I was at my brother’s house and I have a very primitive recorder that I have been having problems with so I decided to try to use my phone to record a conversation. I asked my nephew a few questions about his food choices and some other issues to kill the time. For the record … [Read more…]
Vittorio Carli’s work is punk rock #poetry
Notes on Branson, Missouri
Some memorable performances from Vito Carli
“Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel and the Rise of Chicago’s 99%” is a compulsively readable, timely, and well researched new book that examines the current state of Chicago politics.
Amazon.com: Vittorio Carli: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle
(on Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard, Balthazar)
Here’s my highly opinionated, idiosyncratic list of the best comic book songs.
Link to review of my chapbook.
Vito explores the mind of poet Sid Yiddish
The post hippy/utopian/countercultural vibe of the first few Lollapaloozas is long gone, but it was still an excellent corporate rock show.
I meant to get this up before, but better later than never. Lil Princess (aka Meg Mccarville) performed at my annual risqué spoken word event, and she did a fine job while she was wearing garishly charming clown apparel The reason that it was delayed was that the blog I wrote for would not let … [Read more…]
The current First Folio production of “Richard III” is a first rate, handsome, and well mounted theatrical version of one of Shakespeare’s finest plays, “The Tragedy of King Richard III.” As any literature buff knows, the story concerns a manipulative and cunning aristocrat who will stop at nothing to become the king. This includes sending loyal relatives to the … [Read more…]
Thax Douglas, one of the most iconic and recognizable poetry figures in Chicago, recently left Chicago because he believed he can make a better living elsewhere. For years he hosted a poetry show at Myopic Books, and he won the Nuyrican Café Slam. His fame has transcended the poetry scene, and he has become a … [Read more…]
Have you always wanted to be a writer? Yes. I wrote plays and poems in high school. Then in college I started doing student journalism. Can you tell me about your educational background? I went to high school in San Diego then I went to Northwestern, I studied journalism as an undergraduate and I wrote … [Read more…]
Rose Martula is an interesting name. Is it your birth name or did you adopt it yourself? Were you named after someone? My real name actually is Tanyss Rosemary Martula. Tanyss is my mother’s name, and it means Rose in Gaelic. So my name is really Rose Rosemary Martula, so I guess I truly am … [Read more…]
Raven Hinojosa is a trapeze artist extraordinaire who sometimes uses spoken word as part of her act. She is the umpteenth artist that I met through the soon to be disbanded, Ever So Secret Order of the Lamprey, an underground art group that meets every month in Pilsen, Chicago. She used to live in New … [Read more…]
Nina Corwin’s “Conversations with Friendly Demons and Tainted Saints” is a compelling, imaginative volume of poetry by a vital Chicago writer. Corwin attempts to speak for the marginalized voices in history and mythology. It is highly appropriate that she holds a mask on the back cover because in effect she becomes the tainted saints and … [Read more…]
I’ve known Katherine Chronis for close to ten years, and I have always admired her work. I first met her when she was the feature at Thax Douglas’s late, lamented weekly reading at Myopic Books.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VERSIFIER: THE JOHN SINCLAIR CHRONICLES
