the old Wandering Uterus Tour is coming to town this summer with at least one surviving member of the old poetess crew. next Thursday, July 2 at the 2nd City Arts Council Gallery the uteruses present
“Noisy Voyeur” – a night of erotic poetry, photography, music and movement. poets Marty McConnell, Emily Kagan and Tristan Silverman will perform live with a photography exhibition and live photoshoot by Alexandra Gibson (www.alexandragibsonphotography.com). there will be a DJ and some erotica and well, it should be lovely. like 18 and over lovely. wear something sexy and get $5 knocked off the door price!

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435 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA
8-11 p.m.
ages 18 and up
$10 ($5 in erotic attire)

1. listen to Radiohead albums on repeat.
2. stay indoors.
3. write poems about the science of emotion.
4. select a single tarot card and think about how it encapsulates everything going on with you right now.
5. watch Pixar films alone on your couch and identify with all orphaned/abandoned characters.
6. think about all the emails you have to write.
7. drink a lot of caffeine and then sit still at a computer.
8. make lists.

this is a last minute booking—Da Poetry Lounge is celebrating 11 years of Hollywood poetry evangelism this month and just invited to give the feature performance next Tuesday, June 9th. it’s located at the Greenway Court Theatre off Fairfax Ave between Melrose and Beverly. (544 N. Fairfax Blvd, Los Angeles.) there’s no sign that marks Da Poetry Lounge, but there’s usually a crowd on the steps of the theatre that kind of gives it away…it’s near Canter’s and the Largo and the Silent Movie Theater, three places you should know about if you don’t. you can park for free in the school parking lot next door. starts at 9pm, late comers might have to wait to get in…the feature goes on around 10:15ish, right before intermission. would love to see you there!

May has been really sweet and relax-y: no shows, no festivals, just me, a couple of drunken birthday parties and the annual spring pilgrimage to Big Sur to tromp through the wildflowers and roll around in the surf. June will be mostly the same, (i have a manuscript that needs some serious finishing), but i did agree to back up the amazing Andrea Gibson this coming Monday, June 1st at The Mint (www.themintla.com) for an evening show.

if you’re itching to start your week off with something sparkling, come see us! this is the only show i will be doing locally until mid to late July, and Andrea is worth hijacking planes to see live. i believe the show starts at 7:45.

The Mint
6010 West Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA

if i believed in past lives, i would definitely think i was a ribosome rolling around on the grass with the other 60s scientists.

books i’ve read in the past three weeks, in between working on all-consuming projects the size of Upstate New York’s shoulder chip:

The Brief And Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

what can i say? National Poetry Month makes me crave fiction. today i’m off to be a part of a live poetry webcast from A SECRET LOCATION and then off to the Newport Beach Film Festival to celebrate the debut of the Drums Inside Your Chest concert film.  maybe i’ll see you there?

three things that make me happy, every week, no matter what: Rob Brezsny’s free will astrology horoscopes, the new “sneak peeks” published every Monday on the Design Sponge blog, and McSweeney’s Lists. click on the following examples and share in the goodness:

HOROSCOPES

SNEAK-PEEKS

WHY KARMA IS A BITCH

what an insanely busy and amazing week! the Visions Voices Long Beach Spoken Word Festival, which i produced, is happening. and no, “Visions Voices” does not refer to a chapter in Timothy Leary’s “High Priest.” or if it does, it is entirely a coincidence. but the shows. THE SHOWS!!!! (more…)

what’s the phrase?  driven to distraction?  i’ve been so driven to distraction i’m running out of maps.  two nights ago i spilled boiling hot tea on my leg because the PUNK MUSIC GOT TO ME.   i scared the neighbors screaming my head off, and woke up with a dangerous dark scar on my right thigh.   so far there’s three opinions on what the scar looks like: a Japanese fighting fish leaping out of a bowl, a giant tadpole/sperm, and a stick figure cow or “cave painting cow.”  i hope that’s all you cult members need to know to picture it exactly, and to remember that hot tea is no laughing matter.  safety first people. (more…)

dear cult members and voyeurs: i will be out and about performing three times in January, all Southern California. (i will be in New York in February rocking the Nuyorican on the 20th and the Norwood on the 21st…stay tuned New York.) here’s the California news:

Featured Reading at the Ugly Mug Cafe in Orange: Wednesday, January 21st at 8pm
Black Boot #6 Release Party in Echo Park: Friday, January 23rd, 7:30 pm
SAY YES, a benefit show, in Long Beach: Saturday, January 24th, 4pm-10pm (I’ll go on at 8pm)

Details and flyers after the cut. (more…)