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Author Archives: David Barnes
The Great Lurch Forward
There were no flies on Frank. Pulled out of Nation just after 9 as I read The Tay Bridge Disaster, by the poet “widely hailed as the writer of the worst poetry in the English language,” William Topaz McGonagall. (Topaz????) … Continue reading
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Back in the UK…
My brother performing his songs at The Acoustic Ballroom in Wallingford, Oxfordshire on Friday evening… And me reading my own stuff.
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And now for something completely different…
Train!!! mmmqusNext Wednesday/mercredi prochaine le 9 avril…Spoken Word on the metro!How?We take the front car in the first metro after 21h00 on the line 6 starting from Nation and going to Charles De Gaulle Etoile. Then back! And round and … Continue reading
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Lost…? and Found.
Biggest night we’ve done yet! Diane Rebelle sent us off with se perdre… se trouver. Gieno had the packed room laughing with a poème by Paul Foct(?). Robert Teetsov sang his songs about love see http://www.myspace.com/bobteetsov Miranda told us a … Continue reading
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Lost & Found: mercredi le 2 avril a 21h
Find yourselves o people of The Word, Find yourselves wherever you may be & Walk out of your Lostness through the fertile Void and into The Ogre à Plumes (49 rue Jean Pierre Timbaud, Métro Parmentier)where unto you the Truth … Continue reading
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Nonsense 2
Who read – Hall of FameCharlie, Syanne, Joanna, Neil, Antonia, Marc, Nico, Thomas, Cassidy, Dand (interesting name) or possibly David (Fishel?), and Conor. The Alice tree performed songs.
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Nonsense
I was sick so Conor ran the night. Apparently Maxime heckled a lot before quietening down into drunken bouts of muttering darkly. More info soon. Next week’s theme – Lost/Found.
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Telerama article on Spoken Word
This week’s Telerama has an article on our Spoken Word nights! (page 11 in Telerama Sortir) I would copy and paste it here, but (1) I can’t find it on their website and (2) it describes me as “Hugh Grant … Continue reading
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SpokenWord Paris 