Thursday, July 28, 2005
And it was . . .
The reading last night in Baltimore with the Lucifer Poetics Group was a hell of a lot of fun. I haven't ever read with such a diverse group of poets. I wouldn't call the group eclectic. I would call it a collection of uniqueness. Very cool show.I did record it. And, provided the recording is good, I will play it on My Vocabulary in the Fall. I'm afraid some parts might have been too quiet. If that's the case, I will sadly have to cut them out. But I think the mic should have picked up pretty much everything. I hope it did.
I also have talked to Reb Livingston about putting together a show with the poets from the new Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel. A show of sexy poems and sexy music. Not a bad idea. Maybe we should shoot for V Day for that one.
In other poetry news, I've finally rearranged my manuscript. I hope this is the last major rearranging I have to do. I still have a couple people who are looking at the new arrangement and I'm waiting for their feedback, but I don't think the changes they'll recommend will be too drastic. I think the book reads better than it ever has before. For once I feel like I can leave it alone and just send it out.
And by the way, Canada . . . WTF?
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Almost time
Just an hour or so left before I should probably go catch the metro and head toward where I am getting picked up for the ride to Baltimore. And just a few hours after that -- 7:00pm to be annoyingly precise -- the reading at Red Emma's in Baltimore begins. It should be fun. How many times over the last couple weeks have I said, "It should be fun." I feel like I say that a lot lately. Well. It should be.Monday, July 25, 2005
Imagine that (reposted hours later with extra features)
It was also used for knapping flints.And here's a little something to help you get into the mood. I recommend Black Hole Sun.
Write me a poem about it all and I'll kiss your white forelock
About Me
- Name: Matthew Shindell
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
Matthew Shindell used to live and write in Phoenix, Arizona. He now lives and writes in La Jolla, California.
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Where are my poems?
Read a PDF of my chapbook, Were something to happen it would be both funny and interesting. Copies of this limited edition chapbook are no longer available.American Letters and Commentary Issue 17 - "Hoo Ta Ta, Hoo Ta"
American Poetry Review July/August 2004 - "It sounds like a saxophone tugging across a field"
Black Warrior Review v30n2 - "Sidekick"
FENCE v6n2 - "Drinking with the Ventriloquist's Dummy" & "Parable of the Boy inside the Deer"
Hayden's Ferry Review #25 - "The Willow"
Hayden's Ferry Review #35 - "The Monkey's Skull: Where Do Good Newsmen Come From?" & "Made Easy"
Jubilat 7 - "But Emerson Says, 'The body is a metre. The eye appreciates finer differences than art can expose."
The Melic Review - "In Short, a Pleasant Day :: The Man Arrives, Hooray!" "The Same Words :: Order of Harpoons," & "A Bird’s Head Rolls Into Two Baskets :: Walkie-Talkie"
No Tell Motel - "Order of Harpoons :: Digitalia :: Dobre Vecher" 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Read my discussion of the poem here.
Northwest Review - "Clink" & "Bear-Caught"
Octopus 4 - "About the Author," "Four Star General" &
"The Day :: Born :: The Red Door"
Pleiades 24:2 - "Speech of Artificio, a Character in My New Play" & "Inc."
Tarpaulin Sky v2n2&3 -
"Two Jokes About Bears"
Unpleasant Event Schedule - "He Called Her Forest (or was it Forest?)" & "The Brain Full of Bourbon (concerning the doctor and the simulation of Switzerland)"
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