Ruthless Hippies Happenings

NEW RUTHLESS BLOG

2012-01-31T23:09:00.000-08:00

Hello faithful blogspot followers!!! Please direct yourself to the link below to see our new Ruthless Hippies Blog Headquarters. With the help of my good friend and fellow Ruthless Hippy Jared Muscat, I will be blogging as often as possible about my own events and other cool stuff. Like us on the Facebooks! Thanks for following, now keep at it...

The Brand Spankin' New Ruthless Blog !!!

Sincerely,

Schmitty

2012!

2012-01-01T18:49:00.000-08:00

Hey Ruthless Hippies and Friends,

The freakiest thing to do this Monday January 2nd is the Freak for All open mic at E-Street Cafe, please come on in and share your music/poetry/peformance/soul on stage at E-Street from 7-9 PM. Takes place on guess which street in downtown Encinitas...

The only smart thing to do this Wednesday is go see Mattson 2, Todd Day Wait and Edify live at Bar Leucadian BIG WEDNESDAY JAN 4th 9 PM sharp. No Kooks, No Cover. 1542 N Coast Hwy 101.

January 18 will be next Poetry Ruckus featuring the incredibly talented and awesome Mr. Rolland Tizuela who still hosts Glassless Minds open mic (poetry/music) every 2nd and 4th Thursday (12th and 26th this Jan) up in O-Side in their new locale @ A Word with you press: 802 Tremont St., Oceanside, CA 92054. Our Ruckus will be @ Ducky Waddle's 414 Coast HWY 101. Local Poets are encouraged to e-mail Michael (ruthlesshippies@gmail.com) if they would like to to perform.

and here's your Big Wednesday schedule for this month at Bar Leucadian:

1/4 - Mattson 2, Todd Day Wait, Edify (jazz twin phenoms, original folk blues, funky vinyl collective )

1/11 - The Plastic Revolution, The Troubadours (ROCK and ROLL)

1/18 - Inspired and the Sleep, Trouble in the Wind (trippy digitized pop, original country folk americana)

1/25- Zodiac Death Valley, Doves and Desperados (fresh funk rock, soulfolk)

2/1 - Euphoria Brass Band (Nawlins style brass funk attack)

Tower 7 and DJ Vail for Big Wednesday TONIGHT! ...and more poetry events for December

2011-12-14T12:38:00.000-08:00

A Big Wednesday surf stomp presented by Ruthless Hippies Entertainment!

Frontman Miles Kenney has been a San Diego surf rock mainstay since before you were in diapers, kid. Come out to Bar Leucadian to see his band Tower 7 this Wednesday night 9-12. NO COVER Bring your dancing feet! This message has not been approved by Gary Busey.

Featuring midnight night set by DJ Anthony Vail !!!

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After tonight, no more Ruthless Hippies events until the 2012!

so check out:

12/19
Word - Spoken word and poetry open mic hosted by Dylan Barmmer, this Monday 12/19 7-9, come out and READ!

Freak for All and Big Wednesdays

2011-12-04T21:34:00.000-08:00

MUSIC!

no cover for these ass kicking bands at Bar Leucadian NO COVER !!!

$2.50 beer of the month

Dec 7th - Gone Baby Gone

Dec 14th - Misc Ailments

Dig the scene at our last Big Wednesday! (notice it's @ Ducky Waddle's...apologies, we had to move the Blackfeet Braves' performance to Ducky's last minute due to complications involving the drummer's age...thanks to Teddy who spun a wicked set for the people at Bar Leucadian)

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THe fREAK fOr All

OPEN MIC!
@ E-Street Cafe in downtown Encinitas
Monday (every 1st Monday of Month!) 12/5
7-9 PM

Come to our pecial X-Mass Freak for All @ E-Street Cafe. Bring your ears, poems, music and talents to our lil open mic

HUGE WEDNESDAYS !

2011-11-27T18:36:00.000-08:00

We've got lots going on these Wednesdays in Leucadia...

Live Music @ Bar Leu 1542 N Coast Hwy 101! NO COVER

Nov 30th - Black Feet Braves
http://blackfeetbraves.bandcamp.com/

Dec 7th - Gone Baby Gone
http://www.reverbnation.com/gonebabygonemusic

Dec 14th - Misc Ailments
http://www.facebook.com/misc.ailments

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Ducky Waddle's Poetry Ruckus 7:15 PM featuring guest Coulter Jacobs
414 N Coast Hwy 101

come out, listen and read !

Freak for All Tonight !

2011-11-07T13:59:00.001-08:00

COME OUT to E-Street Cafe tonight from 7-9 PM for your regular Monday does of open mic craziness!

Stoked,

M

Ruckus turns terrible two

2011-10-25T16:33:00.000-07:00

What a long strange trip it's been putting on these Poetry Ruckuses for the last two years at Ducky Waddle's. I have so many new friends, poems and experiences to be grateful for. I hope that you can join us this Wednesday October 26th to celebrate the Ruckus the same way it started: in Halloween costumes!!!

If you're not the dressing up type, please join us anyway. Doors at 7 PM, reading by 7:15 and our most excellent guest Jared A Muscat by 9 PM. Jared is a neo organic beatnik surf bum activist poet whose flavorful words have graced the Ruckus since before it was the Ruckus.

If you want to rea for about 5 minutes, please RSVP to ruthlesshippies@gmail.com. If I don't hear from you, there will probably still be room.

mad poetry this october

2011-10-03T12:55:00.000-07:00

Dig this new voltron poster! Catch us at the belly up on Tuesday October 18th 7:30-8:30. Presale tix $8 here.

2 year Anniversary...
Ruckus @ the Duck Oct 26th featuring Jared Muscat!

Halloween costumes strongly encouraged!

Next Freak for All at E-Street Cafe Monday Nov 7th 7-9 PM

! Haley Jensen to Bring the Ruckus !

2011-09-11T23:17:00.000-07:00

Ducky Waddle's Poetry Ruckus returns this Wednesday September 14th, with doors at 7 PM, poetry at 7:15 and guest poet at 9 PM. And our guest for the evening will be none other than Ruckus O.G. Haley Jensen. Please come out and support Haley for her time in the spotlight before she leaves the Ruckus for the Ivory Tower.

Please send RSVP's if you are reading, or are even considering reading: ruthlesshippies@gmail.com

Ducky Waddle's Emporium
414 N Coast Hwy 101
Encinitas, CA 92024

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other stuff:

-We are well past deadline on Da Ruckus vol II submissions and only one person has submitted. I may have forgot to mention that this time around we are in the process of teaming up with a real publishing company and will have a nice looking book of Ruckus poets with original artwork. Either way it will not look like a spiral notebook or have staples this time around. October first is the new deadline, and you submit by sending me one o two original poems no longer than one page in length: ruthlesshippies@gmail.com

-WORD on the 3d Monday of every month, so 9/19 is the next poetry at E-Street cafe hosted by Mr. Dylan Barmmer.

formin' like voltron

2011-08-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

The San Diego Poetry Voltron needs no introduction, terrorizing the production for your mass consumption, lethal word status to make your ear drums shattered, poetry that’s live, got a crew of girls and guys, from across the whale’s vagina, dig us deep like down to china, this is San Diego’s best, son, one hour, pure expression, free the souls from dark repression.

Tonight, don't miss the debut of the San Diego Poetry Voltron from 7:30-8:30 PM at the Belly Up !!!

Tix are $8

In Motion Trio with Semisi & FulaBula@ the Duck...POETRY @ Belly Up ???...Leucadia Artwalk!?!?!.....

2011-08-21T17:50:00.000-07:00

Here are three epic Ruthless Hippies events to close out summer with:

first @...

Duck Waddle's Emporium
414 N. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, (Leucadia)
One block south of the Pannikin
23' south of Lou's Records
Friday, August 26th 7:00 pm

In Motion Trio, The award winning local jazz combo, will perform this Friday evening, August 26, in the Salon @ The DUCK. The In Motion Trio is an instrumental jazz group that delivers steamy Afro-Beat grooves and an eclectic blend of funk. They received the "Best Jazz Artist" award at the recent 2011 San Diego Music Awards. Doors open at 7:00, show starts at 8:00. Suggested donation $5.00. Please join us Friday night for this magical event. Please arrive early as seating is limited.

Also, get there early to catch opening set from Semisi & FulaBula, San Diego's best and most entertaining Polynesian rock group!!!

unofficial after-party @ Capn' Keno's

SECOND EVENT...

Leucadia Artwalk Happening on Sunday August 28th...local art and music happening free all over the highway 101 main street in funky town (Leucadia)..

featuring: Re-appearance of the Surfing Madonna, Shoreline Roots and Trouble in the Wind at the Stone Brewery Beer Garden !!!

AND THiRDLY...

...for all you poetry fans out there, catch the San Diego Poetry Voltron taking off from 8-9 PM @ the Belly Up Tavern on Tuesday August 30th.

The San Diego Poetry Voltron needs no introduction, terrorizing the production for your mass consumption, lethal word status to make your ear drums shattered, poetry that’s live, got a crew of girls and guys, from across the whale’s vagina, dig us deep like down to china, this is San Diego’s best, son, one hour, pure expression, free the souls from dark repression...

8-9 PM @ the Belly Up, don't be late !!!

Awesome local comedy show to follow, tix are $8, please come out to enjoy and support !!!

your ruthless summer calendar

2011-07-30T15:22:00.000-07:00

^^^photo of Star Fish rockin' Summer Fun on the 101 courtesy of Cara Cadwallader

Hello Ruthless Warriors,

Just a heads up on some super awesome events coming you way in San Diego Californ-i-a:

TONIGHT 7/30 : Star Fish @ Hard Rock Cafe 10 PM - 801 4th ave (gaslamp)

MONDAY 8/1 : The Freak for All (poetry & music & improv, open mic for open minds) @ E-Street Cafe

SATURDAY 8/6: The Social Club: a fund raiser for Ducky Waddle's & the Che Cafe, featuring art, music fashion & poetry by Michael Schmitt and his roving band of Ruthless Hippies!!!! $5 entry, all proceeds to the Duck and the Che. Thanks to the amazing Jacque Lynn for putting this on!

Pleeeease come out !!!

more events for August a bit further out...

8/15 - Word - poetry open mic @ E-Street hosted by facebook poet laureate Dylan Barmmer

8/11 & 8/25 - Glassless Minds - poetry and music open mic @ Brooks Sunshine theater in Oceanside hosted by Rolland Tizuela

8/ ??? -Poetry Ruckus at the Duck TBA

8/30 - Comedy Show with Poetry Ruckus @ the Belly Up !!!!!! $10 (yes, the travelin Ruckus returns, this time appearing at North County's biggest and best music venue...stay tuned for more deets)

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more more more important stuff:

PLEASE RSVP to read @ Che Cafe/Ducky's benefit August 6th by e-mailing ruthlesshippies@gmail.com with header 'RSVP Social Club' ...do this asap please!

Poetry will begin at 8:30 and will go for ~ 1 hour depending on # of readers...dead poets style outside in the dark with tiki torches!!!

Please send submissions for 'Da Ruckus volume 2.0'. Poems must fit onto one page. Please send no more than two poems a piece. Deadline: 8/31

Edwin Decker Returns to the Ruckus!

2011-07-17T23:44:00.000-07:00

Hello Ruckaholics. Edwin Decker was the first ever Ducky Waddle's Poetry Ruckus guest when we started this thing nearly two years gone by now. I am so stoked to have him back again, and you should be too! Ed's poems, essays and opinion columns are as ruthlessly funny and intelligent as they come. Read his latest Sordid Tales column here to get an idea of what you're in for.

See you at the Ruckus!!!

doors @ 7PM poetry 7:15 PM guest 9 PM

Ducky Waddle's
414 N Coast Hwy 101
Encinitas CA 92024

email: ruthlesshippies (at) gmail.com to read at the ruckus

Summer Fun on the 101

2011-06-29T14:05:00.001-07:00

For full info, visit summerfun101.com

ruckus, ruckus! return of the poster

2011-06-22T00:40:00.000-07:00

see info on guest Steve Kowit in previous post!

Meet Steve Kowit; a poet who knows it.

2011-06-19T22:10:00.000-07:00

Steve is a beloved SoCal poet who has been a professor at Southwestern College for decades. He's taught a myriad of workshops for over 30 years inspiring novice and accomplished poets alike. His thumbprints include the anthology The Maverick Poets as well as The Gods of Rapture (a collection sparked by the amatory poetry of India), The Dumbbell Nebula, and Lurid Confessions. His gold stars include the New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times, Ploughshares, the Sun, and Yoga Journal. Quintessential guidance for writing poetry comes from our favourite In the Palm of Your Hand. We are honoured to welcome a ruthless hippie directly from the Haight. Please join us and give this man a Quack! at Ducky's June 22nd doors at 7PM, poetry 7:15PM, guest @ 9PM.

E-mail: ruthlesshippies(at)gmail.com to read!

Nick Macedo to rock Ruckus, Neato!

2011-05-17T00:17:00.000-07:00

Dig some Youtube of Nick Macedo, the next young talented guest poet to rock the Ruckus on May 25th!

As always, doors are at 7PM, poetry at 7:15 and guest around 9.

Ducky Waddle's is @ 414 N Coast Hwy 101 in Encinitas, just South of Lou's.

PRE SHAUX

2011-04-10T16:02:00.000-07:00

You heard about Mad House VI yah? You know, that amazing night of live electronic music, dancing and art taking place at the Belly Up on 4/20? The one where we're raising money to support Ducky Waddle's Emporium through an insanely sweet silent auction with works from Mary Fleener, Shepard Fairey and more? Well, guess what?

We're doing a pre- Mad House VI show live at the Duck, for those of you who can't get enough Mad House or can't get out on Wednesday or just aren't old enough to enter the Belly Up.

Come see awesome electronic duo: Gaux Nu Vaux play a special acoustic set, and catch 'Ruckus/Freak for All' regular Starfish (aka Molly Mackin) open up the night with her golden voice.

This show is free, but we are suggesting a donation of books, CD's or anything else you think might be bitchin' new inventory for the Duck. Just don't be offended if Jerry puts it in the dollar bin!

Ed Coonce Set to Massacre Ducky Waddle's Poetry Ruckus

2011-03-20T22:39:00.000-07:00

This WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23rd is our next Ducky Waddle's Poetry Ruckus with doors at 7 PM, poetry starting at 7:15 and our guest of honor Ed Coonce going on at 9 PM. If you are familiar with the Ruckus, then you surely have heard Ed's starkly hilarious poems and short stories before. And if you are new to the Ruckus, then you certainly will not want to miss this performance from the man whose musings range from Caliphate paranoia to Tarantino-esque Teletubby blood baths. A Ruckus of epic proportions to be sure! Don't miss it.

Ducky Waddle's Emporium is @ 414 N Coast Highway 101, Encinitas CA 92024

Please send me an RSVP email ASAP if you would like to read. Please bring anything you would like to read that fits in at under five minutes.

Also on the radar for the Ruthless Hippies:

MON APRIL 4 (and every first Monday of the Month): Next FREAK FOR ALL @ E Street Cafe 7-9

Travelin' Ruckus Show

2011-03-09T13:38:00.000-08:00

Ruthless Hippies Traveling Ruckus Performs at San Diego Indie Fest 7 !!!

12 Noon on the Watercolor Stage

and

12:45 on the Arts Stage

CLICK for more info on San Diego Indie Fest

Freak for Y'ALL this Monday

2011-03-06T18:59:00.000-08:00

The Freak for All frequents the first Monday of the month at E-Street Cafe in Encinitas, and as I bet you've guessed by now is that it's located on E-Street
And From 7 to 9, well that's wear the Freaks Be
Do something freaky up on the stage

Consider this the Informal practice for those of you wishing to be up on the stage Ruckusing it with us at Indie Fest 7 happening this coming weekend. That's right, say you shared the bill with such awesome rock bands as Vokab Company and We Are Scientists

Remember to hit me up ASAP if you want to read: ruthlesshippies@gmail.com

Also:

Advanced warning of the coming apocalypse taking place on March 23rd as Ed Coonce takes over the Duck for a Poetry Ruckus of Epic Proportions

February 7th Freak for All and Derek Firenze Makes Love to the Poetry Ruckus Feb 9th !!!

2011-02-02T23:18:00.001-08:00

That's right people, this coming Monday Feb 7th is the first Monday of the month, and that means the Freaks will all be out at E-Street cafe from 7-9 PM. The Freak for All is an open mic with an emphasis on improv and experimentation. All forms of live performance are encouraged, though spoken word and music are most frequently on display. Come out and do something freaky and original!

Two nights later, Wednesday February 9th you can find us Ruthless Hippies at Ducky Waddle's Emporium for the Poetry Ruckus. Our guest will be none other than the Derek Firenze. Since the very first run, Derek has been stalwart at the Ruckus (mind you he is neither stale, nor does he have warts ), crafting poems that range from humorous to whimsical to serious to disturbing and back (often in the same poem) and he gives his all to each reading. Please stick around and support one of our favorite Ruckus Rousers.

Doors 7, starts 7:15, guest 9 PM. Those looking to read MUST RSVP to: ruthlesshippies@gmail.com.

The following week the Moonlight Poets and 101 Artist Colony present the La Paloma Slam on Friday February 18th. C'mon out and sign on up if you think you've got what it takes. The night before at the Encinitas Library, there will be another poetry night

And then I'ma be sippin pina coladas in the Carribean on my birthday the week after that, so that's the story. February is Encinitas Poetry Month, people. Get out and express yourself!

MLK Jr Day at E-Street: Share your dream

2011-01-16T21:35:00.001-08:00

Monday
1/17/11
@ E-Street Cafe
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Poetry Open Mic: Share Your Dream

C'mon out 7=9 PM

First come first read!

Pam Benjamin @ the Duck's third Short Fiction Ruckus!

2011-01-11T14:27:00.000-08:00

Hellooo Ruckus Rousers Worldwide,

Just a friendly reminder that this Friday Jan 14th at 7PM at the Duck is our next Short Fiction Ruckus featuring Pam Benjamin brought to us by our friends at 'Ink. Publishing and Design', the same awesome book publishers from San Fran who brought us M. G. Martin.

more about Pam:

Pam Benjamin is a writer living in San Francisco. Awarded an MA in Fiction from San Francisco State University in 2010, she is also working on her MFA in Poetry because pieces of paper look nice framed. Ink. published The Pigeon Chronicles or Bike Messenger Assassins in Summer 2010. She is the co-host of “Common Threads” on Pirate Cat Radio in San Francisco where she has read from her other episodic journeys: Dottie & Bree, Hijo Perdito (Little Boy Lost), The Soon To Be Legend Of Farmer Keef, and Polly’s Escape. Her poetry has appeared in several literary journals. Pam also really likes to bake cookies.

She will also be performing at The Whistlestop Bar on Jan. 16 in San Diego.

Please RSVP if you would like to read anything ruthlesshippies@gmail.com (of course!). Any piece of prose writing under 5 minutes will do.

Wine and other refreshments. Doors at 7, Starts 7:15 and guest at 9PM

also coming up...

Jan 17th, Poetry night for Martin Luther King Jr. Day at E-Street Cafe!

The Freak is Back!

2011-01-02T19:20:00.000-08:00

WE WANT YOUR RESOLUTION!

Christmas/Solstice/Hanuka/Kwanzza POETRY RUCKUS !!!

2010-11-24T15:32:00.000-08:00

MG Martin will be coming in form San Francisco to wow the crowd at Ducky Waddle's on Wednesday Dec 1st. Don't Miss it. Doors at 7PM, reading 7:15, guest at 9 PM

PEACE!
M

Julie Weinstein: Short Fiction Ruckus and Book Premier for 'Flashes from the Other World'

2010-11-01T12:31:00.000-07:00

Come on out on Thursday November 11th for our next Short Fiction Ruckus @ Ducky Waddle's. Doors open at 7 PM and reading begins at 7:15 PM.

This night will also be the book premier for our special guest, local author Julie Weinstein. Julie will be reading from her rand new collection of flash fiction, Flashes from the other World.

Check it out:

"With a keen minimalist eye and a knifelike accuracy of just where the edge is, Weinstein is the angry orphaned child of Palahniuk and Octavia Butler. These stories are disturbingly correct, commanding and gorgeous."
~Traci Foust, Nowhere Near Normal

"Readers of Julie Weinstein's Flashes from the Other World will gladly find themselves lifted story by story on a true reading adventure. Her descriptive scenes are that vividly real! Here is an author whose word choice is pure magic. From the paranormal, to relationships, to the surreal, these flash stories will delight readers."
~Salvatore Buttaci, author of Flashing My Shorts

"Julie Ann Weinstein writes in a refreshing, sharp style that is perfectly suited to flash fiction. Her stories are filled with haunting scenarios and wildly funny characters, who are as unpredictable as they are endear-ing. Flashes From the Other World is aptly titled—the stories offer pure escapism in short form."
~Jen Knox, Author of Musical Chairs and To Begin Again

Find out more about Julie here

There will be free local organic refreshments.

Email ruthlesshippies@gmail.com to read

Thomas Powers 'takes over' the Poetry Ruckus

2010-10-15T00:11:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to let you all know that we are organizing the next poetry Ruckus for this Wednesday 10/20. Doors are at 7PM and reading starts 7:15.

Our very special guest for this evening will be Thomas Powers, a most interesting individual who has done readings with the likes of Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlingetti and Gregory Corso. In the late 70's he was part of the burgeoning punk scene with his band DaMoronics. Mr. Powers will be sharing a part lecture, part reading entitled "Before Howl" which will educate us on Black Mountain College (Mr. Powers is an alumni) and the 'San Francisco Renaissance', both of which preceded and strongly influenced the beat generation.

Stoked for this!

Send me RSVP's if you want to read: ruthlesshippies@gmail.com

FREAK FOR ALL TONIGHT

2010-10-04T12:37:00.000-07:00

Happening at E-Street Cafe this evening

The Freak for ALL!!!

7:30-9 PM

Tao Lin in the news

2010-09-27T23:46:00.000-07:00

As I have been enjoying my read of next Ruckus guest author Tao Lin's Richard Yates, I have also been enjoying some incredibly entertaining reviews of this work.

The most entertaining of them by far, came from the New York Times today. And if you're not the link clicking type, let me at least tell you that the book made the critic feel suicidal, which alone probably bodes well for it's place in history.

The Village Voice rushed to Tao's defense.

Hipster Runoff picked up the Tao Meme.

And Tao even appeared on the cover of the Stranger in a mock up of Time Magazine's recent Jonathan Franzen cover.

Nice Boston Globe review.

And shoot...anybody coming out for this?

Support the Duck, buy a book and get it signed!

Friday! Deets on previous post,

M

Tao 'mutha effin' Lin to read @ Short Fiction Ruckus Friday OCTOBER 1st

2010-09-24T03:02:00.000-07:00

Good Sirs and Gentle Ladies,

Thanks to all who came out for the last Poetry Ruckus where Mr. Dylan Barmmer wowed the crowd in lieu of our originally scheduled guest reader Robert Kelly not being able to make it.

The next Ruckus will be a very special one, indeed.

On Friday October 1st with doors opening at 7PM, we will have a Ruckus of short fiction, and the featured guest will be none other than author Tao Lin, reading an excerpt from his brand new novel Richard Yates.

If you have never heard of Tao Lin, then maybe these quotes will make you want to know who he is...

“Richard Yates is a moving, very funny, discomforting, and heartbreakingly life-affirming meditation on extremes—extreme alienation, extreme intimacy, extreme confusion, extreme expectations—that reads like a meticulously and lovingly crafted collaboration between a weirder Ernest Hemingway and a more philosophically-minded Jean Rhys.”
—James Frey, author of Bright Shiny Things and A Million Little Pieces

“Richard Yates is hilarious, menacing, and hugely intelligent. Tao Lin is a Kafka for the iPhone generation. He has that most important gift: it’s impossible to imagine anyone else writing like he does and sounding authentic. Yet he has already spawned a huge school of Lin imitators. As precocious and prolific as he is, every book surpasses the last. Tao Lin may well be the most important writer under thirty working today.”
—Clancy Martin, author of How to Sell

“A revolutionary.”—The Stranger

“[A] deadpan literary trickster.”—New York Times

“Deeply smart, funny, and head-over-heels dedicated.”—New York magazine

“Prodigal, unpredictable...impossible to ignore.”—Paste magazine

ANYHOW...

If you would like to be part of the opening act, please submit ONE (and only one) piece of original short fiction that you can read in under five minutes. Send to:

ruthlesshippies@gmail.com

While you are at it, if it's written in 101 words or less, then you will probably want to send it to Citybeat for their annual short fiction contest that ends on Monday September 27th.

adult beverages for those 21 and up

reading starts 7:15, Q & A and book signing to follow !!!!

RUCKUS!

2010-09-13T11:20:00.000-07:00

2010-08-14T12:03:00.000-07:00

Summer Fun on the 101: a Festival of Surf Music

random updates

2010-08-06T00:14:00.000-07:00

Us Ruthless Hippies are madly excited about

Summer Fun on the 101: A festival of Surf Music

We hope you can come, it's going to be a grand old time. The page has been updated with the track 'summer fun theme', written and recorded by yours truly!

The recent Freak for All was fun for all who witnessed it. Our freaktastic happening shall return September 6th--first Monday of the Month.

Thanks to all who submitted to the Ruckus anthology. Those who did will be receiving a copy, and any ruthless hippies hoping to sneak in past deadline should do so ASAP.

La Paloma Slam is August 24th--stoked!

gotta luv funky town in the summer sun, see you at summer fun!

FREAK FOR ALL goes international!!!

2010-07-03T14:39:00.000-07:00

First things first:

FREAK FOR ALL #5 is Monday July 5th from 6-8 P.M. at E-Street cafe.

"The open mic, for open minds"

Bring some fresh freaky funk, friends!!!

Check out some 'Freak for All' action that some how ended up on a Spanish website!

Ruckus Time Cometh

2010-06-17T01:26:00.000-07:00

That's right folks, Swami Bruce, guest reading at the Ruckus this Wednesday June 23rd. Doors at 7. Reading starts at 7:15. Swami Bruce at 9PM.

MUST RSVP to read by emailing Michael at ruthlesshippies@gmail.com. Keep it under five minutes fellas and ladies!!!

See you there!!!

All for one, and FREAK FOR ALL

2010-06-03T16:58:00.000-07:00

Come join Freak for All number four on Monday June 7th, 6-8 P.M at E-Street Cafe.

*read a poem, a short fiction piece, do a rant, do some stand-up, spit a freestyle, collaborate, make people smile*

oh yeah, and...I would really love to have some dancers this time...calling all dancers.

First come, first freak.

Ruckus # 6 - Jon Wesick - Wed, May 26th 7:15 PM

2010-05-17T16:01:00.000-07:00

As that headline states, the next Ruckus at The Duck will be:

Wednesday, May 26th, doors at 7, poetry at 7:15 PM and guest poet Jon Wesick around 9 PM

I've had the distinct pleasure of hearing Mr. Wesick guest read at Winston's Drunk Poets Society, and he has also graced us with his presence at a previous Ruckus. His poems are inimitable and often uproariously funny.

Here is a blurb about Jon Wesick I found on asininepoetry.com

Mr. Wesick has a PhD in physics and is the world's leading proponent of string-cheese theory, which states that elementary particles can be viewed as eleven-dimensional vibrations in cosmic mozzarella. In the four-dimensional limit this picture agrees with the Standard Model of Fromage with three flavors (original, nacho, and cool ranch) and two textures (fried to a crispy crunch and baked to a delicate crunch). Mr. Wesick has worked at the Large Gruyere Collider and is principal investigator at the Wensleydale Mine Experiment, which seeks to detect solar neutrino oscillations in a large vat of fondue.

Tell all your friends, see you at the Ruckus!!!

-M

Get Down!

2010-04-26T23:23:00.000-07:00

Hey you guuuuuuuuys,

Installment # 3 of the Freak for All happening Monday May 3rd. Be there, not square.

Ruckus # 5

2010-04-19T02:30:00.001-07:00

better ask somebody

FREAK FOR ALL

2010-04-11T16:19:00.001-07:00

Monday, April 21st 6-8 PM at E-Street Cafe

FREAK FOR ALL, yall

2010-03-20T19:51:00.001-07:00

Hello again fellow Ruckus Rousers,

Here is my official announcement of my newest spoken word/side show entertainment night, the E-Street Cafe FREAK FOR ALL

Monday March 29th at
E-Street Cafe

128/130 West 'E' Street
Encinitas, CA 92024
6-8 P.M.

The Freak for All is an evening of improvisational collaboration between performers of all varieties: Spoken word by freestylers and poets will be the main dish, served on a bed of sweet rhythms and grooves provided by musicians, with your choice of sides: dance, stand-up philosophy, hoop charming, juggling, soapbox ranting, story telling, magic, astrology, comedy, speed painting, stupid human tricks and anything else you might dare to do on stage*,**

*First come, first perform. No need to contact me unless you have an act involving gnarly props or physical feats. If so, please have your act approved in advance by e-mailing details to Michael at Ruthlesshippies@gmail.com.

**Prepared solo musical performances are strictly prohibited. Musicians are encouraged to collaborate with spoken word artists. If Jason Mraz showed up, we'd make him spit freestyles too.

RUCKUS TIME

2010-03-13T14:02:00.000-08:00

Hello fellow Ruckus Rousers,

It's been too long since we last met at Ducky Waddles--two whole months! So without further ado, I would like to announce the next Ruckus happening at Ducky Waddles on March 24 featuring guest poet Wayne Acciacca.

You may have caught Wayne mesmerizing the crowd with his dynamic visions in rhythm at our last two Ruckus performances. Expect an action packed night. I can't wait to see you all there!!!:

March 24th, doors at 7 P.M.
Reading starts at 7:15 P.M.

Ducky Waddles Emporium
414 N Coast Hwy 101
760-632-0488

To read, please email Michael at: Ruthlesshippies@gmail.com
The only rules of course: whatever you read, keep it funky and under five minutes

More Memory Lane/Posts I Should have Written Months Ago

2010-03-08T16:45:00.000-08:00

Well now folks, it's been one hell of a year for us Ruthless Hippies. The Poetry Ruckus has grown fast at it's loving home Ducky Waddle's Emporium. We have found more of our kind all over the North County San Diego area and beyond.

As a preamble to the announcement of our next Ducky Waddle's Poetry Ruckus (march 24th) and newest night E-Street Cafe Freak for All (March 29th)...oh yeah and our booth at San Diego IndieFest (March 27th)...as a preamble to all of those official announcements, let's take a walk down memory lane:

RUCKUS #1

Shop owner Jerry Waddle had this to say about the evening:

The Poetry Ruckus premiered to an SRO crowd at The Duck, on a cold and windy late October night in Leucadia. Your host welcomed MC Michael who presented us with a full performance card of twenty poets reading and reciting their work along with snippets of Kerouac. Memorable forays were plentiful. Belinda Rachman's dissertation on penis envy and her treatise on the short comings of divorce lawyers were particularly striking. Wabidoux Rob Bell brought it early with a full chapbook of verse spanning decades and a reminiscence of Alan Watts. Bruce Stephens closed the set with a convincing argument for getting close to the real God while riding on a surf board. After a brief intermission the guest of honor for the evening, Edwin Decker entertained with recent poems, self deprecating and bold, extended and minimalist, a few memorable columns, some personal insights and readings from his book Barzilla. It was a memorable evening.

and Citybeat said this:

RUCKUS #2

It was another SRO crowd and the night was filled with high voltage. Wayne Acciacca got up and brought the the audience so close to the action with his vision of Burning Man Festival you could taste the desert sand. UCSD students had a large contingency with Alec Venida mashing up words and meanings, Jesus Castillo delivering impassioned verse and Jared Muscat reading a poem about running down stairs and then dropping the Freudian slip of the century. Ted Washington stopped by with some fresh new nhilistic stylings and Melinda Ferrer read about the beautiful boy from some sort of toy megaphone contraption. So many awesome poets that night, I wish I had the time and memory to name them all. But guest Belinda Rachman brought the ruckus in a big way, reading some memoir style musings on her delightfully colorful family life and teaching days. Finally, she capped a highly entertaining and varied set with some crowd pleasers on the topics of penis envy and divorce lawyers.

RUCKUS #3

On this dark and stormy evening, the gods spared us from those power outages that had become frequent in Leucadia over the past month. And despite the weather, a solid crew of 30 plus came out to enjoy a fine evening of poetry. Mauricio Flores brought politics straight to the floor in his short fiery poems. Young poets and new poets were a theme of the night, with Haley Jensen and Tori Anderson exorcising the demons of their diaries and a brave middle school aged boy reading sweet lines about his mother. Rai White, Tracy Yudichack and Chris Fantozzi were all newcomers to the Ruckus and they all rocked the house. John Wesick was the surprise treat of the evening, twisting our imaginations with his hilarious Drug-Ads written by Jungians. And the night was capped by a high energy, highly interactive and highly entertaining session with Ted Washingon. He brought the crowd to the edge of its seat with his shorts on war and his love for love making. These things keep getting better and better!

First Ruckus: HUGE SUCCESS

2009-11-18T02:39:00.000-08:00

This just in from Jerry Waddle, owner of Ducky Waddle's Emporium:

"The Poetry Ruckus premiered to an SRO crowd at The Duck, on a cold and windy late October night in Leucadia. Your host welcomed MC Michael who presented us with a full performance card of twenty poets reading and reciting their work along with snippets of Kerouac. Memorable forays were plentiful. Belinda Rochman's dissertation on penis envy and her treatise on the short comings of divorce lawyers were particularly striking. Wabidoux Rob Bell brought it early with a full chapbook of verse spanning decades and a reminiscence of Alan Watts. Bruce Stephens closed the set with a convincing argument for getting close to the real God while riding on a surf board. After a brief intermission the guest of honor for the evening, Edwin Decker entertained with recent poems, self deprecating and bold, extended and minimalist, a few memorable columns, some personal insights and readings from his book Barzilla. It was a memorable evening and we will do it again. I just have to figure out how to get more people inside The Duck. Stay tuned for the next event."

What I have to say about the Ruckus:

"That was awesome, people. I can't believe we managed to fit over twenty poets and at least twenty more guests into the store. I can't believe how amazing all of the readers were. I can't believe how awesome special guest Ed Decker was. I can't believe we get to do this again, December 9th at 7P.M. Stay tuned for more deets."

Bring Tha Ruckus

2009-10-08T19:55:00.000-07:00

That's right people, poetry cometh to North County.

Our special guest Edwin Decker will be gracing us with some readings from his poetry collection Barzilla and other psalms.

blurb:

"Despite the fact that it was nominated for a 2007 San Diego Book Award, Barzilla and other psalms is a tome for your bathroom book rack. It is funny, sarcastic, irreverent and obnoxious. Some might be inclined to call it poetry but really it is a reaction to poetry as it completely lacks poetic ambition, which is to say, it aims to entertain--not impress."

The event is free and all are welcome to read/spit/rhyme--originals on paper, rehearsed classics, spontaneous verse, minimal theatrics, whatever. Time limits will be based on the number of readers, so if you would like to read, please email me:

ruthlesshippies@gmail.com

RSVP.

As this is an October 28th event (that's 7PM), Halloween costumes are strongly encouraged. But as Ducky Waddles is a small space containing fine art, new/used books and other awesomely under priced items you don't want to knock over like a klutz, please leave the Karate Kid Shower Curtain Outfits at home. How's that for a run on sentence?

So come on out! Listen, read, buy a book and support your local seller of totally radical things.

Keep it funky folks,

Michael Schmitt
'Ruthless Hippie' at large

Ruthless Hippies Poetry Share Moves to the Duck!!!

2009-10-01T23:54:00.000-07:00

Ladies and Gents,

Thanks to every one who came out and made it a memorable final evening at Too Much Tu Tu's, escpecially Linda "Tu Tu" Robinson for letting us do whatever the hell we wanted in her store!!!

The rumors are 100% TRUE. The next poetry night will be held at Ducky Waddle's Emporium.

It will be at 7PM, Wednesday October 28th.

It will feature Edwin Decker as a guest reader.

It will be freaking awesome.

More details to come.

Ducky Waddle's is located at:

414 N. Coast Highway 101
Encinitas, CA 92024

Right next to Lou's Records.

Celebrating a new era for the Ruthless Hippies, we shall now take a walk down memory lane:

Poetry Share #3

Some very impressive new comers shouted their lines over the sounds of moving trucks as Tu Tu closed her store up. So long Tu Tu's, you found it funky and you left it funkier.

Poetry Share #2

A family of Brits on vacation intrigued by the Arnold fliers came and the mother delivered an impassioned performance from memory. All were treated to the poetic stylings of guest reader, Ted Washington, who of course tore the roof off the building.

Poetry Share# 1

Things were off to an auspicious start. Tutu had a date, so she left her friend Fred (let's call him) to keep an eye on her store, which Fred had a funny way of doing. It included bringing other Da Hui over from Uncle Duke's bar to threaten me with violence because they thought I was trying to throw a rager. Sufficiently convinced that poetry was taking place, Fred made his boredom known during the premier of Jared A. Muscat's ten minute epic, "Blackberries and Clouds". A fine evening of disturbances, readings from Iphones and special guests from the New York Times closed with Fred shouting angry and shirtless in front three young female poets, "[something extremely ruthless which need not be printed]".

Funktastic Plug

2009-09-21T23:56:00.000-07:00

Yep...

He's a local celebrity these days.

...keepin' it funky, ya'll...

Last Wednesday of the month

Many things to celebrate:

-the poetry share's 3rd night in existence
-Jared alive after multiple seizures
-Nick alive after cranial injury
-special guests
-the endless summer continues
-afterparty?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??!? do people have jobs anymore?

Get to the back of Tu Much Tu Tu's by taking Leucadia Blvd all the way west to the 101 and tunring right to head north on the 101 for two blocks, at the second block make a left onto Diana St, find somewhere legal to park and walk past Uncle Duke's Bar, down the alley with the signs. Look for people enjoying themselves with words.

The poster

2009-09-19T05:57:00.000-07:00

Come one, come all

Beverages, snacks and special guests...

Poetry Share #3

2009-09-19T05:10:00.000-07:00

Don't be shady, people