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29 August 2006

Ode to Pink... an evening at Waltz-Astoria. →[More:]

Last night, Jon and I met up with TrishaLynn at Waltz-Astoria for their monthly Spoken Word Open Mic. It was my first venture into the cute, abeit disturbingly pastel, coffee house/beer & wine bar I discovered last week while parking my car. Both the cappucino and featured reader, Glenn Werner, were excellent -- dark and frothy, with a touch of cinnamon. The open mic was a mixed bag, as open mics tend to be, fluctuating somewhere between thumb screws and bliss, but, I must say, it was a hoot to read again. TrishaLynn gave a fine reading and read first, brave soul. Jon was happy (there was beer). And I thought I'd share one of the poems I read for the bunnies who couldn't make it.

post by: Pips at: 13:09 | 12 comments

Man, if I'd known about it, I'd have totally been there.

posted by gaspode 29 August | 13:13

Is there any photographic evidence?

posted by getoffmylawn 29 August | 13:18

The aforementioned poem, from my Waltz-Astoria reading:

ODE TO PINK

You think you're sweet,
wrapped around babies
in nurseries, perched
on one leg at the zoo.

But you're labia,
pimples, pink-eye.

The color of choice
for prison walls, Barbie's
Dream House.

Stuck-up, pig-nose,
girlie-girl pink. Fake

like Sweet 'n Low,
not on the rainbow.

Cancer, canker,
prickly deceit
of a rose.

Stink, mink,
slink, fink.

Hearts aren't pink,
only Valentines.

Blacklists, bashings,
triangles, pinkos.

Fear is pink. Scars,
knuckles, lemonade.

Nickel a Dixie cup.
Drink.

posted by Pips 29 August | 13:21

Yeah, 'pode, I shoulda done a "bump" reminder about the open mic... next time.

Alas, no pictures, goml...

posted by Pips 29 August | 13:24

I'll be at the next one.

posted by Joe Famous 29 August | 13:25

Cool, JF. The next spoken word's not until September 25th, though, which is the day after we get back from Vegas, so I'm not sure I'll be up for that (our plane gets in late). But October for sure...

They do have music open mics, however, every Wednesday night, and if ya felt like performing sometime, we'd certainly be there to heckle ya. ; )

There's a great Greek restaurant just down the street from Waltz, too, which I highly recommend. And Tuesdays are comedy night at Waltz, so any locals who wanna make an evening of it will be fully entertained. (Plus mojitos at Fatty's across the street!)

posted by Pips 29 August | 13:36

I'll do the music one. I'll rap while plucking the ukelele. lol.

posted by Joe Famous 29 August | 13:54

Uh, thanks?

Yuk yuk yuk.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 August | 13:56

I'll rap while plucking the ukelele.

Aloha, motherfucker!

(side note: friggle frackle IT department, software updates, afternoon shot to hell..frickle fraggle..)

posted by jonmc 29 August | 14:53

I'll rap while plucking the ukelele.

The vision that springs to mind is of George Formby, who was an inexplicably popular British performer of the 1930s and 40s. He was an absolute fucking megastar, the Michael Jackson of his day. I kid you not.

And, of course, the only George Formby song that Joe Famous could possibly sing is ...

posted by essexjan 29 August | 17:04

Sooo, what is your favorite color, pips?

posted by brujita 30 August | 00:37

Hey Thanks Bunnies for all the kind words ( no puns intended Ugh ) @ Waltz.

Song & I are trying our best to keep this little joint a fun place for happenings of all kinds

P.s. I'm Bill E and along with My Partner
Song ( its really her name ) we own and operate
this little ( who knew ) cafe/place.

We'd love to have you come perform at Open Mic.
Music Nights ..actually , we love having you
bunnies drop in whenever.
Your feedback is great and really helps us to figure out if we are doing it right..
and what we could do better....

See Ya

posted by Bill E 31 August | 10:15

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