Luke Lefler kindly provided me with a night to enable my dream of legal mumbo-jumbo read aloud. It’s going to be April 13, at 3 Friends Coffee House, starting at 7:00 pm, with an open mic to follow.
The format follows the name of the coffee shop – 3 readers/performers. We’re each going to have (roughly) 15-17 minutes of stage time. The theme is found poetics within boilerplate or legislative gobbledygook – so the idea is not merely to read the worst legal document you’ve ever had the pleasure of receiving (although that would be fine), but to mash up, surrealize further, or otherwise play with legal language in a fashion that begs to be spoken aloud.
I’d like to see two folks with musical or other talents, so that we don’t have a full hour of reading. Even at the best of times, that can be trying. And of course, if your shtick is not exactly what I’m describing (how could it be) but you feel that there are synergies, also feel free to leave a comment or @ me on Twitter or email me or whatever. Myself, I’m going to be working on an epic poem of sorts to read for my piece.
It would be good to see friends and tweeps take some open mic time as well, themed or no…
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February 27, 2009 at 2:50 pm »
@ahockley immediately comes to mind.
March 15, 2009 at 4:05 am »
i’m so glad that talking about gears of war on twitter with @lazyron has yielded an event like this. it should be really fun and probably a bit unsettling as well.