“I’ll follow your bus downtown”

sooner or later, i was going to do one of these…

Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You?

Putting your appointed path ahead of any inner conflicts, you make your own rules for the benefit of all.

If my life or death I can protect you, I will.

“Well I never seen change without a fire”

post wbai, we all hit this pub by guy’s job and it was one of the moments that makes it all worth it. just chillin amongst friends talking about life & art,

the broadcast went well, if a bit rushed. i would’ve liked a bit more time to explore the origins of acentos more and *really* woud’ve appreciated more time to discuss the future of the series. louis was awesome as his radio voice is just amazing… especially when you realize that it is his REAL voice. between commercials we were all just being jackasses, passing notes around to try to see who would crack first and laugh out loud on the air. i was happy with my lil say on the radio so i cant complain and when i dont complain– you know it had to be cool.

the after party moved up to Macando’s(sp?) book shop on 14th and eighth, where rich found a copy of a book that louis recommended. it’s an out of print first edition which means that it was way overpriced but thats the life.

the after-after party kept going at urbana as the cabana cabal all got on the slam list adding some sazon to the bowery. i did ‘brooklyn back break beat’ but had the misfortune of drawing the 3 slot which means that your poetry has to be kick ass to survive the score creep… of course, i could do one of the more established pieces but then urbana has this ‘un-official’ rule about doing new pieces in the first round… then again, a whole bunch of people have pissed on the rule in the past… who am i kidding, i have no desire to do ‘motb’ in a slam unless its the last round… so ‘bbbb’ it is…

the bottom line– i got slaughtered in the scores. oh well, so the slam goes.

rich and fish did well, advancing to the second round but once the judges pick a favorite it usually stays that way. george mckibbens and dawn saylor were the said favorites and fought it out in the last round with george getting the scrabble board.

right now, i can afford to laugh off a bad finish at urbana but i dont know if i can keep the same smile going if the same happens at 13… we shall see.

The Friday Five

1. Do you watch sports? If so, which ones?

baseball, football, basketball, tennis and golf. hockey & soccer are best seen in person. pro wrestling on tv is theatre.

2. What/who are your favorite sports teams and/or favorite athletes?

the new york yankees(!), in basketball i am really feelin’ the sacrament kings

individual athletes are generally assholes in the new sports world but i will always tip my hat to pete sampras for getting the job done and putting his name in the record books by being the best he could be instead of what the media wanted.

3. Are there any sports you hate?

not really, once you can get into golf everything else is cake

4. Have you ever been to a sports event?

everything except a *real* NFL game (been to a couple of exhibition games)

baseball- i’ve been to a ton of yankee games including a world series game and the second *ever* mets vs yankees game (yanks win that one 2-1)

basketball- many, many trips to the garden to see the knicks back when they were good. once scored playoff tickets right behind the backboard as the knicks *wooped* the cleveland cavaliers.

hockey– just two ny rangers games but they were both great seats.

first time was just above the line of the plastic glass on a real hot march day meaning i had on a light t-shirt for a hockey game… not smart.

the second game had me two rows behind the ranger’s bench!

pro wrestling– on tv its theatre but live it becomes so much more!

back in the day, i would be up in the garden almost every month with my lil brother and sister. been to pay=per-views, live tv tapings, and the holiest of grails– WrestleMania!

5. Do/did you play any sports (in school or other)? How long did you play?

nope… straight high school geek

“I’d throw away the cars and the bars and the war”

tomorrow, the crew hits the radio. after many years of being a devoted opie&anthony listener and a full fledged big-ass member of the ron&fez society, i finally get to be in a studio.

not sure exactly how it’s going to go down but i will just flow like always.

point– if you get a chance, tune into WBAI tomorrow (the ninth) at 2:00pm and lend me your ears, so to speak.

friday is going to be a day of silliness as i will *attempt* to make the martin espada reading at cornelia street then shoot directly over to bluestockings for a feature that the Acentos crew has going on over at soul nation hosted by the amazinf mujeres de mahina movement.

bluestockings is a small, independent bookstore that focuses on woman’s books until recently they had a woman-only policy which sucked. i understand how groups need their space but my philosophy says you achieve more through inclusion than exclusion but thats just me. mahina had their first soul nation a few months back and it was the bomb… so i expect yo have a really good time while all thats going on.

also at 8:00pm keith roach is having a book release party for his new book, The World Changes at the Expense of Black People, at the Poetrty Project

and, over at the nuyo you have manny xavier as the spotlight.

you know, there was a time when if i did ONE poetry reading a day every day of the week, i thought that i was bein’ some kind of poetry warrior… now, i am lucky if i only have ONE a day.