So last night was the Beltway Grand Slam! Ten poets went in. Four poets came out. Followed by the other six, who were somewhat disappointed.
Congrats to the new team, Joseph LMS, Chris August, Twain Dooley and Drew Law. They all earned it!
As for me, I came in 8th, which isn't terrible, but I really wish I had done better. I definitely went much too fast with my first piece and managed to redeem myself somewhat with the second. But oh well, next time! Back with a vengeance!
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Feature #2: Doin' it right
Hell yeah.
I may have struggled in that first feature, but this second one I knocked it out of the park. According to all the people I asked. They smiled and said "Yes! You did so well! Gotta go now, bye!"
Obviously they were blown away by my talent. That's why they moved so quickly away from me.
But in all seriousness, I think the feature went very well. I really got a good reaction to my "Building a Bridge" poem. I think it resonates very well with the Spit Dat Open Mic audience. And the more it resonates, the better I do. Really, it's like this feedback loop of poetic validation. Especially when DC seems to have this tendency attend concerts and the like so they can stand COMPLETELY STILL in ABJECT SILENCE.
But yeah. Spit Dat isn't, well, dat.
And so ends my week of insane poet-rockstar-hood. It's a relief, but at the same time...
I want more.
I may have struggled in that first feature, but this second one I knocked it out of the park. According to all the people I asked. They smiled and said "Yes! You did so well! Gotta go now, bye!"
Obviously they were blown away by my talent. That's why they moved so quickly away from me.
But in all seriousness, I think the feature went very well. I really got a good reaction to my "Building a Bridge" poem. I think it resonates very well with the Spit Dat Open Mic audience. And the more it resonates, the better I do. Really, it's like this feedback loop of poetic validation. Especially when DC seems to have this tendency attend concerts and the like so they can stand COMPLETELY STILL in ABJECT SILENCE.
But yeah. Spit Dat isn't, well, dat.
And so ends my week of insane poet-rockstar-hood. It's a relief, but at the same time...
I want more.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Feature #1: From 0 to fuckup in 20 seconds
Ow.
You know it's really like a positive, physical gut-punch when you freeze up in the middle of a performance. When you freeze up at the BEGINNING of a performance, well, it's kind of like one of those Mortal Kombat uppercuts where blood flies out of you for no discernible reason.
It went like this:
It wasn't so bad, though, after I regained consciousness, I finished the set without messing up again. It just sucked to mess up 30 seconds into my set. That's what I get for trying new things.
Well, anyway, there's another feature coming up Thursday. This time the audience won't be 2/3rds my friends, so that'll probably make me a lot more comfortable and much less likely to fuck up.
I think that's how it works.
You know it's really like a positive, physical gut-punch when you freeze up in the middle of a performance. When you freeze up at the BEGINNING of a performance, well, it's kind of like one of those Mortal Kombat uppercuts where blood flies out of you for no discernible reason.
It went like this:
It wasn't so bad, though, after I regained consciousness, I finished the set without messing up again. It just sucked to mess up 30 seconds into my set. That's what I get for trying new things.
Well, anyway, there's another feature coming up Thursday. This time the audience won't be 2/3rds my friends, so that'll probably make me a lot more comfortable and much less likely to fuck up.
I think that's how it works.
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