Dan Plonsey’s Bar Mitzvah
Bernard Meisler
Dan Plonsey is a multi-talented composer and instrumentalist living in El Cerrito CA since 1978. He has written more than 200 works for large and small ensembles. His latest piece, Dan Plonsey's Bar Mitzvah, will have its wo...
Emily XYZ & Myers Bartlett – Frank Sinatra
Emily XYZ
We'll be presenting a poem from Emily XYZ in issue 2. In the meantime, enjoy this piece, "Frank Sinatra," from Emily and Myers Bartlett, performed at the Cornelia Street Cafe in New York City, November 14, 2008.
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Banksy’s Movie
Mark Netter
Even though he doesn't take a directing credit on it, there's no doubt that Exit Through the Gift Shop is Banksy's movie. Banksy is the English street artist who has stenciled, painted, graffitied or, if you like, vandalized...
Downtown from the Avenue of the Americas
Jose Padua
I am not the Avenue of the Americas;
I have never been topless at Billy's Topless—
no one in Manhattan ever called the Avenue of the Americas
the Avenue of the Americas we called it Sixth Avenue.
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The Peoples College
Drew Hubner
#1-The Vet
I sell nickel bags
Pretty good weed sure
Comes in bricks from Mexico
Ive seen the whole operation
The trucks
The safe house up on Walton Ave
We went down to Manhattan to the city to party and goof around b...
Uranium City Return
Tim Beckett
An excerpt from the novel "Uranium City Return"
At the end of the road, an airstrip appears, as unexpected as a landing pad for aliens. Instinctively, I look for the Eldorado Mine and the company town of Eldorado that str...
Beer Mystic: A Novel of Inebriation & Light
bart plantenga
Beer Mystic Excerpt #12 - Jack Magazine
David Sandlin
Furman Pivo believes he [plus beer] may be the cause of a rash of streetlight outages. This sense of empowerment transforms him into the Beer Mystic. He...
Eight Day Clock
Bob Bannister
Eight Day Clock came out on the Twisted Village label in 1992 to about as much acclaim as a record in an edition of 500 copies can get - various people said various complimentary things, but the following from Ben Chasny...
Invasion From The Chicken Planet
Steve Horowitz
A documentation of the Friday night performance of Steve Horowitz' musical composition on January 29, 2010 at REDCAT for 10 musicians, 4 actors, 2 singers and narrator. The video projections were created by Zig Gron. The mus...
Justine Frischmann – New Work
Justine Frischmann
Justine Frischmann employs the Low-Fi materials of a suburban hardware store to dig through the ash and rubble of Modernism. Her methodical self‐canceling is depicted with vandalism, improvised geometrical methods, and...
