movies the other nite. Most of the time I rent at Two Boots or Kim's Video, both on Avenue A, because they have the widest variety of indie and weird things. But! Both of them have the same organizational structure and it drives me a little nuts. Within almost all their sections, they sort everything under categories like "directors" or "actors." There's indie actor sections for Parker Posey, Steve Buscemi, etc. Which is cool if you're browsing, but you always have to ask for the movie if you're looking for something specific. The other night, I was looking for "Rushmore," and it was under "indie" and then "Wes Anderson." Grrrr. I guess the bonus for the video store was that I ended up renting "Royal Tenenbaums" because they were together. So, they make more money, but I get irritated. Which is fine, in the end, I guess. It's better than Blockbuster. Overpriced and understocked. OK, I'm stepping off the box now. Promise.
Wednesday, January 07, 2004... 2:16 AM I've got a coupla upcoming poetry gigs that I wanted to tell yas about. So, I will:gig #1 (this one's part of a festival, so the description is kinda long, haha): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, January 11th, 2:30 and 5:30 Uptown/Downtown Makor Marathon: Bowery Poetry Club’s Urbana National Poetry Slam Champions @ Makor, featuring: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz Celena Glenn Dawn Saylor Leticia Viloria Deanna Zandt Artists from the Makor Artists Networks mix-it up with some of downtown's most exciting performers! Other people doing things include: Hourly Gallery Launches * Makor Comic Book Corner * Belladonna poetry salon curated by Rachel Levitsky * Brooklyn’s daring short film collective Rooftop Films * R. Sykoriak’s "Carousel" Cartoon Slide Shows * Deep Dish Cabaret * DJ Raz Mesinai aka Badawi * Tribeca Performing Arts Center Artist-in-Residence Karen Sommers and Friends Video Animations by Raul Vincent Enriquez Writer and Performer Lisa Kron * Gallery art curated by Anat Litwin A $20 All Day Pass lets you see and hear it all Advance Tickets $15. For program details and times: www.makor.org or 212.601.1000 Makor/Steinhard Center of the 92nd Street Y 35 W 67th Street (btwn Columbus & Central Park W) gig #2 (and this one requires an explanation, tee hee): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thursday, January 22, 7 - 9pm Get On Your Soapbox: Tales From the Big Apple A short film-type thingie by John A. Demato (This was his thesis project for his film degree, and he did a show of 5 poets performing NYC-based poetry... I'm one of 'em.) The show itself is a half-hour long, and rumor has it, each of us will have some time to do some poems after the screening. YIppie! Where and How Much: $5 (five freakin' dolluhz!) Galapagos Art Space 70 N 6th St., WIlliamsburg 718.782.5188 http://www.galapagosartspace.com/ Whew! That about sums it up. I think I have something for the end of February also, but, er, well, I'll wait till it's actually booked to tell you about it. Hope to see yas out there.
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