tracks available from The Café

Below are text files and videos from a August 9, 2011 (8/9/11) evening of poetry and music at the Café...

the introduction to the Café
and Janet Kuypers’ poetry, cc&d and Down in the Dirt magazine poems, plus John Yotko reading her poem, and then covering the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds”

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of the intro to the 8/9/11 weekly poetry open mic at the Café in Chicago, & Janet Kuypers& reading poems, including “Aim Carefully”, John Yotko reading her poem “Frozen Together” and them covering the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds”.

Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Aim Carefully
from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Aim Carefully” read from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine, live 8/9/11, at the Café open mic she hosts in Chicago.

Janet Kuypers reading the I.B. Rad poem
There’s Always Something
from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine

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of Janet Kuypers reading the I.B. Rad poem There’s Always Something, read from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine, live 8/9/11, at the Café poetry open mic in Chicago.

Janet Kuypers reading the Andy Roberts poem
Neighbor Boys
from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine

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of Janet Kuypers reading the Andy Roberts poem Neighbor Boys, read from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine, live 8/9/11, at the Café poetry open mic in Chicago.

Janet Kuypers reading the Lawrence Gladeview poem
At The Gate
from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine

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of Janet Kuypers reading the Lawrence Gladeview poem At The Gate, read from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine, live 8/9/11, at the Café poetry open mic in Chicago.

Janet Kuypers reading the
Kelley Jean White MD poem
Waveform
from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine

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of Janet Kuypers reading the Kelley Jean White MD poem Waveform, read from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine, live 8/9/11, at the Café poetry open mic in Chicago.

Janet Kuypers reading the Chris Butler poem
I’m Retarded
from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine

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of Janet Kuypers reading the Chris Butler poem I’m Retarded, read from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine, live 8/9/11, at the Café poetry open mic in Chicago.

Janet Kuypers reading the Matthew Roberts poem
Hiding in the Shadows
from the 08/11 issue (v097) of Down in the Dirt magazine

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of Janet Kuypers reading the Matthew Roberts poem Hiding in the Shadows, read from the 08/11 issue (v097) of Down in the Dirt magazine, 8/9/11 live at Chicago ’s the Café open mic

Janet Kuypers reading the Carl Scharwath poem
The Invisible Self
from the 08/11 issue (v097) of Down in the Dirt magazine

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of Janet Kuypers reading the Carl Scharwath poem The Invisible Self, read from the 08/11 issue (v097) of Down in the Dirt magazine, 8/9/11 live at Chicago ’s the Café open mic

Janet Kuypers reading the Holly Day poem
So Everything Is Fine
from the 08/11 issue (v097) of Down in the Dirt magazine

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of Janet Kuypers reading the Holly Day poem So Everything Is Fine, read from the 08/11 issue (v097) of Down in the Dirt magazine, 8/9/11 live at Chicago ’s the Café open mic

John Yotko reading the Janet Kuypers poem
Frozen Together
from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine

Rather read it? Then read Frozen Together

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of John reading the Janet Kuypers poem “Frozen Together”, read from the 08/11 issue, v223, of cc&d magazine, live 8/9/11, at the Café weekly open mic in Chicago.

Janet Kuypers singing/covering (with John on guitar) the Sinead O’Connor song
Black Boys on Mopeds

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of Janet Kuypers singing/covering (with John on guitar) the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds” live in Chicago 8/9/11 at the Café.

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of Janet Kuypers singing/covering (with John on guitar) the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds” with the Edge Detection filter, live 8/9/11 at the Café in Chicago.

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of Janet Kuypers singing/covering (with John on guitar) the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds” with the Sepia Tone filter, live 8/9/11 at the Café in Chicago.

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of Janet Kuypers singing/covering (with John on guitar) the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds” with the Film Age (older) filter, live 8/9/11 at the Café in Chicago.

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of Janet Kuypers singing/covering (with John on guitar) the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds” with the Posterize filter, live 8/9/11 at the Café in Chicago.

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of Janet Kuypers singing/covering (with John on guitar) the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds” with the Threshold filter, live 8/9/11 at the Café in Chicago.

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of Janet Kuypers singing/covering (with John on guitar) the Sinead O’Connor song “Black Boys on Mopeds” with the Watercolor filter, live 8/9/11 at the Café in Chicago.

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 08/09/05. 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.

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