the Cutting Room floor

Palos Park Public Library Open Mic and Feature

poetry readings from the Palos Park Public Library feature on October 7th, 2009

open mic starting at 7:00 pm; feature at around 7:30 pm, in the Community Room

Janet Kuypers was thrilled to be the feature on October 7th at the Palos Park Public Library (which hosts an open mic with feature), because Kuypers literally grew up about five blocks from this library! This 20 minute feature followed an open mic... She had some of her books available at the Palos Park Public Library for years, and her intention was tobring more donated books for the Palos Park Public Library after this library reading feature. (She also brought extra copies of her books to the library, in case anyone there was interested in picking up a copy of any of her books for themselves.) Although Kuypers has had feature book readings in book stores in the MidWest in the 1990s, this is the first time she is a scheduled feature at a library.

The poetry she collected for this feature included only three older pieces - including one of a classic poems her sister filmed her reading outside near the library years ago, and one poem that she read part of in her wedding (05/07/00). Hpowever, she included a slew of new poems in this feature, spanning a vast variety of topics, including killing people during war, sexign, religion, ending a relationship, and even (because she likes to mention astronomy when she can in her shows) how we are all linked in the Universe. Upon request during a discussion with Kuypers after the show, she even read from memory a poem she wrote when she was 9 years old, “Under the Sea.”

Follow the links before to see or hear poetry from this live Chicago show, or even download the chapbook!

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See the full show the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089, from the Internet Archive
Order the FULL SHOW as one track on CD 12 from Live (an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set) iTunes link to the CD set LIVE
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)


...on to the poems:
(in the order they were read during the show)

More Than We Should Have
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(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:18, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file vocals track, recorded 10/08/06, 1:16
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Looking for a Worthy Adversary
Order the LIVE track on CD 12 from the CD set Live
(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (4:06, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file old time radio filter; 3:05, vocals track before 06/11/01
mp3 filereverb, 3:05, vocals track before 06/11/01
mp3 file (3:22, vocals track 05/13/06)
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Aim Carefully
Order the LIVE track on CD 12 from the CD set Live
(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:26, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file 1:17, vocals track read & sampled 09/25/09
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

Download the chapbook the Cutting Room floor


Witnessing Hitler’s Reign
Order the LIVE track on CD 12 from the CD set Live
(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:17, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file 0:22, vocals track read & sampled 09/25/09
This was a part of the first in a series of “twitter-length tweets” — poems designed short, to fit into 140 characters or fewer (includig spaces and punctuation) so they can appear as a single “tweet”. To sign up for the invitation-only twitter listing, go to http://twitter.com/janetkuypers.
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Carrying Me Thrugh
Order the LIVE track on CD 12 from the CD set Live
(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:06, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file 0:24, vocals track read & sampled 09/25/09
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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the Burning
Order the LIVE track on CD 12 from the CD set Live
(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (2:15, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file old time radio filter; 1:12, vocals track before 06/11/01
mp3 fileold time radio filter and reverb, 1:12, vocals track before 06/11/01
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Scratch the Surface
Order the LIVE track on CD 12 from the CD set Live
(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (2:53, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file 2:44, vocals track read & sampled 09/25/09
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Let Me Be
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(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (1:57, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file 1:57, vocals track read & sampled 09/25/09
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Why I Didn’t See God
Order the LIVE track on CD 12 from the CD set Live
(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (3:35, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file 4:04, vocals track 03/16/09
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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You’ve Already Paid For This
Order the LIVE track on CD 12 from the CD set Live
(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (:51, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file 0:47, vocals track read & sampled 09/25/09
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Eternal Struggle
Order the LIVE track on CD 12 from the CD set Live
(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (:32, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file 0:20, vocals track read & sampled 09/25/09
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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Observations: Nine and Six
based on the poem Seven and Seven, plus Eighteen
Order the LIVE track on CD 12 from the CD set Live
(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (2:16, live)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file 2:03, vocals track read & sampled 09/25/09
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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and a bonus poem, and a discussion after the show:
Under the Sea
Order the LIVE track on CD 12 from the CD set Live
(an extensive 13 CD 2010 CD set)
iTunes link to the CD set LIVE  (9:47, live, with discussion)
(Because of the extensive size of this CD set, the easiest way to find the track in iTunes is to open iTunes, go to the iTunes store and search for Janet Kuypers and the title of the track, and it can find the track for you)
mp3 file :30, vocals track 09/06/07
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Live at the Cutting Room Floor at the Palos Park Public Library, live 10/7/089

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the Cutting Room Floor

the chapbook the Cutting Room Floor does not contain the bonus poem
“Under the Sea” or any of the live discussion at the end of the feature.

the Cutting Room Floor


Directions to the Palos Park Public Library:
The library is located at approximately 9000 West and 123rd Street.

From LaGrange Road (rte. 45, 96th Ave.) and 123rd Street, go east about six blocks and turn right on Forest Glen Boulevard (by the fire station). Follow the street for one block and the library is the first building on the right in the woods.

From Harlem Avenue (7200 West), go west on 127th Street. The road will curve and turn into 123rd Street. Continue to follow it for approximately two miles to 9000 West at Forest Glen Boulevard (by the fire station). Turn lefty and follow the street for one block and the library is the first building on the right in the woods.

When taking the Metra Train South & West from Chicago, the Metra train (Zone E) stops on 123rd street in Palos Park at 82nd Ave., which is 6 to 8 blocks away from the library (since Forest Glenn Boulevard intersects 123rd Street just past 88th Ave.).