the Café

Below are mp3 files and videos from a June 1, 2010 (6/1/10) evening of poetry and performance art at the Café...

the introduction to the Café
plus the Janet Kuypers poem Dreams 9/8/07
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Dreams 9/8/07, after the intro for the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 6/1/10.

the Janet Kuypers poem
Dreams 9/8/07
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Janet Kuypers reading a poem by CEE from cc&d magazine June 2010 (v209, the 17 year anniversary issue)
I’ll Stick with the Civil War One
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Janet Kuypers reading a poem by Jeff Wyman from cc&d magazine June 2010 (v209, the 17 year anniversary issue)
At the Gym
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Janet Kuypers reading a prose poem by kalifornia from cc&d magazine June 2010 (v209, the 17 year anniversary issue)
the Price
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Janet Kuypers reading a poem by Henry Sosnowski from cc&d magazine June 2010 (v209, the 17 year anniversary issue)
Wrong Reflection
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the Janet Kuypers twitter-length poem (said in conversation)
the Greatest Spectacle in Racing
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(the 7th in the series “a hundred Milton Berles Fly Away”)
dedicated to Warren Peterson
performed live 6/1/10 at the Café in Chicago
the Ani DiFranco song
(First covered by Warren Peterson of Mom’s Favorite Vase)
I Am Not A Pretty Girl
(the links below can also be found at the the Second Axing web page)
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the Cafe

    There is also a 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Cafe, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live performances are included in Live at the Cafe includes not only recordings from 2003, 2004 and 2005, but it also contains recordings of two performance art shows — A Night of Firsts from 06/22/04, and Stripped from 06/07/05. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Coffee Chicago, Molly Malone’s, and even recordings from the Chicago Poetry Fest on both years, 2004 and 2005! You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry for only $12.95 by sending an e-mail to Scars Publications.

Live at the Cafe - 3 disc set


the Cafe

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