We attended the last of Mahogany Browne's London shows on Thursday at Neighborhood's near Portobello Rd, which apparently the venue where hip-hop got started in London.
We got there early enough to walk around the area a little before the show, and we happened upon some spraypaint on a wall by some dude who defaces public property. 
Gosh, what was his name...? Bant...Brink...Blank.... oh, yeah....BANKSY. here's his website. We also saw a really sweet skate park wedged in the space below an overpass.
The guy who runs the Farrago International Slam was there and remembered us from Mahogany's first show. He invited me to feature at their next show (Nov. 2nd - this friday,) but it's a spanish/english night, so he expects me to do at least one piece in spanish or a spanish translation. I know, right? But it's a feature spot, so I'll cover some spanish poetry if that's what it takes. I've never featured before, though, and I'm kinda nervous about it, especially since Allen won't be able to go with me. I know, I know - get over it. I'll be fine. I have decided to make a music myspace page, though, so it looks like I'm at least a little bit of a poet. I'll post the link when it's done. A publisher from Tall-Lighthouse also contacted me after the Farrago slam about doing a feature and submitting some poems for their 2008 anthology. He's giving me a short feature spot at the November reading at the Poetry Cafe on Nov. 28th.
This post ended up being not nearly as exciting as I thought it would be...hmm.... sorry abo- OH MY GOD! A HUGE CHUNK OF THE ROOF JUST FELL IN BEHIND ME! THERE'S BLOOD, ASBESTOS AND PIGEON FEATHERS EVERYWHERE! OH, THE HUMANITY!
...too much? it was too much, wasn't it? i should have kept it small... no one goes for roofs caving in - too dramatic. oh well...i tried.
stacy
Gosh, what was his name...? Bant...Brink...Blank.... oh, yeah....BANKSY. here's his website. We also saw a really sweet skate park wedged in the space below an overpass.The guy who runs the Farrago International Slam was there and remembered us from Mahogany's first show. He invited me to feature at their next show (Nov. 2nd - this friday,) but it's a spanish/english night, so he expects me to do at least one piece in spanish or a spanish translation. I know, right? But it's a feature spot, so I'll cover some spanish poetry if that's what it takes. I've never featured before, though, and I'm kinda nervous about it, especially since Allen won't be able to go with me. I know, I know - get over it. I'll be fine. I have decided to make a music myspace page, though, so it looks like I'm at least a little bit of a poet. I'll post the link when it's done. A publisher from Tall-Lighthouse also contacted me after the Farrago slam about doing a feature and submitting some poems for their 2008 anthology. He's giving me a short feature spot at the November reading at the Poetry Cafe on Nov. 28th.
This post ended up being not nearly as exciting as I thought it would be...hmm.... sorry abo- OH MY GOD! A HUGE CHUNK OF THE ROOF JUST FELL IN BEHIND ME! THERE'S BLOOD, ASBESTOS AND PIGEON FEATHERS EVERYWHERE! OH, THE HUMANITY!
...too much? it was too much, wasn't it? i should have kept it small... no one goes for roofs caving in - too dramatic. oh well...i tried.
stacy
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