the Café

Below are videos and text links from a June 28, 2011 (6/28/11) evening of poetry and prose at the Café...





the introduction to the Café, and Kuypers reading her poetry originally published in the ISBN# book Close Cover Before Striking, “Letter 4/14/95 #1․, “Letter 4/14/95 #3․ and “For C Ra․, followed by the Janet Kuypers song “Victim․ and the John song “What I’s Been Through․ (both songs sung by Janet Kuypers, guitar by John)
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of the intro to the 6/28/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago, plus her Close Cover Before Striking, “Letter 4/14/95 #1․, “Letter 4/14/95 #3․ and “For C Ra․, followed by the Janet Kuypers song “Victim․ and the John song “What I’s Been Through․ (both songs sung by Janet Kuypers, guitar by John) & poem




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of Kuypers reading her poetry originally published in the ISBN# book Close Cover Before Striking, “Letter 4/14/95 #1․, “Letter 4/14/95 #3․ and “For C Ra․, followed by the Janet Kuypers song “Victim․ and the John song “What I’s Been Through․ (both songs sung by Janet Kuypers, guitar by John)
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video 6/28/11 of Janet Kuypers performing “Letter 4/14/95 #1․, “Letter 4/14/95 #3․ and “For C Ra․, followed by the Janet Kuypers song “Victim․ and the John song “What I’s Been Through․ (both songs sung by Janet Kuypers, guitar by John) @ Chicago’s the Café




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Letter 4/14/95 #1
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Letter 4/14/95 #1 (Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking), read (for future audio CD release) 6/28/11 live at the Café




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Letter 4/14/95 #3
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Letter 4/14/95 #3 (Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking), read (for future audio CD release) 6/28/11 live at the Café




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
For C Ra
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem For C Ra (Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking), read (for future audio CD release) 6/28/11 live at the Café




Janet Kuypers singing, and John playing the guitar, the Janet Kuypers song
Victim
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song Victim (John on guitar, 3:49) live 6/28/11 at the Café in Chicago.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song Victim (John on guitar, 3:49) with the Edge Detection filter, live 6/28/11 at the Café in Chicago.
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song Victim (John on guitar, 3:49) with the Sepia Tone filter, live 6/28/11 at the Café in Chicago
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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song Victim (John on guitar, 3:49) with the Film Age (older) filter live 6/28/11 at the Café in Chicago
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Janet Kuypers singing, and John playing the guitar, the John Yotko song
What I’ve Been Through
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of Janet Kuypers singing John’s song What I’ve Been Through (2:55) live 6/28/11 at the Café in Chicago
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of Janet Kuypers singing John’s song What I’ve Been Through with the Edge Detection filter live 6/28/11 at the Café in Chicago
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of Janet Kuypers singing John’s song What I’ve Been Through with the Sepia Tone filter, live 6/28/11 at the Café in Chicago
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of Janet Kuypers singing John’s song What I’ve Been Through with the Film Age (older) filter live 6/28/11 at the Café in Chicago
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of Janet Kuypers singing John’s song What I’ve Been Through with the Threshold filter, live 6/28/11 at the Café in Chicago




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 06/28/05. 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 at many online locations.

Live at the Cafe - 3 disc set




the Cafe







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