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What you see below is a slew of poetry and prose readings
Some are raw, some are reverbed, some are slightly edited,
some have background noises, and some are live readings with audiences.
Following this massive list of links to readings
(including live open mike readings of Kuypers’ work by Kuypers as well as by John Yotko).
However, you can also follow these links to see a listing of raw Janet Kuypers poemtry
read by Oz Hardwick (U.K.)
or read by Monica Fowler (Missouri),
or read by Jared Smith (Colorado)
or read by Charlie Newman (Chicago)
or read by Jeff Helgeson (Chicago)
or read by Esteban Colon (Chicago)
or read by Wayne Allen Jones (Chicago).
A Beacon Alone
published in the book Oeuvre.
1:35, recorded 08/06/04
Accounts for the Need
of Gun Control
January, 1995
1:33, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
A Child In The Park (5:30, recorded 07/04/06)
Acknowledge
1:13, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
A Crying Baby :47, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
addict. 1:43, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Adjusting Your Beliefs
2:22, recorded 07/04/07
prose for the 07/17/07 performance art Show
Living in a Big World
After The Wreckage (1 meg)
Recorded 2/20/01, 175k
recorded 08/06/06, 1:21
(2001, 14.9 meg)
(1:21, 10/25/06)
Afraid Of Telling The Truth
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 1:01
read for the book Duality
Against My Will
Recorded 3/4/01
the raw mix (1.7 meg)
(1.8 meg)
the raw mix (24.3 meg)
(2:24, recorded 07/04/06)
old time radio filter;
2:48, recorded April 2002
2:39, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08
A Great American
2:15, recorded 05/31/07
A Happy Ending To Everything
vocals recorded 10/01/06, :51
Aim Carefully 1:17, vocals track
read & sampled 09/25/09the original writing
Airbags — for Security and Defense (vocals only track, 1:29, recorded 10/14/05)
a letter 5:21, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
A Letter to our Political Leaders
an essay, read after the polititcal portion of Questions in a World Without Answers
and before portions of the poem True Happiness in the New Millennium on 11/09/04
Written in 1997, this essay was also published in the books
Contents Under Pressure, Exaro Versus, and Survive and Thrive.
a Life Goes By 4:09, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
A Little Angel Inside
vocals recorded 10/08/06, 2:49
read for Singular Endings
All I Can Capture
4:13, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
All Men Have Secrets
Written in 1990, this poem has also been published in the books Hope Chest In The Attic, and Survive and Thrive and Oeuvre.
:40, recorded 08/06/04
recorded 08/06/06, 0:36
All My Problems Disappear
1:19, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
All The Loose Ends
:35, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
All These Reminders
old time radio filter;
2:01, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.
with vocal presence delay;
2:01, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
All Your Fault Recorded 2/20/01
(2001, 13.4 meg)
(1:15, 891k)
old time radio filter;
1:15, recorded April 2002
the original writing
Almost the Best Part
:42, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
a Man Calls a Woman
1:54, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
a Microcosm of Society 13:52, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
And I Don’t Care
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 1:19
read for the book Duality
An Innocent Glance (0:25, recorded 07/04/06)
Andrew Hettinger the Raw Mix in a file
Recorded 3/2/01
the raw mix (3.9 meg)
(4.1 meg)
the raw mix (57.2 meg)
(5:47, recorded 07/04/06)
old time radio filter;
6:46, recorded April 2002
with canyon echo;
6:51, recorded April 2002
the original writing
(And You Could Hold Me)
(:26, vocals track WHISPERED 08/19/08)
(:49, whispered vocals track 08/19/08 with an echo filter)
(:47, whispered vocals track 08/19/08 with a delay filter)
:21, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
An Outline to the Apex of Rites of Passage 6:31, vocals track read & sampled 07/29/09
the original writing
Any Help At All :48, vocals track 05/13/08
(vocals track for CD Death Comes In Threes, 20 seconds)
the original writing
Anyone Good Enough (0:34, recorded 04/23/06)
the Apartment
Two prose pieces: The Apartment and Clay,
read live at the Cafe in Chicago 03/15/05
A Retired Policeman Talks
About Suicides He’s Seen.
(0:40, recorded 05/13/06)
Arrowhead 1:30, recorded 02/28/08
1:30, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08
the original writing
A Stand off (:53, recorded 03/18/06)
Athena (recorded 03/24/05)
read in the feature art gallery performance art show
in Chicago 04/01/05
conflict•contact•control.
At Least I Have This from How Do I Get There?
vocals track
At Least That’s What I Hear
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 1:27
read for the book Duality
A Socially Accepted Target
06read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Autumn :58, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
a reading of hand-written journal entries from the book Autumn Reason:
an undated entry (rape themed) (0:32, recorded 07/04/06)
a reading of hand-written journal entries from the book Autumn Reason:
02/17/83 10:55 PM (good news from work) (0:25, recorded 07/04/06)
a reading of hand-written journal entries from the book Autumn Reason:
09/07/82 at 10:22 PM (the homeless wanting money) (a job versus a career) (0:46, recorded 07/04/06)
a reading of hand-written journal entries from the book Autumn Reason:
11/06/82 (0:31, recorded 07/04/06)
A Woman Taking About Her Rapist Friend (2:30, recorded 04/23/06)
Bad Tricks with the Cue Stick (vocals only track, 1:16, recorded 10/14/05)
Backbone Family Act
:51, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
Barbie 3:06, vocals track read & sampled 07/29/09
the original writing
Because I am Told
:17, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
Because This Is What We Do
Written in 1997, this poem has also been published
in the books Etc. and Oeuvre.
1:20, recorded 08/06/04 (1:19, recorded 07/04/06)
Been a World Leader 2:34, vocals track read 7/18/12
with a vocal effects “male” sounding voicethe original writing
Before I Learned Better (0:57, recorded 04/23/06)
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
Being God
Written in 1998, this poem has also been published
in the books Etc. and Oeuvre. 2001 (5.6 meg)
(289k)
Recorded 3/1/01
the raw mix (1.7 meg)
(1.7 meg)
the raw mix (24.8 meg)
recorded 3/4/01 (7:27, 574k)
(vocals track for CD
Death Comes in Threes, 2:24) Recorded 08/06/04
Recorded 08/06/04
Recorded 08/06/04
Recorded 08/06/04
2:30, recorded April 2002
old time radio filter;
2:30, recorded April 2002
reverb and canyon echo;
2:31, recorded April 2002
the original writing 4:25
(the version from the 4 CD set Fusion,
on WSUM radio show WordSalad 08/14/08)
Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News (vocals only track, 1:11, recorded 10/14/05)
1:24, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08
Breaking Their Heart
1:35, recorded 02/20/08
1:44, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
Brewing the Coffee
and Remembering Summer 4:22, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Broke the Reflection
:58, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
Burning Building
Written in 1998, this poem has also been published
in the books Etc. and Oeuvre. 2001 (4.2 meg)
(Raw) (216k)
Recorded 3/1/01
(1.3 meg)
the raw mix (18.5 meg)
3/4/01 (1:50, 429k)
2:00, recorded 08/06/04
2:00, recorded 08/06/04
2:00, recorded 08/06/04
2:00, recorded 08/06/04
(read live at Coffee Chicago
were the poems Burning Building
and Worn Out 08/06/04)
Read live 3/12/02 at Cafe Aloha
Read live 3/12/02 at Cafe Aloha
Read live 3/12/02 at Cafe Aloha
Read live 3/12/02 at Cafe Aloha
Read live 3/12/02 at Cafe Aloha
2:01, recorded 08/14/07
Burn It In (4:57, recorded 07/04/06)
Burn Through Me (:30, vocals track 08/19/08)
:27, recorded 04/03/08
:38, recorded 04/03/08
weith an echo filter and a delay filter (0:33, recorded 04/23/06)
the original writing
A Cacaphony of Poems Recorded 2/20/01
(2001, 14.2 meg)
(1 minute, 24 seconds, 329k, recorded 2/23/02)
Canned Condolences
1:48, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing 2:31
on WSUM radio show WordSalad 04/09/09)
Can’t Answer That One (0:48, recorded 04/23/06)
Carpet
1:12, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
Carrying Me Thrugh 0:24, vocals track
read & sampled 09/25/09the original writing
Chain Smoking 10:03, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Chances One:
Yes, It’s Yes
1:09, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Chances Two: Here I Am (0:44, recorded 07/04/06)
Change My Perspective Performed 3/29/05, live at the Cafe in Chicago
1:18, recorded 08/14/07
Change Your Clothes 1:32, vocals track read & sampled 07/29/09
the original writing
Changing Garments old time radio filter; :31, recorded before 06/11/01
old time radio filter and reverb, :31,
recorded before 06/11/01
older recording, :36, recorded 05/17/07
for the book The Elements book & chapbooksthe original writing recorded 4/15/02 (32 seconds, 128k)
Part of a series of 5 poems read live at
the Lake Demented Poets 3/23/02, including
1. Changing Garments, 2. Supposed To Be Done, 3. Making Sense Out Of The Insane,
4. Someone Give Me the Answers, and 5. Feel So Much. (4:22, the movie is 4:51).
Download it in any of these formats:
AIF file, AU file, Real Audio file,
mp3 file, low-res wave file,
CD quality wave file, or Quicktime movie file.
Chess Game Again Performed 11/09/04, live at the Cafe
2:08, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
Chicago
:23, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09
:25, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing
Chicago, West Side
1:23, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Childhood Memories one
1:15, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Childhood Memories two
2:03, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Childhood Memories three
:58, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Childhood Memories four
:52, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Childhood Memories five
1:03, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Childhood Memories 6 Performed 09/07/04, live at the Cafe
The two poems were read live:
Christmas Eve with “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” played on the guitar,
and Childhood Memories 6 with guitar in the background,
leading to their singing “Imagine” (originally by John Lennon)
(full recording 7 minutes, 19 seconds) 1:07, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Children, Churches and Daddies recorded 4/15/02 (1 minute, 33 seconds, 363k)
(1:36, 01/20/03)
(1:26, 10/23/06)
Christmas at the Old House 3:00, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Choose Your Fate: by Knife or by Car (vocals only track, :56, recorded 10/14/05)
Cigarette Butts are Lethal (vocals only track, 1:00, recorded 10/14/05)
Civil War
recorded 4/15/02, with the treble boosted (23 seconds, 92k)
6 poems were read live at the Chicago open mic The Cafe:
civil war,
mean to me,
domestic violence in america, nashville, tennessee,
never did the same,
morning will be kind, and
each morning on 08/03/04 (:16, 198k)
old time radio filter;
:11, recorded April 2002
the last line of the poem
whispered; :11, recorded April 2002
the original writing
Clay
Two prose pieces: The Apartment and Clay,
read live at the Cafe in Chicago 03/15/05 (4:24, recorded 07/04/06)
Clouds Over Blue Sky’s
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 1:02
read for Singular Endings
communication
(the original full version)
recorded 08/06/06, 6:21
Communication ‘05 (recorded 03/24/05)
a 1997 poem edited in 2005 and read in the
feature art gallery performance art show
in Chicago 04/01/05
conflict•contact•control.
4 pieces read live at the Cafe 10/19/04:
Confident Women,
the State of the Nation,
the Flashback, and
The Muse, The Messiah
live from the Cafe, 10/19/04
Contempt For Man
2:11, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Content With Inferior Men (1:15, recorded 04/23/06)
1:21, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08
Conversations,
a Day of Grieving
01/22/04 one
1:39, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Conversations
a day of grieving,
1/22/94 two
:38 (v1),
read by Monica Fowler,
recorded 02/15/08
:57, recorded 06/27/07
read for the radio show book reading
Seeing Things Differently
Conversations,
a Day of Grieving
01/22/04 three
1:18, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Conversations
a day of grieving,
1/22/94 four
1:07, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Conversations
a day of grieving,
1/22/94 five
1:45, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08
1:10, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Conversations
a day of grieving,
1/22/94 six
1:00, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Conversations
a day of grieving,
1/22/94 seven
2:02, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Conversations
a day of grieving,
1/22/94 eight
1:22, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Coping With Her Leaving
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 1:19
read for Singular Endings
Coquinas 2001 (7.8 meg)
(454k)
(Raw) (401k)
Recorded 3/2/01
the raw mix (2.3 meg)
(2.7 meg)
the raw mix (34.4 meg)
recorded 3/4/01 (3:24, 796k)
(3:31, recorded 07/04/06)
Coslow’s 1:14,
read by Monica Fowler,
recorded 02/15/08
(1:33, recorded 07/04/06)
Couldn’t Reach It
1:55, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing 2:04
on WSUM radio show WordSalad 04/09/09)
Couldn’t Take It Home
1:17, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Couch Potato (vocals only track, :44, recorded 10/14/05)
the short story
Crazy (17:35, recorded 05/13/06)
just the text (11.7 meg)
the finished file (12.9 meg)
Daisy 5:03, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Dandelions for a
Passing Stranger 2:20, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
David (3:13, recorded 07/04/06)
Death (:52, recorded 03/18/06)
Death And A Diamond Ring
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 2:01
Death Is A Dog Recorded 2/20/01
(2001, 18.4 meg)
Written in 1998, this poem has also been published in the books Etc., the Elements and Oeuvre.
The tracks below and 1:58, and they were recorded 08/06/04 (1.3 meg)
vocals recorded 10/08/06, 2:07
read for the book The Elements old time radio filter; 1:48, recorded before 06/11/01
old time radio filter and reverb, 1:48, recorded before 06/11/01
the original writing
Death Sentence
vocals recorded 9/30/06, 3:25
read for Singular Remembrances
Death Takes Many Forms.
Recorded 2/20/01
(dedicated to Dave Jarvie (2001, 50.4 meg)
recorded 4/15/02 (2:07, 497k)
vocals recorded 9/30/06, 4:50
read for the book Duality old time radio filter;
4:46, recorded before 06/11/01
old time radio filter and reverb,
4:46, recorded before 06/11/01
the original writing
Deity Discipline
:09, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
Desirous :58, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Didn’t Know What It Was
:17, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Doctor 3:25, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Done This Before 5:00, vocals track
read & sampled 08/31/09the original writing
Don’t Need The Crutches
1:13, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
Door Frame
1:02, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
Down the Drain
:33, vocals track recorded 06/03/09the original writing
which is diffent writing from this read
Dreams 01/19/04 two recorded 09/21/04
Dreams 01/31/06 part 1 (train) (:38, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 01/31/06 part 2
(not the right cat) (2:06, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 02/05/06 (lip synch) (3:20, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 02/06/06 (Jolie/Pitt) (1:43, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 02/07/06 (CDs and chants) (1:09, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 02/10/06 (Hank) (2:08, recorded 03/18/06)
3:12
(on WSUM radio show WordSalad 03/01/07)
Dreams 02/20/04 two recorded 09/21/04
Dreams 03/11/04 recorded 09/21/04
Dreams 03/11/06 part 1 (sewage) (:34, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 03/11/06 part 2 (pregnant) (1:10, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 03/11/06 part 3 (book rights) (:49, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 03/12/06 (office) (3:29, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 03/16/06 (Jerry Springer) (2:11, recorded 03/18/06)
(3:03, recorded 05/09/05)
(“knife fight,” 2:52, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 05/26/05
(Eugene and Brian for drinks?) (2:23, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 09/06/05 part 1 (Star Trek) (2:12, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 09/06/05 part 2
(organs form a swimming cat?) (2:26, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 09/24/05 (garage sale) (2:30, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 12/24/05 (Aeon Flux Crawl) (2:19, recorded 03/18/06)
Dreams 12/22/08:
the Indescribable Infant
1:48, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing 2:44
“Dream the Indescribible”
on WSUM radio show WordSalad 04/23/09)
Driving by his House 3:13, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Egg Drop Soup
(or a response to a love letter) 3:07, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Enogh’s Enough 3:45, vocals track read 7/18/12
with a vocal effects “male” sounding voicethe original writing
the poem
Envision It in the Night Sky
:31, vocals track 06/13/11
read in thecomputerized “Steven Hawking” voicethe original writing
Escape :29, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
:24, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09
:32, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing
Escape my Brain Somehow
1:19, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
Escaping Every Cage
4:17, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
Eternal Struggle 0:20, vocals track
read & sampled 09/25/09the original writing
Everything Lives With Her
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 1:59
read for Singular Endings
Everything was Alive and Dying
Read live on WZRD Radio 6/02/02
Read by Jared Smith 12/11/05
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 6:56
8:03, vocals track mixed 05/27/09
the voice of Janet Kuypers,
with the voice of Jared Smiththe original writing
Evil Floats
:08, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09
:13, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing
Expecting The Stoning Recorded 2/20/01
(2001, 50.1 meg)
Read liveon WZRD Radio 6/02/02
Faith Comes Only :49, vocals track read & sampled 08/21/09
the original writing
False Suicide
1:25, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Fantastic Car Crash Recorded 2/20/01
(1.3 meg)
(2001, 19 meg)
Read live at Yammer 2/21/01 (1.6 meg)
recorded 4/15/02 (1 minute, 51 seconds, 435k)
This poem was performed live 08/28/04
at the Chicago poetry Fest. The 5 poems read were:
Too Far, The Burning, I’m A Record Now,
New To Chicago and Fantastic Car Crash.
vocals recorded 10/08/06, 1:51
read for the book The Elements old time radio filter; 1:42, recorded before 06/11/01
old time radio filter and reverb, 1:42, recorded before 06/11/01
(vocals, 04/19/02, 1:42)
the original writing
Farmer 2001 (5.2 meg)
(Raw) (267k)
Recorded 3/2/01
the raw mix (1.6 meg)
recorded 3/2/01 (1.7 meg)
the raw mix (23 meg)
Read by John Yotko live at The Note 03/11/02 (2:58, 2.7 meg) 2:46, live 01/09/06 at Molly Mallone’s
2:42, recorded April 2002
old time radio filter;
2:42, recorded April 2002
in a low pitch with a light
hallway echo; 2:45, recorded April 2002
the original writing
Father’s Tears 2:14, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Feel So Much
Part of a series of 5 poems read live at
the Lake Demented Poets 3/23/02, including
1. Changing Garments, 2. Supposed To Be Done, 3. Making Sense Out Of The Insane,
4. Someone Give Me the Answers, and 5. Feel So Much. (4:22, the movie is 4:51).
Download it in any of these formats:
AIF file, AU file, Real Audio file,
mp3 file, low-res wave file,
CD quality wave file, or Quicktime movie file.
Fighting I Can Do Recorded 2/20/01
(562k)
(2001, 8 meg)
(47 seconds, 186k, recorded 2/21/02)
recorded 3/4/01 (187k)
(0:39, recorded 07/04/06)
Filled With Such Panic
1:23, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Final Rally
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 3:42
Find Myself
:49, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
1:04, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Fire Alarms (0:25, recorded 07/04/06)
:32, vocals track recorded 06/03/09the original writing
which is diffent writing from the 06/03/09 read
Fireflies 4:03, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Floating Away with the Tide 1:24, vocals track read & sampled 08/21/09
the original writing
3:11
8/09/05
Performed live at the Cafe in Chicago
Forward
:42, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
French Quarter
:56, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
From the Dead :30, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
From Words to Wars
:21, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 :23, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
Fulfill Their Deepest Vocation
1:07, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Games we Play
1:59, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
Gary’s Blind Date (6.3 meg)
recorded live 12/13/05 at the Cafe
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 3:22
read for the book Duality
Gasoline (1:08, recorded 07/04/06)
Gears Get Caught In The Mud Recorded 2/20/01
(869k)
(2001, 12.5 meg)
:41, recorded April 2002
(:39, whispered, 470k)
whispered, with hiss
reduction; :39, recorded April 2002
the original writing
Gerbil Recorded 2/20/01
(827k)
(2001, 11.9 meg)
(1 minute, 10 seconds, 275k)
1:04, recorded 08/14/07
Getting Quite Good At It
1:14, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
Get It Over With
(vocals track for CD Death Comes In Threes, 1 minute 7 seconds)
Get Me Out Of This Cage (recorded 04/27/05)
recorded 08/08/06, 3:23
Getting Quite Good At At
Performed 3/29/05, live at the Cafe in Chicago
God Will Save Me (news poem, :37, recorded 06/04/05)
(vocals only track, :34, recorded 10/14/05)
Going Nowhere
1:10, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Gossip I
:38, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 recorded 09/21/04
the original writing
Gossip II
:28, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 recorded 09/21/04
the original writing
Gossip III
:37, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 recorded 09/21/04
the original writing
Grab The Other’s Neck Recorded 2/20/01
(1.8 meg)
(2001, 26.9 meg)
recorded 4/15/02 (2 minutes, 55 seconds, 683k)
(2 minutes 16 seconds, samples 01/20/03)
(2 minutes 40 seconds, recorded 10/14/05)
2:57, recorded 08/14/07
3:16
(on WSUM radio show WordSalad 06/19/08)
Grains of Sand
:41, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
Hancock Suicide, Chicago, January 1995 recorded 4/15/02 (2 minutes, 40 seconds, 626k)
(3 minutes, 7 seconds, engineered 01/20/03)
Written in 1995, this poem has also been published in the books Close Cover Before Striking and Oeuvre.
The tracks below are 2:40, and were recorded 08/06/04 read live at the Chicago open mic The Cafe: Last Before Extinction and Hancock Suicide, Chicago, December 1994 08/10/04
hand-grenades, chainsaws
and fireworks (oh my) (news poem, :22, recorded 06/04/05)
:30, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08
Hard as a Rock
1:47, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing
Harder To Burn
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 1:46
read for Singular Endings
Hard of Hearing (0:39, 11/03/06)
Having Children One Day 3:01, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
Having Company Over 2:00, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
He Makes Me Think About These Things :38, vocals track read & sampled 08/21/09
the original writing
Here Is Me (0:19, recorded 07/04/06)
6:18, recorded 08/14/07
Here It Goes Again for How Do I Get There?
vocals track
with vocal presence delay;
2:48, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
He’s Gone
:14, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
:17, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
He Told Me His Dreams 1
:43, recorded 06/27/07
read for the radio show book reading
Seeing Things Differently
:47, vocals track recorded 06/03/09the original writing
which is diffent writing from th3 06/03/09 read
He Told Me His Dreams Two
:16, vocals track
telephone recording 05/25/11the original writing
He Told Me His Dreams 3
:38, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
He Told Me His Dreams 4
:56, recorded 06/27/07
read for the radio show book reading
Seeing Things Differently
He Told Me His Dreams 8
:58, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
He Told Me His Dreams 9
1:20, recorded 06/27/07
read for the radio show book reading
Seeing Things Differently
High Roller (Raw) 74(k)
Recorded 3/2/01
the raw mix (444k)
the raw mix (6.4 meg)
from How Do I Get There?
vocals track
(:42, recorded 03/18/06)
Holding my Hand recorded 9/14/02 live at the Cafe (5:52, 8 meg)
The 4 poems in this recording are:
Holding My Hand, Let the War Begin,
Isn’t It Amazing, and Panther. (1:08, recorded 07/04/06)
Holding My Skin Together Recorded 2/20/01
(829k) 2001
(2001, 11.8 meg)
(0:57, recorded 07/04/06)
:55, recorded April 2002
auditorium echo;
:31, recorded April 2002
the original writing
Hole in hte Heart
:54, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
How Are You 1:47, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09
1:53, vocals track
with no vocals changes 05/20/09
1:53, vocals track
with vocals changes 05/20/09the original writing
How A Woman Falls in Love 6:45, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
How Do I Explain It 5:48, recorded 02/20/08
6:18, recorded 08/14/07
Recorded 2/20/01
Dedicated to John Yotko (2001, 56.2 meg)
old time radio filter;
5:23, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.
with vocal presence delay;
5:23, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop. 5:48, recorded 02/20/08
6:18, recorded 08/14/07
(not a very good quality recording)
the original writing
How Do I Get There?
Multiple studio recording tracks designed
for the 02/15/05 performance art show.MacIntosh Court
vocals track
Job Interview
vocals track
Successful Woman
vocals track
Generic Symbols of Love
vocals track
Generic Symbols of Love 2:03
(on WSUM radio show WordSalad 01/25/07)Hatred when it should be Good
vocals track
Looking for Love
vocals track
Those Who Like To Kill
vocals track
Loving Astronomy
vocals track
the prose
How Do I Get to the Moon
2:38, vocals track 06/13/11
read in thecomputerized “Steven Hawking” voicethe original writing
the last track from How Do I Get There?:
a Moon & Astronomy Talk
vocals track
How I Imagine You
vocals recorded 10/08/06, :31
read for the book The Elements
How To Please a Woman 3:36, vocals track read & sampled 07/29/09
the original writing
How Many Times I’ve Done It 1:00, vocals track 03/23/09
2:11
“How Many Times”
on WSUM radio show WordSalad 05/14/09)
How Much For Your Poem 4:19
8/09/05
Performed live at the Cafe in Chicago
How People Interpret My Words :44, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09
:49, vocals track 05/20/09
:51, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing 1:55
on WSUM radio show WordSalad 05/21/09)
Human Construct of Time
:54, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
Hurry Up And Wait
prose
2:43, vocals track recorded 06/03/09the original writing
I Am The Woman Who Loves Pain for How Do I Get There?
vocals track
old time radio filter;
:45, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.
with vocal presence delay;
:45, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
I Cannot Love / My
(two poems) :24, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing of “I Cannot Love” the original writing of “My”
Ice Cubes
:48, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
I Don’t Care :48, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
I Don’t Want To
1:08, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 recorded 4/15/02 (1:10, 275k)
(0:51, recorded 07/04/06)
:39, recorded April 2002
old time radio filter;
:41, recorded April 2002
the original writing
I Dreamt About You Last Night
Dedicatied to Dave Jarvie (2001, 39.2 meg)
(September 23, 2003 at 3:48)
(3:53, recorded 07/04/06)
If She’s There
vocals recorded 9/30/06, 1:53
read for Singular Remembrances
I Have Learned
:56, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
I Have My Dreams :08 (v1),
read by Monica Fowler,
recorded 02/15/08
2:08 (v2),
read by Monica Fowler,
recorded 02/15/08
(0:09, recorded 07/04/06)
Ikebana
1:33, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
I Listen 1:25, vocals track read & sampled 08/24/09
the original writing
I’ll Push The Cart
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 1:37
I Look at the Letters Again
1:25, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
I’m Always the One
:15, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 (0:12, vocals track 07/04/06)
the original writing
I’m A Record Now Recorded 2/20/01
(938k) 2001
(2001, 13.5 meg)
(1 minute, 43 seconds, engineered 01/20/03)
Written in 2000, this poem has also been published in the books Etc. and Oeuvre.
The tracks below are 1:22, and were recorded 08/06/04 This poem was performed live 08/28/04
at the Chicago poetry Fest. The 5 poems read were:
Too Far, The Burning, I’m A Record Now,
New To Chicago and Fantastic Car Crash. (1:22, 10/25/06)
1:19, recorded 08/14/07
I’m Not Sick (But I’m not well) 2001 (1.3 meg)
(2001, 19.4 meg)
(vocals track for CD Death Comes in Threes, 1:45)read liveon WZRD Radio 6/02/02
I’m Sure We Killed It 1:56, vocals track read & sampled 08/21/09
the original writing
I’m Tired
vocals recorded 9/30/06, 5:12
read for Singular Remembrances
I Must Believe (0:28, recorded 07/04/06)
I Must Continue 1:17, vocals track read & sampled 07/29/09
the original writing
I Never Took a Life
(Until I Took My Own) Read by John Yotko 3/4/01 (6.4 meg)
Read by John Yotko 3/4/01
Read by John Yotko (1.9 meg)
Read by John Yotko (3/4/01, 28 meg)
Infallible (0:56, recorded 04/23/06)
Instead of Feeling Nervous
5:47, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
a
television interview
w/ Janet Kuypers on her artwork & photography
Watch this YouTube video
(1:40)
on Urbana WCIA channel 3 news
live TV interview w/ Janet Kuypers
In The Air
Read live at Cafe Aloha 4/23/02 (3 minutes, 51 seconds) (6:27, recorded 07/04/06)
In Their Homes of In The Streets
1:33, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing recorded 4/15/02 (1 minute, 48 seconds, 420k)
In The Projects
prose
1:16, vocals track recorded 06/03/09the original writing
which is diffent writing from this read
the short sotry
I Remember (22:16, 11/03/06)
I Seem To Know Animals (0:33, 11/03/06)
Isn’t It Amazing
Written in 1998, this poem has also been published
in the books Etc. and Oeuvre. (Raw) (204k)
Recorded 3/1/01
the raw mix (1.2 meg)
the raw mix (17.5 meg)
recorded 3/4/01 (1:43, 405k)
Recorded 08/06/04
Recorded 08/06/04
Recorded 08/06/04
Recorded 08/06/04
recorded 9/14/02 live at the Cafe (5:52, 8 meg)
The 4 poems in this recording are:
Holding My Hand, Let the War Begin,
Isn’t It Amazing, and Panther.
Read live by John Yotko at Cafe Aloha 3/12/02:
Isn’t That What It’s All About (vocals track for CD Death Comes in Threes, 1 minute 37 seconds)
Issues
:54, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
It Hurts In The Bones
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 2:56
read for Singular Endings
I’ve Done That, So Have You
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 2:07
read for the book Duality
I Wanna Be Like Jesus (news poem, :39, recorded 06/04/05)
(vocals only track, :22, recorded 10/14/05)
I Want
1:05, recorded 06/27/07
read for the radio show book reading
Seeing Things Differently
I Wanted Pain (1:08, recorded 03/18/06)
I Want Love :28,
read by Monica Fowler,
recorded 02/15/08
(0:38, recorded 07/04/06)
1:44, vocals track mixed 05/27/09
the voice of Janet Kuypers,
with the voice of Monica Fowlerthe original writing
Jackson Square/Bourbon Street
:27, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
James
:47, vocals track <05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
Japanese Television Macintosh program ONLY (500 x 375, 4.3 meg)
(vocals only track, 1:04, recorded 10/14/05)
Jeremy, or Stallion?
prose
2:35, vocals track recorded 06/03/09the original writing
Joe Putz-a-vucki
1:14, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
John 1:25, vocals track
read & sampled 08/31/09the original writing
John (edited 1996)
1:22, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
John Stories (vocals only track, 1:01, recorded 10/14/05)
Johnathan
:43, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
Joy live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
(1:08, recorded 07/04/06)
Just Let Her Rest
vocals recorded 10/08/06, 3:29
read for Singular Endings
Keep Driving
:18, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
Keep Them Apart
1:11, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
Key to Survival
“the poem of J” (4:47, recorded 05/09/05)
(recorded 04/26/05,
with the psycho tube amp) (recorded 04/26/05, but
smooth filter added to recording 04/27/05)
King of the Universe
old time radio filter; 2:34, recorded before 06/11/01
reverb, 2:35, recorded before 06/11/01
the original writing
Knelt And Cried
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 7:13
read for Singular Endings
Knew All Along
1:32, vocals track recorded 06/18/09the original writing Read by John Yotko 3/4/01 (4.3 meg)
Read by John Yotko 3/4/01
Read by John Yotko (3/4/01, 19 meg)
Knife :10, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
Knife
:34, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
Know How The Truth Is
vocals recorded 10/08/06, 1:48
read for the book Balance
Knowing Kevorkian
:37, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Knowlede 5:27, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
Knotted Hate 3:47, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09the original writing
Kurt Irons (it’s Just A Girl) (recorded 03/24/05)
read in the feature art gallery performance art show
in Chicago 04/01/05
conflict•contact•control.
Last Before Extinction Performed 11/09/04, live at the Cafe
read live at the Chicago open mic The Cafe 08/10/04:
Last Before Extinction & Hancock Suicide, Chicago, December 1994 Read by Jared Smith 12/11/05
(2:20, 10/25/06)
4:16, vocals track mixed 05/27/09
the voice of Janet Kuypers,
with the voice of Jared Smiththe original writing
Lava ... At A Rolling Boil (news poem, :42, recorded 06/04/05)
Learning More
5:08, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
Leather Jacket
edited 04/27/09
2:01, vocals track recorded 06/03/09the original writing
which is diffent writing from this read
Leaving
1:51, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Lessons From The Simpsons recorded 4/15/02 (3 minutes, 5 seconds, 720k)
Let Me Be 1:57, vocals track
read & sampled 09/25/09the original writing
Letter 04/14/95 one
1:09, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
Left with a Hole
2:32, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Let the War Begin recorded 9/14/02 live at the Cafe (5:52, 8 meg)
The 4 poems in this recording are:
Holding My Hand, Let the War Begin,
Isn’t It Amazing, and Panther. 1:17, recorded 08/14/07
Letting Time Tick By
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 1:03
read for Singular Endings
Life Can Slip Away
vocals recorded 9/30/06, 2:07
read for Singular Remembrances
Like Daggers
:31, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Listening To The Cancer Ads
vocals recorded 9/30/06, 1:37
read for Singular Remembrances
Listen To What You’re Not Hearing
:53, recorded 02/20/08
:54, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
Like My Motto
(vocals track for CD Death Comes in Threes, 1 minute 40 seconds)
Looking For A Worthy Adversary (3:22, recorded 05/13/06)
Recorded 2/20/01
(2001, 54.7 meg)
1 of 3 poems read live at the Cafe 03/01/05: God Eyes,
Looking for a Worthy Adversary, and More Than We Should Have. old time radio filter; 3:05, recorded before 06/11/01
reverb, 3:05, recorded before 06/11/01
the original writing
Lost In The Breeze Recorded 2/20/01
2001 (978k)
(2001, 14 meg)
Love Has Tendrils
:36, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09 old time radio filter;
:44, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.
with vocal presence delay;
:44, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
Loved You The Most
old time radio filter;
1:41, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.
with vocal presence delay;
1:41, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
Low End Lipo (news poem, :39, recorded 06/04/05)
the poem
Made Any Difference
2:50, vocals track 11/16/11
poem sung 2:50, back-up track 11/16/11
repeating background melody for beatthe original writing
Magnum Opus (poem coverted to prose, 8:36,
recorded live at the Cafe 11/15/05)
Make People Think
:31, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Making Sense Out Of The Insane
Part of a series of 5 poems read live at
the Lake Demented Poets 3/23/02, including
1. Changing Garments, 2. Supposed To Be Done, 3. Making Sense Out Of The Insane,
4. Someone Give Me the Answers, and 5. Feel So Much. (4:22, the movie is 4:51).
Download it in any of these formats:
AIF file, AU file, Real Audio file,
mp3 file, low-res wave file,
CD quality wave file, or Quicktime movie file.
vocals recorded 10/08/06, 1:23
read for the book Balance
Manic Depressive or Something
vocals recorded 9/30/06, 2:41
read for Singular Remembrances
Man Who Talk Loud...
Say Nothing
1:33, recorded 07/04/07
prose for the 07/17/07 performance art Show
Living in a Big World
2:27
(on WSUM radio show WordSalad on 01/17/08)
background music is from the CD, John Cage:
Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano
Marilyn Monroe’s Sex Life
1:19, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09
1:22, vocals track 05/20/09
2:22, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
marry me... whatever you are
recorded 08/06/06, 1:46
Mask
:25, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
Masquerade (:33, recorded 03/13/07)
(:33) opens in a new window
Medication 3/4/01 (16.2 meg)
Recorded 3/4/01
the reverb mix (4 meg)
the reverb mix (58.1 meg)
(3/4/01, 71.2 meg)
recorded 4/15/02 (6:18, 1.4 meg)
(vocals track for CD
Death Comes in Threes, 5:36) (2:38, 1.8 meg)
treble boost;
2:37, recorded April 2002
echo, then reverb;
2:37, recorded April 2002
the original writing
Memorial Day :41, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
The Men At The Construction Site (recorded 03/24/05)
read in the feature art gallery performance art show
in Chicago 04/01/05
conflict•contact•control.
Me or Him
1:18, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Middle-Class Husbands and Fathers
1:50, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Military Police recorded 09/21/04
(recorded 03/24/05)
read in the feature art gallery performance art show
in Chicago 04/01/05
conflict•contact•control.
Mixing Metaphors
1:32, recorded 02/14/08
1:58, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
Money Became an Abstract
different effects on the 05/13/08 recording:
(:53, echo 08/22/08)
(:51, reverb 08/22/08)
(:54, echo after reverb 08/22/08)
:39, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
Monotony
:12, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
Moonlight Recorded 3/2/01
(365k) March 2, 2001
for How Do I Get There?
vocals track
:12, vocals track 06/13/11
read in thecomputerized “Steven Hawking” voicethe original writing
More Painful To Experience
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 1:05
read for Singular Endings
More Whiskey Sours (0:13, recorded 07/04/06)
Most Accurate Metaphors
1:19, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 recorded 4/15/02 (1:21, 317k)
(878k)
with an Elvis echo;
:56, recorded April 2002
the original writing
Motorcycle :52, vocals track
read & sampled 08/31/09the original writing
My Attempted Death 1:40, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09the original writing
My / I Cannot Love
(two poems) :24, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing of “My” the original writing of “I Cannot Love”
My Blood
:19, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
:16, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
My Dead Daughter
Written in 2000, this poem has also been published
in the books Etc. and Oeuvre. Recorded 2/20/01
2001 (1.4 meg)
(2001, 20.5 meg)
(2:24, engineered 01/20/03)
1:56, recorded 08/06/04
1:56, recorded 08/06/04
1:56, recorded 08/06/04
1:56, recorded 08/06/04
(1:57, 10/25/06)
2:12, recorded April 2002
old time radio filter;
2:18, recorded April 2002
reverb, 2:19, recorded April 2002
reverb and canyon echo;
2:22, recorded April 2002
(1:57, 10/25/06)
the original writing
My Father, Shooting An Animal (1:36, recorded 05/13/06)
recorded 4/15/02 (1 minute, 34 seconds, 369k)
My Kind of Town 2:03, vocals track read 7/18/12
with a vocal effects “male” sounding voicethe original writing
My Life Changing
:56, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
My Memorials To You
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 2:11
My MotherMy MotherMy Mother
vocals recorded 9/30/06, 2:55
read for the book Duality
My Second Marriage
3:18, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop. old time radio filter;
3:18, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.
with vocal presence delay;
3:18, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
Naivety :36, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
Never Did The Same
:28, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 :28, recorded 03/24/08
with vocal presence delay;
:27, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop. (0:25, recorded 07/04/06)
the original writing
6 poems were read live at the Chicago open mic The Cafe:
civil war,
mean to me,
domestic violence in america, nashville, tennessee,
never did the same,
morning will be kind, and
each morning on 08/03/04 (0:25, recorded 07/04/06)
New To Chicago This poem was performed live 08/28/04
at the Chicago poetry Fest. The 5 poems read were:
Too Far, The Burning, I’m A Record Now,
New To Chicago and Fantastic Car Crash. (1:30, recorded 07/04/06)
SAMPLE
get the full file at iTunes:
(live at The Burgundy Room 08/23/06, 2:04)
off the CD Chaos In Motion
No Regrets Together 1:42, vocals track read & sampled 07/29/09
the original writing
Nothing Colorful in my Sight
:34, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
Now I’m Strong :20, vocals track 04/21/08
(0:12, recorded 07/04/06)
the original writing
Number 136 4:26, recorded 02/14/08
Recorded 2/20/01
(2001, 41.1 meg)
recorded 4/15/02 (4:16, 999k)
Performed 3/29/05, live at the Cafe in Chicago
4:10, recorded 08/14/07
3:59, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.
old time radio filter;
3:59, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.
with vocal presence delay;
3:59, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop. 4:26, recorded 02/14/08
4:10, recorded 08/14/07
(older recording, not very good)
the original writing
Observations: Nine and Six
based on the poem Seven and Seven, plus Eighteen 2:03, vocals track
read & sampled 09/25/09the original writing
Octopi Target McDonalds (news poem, :47, recorded 06/04/05)
Odd How Things Turn Out That Way.
:22, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09 (0:25, recorded 05/13/06)
:29, vocals track 05/20/09
the original writing
Oh Mother
1:04, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08
:49, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
On a High Horse Like This
2:14, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
On All Fours (:54, recorded 05/09/05)
1:12, Performed 8/09/05
live at the Cafe in Chicago
On An Airplane With
a Frequent Flyer
(1:26, recorded 04/23/06)
(low res)
(low res)
Once Wanted You as my Friend 2001 (4.4 meg)
(64.3 meg)
Recorded 3/2/01
(2001, 35 meg)
9/23/03 (3 minutes 22 seconds)
3:23, recorded 08/14/07
one by one, the beech trees fell
1:18, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
One Summer (5:17, recorded 07/04/06)
Oriental 1:05, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09
1:15, vocals track 05/20/09
the original writing
Orion for How Do I Get There?
vocals track
:34, vocals track 06/13/11
read in thecomputerized “Steven Hawking” voicethe original writing
Other Horizons
:43, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
Outsourcing the American Dream
recorded 08/06/06, 6:33
Overdoing It recorded 09/21/04
Over My Skin With Such Ease 2:11, vocals track 04/21/08
(1:54, 11/03/06)
the original writing
Pain Is Weakness/
Pain Is A Crutch
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 1:43
Panther recorded 9/14/02 live at the Cafe (5:52, 8 meg)
The 4 poems in this recording are:
Holding My Hand, Let the War Begin,
Isn’t It Amazing, and Panther. (0:59, recorded 07/04/06)
Paper
:55, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
Paranoia
mixed 4/09/07
with the song Bastard Seconds
from the Bastard Trio
off their CD Survival of the Fist
(raw, 1:35, recorded 04/08/07)
Park Bench
prose
1:32, vocals track recorded 06/03/09the original writing
Passport
to Outer Space
1:44, recorded 07/04/07
prose for the 07/17/07 performance art Show
Living in a Big World
2:40
(on WSUM radio show WordSalad 07/26/07)
People’s Lives Were At Stake
Written in 2000, this poem has also been published
in the books Etc. and Oeuvre. Recorded 2/20/01
(2001, 41.5 meg)
4:01, recorded 08/06/04
4:01, recorded 08/06/04
4:01, recorded 08/06/04
4:01, recorded 08/06/04
People’s Rights Misunderstood (2:02, 11/03/06)
Philosopher at the Blue Note Performed 11/09/04, live at the Cafe
vocals recorded 10/08/06, 1:34
read for the book Seeing Things Differently
Photograph, Nineteenth Century 1:39, live 01/09/06 at Molly Mallone’s
(1:08, recorded 07/04/06)
Poam: A Conversation with Jimbo Breen recorded 4/15/02 (1 minute, 15 seconds, 292k)
Poam: Militant Man
With Schizophrenia
5:24, JY and JK vocals track mixed 05/31/09
part 1, :32, JY vocals track recorded 05/31/09
part 3, :25, JY vocals track recorded 05/31/09
part 5, :04, JY vocals track recorded 05/31/09
part 7, :22, JY vocals track recorded 05/31/09
part 9, :1, JY vocals track recorded 05/31/09
the original writing (5:56, recorded 04/21/07)
(6:32, recorded 04/21/07,
with the voices altered 04/23/07)
5:46, mixed 5/05/07, with
J. Yotko reading the male voice, &
A Prairie Home Combustion
from the Bastard Trio
off their CD Survival of the Fist
6:58, mixed 4/24/07, with
all warbled JK vocals, on
A Prairie Home Combustion
from the Bastard Trio
off their CD Survival of the Fist
Pop A pill recorded 4/15/02 (49 seconds, 191k)
Praying To Idols Recorded 2/20/01
2001 (1.2 meg)
(2001, 17.3 meg)
Recorded live at The Cafe, 10/28/03 (1:40)
Recorded live at The Cafe, 10/28/03 (1:40)
Recorded live at The Cafe, 10/28/03 (1:40)
Recorded live at The Cafe, 10/28/03 (1:40)
Recorded live at The Cafe, 10/28/03 (1:40)
Elvis echo;
1:43, recorded April 2002
shower echo;
1:43, recorded April 2002
the original writing
Precint Fourteen 4/15/02 (1:34, 367k)
Present and Past
1:00, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
Pressure On Me Again (0:51, recorded 07/04/06)
Princess Diana, One Year Later (vocals track for CD, 1 minute 11 seconds)
Private Lives One
the elevated train, Chicago, Illinois
recorded 08/06/06, 0:41
Private Lives Three
the elevated train, Chicago, Illinois 2:15, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09
2:17, vocals track 05/20/09
the original writing
Private Lives Four
the elevated train, Chicago, Illinois
recorded 08/06/06, 0:57
Probably Not
:19, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
the polititcal portion of of performance show reading of
Questions in a World Without Answers
read 11/09/04, followed by the essay A Letter to our Political Leaders,
then portions of the poem True Happiness in the New Millennium
Written in 2004, this was a part of the show
Questions in a World Without Answers.
Rain
:26, recorded 02/20/08
:24, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
Rain (1986) :27, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
Ranting
:50, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09 (0:55, vocals track 05/13/06)
the original writing
Rape Education 1
2:14, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Rape Education 2 :36, vocals track
read & sampled 07/09/09the original writing
Rape Education 3
:37, vocals track
read 02/17/11, edited 2/18/11the original writing
Really Physically Heal
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 5:29
Reason To Stand
:16, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Rendering Me
:15, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
:19, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Republican
1:21, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Ring
:25, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
Rings Like Gravestones
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 1:36
Right There, By Your Heart Recorded 3/2/01
(3.2 meg) March 2, 2001
old time radio filter; 2:43
NOT the full version, recorded before 06/11/01
old time radio filter and reverb, 2:43
NOT the full version, recorded before 06/11/01
vocals track,
older FULL version, 7:56the original writing
Robert 1:31, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
Room
1:09, vocals track
telephone recording 05/25/11the original writing
Run Faster
:43, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 with vocal presence delay;
:43, vocals track May 2002
for the show/CD Stop. (:45, vocals track 08/15/08)
with vocal presence delay;
:43, vocals track May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
Running Toward Your Demise (vocals only track, 1:19, recorded 10/14/05)
2:40, on 01/25/07
(on WSUM radio show WordSalad)
Russians At A Garage Sale
:57, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 recorded 4/15/02 (1:04, 253k)
recorded 08/06/06, 0:56
Salamander
:36, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09
:36, vocals track 05/20/09
(0:34, vocals track 05/13/06)
the original writing
Salesman 1:7, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
Saving Myself (0:21, recorded 07/04/06)
Saving Yourself
:24, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Scars (prose poem)
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 2:28
Scars 1997 (3:11, recorded 07/04/06)
Scars 2000 Recorded 2/20/01
(2001, 35.5 meg)
recorded 08/06/06, 3:22
Scenarios 2000
(6:16, recorded 04/21/07)
Scratch the Surface 2:44, vocals track
read & sampled 09/25/09the original writing
Seeing a Psychiatrist:
Fear of Authority, and Freud
(1:38, vocals track 08/26/08)
of Kuypers vicals, mixed with Darryl Clinkscales
reading the “psychiatrist” voice 08/17/08 1:32, vocals track 8/28/08
with all Kuypers vocalsthe original writing
Seeing a Psychiatrist:
Hopelessness and Futility
(1:42, vocals track 08/21/08)
of Kuypers vicals, mixed with Hope Yotko
reading the “psychiatrist” voice 08/17/08 1:48, vocals track 8/21/08
with all Kuypers vocalsthe original writing
See You Crawl
:14, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 :09,
read by Monica Fowler,
recorded 02/15/08
(0:13, recorded 07/04/06)
:22, vocals track mixed 05/27/09
the voice of Janet Kuypers,
with the voice of Monica Fowlerthe original writing
Self Confidence recorded 09/21/04
Self-Destructive
:19, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
September 11, 2001
(5:10, recorded 05/13/06)
Service of Others
:34, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Seven Ten, Seven Twenty
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 1:31
Shame on Me
:46, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Sheri 5:54, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
She’s Going Home
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 4:51
She’s Made Her Choice
vocals recorded 9/30/06, 4:44
read for Singular Remembrances
She Told Me Her Dreams 1
1:28, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
She Told Me Her Dreams 2 :34, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09
:35, vocals track 05/20/09
the original writing
She Told Me Her Dreams 4
:54, vocals track05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
She Told Me Her Dreams 5
:40, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
She Told Me Her Dreams 6
:22, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Shiny New Again :37, vocals track read & sampled 07/29/09
:37, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Shopping. 1:03, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09
1:06, vocals track 05/20/09
the original writing
Signs of the Times live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
(:56, recorded 03/18/06)
1:11, live at Jesse Oaks 04/17/08
Silence
:32, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
Snow :34, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
“So”
2:04, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
So Don’t Worry
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 2:34
Someone Give Me The Answers (vocals track for CD, 38 seconds)
Part of a series of 5 poems read live at
the Lake Demented Poets 3/23/02, including
1. Changing Garments, 2. Supposed To Be Done, 3. Making Sense Out Of The Insane,
4. Someone Give Me the Answers, and 5. Feel So Much. (4:22, the movie is 4:51).
Download it in any of these formats:
AIF file, AU file, Real Audio file,
mp3 file, low-res wave file,
CD quality wave file, or Quicktime movie file.
poem exerpt:
Sometimes It’s Not (vocals track for CD, 12 seconds)
Soothe Me Just This Once :56, vocals track read & sampled 07/29/09
the original writing
Sorry Flowers
:38, recorded 03/26/08
with vocal presence delay;
:43, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
Spent
:35, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
Spring :38, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
the writing and reading of Janet Kuypers and John Yotko,
recorded live at The Cafe, December 2, 2003 (3:05)
“Stairs” 1:11, recorded 08/14/07
Story Telling
vocals recorded 10/08/06, 8:03
read for Singular Endings
Supposed to be Done recorded 4/15/02 (18 seconds, 73k)
Part of a series of 5 poems read live at
the Lake Demented Poets 3/23/02, including
1. Changing Garments, 2. Supposed To Be Done, 3. Making Sense Out Of The Insane,
4. Someone Give Me the Answers, and 5. Feel So Much. (4:22, the movie is 4:51).
Download it in any of these formats:
AIF file, AU file, Real Audio file,
mp3 file, low-res wave file,
CD quality wave file, or Quicktime movie file.
Summer :37, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
Electronic Music by André Vuillemin, aka [elektroNarkoz]
3:42, November 2005
http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?songs=432551&T=8679 :52, recorded 04/03/08
the original writing
Technology
and Communication
2:29, recorded 07/04/07
prose for the 07/17/07 performance art Show
Living in a Big World
3:11
(on WSUM radio show WordSalad 07/12/07)
Ten Minutes
vocals recorded 10/08/06, 1:41
read for the book Chaos Theory
Terrorism Intelligence (news poem, :29, recorded 06/04/05)
(vocals only track, :27, recorded 10/14/05)
Thank You,
Women Who Work I
1:04, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Thank You,
Women Who Work II
1:04, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
That Is You
:45, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
That’s Not What I’m Here For for How Do I Get There?
vocals track
the Bathroom at the Green Mill 1:27, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09
1:27, vocals track 05/20/09
the original writing
The Battle At Hand
Written in 2000, this poem has also
been published in the books Warm and Fuzzy,
Survive and Thrive and Oeuvre.
Recorded 3/1/01
(2.3 meg) recorded 3/1/01
2001 (1.8 meg)
(2001, 26.3 meg)
Recorded 08/06/04
Recorded 08/06/04
Recorded 08/06/04
Recorded 08/06/04
(2:54, recorded 07/04/06)
old time radio filter;
2:18, recorded before 06/11/01
old time radio filter and reverb,
2:18, recorded before 06/11/01
The Bridge To New Orleans (0:52, recorded 07/04/06)
The Apartment
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 1:46
the Burning
(which has been done as a piece called The Vodka) old time radio filter; 1:12, vocals track before 06/11/01
old time radio filter and reverb, 1:12, vocals track before 06/11/01
older tracks of this poem: (1:18, vocals track 03-18-06)
(only the words “think of how these were the hands that should have pushed you away from me”, vocals track 03-18-06)
(original old beat in the background, with only the words “think of how these were the hands that should have pushed you away from me”, smoothed so it’s not so static-filled)
(this is the 03/18/06 reading, with the original old smoothed beat and words in the background)
the original writing
The Carpet Factory, the Shoes
1:09, recorded 06/27/07
read for the radio show book reading
Seeing Things Differently
the Cycle 1:40, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
the Cycle of Life
:45, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing
The Deep End
:38, recorded 03/24/08
with vocal presence delay;
:33, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
the Dream 4:04, vocals track read & sampled 08/26/09
the original writing
The Effects of 911
(2:09, recorded 05/13/06)
The Flashback (2:15, recorded 04/21/07)
live from the Cafe, 10/19/04
4 pieces read: the Flashback,
the State of the Nation, Confident Women,
and The Muse, The Messiah
(read live at the Poetry Cram,
which due to it's size they dubbed the Poetry Cramp,
2:39, recorded live in Chicago 07/12/05) 3:48
(on WSUM radio show WordSalad 04/26/07)
the Fourteenth for How Do I Get There?
vocals track
vocals recorded 10/08/06, 3:21
read for the book Chaos Theory
The Good “Doctor” (vocals only track, 4:10, recorded 10/14/05)
The Good Ones
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 2:54
read for Singular Endings
the Hammer Falls
:42, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
The Hands of a Handyman (vocals only track, 1:06, recorded 10/14/05)
The Hunter and the Fox (0:37, recorded 07/04/06)
Their Crutches
(vocals track for CD Death Comes in Threes, 41 seconds)
The Joshua Tree
:26, vocals track 04/21/08
:21, vocals track 05/17/07
for the book The Elements book & chapbooksthe original writing
The Kitchen
:50, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
the Last Time
1:02, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
The Last Time He Sees Her Alive
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 1:38
The Little Differences recorded 09/21/04
the Mind of John
:10, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
The Martyr And The Saint Recorded 3/2/01
(829k) 3/2/01
recorded 4/15/02 (0:49, 194k)
(9/23/03, 0:54)
(9/23/03, 0:54)
The Measuring Scale Recorded 3/2/01
(2 meg) 3/2/01
the Measuring Scale 1:53, vocals track
read & sampled 11/13/09the original writing
The Messenger
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 2:14
the Moon
(derivation of Moonlight :19, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
the Muse, the Messiah
3:24, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
the NASA Project (prose)
old time radio filter;
2:49, recorded before 06/11/01
the original writing
The One At Mardi Gras (4 minutes 50 seconds)
The Page
(To Inspiration) (2:01, recorded 04/21/07)
(read live at the Poetry Cram,
which due to it's size they dubbed the Poetry Cramp,
2:31, recorded live in Chicago 07/12/05) 4:18
(on WSUM radio show WordSalad 04/26/07)
the Playground 2:10, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
The Power of the Devil (news poem, :45, recorded 06/04/05)
The Power To See Her
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 3:32
read for Singular Endings
the Quiet One
:51, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
the Randomness of Everything
(:55, vocals track 08/26/08)
recorded for the show “Seeing a Psychiatrist”the original writing
the Real Bitch of It
1:26, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing 2:44
on WSUM radio show WordSalad 04/30/09)
There Are Too Many Poems
About You, David
2:06, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
There Is A Fire... (from a song)
Recorded 3/2/01
(1.4 meg) 3/2/01
the Room of the Rape 3:38, vocals track
read & sampled 08/28/09 4:07, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
the Second Death 2:31, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
the Sky is Always Blue :31, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
the Tears :30, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
The Things They Did To You 2:38, recorded 04/03/08
the original writing
The Things Warren Says Read by John Yotko 3/4/01 (1.4 meg)
Read by John Yotko 3/4/01
Read by John Yotko (3/4/01, 6.2 meg)
(vocals only track, :32, recorded 10/14/05)
:17, vocals track 06/11/11
read in thecomputerized “Steven Hawking” voicethe original writing
The View of the Alley Performed 5/03/05, live at the Cafe in Chicago
The Way You Tease Me (recorded 03/24/05)
read in the feature art gallery performance art show
in Chicago 04/01/05
conflict•contact•control. (2:06, recorded 10/14/05)
old time radio filter;
2:09, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.
with vocal presence delay;
2:09, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
read to music by Lem:
The Writing of my Life Performed 4/26/05, live at the Cafe in Chicago
They Called It Trust :52, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
They Never Ask Me for How Do I Get There?
vocals track
They See Independently
:38, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Thirteen Seconds
1:31, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing
this is my burden
4:23, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
This Is My Dilemma 1:11, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09
1:14, vocals track 05/20/09
the original writing
This Is What You Leave Me
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 2:15
This Is What It’s Reduced To Now
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 2:12
This Isn’t Fair
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 2:03
This You Don’t Hate. (1:02, recorded 07/04/06)
‘'Til The Fear In Me Subsides Recorded 2/20/01
2001 (1.4 meg)
(2001, 20.9 meg)
(485k, recorded 2/21/02)
vocals recorded 10/08/06, 2:28
read for the book The Elements
Timing is Everything
Written in 1998, this poem
has also been published in the books
Etc. and Oeuvre. 1:12, recorded 08/06/04
1:12, recorded 08/06/04
1:12, recorded 08/06/04
1:12, recorded 08/06/04
(1:09, 1.1 meg)
old time radio filter;
1:09, recorded April 2002
reverb;
1:10, recorded April 2002
the original writing
Tired of Life
1:13, vocals track 05/13/08
Too Far
This poem was performed live 08/28/04
at the Chicago poetry Fest. The 5 poems read were:
Too Far, The Burning, I’m A Record Now,
New To Chicago and Fantastic Car Crash. (recorded 03/24/05)
read in the feature art gallery performance art show
in Chicago 04/01/05
conflict•contact•control. (160 x 120, 16 meg)
...from the A Night of Firsts live show in Chicago, 06/22/04
This film is from the Internet Archive
1:27, recorded live at the book release for Jared Smith 05/19/07 at Corosh Restaurant (1072 N. Lincoln, Chicago)
Too Many Guns (news poem, 1:05, recorded 06/04/05)
(vocals only track, 1:05, recorded 10/14/05)
Train Tracks 2:29, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
transcribing dreams 1
1:11, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
transcribing dreams 2
1:04, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
Transcribing Dreams 3
3:12, recorded 06/27/07
read for the radio show book reading
Seeing Things Differently
the prose
Travel Through Space
1:11, vocals track 06/13/11
read in thecomputerized “Steven Hawking” voicethe original writing
Electronic Music by Mark Clayton Graham
5:28, Spring 2005
http://www.roswellartsdigitalmedia.us/ (1:26, recorded 05/09/05)
5/03/05, live at the Cafe, Chicago
True Happiness
In The New Millennium (2001)
(vocals track for CD, 3:44)
Read live on WZRD Radio 6/02/02
(read live at the Chicago Green Mill 08/08/04)
read following the political portions of the show
Questions in a World Without Answers and the 1997 essay
A Letter to our Political Leaders on 11/09/04.
recorded 08/06/06, 3:23
SAMPLE
get the full file at iTunes:
(live at The Burgundy Room 08/23/06, 6:06)
off the CD Chaos In Motion
read at the final feature of the
Society of Professional Journalists, 2:00, 08/25/06 (low res) read at the final feature of the
Society of Professional Journalists, 2:00, 08/25/06 (low res) read at the final feature of the
Society of Professional Journalists, 2:00, 08/25/06 (low res) read at the final feature of the
Society of Professional Journalists, 2:00, 08/25/06
recorded 08/06/06, 3:23
4:31, read live at the Spot 10/04/06
Trying :24,
read by Monica Fowler,
recorded 02/15/08
(0:31, recorded 07/04/06)
Trying to Change Fate
2:19, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing 6:44
on WSUM radio show WordSalad 04/02/09)
Two Minutes with Ayn Rand 2001 (6 meg)
(25.4 meg)
Recorded 3/3/01
(2.1 meg) 3/3/01
(3/3/01, 30.4 meg)
2:00, recorded April 2002
old time radio filter;
1:44, recorded April 2002
the original writing
Two Minutes with a Decrepit Idol recorded 09/21/04
Two Not Mute Haikus
:20, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Two Years
:29, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
Ugly House
(or how a place hold a feeling)
4:31, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
Understand
:37, vocals track 05/25/11
of “Experimental Poetry”telephone recordingthe original writing
Unscathed
:52, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09
:47, vocals track 05/20/09
the original writing
Untitled (1986) :14, vocals track read & sampled 07/09/09
the original writing
Upstage Everyone Else
1:56, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
Us, Actually Touching
1:03, vocals track read 03/23/12
the original writing
Victim (a song) 2:44, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
Waiting for a Sign
2:17, vocals track recorded 06/03/09the original writing
Waiting For Wou
:41, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
Walking Home From School
Written in 1994, this poem has also been published
in the books The Window and Oeuvre.
1:45, recorded 08/06/04
1:53, vocals track recorded 06/03/09the original writing
Walking With You
:39, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
Wanting To Touch a Corpse
vocals recorded 10/07/06, 4:13
read for Singular Endings
Wanting You
:40, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
Warren Stories (:30, 10/14/05)
:23, vocals track 06/11/11
read in thecomputerized “Steven Hawking” voicethe original writing
Warring Nations
prose poem
6:24, vocals track recorded 06/11/09the original writing
Watching My Father Die
:57, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Watching You
:40, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
Ways to Spend your Money recorded 4/15/02 (157k)
We Listened
recorded 08/06/06, 3:55
Well, Someone Is, 2005 read live at the Cafe 11/22/05 (2 prose pieces read,
Well, Someone Is, 2005 and Well, What About Me, 2005, 7.2 meg)
Well, What About Me, 2005 read live at the Cafe 11/22/05 (2 prose pieces read,
Well, Someone Is, 2005 and Well, What About Me, 2005, 7.2 meg)
We’re Not Making
Any More Appointments
vocals recorded 10/07/06, :44
read for Singular Endings
Weren’t Even Married (2:45, 10/25/06)
We’re Trying
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 1:45
We’re Your Children
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 1:51
What Are We Supposed To Do/
What We Are Supposed To Do Recorded 2/20/01
2001 (1.6 meg)
(2001, 23.7 meg)
2:46, recorded 08/14/07
What Do We Say for How Do I Get There?
vocals track
What it Felt Like (1:38, recorded 05/13/06)
Read live at Cafe Aloha 5/22/01 (1.2 meg)
Read live at Cafe Aloha 5/22/01 (18.4 meg)
Read live at Cafe Aloha 5/22/01 (214k)
What I Would Ask (vocals only track, 4:49, recorded 10/14/05)
(2:32, recorded 05/09/05)
recorded 08/06/06, 2:32
What Women Want
1:52, recorded 08/14/07
the original writing
What You Could Make Me Do 3:07, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
Where I Belong 2001 (2.3 meg)
(Reverb) (10.2 meg)
Recorded 3/3/01
(3.5 meg) 3/3/01
(3/3/01, 51.9 meg)
When I Am Weak (0:40, recorded 07/04/06)
When You’re Gone
(:34, vocals track 08/21/08)
recorded for the show
“Seeing a Psychiatrist” :40, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
Where Does The Love Go
:33, vocals track 05/13/08
the original writing
Whether Or Not It Is From Religion Recorded 3/1/01
(2.7 meg) 3/1/01
(3:13, recorded 07/04/06)
White Picket Fence recorded 09/21/04
White Knuckled Recorded 3/2/01
(1 meg) 3/2/01
9/23/03 (1 minute 22 seconds)
(recorded 03/24/05)
read in the feature art gallery performance art show
in Chicago 04/01/05
conflict•contact•control.
Who Is At My Side
:17, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 (vocals only track, :24, vocals track 08/14/08)
this new version is read more slowly (0:13, vocals track 07/04/06)
the original writing
Why Do You
recorded 4/15/02 (with an old time radio filter, 1:37, 379k) (1:31, 1 meg)
treble boost;
1:31, recorded April 2002
w/ a 50s effect, and a large
empty hall echo, and a reverb;
:31, recorded April 2002
the original writing
Why I Didn’t See God
4:04, vocals track 03/16/09
the original writing
Why I’ll Never Get Married
:42, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09 (0:54, vocals track 04/23/06)
the original writing John Yotko read Live At Yammer 3/13/02
(1:02, 5.3 meg)
John Yotko read Live At Yammer 3/13/02
(1:02, 2.6 meg)
John Yotko read Live At Yammer 3/13/02
(1:02, 243k)
John Yotko read Live At Yammer 3/13/02
(1:02, 973k)
John Yotko read Live At Yammer 3/13/02
(1:02, 10.5 meg)
Who Is At My Side
(vocals only track, :24, vocals track 08/14/08)
this new version is read more slowly (0:13, vocals track 07/04/06)
the original writing
Who You Tell Your Dreams To (0:48, recorded 04/23/06)
old time radio filter;
:45, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.
with vocal presence delay;
:45, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
Why I’ll Never Get Married (0:54, recorded 04/23/06)
Will Be Just Fine recorded 4/15/02 (33 seconds, 132k)
(for Death Comes In Threes presentation, 53 seconds)
Wither Away
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 2:07
With You
:28, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
Without You
:31, recorded 02/28/08
the original writing
Witnessing Hitler’s Reign 0:22, vocals track
read & sampled 09/25/09the original writing
Work Journal One
old time radio filter;
2:10, recorded before 06/11/01
(2:30, recorded 05/13/06)
Work Journal Two
old time radio filter;
2:22, recorded before 06/11/01
old time radio filter and reverb,
2:22, recorded before 06/11/01
(2:30, recorded 05/13/06)
Women’s Very Existence (recorded 03/24/05)
read in the feature art gallery performance art show
in Chicago 04/01/05
conflict•contact•control.
Writing Your Name from How Do I Get There?
vocals track
(0:26, recorded 07/04/06)
Yeah
(3:01, recorded 04/21/07)
4:14
(on WSUM radio show WordSalad 04/03/08
with with music by Bill Fontana: Harmonic Bridge)
You and Me
and Your girlfriend
1:08, recorded 03/24/08
with vocal presence delay;
1:17, recorded May 2002
for the show/CD Stop.the original writing
You Know It live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
live from the Cafe, 09/21/04
Your Little China Doll
:19, vocals track 04/21/08
the original writing
your minions are dying
recorded 08/06/06, 4:45
You Once So Confidently recorded 4/15/02 (1:07, 262k)
You’re With Me :46, vocals track
read & sampled 08/27/09the original writing
Your Soul Is Shaking
vocals recorded 10/01/06, 1:02
You’ve Already Paid For This 0:47, vocals track
read & sampled 09/25/09the original writing
you’ve left me on Siesta Beach 3:54, vocals track read 03/27/12
the original writing
You Won’t Miss Her 1:03, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/28/09, sampled 06/29/09
1:07, vocals track 05/20/09
the original writing
You Would Know If You Were Here (3:05, recorded 05/13/06)
Recorded 3/1/01, Dedication to Dave Jarvie
(2.4 meg) 3/1/01
live from the Cafe, 09/27/04
Y-Shaped Cigarette
:11, “telephone” vocals track
read 06/21/09, sampled 06/22/09the original writing
Christmas Eve |
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the original writing |
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Death Is A Dog
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the original writing |
Don’t Forget to Write |
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the original writing |
Eat me Alive |
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the original writing |
Escape My Brain Somehow |
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the original writing |
Escaping Every Cage |
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the original writing |
Everything was Alive and Dying |
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the original writing |
Fantastic Car Crash
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the original writing |
Fingers Black |
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the original writing |
for Better or for Worse |
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the original writing |
Frozen Together |
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the original writing |
Just Let It Glide Over Me |
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the original writing |
Keeps Pounding Against Walls |
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the original writing |
Let Me Be AD used this in 2010 |
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the original writing |
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Letting Ourselves Go |
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the original writing |
the poem Made Any Difference read by Oz Hardwick (lives outside of London) |
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the original writing |
Oz Hardwick edited 2/4/12 WITH DIFFERENT EFFECTS (with spaces between phrases) |
![]() telephoen filter, from Oz Hardwick |
![]() very light reverb filter, from Oz Hardwick |
![]() empty room reverb filter, from Oz Hardwick |
![]() empty room reverb filter and THEN concert hall reverb filter, from Oz Hardwick |
the poem Moonlight |
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the original writing |
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for How Do I Get There?
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Refuse in a Single Church |
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the original writing |
“So” |
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the original writing |
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the original writing |
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Waiting for a Sign |
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the original writing |
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Walking With You
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the original writing |
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Watching You
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the original writing |
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Where Does The Love Go |
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the original writing |
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Worn Out |
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the original writing |
Writing Your Name |
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the original writing |
Conversations, a day of grieving, 1/22/94 two
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the original writing |
the poem Conversations, a day of grieving, 1/22/94 three |
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the original writing |
Coslow’s
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the original writing |
I Have My Dreams
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the original writing |
I’m Thinking About Myself Too Much
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the original writing |
I Want Love
Andy Derryberry did something previously with this reading |
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the original writing |
See You Crawl |
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![]() the voice of Janet Kuypers, with the voice of Monica Fowler |
the original writing |
Trying
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the original writing |
Last Before Extinction the voice of Janet Kuypers, with the voice of Jared Smith |
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the original writing |
Can’t Answer That One |
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the original writing |
Slate and Marrow |
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the original writing |
the Page |
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the original writing |
Twin |
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the original writing |
Last Before Extinction |
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the original writing |
What We Need in Life |
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the original writing |
All Men Have Secrets |
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the original writing |
And I’m Wondering |
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the original writing |
Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News |
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the original writing |
Cast in Stone |
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the original writing |
Children, Churches and Daddies |
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the original writing |
Evicted Today |
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the original writing |
Fantastic Car Crash |
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the original writing |
Games we Play |
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the original writing |
Holding My Hand |
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the original writing |
Human Construct of Time |
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the original writing |
I’m Not Sick - But I’m Not Well |
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the original writing |
Isn’t It Amazing |
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the original writing |
Keep Them Apart |
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the original writing |
Kurt Irons (it’s Just A Girl) |
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the original writing |
Love Has Tendrils |
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the original writing |
Made Any Difference |
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the original writing |
Make People Think |
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the original writing |
Raped With Words |
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the original writing |
Spit Me Out |
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the original writing |
that’s from the barbed wire |
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the original writing |
The Deep End |
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the original writing |
The Hunter and the Fox |
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the original writing |
The Way You Tease Me |
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the original writing |
There I Sit |
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the original writing |
Timing is Everything |
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the original writing |
Touch |
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the original writing |
Us, Actually Touching |
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the original writing |
Waiting for You |
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the original writing |
Watching You |
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the original writing |
With You |
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the original writing |
Without You |
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the original writing |
You Cannot Burn Me |
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the original writing |
You’ve Killed Me |
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the original writing |
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