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“Hell Is A Party (That You Were Invited To) Muse...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:39:19 -0400

“Hell Is A Party (That You Were Invited To)

Muse Exchange, LI, NY 5/16/13

“Ten Reasons Condoms Are The Shit” Muse Exchange,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:37:36 -0400

“Ten Reasons Condoms Are The Shit”

Muse Exchange, LI, NY 5/16/13

Abbondanza

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:54:01 -0400

I have decided that

My arms are food.

They are worthless elsewise.

So for now,

My arms are corn-cobs.

Summer’s thumbs.

Boiled out of themselves

By the subtle thievery of rolling water.

A slop of string and sun-tossed yellow meat.

Lemme at that child who wont eat the cream,

lend me the fish-mouthed daughter of an islander.

Let a dumb monkey like me borrow the butter of the coupled branch.

Forgive each bud for it’s salty rims.

The blood mouthed meditation of blue light,

the bent ankles, pinned up like chicken thigh tiaras,

pink gemstones in the fat of the crown.

Kneebones bleached out like knotted bedsheets.

These white balls, the fresh lightning.

The clapping sky applauding our every pitchless anthem,

someone else’s flag kicked into a quilt,

A doily of negative space, the gracious martyr in a time of headless queens.

Its not that serious, girls.

It’s a fist of aluminum foil

Bubble-gummed into wet electrics

This dipped lip battery

It’s spit in a coke bottle

The beggar’s cable in the elephants trunk.

A bead of sweat riding the condemned man into the bad, bad shake.

Sometimes I doodle to remember what eyes look like.

Im very good with the brows, uncanny with the potato sacks and the chins

I should have been an artist

I should have been the ceiling of a monastery,

Some dying plaster, risen.

A plate of clay, abused.

A thousand bowls suspended on high

Filled to my lips with someone else’s poetry.

I should have drowned in blood

A shameless fish

In a mess of dead bishops.

All creamy with the reddest red’s we could get our hands on.

Strawberry dogs, sweaty with sugar.

I should have spent more time regretting the folks I never really loved.

It would have made for better drama.

It would have given me a reason to lament my twenties.

I could tell someone else “I want children.”

And I would, out of spite.

My grandfather died in Vegas,

Never having met me

It’s the least I could do for him.

To leave a stinking mystery behind

To bequeath some untouchable bastard

To my descendents

I will leave them four dollars

And a man they can chase till they drink the mud.

I am Sidhartha’s boat

And the punchline to the dead chuckle,

Bent into a shadow

Cast in hell.

No one give’s a fuck.

And nobody is sad about that,

either.

Cupid Aint S*&@! 2013 - Regie Cabico, myself, Sam LaRoche,...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:43:08 -0500

Cupid Aint S*&@! 2013 - Regie Cabico, myself, Sam LaRoche, J.Mase III and Mouth

NO GRAVITY - BRIAN OMNI DILLON - KISHI BASHI - 2/4/13

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:24:00 -0500

NO GRAVITY - BRIAN OMNI DILLON - KISHI BASHI - 2/4/13

wavescenes: Monday at Housing Works Bookstore: Kishi Bashi and...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:23:02 -0500

Kishi Bashi + custom banjo head = awesome

Kishi and Brian take the stage together

Brian layin the smack down

wavescenes:

Monday at Housing Works Bookstore: Kishi Bashi and Brian Omni Dillon

In a very special evening at Housing Works, Kishi Bashi joined unlikely forces with slam poet Brian Omni Dillon for a collaborative performance. With a booming and captivating voice that refused the microphone, Omni Dillon opened with three poems before bringing Kishi on stage. With the backing of Kishi’s ominous, hair-raising sounds, Omni Dillon’s voice became subdued, melting symbiotically into the music for a powerful effect.

To much applause, Omni Dillon stepped down and Kishi took the stage alone. Equipped with only a violin and effects pedals, Kishi had the audience spellbound with ornate and richly layered rhythms over which his voice floated its pained and hypnotic melodies. The energy kicked up when Kishi introduced his new touring band members on percussion, banjo, and backing vocals. The set reached a crescendo with the aptly named “It All Began with a Burst”, which had the audience clapping in rapid fire. Kishi brought the evening to a close with a transfixing solo rendition of “I am the Antichrist to You.”

Although his show this Friday at Bowery Ballroom is sold out, be sure to catch him next time he is in town!

Housing Works. 2/4/13

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:22:21 -0500

Housing Works. 2/4/13

Kishi Bashi & Me. Housing Works 2/4/13.

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:21:53 -0500

Kishi Bashi & Me. Housing Works 2/4/13.

But she's "Not Racist"

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:13:05 -0500

One of our bartenders (black) is going to Paris next week. A regular (white) posts the title to a certain jayz/kanye song on his wall. He is clearly unhappy. She walks in tonight for the first time since the post. They immediately begin jawing. And guess what song drops from the oblivious DJ mid-screaming match?

Coming soon.

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:31:18 -0500

Coming soon.

apologies for line-broke-stupid version the other day octopus, monkey, jaguar the common...

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:52:06 -0400

*apologies for line-broke-stupid version the other day*

octopus, monkey, jaguar

the common octopus has four hearts

you are not an octopus

rather, an exceptional variety of monkey.

that is not meant to be an insult

monkeys are incredibly intelligent animals.

monkeys are also known, on occasion, to paint.

you paint.

exceedingly better than any monkey, in a historical context.

in fact, you paint better than any monkey i have yet to meet

including any i work with

or have been lectured by

and even those whose monkey-sex was the gooey-flash point

which resulted in my spilling into the mortal coil

like some poorly received haberdasher

endlessly pleased with myself.

where you - the stunning monkey - and the blood-factory cephalapod meet

is in your chest.

there is too much pump in you

the drumming thump of flush and spin and flight

the deep music of you is tuned to a pin flick.

you burst professionally

an empathetic fountainhead

the tootlhess, polyamorous jaguar

flashy in her spots

broken over the lost neighborhood cat

and the voice of her father in the twilight

built with the gifts of a predator

and consumed with nursing a gazelle

there is a nazarene prophetess in your trunk

the loving mania of an animal better at being eaten

than swallowing a drop for herself.

stfusexists: cracked: After going viral on Reddit’s ‘Funny’...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:02:27 -0400

stfusexists:

cracked:

After going viral on Reddit’s ‘Funny’ section for being odd-looking with facial hair, the girl above gave the following graceful and fresh response:

“Hey, guys. This is Balpreet Kaur, the girl from the picture. I actually didn’t know about this until one of my friends told on facebook. If the OP wanted a picture, they could have just asked and I could have smiled :) However, I’m not embarrased or even humiliated by the attention [negative and positve] that this picture is getting because, it’s who I am. Yes, I’m a baptized Sikh woman with facial hair. Yes, I realize that my gender is often confused and I look different than most women. However, baptized Sikhs believe in the sacredness of this body - it is a gift that has been given to us by the Divine Being [which is genderless, actually] and, must keep it intact as a submission to the divine will. Just as a child doesn’t reject the gift of his/her parents, Sikhs do not reject the body that has been given to us. By crying ‘mine, mine’ and changing this body-tool, we are essentially living in ego and creating a seperateness between ourselves and the divinity within us. By transcending societal views of beauty, I believe that I can focus more on my actions. My attitude and thoughts and actions have more value in them than my body because I recognize that this body is just going to become ash in the end, so why fuss about it? When I die, no one is going to remember what I looked like, heck, my kids will forget my voice, and slowly, all physical memory will fade away. However, my impact and legacy will remain: and, by not focusing on the physical beauty, I have time to cultivate those inner virtues and hopefully, focus my life on creating change and progress for this world in any way I can. So, to me, my face isn’t important but the smile and the happiness that lie behind the face are. :-) So, if anyone sees me at OSU, please come up and say hello. I appreciate all of the comments here, both positive and less positive because I’ve gotten a better understanding of myself and others from this. Also, the yoga pants are quite comfortable and the Better Together tshirt is actually from Interfaith Youth Core, an organization that focuses on storytelling and engagement between different faiths. :) I hope this explains everything a bit more, and I apologize for causing such confusion and uttering anything that hurt anyone.”

Really disgusted by all the hate those Redditors heaped on this woman. Equally floored by her pure awesomeness in the face of that noise. You go girl, you rock!

hallelujah!

the view from the lowdive: I learn and unlearn but more knowing having been ashore some other...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:00:32 -0400

the view from the lowdive: I learn and unlearn but more knowing having been ashore some other...:

tinandra:

I learn and unlearn but more knowing
having been ashore some other isle briefly,
there is a furnace in every room that inhabits
the corner and reigns out the ephemeral past’s
blasphemous dwindling!
A measle armed child unraveling the curtains
and blistering the glass and overtly shouting…

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IWPS 2012 COMPETITORS

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:23:15 -0400

One of these humans will be the next world champion.

1. Jeremiah Blue from Phoenix Lawn Gnome Poetry Slam

2. Candy from Dallas Poetry Slam

3. Lauren Banka from WU Slam

4. Jerri Hardesty from Bama Slam

5. Toaster from Berkeley Poetry Slam

6. Porsha O from Lizard Lounge

7. The FLuent One from Houston VIP

8. Maya Hersh from Seattle Poetry Slam

9. Ed Mabrey from SlamCharlotte

10. Ethan Rivera from Writing Wrongs Poetry Slam

11. AKeemjamal Rollins from Lake Effect Poetry

12. Ryan McLellan form Second Tuesday Slam

13. Donney Brasco from Eclectic Truth

14. Christopher-Michael from Respect Da Mic

15. Ben Wenzl from OM Center Poetry Slam

16. Gray from Salt City Slam

17. Lisa Slater from Vancouver Poetry SLam

18. Gabe Moses from Art Amok

19. Melissa May from Red Dirt Poetry Slam

20. Ed Plunkett from Writer’s Block Poetry Slam

21. Damien Flores from ABQ Slams

22. Doc Luben form Portland Poetry Slam

23. Mckendy Fils-Aimé from Boston Poetry Slam

24. April Cassada from MO Poetry

25. Mary Pinkoski from Spoken Word Canada

26. William James from the Shadow Lounge PA

27. Thuli Zuma from URBANA

28. Seth Walker from Slam Nuba

29. G. Yamazawa from Beltway Poetry Slam

30. Jesse Parent from The Coffee Shop Poetry Slam

31. Cam Awkward-Rich from Golden State Slam

32. Dogmatic from Loser Slam

33. Damien from Poetry Bread aka Silver City Slam

34. Sam Sax from Oakland Poetry Slam

35. Steph Holmbo from Intangible Slam

36. Jenith Charpentier from Worcester Poet’s Asylum

37. Kevin Burke from Austin Poetry Slam

38. DJ From Jambalaya Soul Slam

39. Franny Choi from Providence Poetry Slam

40. Vince Moniz - Indigenous Slam Winner

41. TBD Last Chance Slam Winner

Storm Poets

1. Ilana Kornfeld

2. Ryan Devera

3. Sean Patrick Mulroy

4. Tapestry

5. Tatyana Brown

6. Cynthia French

7. 6 is 9

8. Jovan Mays

9. Brian Omni Dillon

10. Zachary Kluckman

11. Jozer

12. elizag

13. Jahnilli Akbar

14. Jared Singer

15. Ayinde Russell

16. Puzzle Piece

17. Elliott Scheer

18. Angela Skye

19. Micah Bournes

20. Stephen Sargent

21. Alvin Lau

22. Scotty Crain

23. Clarence E. Wright

24. The Klute

25. Clint Smith

26. Joel McKerrow

27. Kait Rokowski

28. Garret Potter

the-memorable-silent: what. the. fuck. bro.

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:55:04 -0400

the-memorable-silent:

what. the. fuck. bro.

yes.

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:45:54 -0400

yes.

This is Steph Holmbo. She’s one of my dearest friends on...

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:01:08 -0400

This is Steph Holmbo. She’s one of my dearest friends on the planet, and one of the most talented young artists I have ever met. She needs your help. Please take a peek here and support however you can. Even if you aren’t familiar with her work - if you are familiar with me and mine, consider this no different than helping me. She’s my right hand woman, and i want this for her.

Please support!

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“Hell Is A Party (That You Were Invited To) Muse...

“Ten Reasons Condoms Are The Shit” Muse Exchange,...

Abbondanza

Cupid Aint S*&@! 2013 - Regie Cabico, myself, Sam LaRoche,...

NO GRAVITY - BRIAN OMNI DILLON - KISHI BASHI - 2/4/13

wavescenes: Monday at Housing Works Bookstore: Kishi Bashi and...

Housing Works. 2/4/13

Kishi Bashi & Me. Housing Works 2/4/13.

But she's "Not Racist"

Coming soon.

*apologies for line-broke-stupid version the other day* octopus, monkey, jaguar the common...

stfusexists: cracked: After going viral on Reddit’s ‘Funny’...

the view from the lowdive: I learn and unlearn but more knowing having been ashore some other...

Photo

Photo

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IWPS 2012 COMPETITORS

the-memorable-silent: what. the. fuck. bro.

yes.

This is Steph Holmbo. She’s one of my dearest friends on...

apologies for line-broke-stupid version the other day octopus, monkey, jaguar the common...