This month's bookmark entitled:
"Which Came First?"
by Amy
Inouye
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Sunday September
28 , 2003
What could possibly
happen when two spoken word artists, one Sly Crooner
and the mother of Chicken Boy gather forces in
the same room? Well, we don't exactly know, but
we're ready to find out. The September Speakeasy
features two of our favorite local poets, Ms.
June Melby and Mr. Brendan Constantine,
flanked by the Swank love songs of Geoffrey
Tozer (that Sly Crooner), topped off
with a brand new bookmark by graphic designer
Amy Inouye. We will be serving
up some secret tipplers, toss out a parlor game
or two, and mingle until we can mingle no more.
Won't you join us?
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June
Melby is a poet, composer, and comedian who
has been heard on National Public Radio, published
in National Lampoon Magazine, the LA Weekly, in numerous
anthologies, and in three chapbooks including Tub
Toys on FarstarFire Press.
She has had sold-out performances in London,
Munich, Hamburg, Amsterdam; was the winner at Edinburgh
National Poetry Day Poetry Competition, and headliner
at the Bristol Int‚l Poetry Festival. Her U.S.
performances include: The UCLA Armand Hammer Museum;
Beyond Baroque; The Seattle Bumbershoot Arts Festival;
Seattle Poetry Festival; and the Nuyorican, The Knitting
Factory, and CBGB's, in New York City. She recently
released a full-length studio album of spoken word
and music with her band, June Melby and Her Future
Enemies which is
available on her website:
www.junemelby.com.
It Is true that June was raised on a miniature golf
course In the Midwest which her parents still own.
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| Brendan
Constantine was born in Los Angeles
and raised in a household where
poetry was a tradition.
Over the years his work has appeared innumerous
journals most notably Artlife, The Cider Press
Review, Directions, StellaZine
and TheUnderground Guide To Los Angeles, which spent
nine weeks on the
Los Angeles Times Best Seller
list. Recently a portion from his 1999
Pushcart nominated collection Dante’s
Casino was selected
as essential
reading as part of Antioch
University’s MFA
in Poetry curriculum. Other books
include: Antenna(1997
Past Modern Press), Return
to IKNOWEXACTLYWHATYOUMEANSVILLE
(1998 Inevitable Press),
and One Matador (2000
Inevitable Press). A fifth collection entitled
Hyenas 57 is a finalist in the National Poetry
Series. In addition to teaching his popular adult
poets workshop, this fall Brendan will begin his term
as Poet In Residence at
the Downtown Business Magnet
High School. He lives in Hollywood
with his cat Maggie.
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Geoffrey Tozer was born
with a martini in one hand and a grand piano in
the other music and swank have always been central
to his life. Breastfed
by mom and given a deep grounding in jazz and blues
by dad he absorbed the masters: Cole Porter, Duke
Ellington, Johnny Mercer and Warren Zevon. At age
6 he bought his first Armani tuxedo.
After
mesmerizing the Manhattan piano bar crowd
he oozed West to California convinced that palm
trees and swank could mingle effectively. While
writing music and songs for movies (Car 54 Where
Are You?, Sensations, 9 Ninjas, When The Party’s
Over, The Dress) he put together his own band. The
Swank Pharaohs were born and the sly crooner has
never looked back.
www.slycrooner.com
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is a graphic designer who is more
known for saving ChickenBoy, a 22-foot tall
chicken-headed man. She designs books and arty
ephemeraand is devoted to her pug, Larry.
www.chickenboy.com
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Sunday, September
28th
(& the last Sunday of Every Month)
8:00 until 10:00 in the evening
Mt. Hollywood Underground
4607 Prospect Avenue
(Underneath Mt. Hollywood Church in Silverlake, corner
of Prospect and Rodney,
one block North of Hollywood
and one block east of Vermont.
Enter on Rodney)
Gents and Dames welcomed with equal regard!
Admission $5.00
Bookmarks $10.00*
Passwords & such
310.572.7347
www.smartgals.org
Mix, mingle, swoon, shine,
speakeasy!
*Keeping this all on the QT, we
don't sell booze, but
we do sell
bookmarks. Do I make myself
mysterious enough here?
We
don't sell booze, but
we do sell
bookmarks. Pack $15.00 for a full
night. And hush!
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