Shadowscrawler Reading and “Eight Nights of Deep” Poem
The Shadowscrawler Reading this past Winter Solstice was the coldest reading I’ve ever hosted and the coldest reading I’ve ever read at.
Category: Event Recaps
Final Videos of View.Point.2 are up
I have received and uploaded the final videos of View.Point.2 to YouTube and they are now available in full. Note that they are not in the original order from the event.
Videos from View.Point.2
Very grateful to have the View.Point.2 recordings uploading to the ‘Tube. Many thanks to Amy Billharz and David Goodman for their recording efforts. Playlist below! As of this writing, 2/3 of the videos are up.
Hand to Mouth Reading Recording
Last weekend, I had the pleasure to read with fellow Hand to Mouth poet Teri Zipf at Walla Walla’s Grandma’s Kitchen.
Two Recordings: Paul Nelson reading Haibun and Greg Bem reading Figures
Recorded on Friday, April 22, 2022 at Kezira Cafe in Seattle, alongside the Jim O’Halloran Trio (Jim O’Halloran (Flute), Dean Schmidt (Bass), and Ehssan Karimi (Drums)).
Live Recording: Godspeed You! Black Emperor in Seattle
Another show, another covert audio recording.
Live Recording: The Microphones in Olympia
I had the opportunity to see The Microphones play at the Capitol Theater in Olympia this past Sunday. I managed to capture the recording in full and it’s available here:
13 Illusions (Live Recording)
I very much enjoyed a recent performance with the Jim O’Halloran Trio (specifically Jim on flute, Osama Afifi on bass, and D’Vonne Lewis on drums). The call and response format was new for me. Here is a low res recording (thanks GoPro!) that at least captures the gist of it.
View.Point. Recording Now Up
Many thanks to Amy Billharz for recording and editing the View.Point. event at the end of last month. I’ve uploaded it to YouTube and it’s available in HD format. See below:
Recording of Everlasting Stranger by Will Rawls
A spontaneous drop-in to the new performance art by Will Rawls at the Henry Art Gallery kept me captivated. I managed to capture the first 26 minutes of the performance and it can be viewed here:
Poetry Recording: The 2020 MLA Offsite Reading
The 2020 MLA Offsite Reading, which featured mostly poetry, occurred at Town Hall Seattle yesterday. There were many readers, and most of them read for 2 minutes or less. The event was broken into three parts, with three hosts. The recording, which I made happen with my new H6, is below. Audio is minimally edited, as usual, but at least complete. I have listed all of the poets along with the host. The event is
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PageBoy’s Piñata
From the May 5th ’17 PageBoy magazine release party at Vermillion in Seattle.
Video: Reading at the Anderson School’s Thorndike Room
A political poem “People of the Sun” read for the Resist Reading on April 27, 2017.
Two Political Poem Drafts
Written for the Resist reading at the Anderson School’s Thorndike Room in Bothell, Washington, on 4/27/17.