I Have Discovered a Country (by George Wallace) – video

Video permalink: http://youtu.be/fJ3jSMqV9YI
Spoken word poetry by George Wallace, recorded in Cornwall, England, with The Moontones. From the CD Sky Is, available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/wallacemoontones.


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George Wallace is Writer in Residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace, first poet laureate of Suffolk County NY, and author of 26 chapbooks of poetry, including Poppin Johnny (Three Rooms Press, NYC ‘10), Burn My Heart in Wet Sand (Troubador Press, Leicester UK, ‘05) and Swimming Through Water (La-Finestra Editrice, Trento, It, ‘05). An adjunct professor with the English Department at Pace University in Manhattan, he is editor of Poetrybay, Poetryvlog, Long Island Quarterly, and co-editor of Great Weather For Media. George is a frequent visitor to the poetry scene in Cleveland, and has several chapbooks published through Green Panda and NightBallet Presses.

Michael Bernstein’s Fracture Mechanics at Lix and Kix 18 May 2011

Michael Bernstein performs his “Fracture Mechanics”
accompanied by T.M. Göttl and guitarist Will Merchant
during the Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza on 18 May 2011
at Bela Dubby, 13321 Madison Ave., Lakewood, Ohio
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

Michael Bernstein is the author of the chapbooks cinderbook (Gold Wake Press, 2009), the rot to light (Gold Wake Press, 2010), 8s (Scantily Clad Press, 2010), imaginary grace (Recycled Karma Press, 2010), from “a heap of swords and mirrors” (Bedouin Books, 2010), the transit illuminate (mud luscious press, 2010), nanostars (greying ghost press, 2010), the Fire District (Differentia Press, 2010), Well (Splitleaves Press, 2010), and death ray (Minutes Books, forthcoming). His poems have appeared in magazines such as New American Writing, Puppy Flowers, milk, Moria, BlazeVOX, Columbia Poetry Review, Conundrum, Ink Node, swap/concessions, 13myna birds, Unscroll, Cannot Exist, A Trunk of Delirium, The Bathroom, The Balloon, Monkey Puzzle, Phraseology, and Pinstripe Fedora. He currently co-edits the online literary arts magazine Pinstripe Fedora, has appeared as a featured reader in numerous U.S. cities, has had his work featured on NPR’s “Chicago Amplified” program, and has written book reviews for Gently Read Literature and Tarpaulin Sky. Michael lives and writes in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

“Fracture Mechanics” appeared in print in the Crisis Chronicles Press chapbook Fracture Mechanics / TRAP DOORS.

 

John Burroughs reads 3 more at The Beat Cafe – 15 August 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLzPYhE1oJo

John B. Burroughs reads Karma Souptra, Low Kay Shun and Tell a Vision
Recorded at the Beat Cafe, 29200 Hoover Rd. in Warren, Michigan
Event sponsored by Troubadour 21: Writers & Artists in the 21st Century
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

John Burroughs is the founder and editor of the Crisis Chronicles Online Library and co-founder of both the Lix & Kix Poetry Extravaganza and Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest.  Discover probably more than you’ll ever want to know about him at http://crisischronicles.com.

Water Walk (by John Cage)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSulycqZH-U

John Cage performs “Water Walk” in January 1960 on the TV show I’ve Got A Secret.

Read more about this performance on the WFMU blog:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/04/john_cage_on_a_.html

     

John Burroughs reads 3 poems at The Beat Cafe – 15 August 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsaSotxFnv0

John B. Burroughs reads Bloodshot, Bier, and Mark This
Recorded at the Beat Cafe, 29200 Hoover Rd. in Warren, Michigan
Event sponsored by Troubadour 21: Writers & Artists in the 21st Century
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

John Burroughs is the founder and editor of the Crisis Chronicles Online Library and co-founder of both the Lix & Kix Poetry Extravaganza and Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest.  Discover probably more than you’ll ever want to know about him at http://crisischronicles.com.

John Burroughs & JJ Haaz perform Can Do at Snoetry – 1/16/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVgL8hzYAkk

The poem Can Do written by John Burroughs
Music written and performed on 10-string guitar by JJ Haaz

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania on 16 January 2010
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

About The Artists:

JJ Haaz is a guitarist, composer, web/graphic designer, journalist and music instructor based in Cleveland, Ohio.  His CDs include Live & Crazy, Studio Cutz (with Jackie Warren) and Dead & Back!!! (with the JJ Haaz band).  For more information, please check out his website: http://jjhaaz.com.

John Burroughs is the founder and editor of the Crisis Chronicles Online Library and co-founder of both the Lix & Kix Poetry Extravaganza and Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest.  Discover probably more than you’ll ever want to know about him at http://crisischronicles.com.

Dianne Borsenik & JJ Haaz at Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest – 1/16/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLaw8O_51F8

Poetry written and performed by Dianne Borsenik
Music written and performed on 10-string guitar by JJ Haaz

Filmed during Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest — a Lix and Kix production
at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania on 16 January 2010
(photography & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis)

About The Artists:

JJ Haaz is a guitarist, composer, web/graphic designer, journalist and music instructor based in Cleveland, Ohio.  His CDs include Live & Crazy, Studio Cutz (with Jackie Warren) and Dead & Back!!! (with the JJ Haaz band).  For more information, please check out his website: http://jjhaaz.com.

Dianne Borsenik, former flowerchild and current redhead, is active in the Cleveland poetry scene. Her poems have appeared in Slipstream, Rosebud, Ship of Fools, Nerve Cowboy, The Magnetic Poetry Book of Poetry, Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac, Eviscerator Heaven, Deep Cleveland Junkmail Oracle, Voices of Cleveland, and Naturally magazine; her chapbook HardDrive/SoftWear was published in 2009 (Crisis Chronicles Press). Both the 2008 and 2009 Cleveland RTA poetry projects included her poems, and actor Jonathan Frid (“Barnabas” on Dark Shadows) used 3 of her poems on tour in “Genesis of Evil.” She has performed her poetry in venues throughout Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

Crazy (by Ray McNiece and Tongue-in-Groove) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORc94zyRP0k


Performed by Ray McNiece and Tongue-in-Groove during the Hessler Street Fair
poetry open mic he emceed on 16 May 2009 at the Barking Spider Tavern in Cleveland

Original poem by Ray McNiece, incorporating the song
“Crazy,” written by Willie Nelson in early 1961

Camera & editing by Ken Kitt, courtesy of PoetryVidz


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For more, please visit www.raymcniece.com
www.myspace.com/raymcniece
www.myspace.com/tongueingroove


Other recommended works featuring Ray McNiece include (but are not limited to):

    

10/8/2008 Featured Reading at Mac’s Backs (by SplitPea/ce) – video

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7753534965605620325

Featured performance by Split Pea/ce on 8 October 2008 at Mac’s Backs in Cleveland, Ohio

Split Pea/ce are Mike Marcellino (words/voice) and Abe Olvido (music) 

Find more Split Pea/ce at http://www.myspace.com/splitpeace
Visit Mike Marcellino’s writing site at http://www.myspace.com/bondisurf68
and check out his blog at http://notebookwriter.blogspot.com/

Mac’s Backs is located at 1802 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
They hold poetry readings the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.
For more information, visit www.macsbacks.com or phone 216-321-BOOK.

A Pretty Girl Is like a Melody (by Irving Berlin)

A Pretty Girl Is like a Melody
by Irving Berlin (1919)


I have an ear for music,
And I have an eye for a maid.
I like a pretty girlie,
With each pretty tune that’s played.
They go together,
Like sunny weather goes with the month of May.
I’ve studied girls and music,
So I’m qualified to say…

A pretty girl is like a melody
That haunts you night and day,
Just like the strain of a haunting refrain,
She’ll start up-on a marathon
And run around your brain.
You can’t escape she’s in your memory.
By morning night and noon.
She will leave you and then come back again,
A pretty girl is just like a pretty tune.



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