Hey you guuuuuuuuys,
Installment # 3 of the Freak for All happening Monday May 3rd. Be there, not square.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Get Down!
Hey you guuuuuuuuys,
Installment # 3 of the Freak for All happening Monday May 3rd. Be there, not square.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
FREAK FOR ALL, yall
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.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
RUCKUS TIME
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
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
Monday, March 8, 2010
More Memory Lane/Posts I Should have Written Months Ago
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!
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!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
First Ruckus: HUGE SUCCESS
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."
"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."
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