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Charlie Newman, the man who usually calls Kuypers “Janet Kuypers, QUEEN OF MULTIMEDIA” (or even the “Czarina of Multimedia”, after witnessing the |
enjoy the full video of the entire show |
Enjoy this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poetry for her 9/9/08 show “Seeing a Psychiatrist” at the Café in Chicago (with backup music from the HA!Man of South Africa), performing her poems (with many never-before-read pieces, and a number of which were written for this show) “Seeing a Psychiatrist: Hopelessness and Futility”, “From Words to Wars”, “Grains Of Sand”, “The Hammer Falls”, “Because I am Told”, “Nothing Colorful In My Sight”, “Monotony”, “Letter, 4/14/95 One”, “The Road Not Taken”, “Seeing a Psychiatrist: Fear of Authority and Freud”, “Where Does the Love Go”, “Panther”, “I Want Love”, “Burn Through Me”, “(and you could hold me)”, “When You’re Gone”, “Run Faster”, “Who Is At My Side”, “See You Crawl”, “I Have Learned”, “The Randomness of Everything”, “Money Became an Abstract”, “All The Loose Ends”, “Taking Out The Brain”, “He Told Me His Dreams 8”, “Last Before Extinction”, and “Spent” (this video was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersfeature
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 (13:33)  This film is from the Internet Archive |
the full live show: ![Janet Kuypers - Seeing A Psychiatrist - Seeing A Psychiatrist: Full Show (9/9/08) [Live]](https://scars.tv/av/badgeitunes61x15dark.gif){kind=small} (25:37) |
view artwork displayed during the showSince the artwork from the computer monitor is not visible in the video, we have loaded the video here so you can have the chance to see the artwork that was choreographed to appear with the performance.
 (~8:42 @ 80 meg) This film is from the Internet Archive |
You can also view the artwork on this website |
You can also download a chapbook
of all of the poetry in the show.
...on to the poems:
(in the order they were read during the show)
Part I:
poems about depression
| Part One of the show |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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Seeing a Psychiatrist: Hopelessness and Futility music from the ending of MAKANA battle scene off the CD Soundtrax by the HA!Man of South Africa |
| (3:06, live 9/9/08) |
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studio version 1:49 (mixed 08/21/08)
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| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Seeing a Psychiatrist: Hopelessness and Futility” |
| In “Seeing a Psychiatrist: Hopelessness and Futility,” the intro image is of John Y. in Chicago. Lightened images of Kuypers were used wearing glasses or in a suit to give more of an impression of a conversation with a potential psychiatrist. The first image was of Kuypers in Urbana (originally with a ukulele over her head). The second image is of Kuypers live as the final feature at Poetry Fest at the Society of Professional Journalists Convention 08/26/06. The third image is of Kuypers wearing a pants suit outdoors in Monticello, Illinois. (Additional vocals in this track are from Hope Y.) |
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From Words to Wars music from MAKANA battle scene off the CD Soundtrax by the HA!Man of South Africa | |||
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studio versions: (2:01, mixed 8/08/08)
:39 (mixed 08/08/08)
| Watch the YouTube video: |
Rather read it? Then click here to read “From Words to Wars”
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In “From Words to Wars,” two images of tanks were photographed in Wisconsin 09/06/07. The image of Chad M. striking Kuypers was photographed in Urbana Illinois in 1991. The composite image of President Bush using an iMac was generated by The Onion.
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Grains Of Sand |
| (:46, live 9/9/08) |
| 1:17 (mixed 08/08/08) |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Grains Of Sand” |
| In “Grains of Sand,” an hourglass necklace pendant was repeatedly photographed 06/10/08 and edited (see images 4, 5, and 7). The clock on the wall was photographed in Tallinn, Estonia in May 2006. The Hanging clock was photographed in Stockholm, Sweden in the beginning of June 2007. The scan of the Swatch is from an original Keith Haring Swatch watch. The beachfront and the footprints in the sand images were both photographed in San Juan, Puerto Rico 12/17/03. |
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The Hammer Falls music from MAKANA battle scene off the CD Soundtrax by the HA!Man of South Africa |
| (:42, live 9/9/08) |
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studio version :45 (mixed 08/08/08) |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “The Hammer Falls” |
| In “The Hammer Falls,” a series of different “hammers” (models 1, 2 and 3) were photographed in Somerset, Pennsylvania 05/25/08, and the inverted colorized image of Chad M. placing a hammer to Kuypers’ face was photographed in Urbana Illinois in 1991. |
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Because I am Told
music from tangodraft by the HA!Man of South Africa |
4:29 (mixed 8/08/08) with the full song tangodraft |
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1:27 (mixed 08/08/08) |
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:27 (mixed 08/08/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist |
Watch this YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 9/9/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
| (:26, live 9/9/08) |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Because I am Told” |
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In “Because I am Told,” three doors are displayed: the first of a doorway in Tallinn, Estonia in May 2006; the second of a doorway at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China; the third of many doorways in Pompeii 05/18/03.
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Nothing Colorful In My Sight music from MAKANA battle scene off the CD Soundtrax by the HA!Man of South Africa |
| (:51, live 9/9/08) |
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studio version :50 (mixed 08/08/08) |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Nothing Colorful In My Sight” |
| In “Nothing Colorful in my Sight,” photo descriptions in order are: Kuypers laying in a black feather dress on a bed in Palos Park, Illinois; Dave A. in Denver, Colorado; Gigi S. holding toast at her wedding table in 1997 in Illinois; professor Uhl at a blackboard teaching Calculus 132 at the University of Illinois (Urbana); a farm road in Urbana, Illinois; two photographs of clouds (the second with more orange) in the sky 06/17/08 in Gurnee, Illinois; Jay V. studying in Champaign, Illinois; the Chicago skyline at night; a patch of dirt and grass photographed in Wisconsin. |
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Monotony music from LADY ANNE at sea off the CD Soundtrax by the HA!Man of South Africa |
| studio versions: 2:30 (mixed 8/08/08) with the full song LADY ANNE at sea :19 (mixed 08/08/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Monotony” |
| In “Monotony” are a series of photos of Kuypers planting tree seeds in various locations (Logan Square/Chicago, Gurnee and Urbana, Illinois, finishing in Logan Square). |
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Letter, 4/14/95 One music from Jackson Pollock by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
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studio versions: 7:19 (mixed 8/21/08) with most of the song Jackson Pollock 1:09 (mixed 08/08/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Letter, 4/14/95 One” | |
| With “Letter 4/14/95”, the poem was written after repeated correspondence with C Ra McGuirt, sending communications about depression and contemplating suicide. | |
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The Road Not Taken music from the CD Soundtrax with LADY ANNE finale by the HA!Man of South Africa |
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studio version 2:48 (mixed 7/30/08) |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “The Road Not Taken” |
| In “The Road Not Taken,” the image is of Kuypers photographed at a forest preserve in Chicago in the mid 1990s. |
Part II:
poems about relationships
and the sexes
| Part Two of the show |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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Seeing a Psychiatrist: Fear of Authority and Freud Written for the performance art show “Seeing a Psychiatrist” 9/9/08, this has music from Chicago Industrial by the HA!Man of South Africa |
| (1:45, live 9/9/08) |
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studio version 1:34 < (mixed 08/26/08) |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Seeing a Psychiatrist: Fear of Authority and Freud” |
| In “Seeing a Psychiatrist: Fear of Authority and Freud,” all of the gun images (many guns, many guns inverted, a rifle , and handgun 1, and handgun 2) were photographed in Pennsylvania 12/25/03, the “yell” image was taken in Champaign, Illinois in 1989, and the wall of library books was photographed 07/17/08 in Gurnee. (Additional vocals in this track are from Darryl C.) |
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Where Does the Love Go music from Morning Mist by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
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studio versions: 5:09 (mixed 8/11/08) with the full song Morning Mist :50 (mixed 08/11/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Where Does the Love Go” | |
| In “Where Does the Love Go,” Lee and Kristen were in a gazebo in Palos Park, Illinois, and the photos of locations were taken specifically for this show. | |
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Panther music from GUMBO fight off the CD Soundtrax by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (1:08, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio versions: 1:56 (mixed 8/13/08) with the full song GUMBO fight 1:20 (mixed 08/13/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Panther” | |
| In “Panther,” Kuypers was photographed with her hands shaped like a gun 1998, and Katie is Kuypers’ black cat. | |
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I Want Love music from Blight Steps by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (1:05, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio versions: 2:26 (mixed 8/08/08) with the full song Blight Steps | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “I Want Love” | |
| In “I Want Love,” images include Eugene P.: with Kuypers at their 1997 prom party; laying on a bed in New Orleans; looking out a window in Urbana Illinois; sleeping with a blanket on a couch at a house in Denver Colorado, smiling in a portrait in South Carolina, with Kuypers in Palos Park Illinois; in a suit in Urbana Illinois; in a shirt and tie at Arrow Equipment Company in Chicago; with Janet at Scott B.’s wedding (in Illinois); at the Grand Canyon (Uninc Coconino County, Arizona); then Kuypers at the Grand Canyon, an image of the Grand Canyon, and a picture of Eugene in the distance standing with his arms spread out under a hole at Arches National Park in Utah. (Additional vocals in this track are from Monica F.) | |
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Burn Through Me music from Stamp Stamp off the CD HA!Man Best 2004 by the HA!Man of South Africa |
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studio versions: 3:25 (mixed 8/19/08) with the full song tangodraft
:39 (mixed 08/21/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Burn Through Me” |
| In “Burn Through Me,” there is an edited image of fire. |
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(and you could hold me)
music from Bars Los (break free) by the HA!Man of South Africa |
4:10 (mixed 8/19/08) with the full song Bars Los (break free) |
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:33 (mixed 08/21/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist |
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Watch this YouTube video live in the show Seeing a Psychiatrist 9/9/08, Chicago at the Cafe |
| (:25, live 9/9/08) |
| Rather read it? Here’s the original writing. |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “(and you could hold me)” |
| In “(and you could hold me),” there is a formal picture Kuypers designed of of John Y. holding her. |
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When You’re Gone music from Waltz For A Fractured World off the CD HA!Man Best 2004 by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
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studio versions: 3:11 (mixed 08/21/08) with the lengthened & full song Waltz For A Fractured World :44 (mixed 08/21/08) with the original poem reading & words :44 (mixed 08/21/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “When You’re Gone” | |
| In “When You’re Gone,” there are images of Dawn G. (A) with Jeff W., (B) in a group with people, including Jeff W., (C) behind a dead grapevine fence, (D) laying in the grass in Palos Park, and (E) with Rich H. | |
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Run Faster music from Africanenginee by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (:55, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio versions: 10:06 (mixed 8/15/08) with the full song Africanenginee 1:20 (mixed 08/13/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Run Faster” | |
| In “Run Faster,” photos include Kuypers holding Dave A. at Naples beach (in Naples, Florida); a Gurnee photograph was taken of Kuypers in a dress with tears in it; an image with a painted bruise on Kuypers (photographed in Urbana, Illinois); a photo (on Naples beach in Naples, Florida) of Kuypers running away from Dave A. at Naples Beach (Naples, Florida). | |
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Who Is At My Side music from Reconnection by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (:37, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio versions: 4:08 (mixed 8/14/08) with the full song Reconnection :36 (mixed 08/21/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Who Is At My Side” | |
| In “Who Is At My Side,” there is an image of Kuypers with Kevin L., Eugene P., Doug W. and Brian H. | |
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See You Crawl music from ANONYMOUS DRAFT Tango off the CD Soundtrax by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (:40, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio versions: 4:30 (mixed 8/19/08) with the full song ANONYMOUS DRAFT Tango :29 (mixed 08/19/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “See You Crawl” | |
| In “See You Crawl,” images are of Lori H. crawling in the sand at Lake Michigan in Michigan, Eugene P. laying on the Quad in Urbana Illinois, Andy sitting near a loose tombstone at a cemetery in Urbana Illinois, Rich H. laying on a tree root in a ravine in Palos Park Illinois, and Dan O. laying on the floor in Champaign, Illinois. (Additional vocals in this track are from Monica F.) | |
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I Have Learned music from delirium (Gary) by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (:57, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio versions: 4:48 (mixed 8/22/08) with the full song delirium (Gary) 1:09 (mixed 08/22/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “I Have Learned” | |
| In “I Have Learned,” the first line starts with the image of Lori H. in the sun, then there is Lee and Kristen hold hands in a gazebo in Palos Park, Illinois. There is also a photo of Kuypers with Darius S., as well as an image of Kuypers standing in the middle of the Grand Canyon (Uninc Coconino County, Arizona). The photo of Kuypers with the magnifying glass over her eye was initially photographed when she wore an NSA shirt in reference to what the government can know about you. The image of Kuypers (with Tom A. in the background) was photographed on a winter day outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado. | |
Part III:
poetry about varying topics
| Part Three of the show |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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The Randomness of Everything music from HAMLET hamlet theme off the CD Soundtrax by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (1:23, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio versions:
2:34 (mixed 8/26/08) with the full song HAMLET hamlet theme
1:12 (mixed 08/26/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “The Randomness of Everything” | |
| In “the Randomness of Everything,” there are assorted images of stacks of books (including stack of books 1 and stack of books 2, a book with flipping pages, stacks of books, and Kuypers book spines). | |
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Money Became an Abstract music from Daywalk (Alex) by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (:39, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio versions: 9:06 (mixed 8/22/08) with the full song Daywalk (Alex) :55 (mixed 08/22/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Money Became an Abstract” | |
| In “Money Became an Abstract,” her jewelry was scanned and use with a gold picture frame she scanned, with a gold entranceway from a building in St. Petersburg, Russia in the background. There are also images of Euros in a collage, and Chinese money (with Euros) in a collage. | |
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All The Loose Ends music from HAMLET ominous off the CD Soundtrax by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| 1:15 (mixed 08/22/08) | |
| (:47, live 9/9/08) | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “All The Loose Ends” | |
| In “All the Loose Ends,” clothes were photographed August 2008 to indicate new clothing purchased. Also included in this collection of images was a house on Naples beach (Naples, Florida), the red Anniversary Edition MGB convertible (which was photographed when Kuypers and her husband first purchased the car, in the Spring of 2002), and two school buses photographed in Pennsylvania. | |
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Taking Out The Brain music from LADY ANNE spiritual off the CD Soundtrax by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (1:04, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio version 1:05 (mixed 08/22/08) | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Taking Out The Brain” | |
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He Told Me His Dreams 8 music from Stutterheim Engine off the CD HA!Man Best 2004 by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (1:02, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio versions: 3:59 (mixed 8/21/08) with more of the song Stutterheim Engine 1:29 (mixed 08/21/08) for the 9/9/08 show Seeing a Psychiatrist 1:28 (mixed 08/21/08) w/ just the reverb voice | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “He Told Me His Dreams 8” | |
| In “He Told Me His Dreams Eight,” an image of Brad W. holding bars of a fence was edited and cropped. | |
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Last Before Extinction music from Draft Leo Tango by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (2:42, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio version 3:01 (mixed 04/23/08)
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| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Last Before Extinction” | |
| In “Last Before Extinction,” the lead image is a scene from el Yunque Tropical Rainforest in Puerto Rico. The image of the bison was photographed in Wyoming in1998. The images of the leopard, lion, polar bear, bear in water and one image of a dolphin under water were taken in Chicago 05/20/05. The flying Frigate bird was photographed over the Pacific Ocean 12/24/07. The second bird image standing at water was photographed in Copenhagen, Denmark 06/02/06. The image of the pelican in the tree tops (12/30/07) was photographed at Black Turtle Cove in the Galapagos Islands. The three images of a dolphin and dolphins were photographed 12/24/07, 12/25/27 and 12/29/07) were photographed in the Pacific Ocean. The two photographs of John Y. and Kuypers holding fish bones were photographed in Gurnee 02/29/08. (Additional vocals in this track are from Jared S.) | |
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Spent music from Beautiful Land off the CD HA!Man Best 2004 by the HA!Man of South Africa | |
| (1:59, live 9/9/08) | |
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studio version 3:30 (mixed 08/22/08) | |
| Watch the YouTube video:
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| Rather read it? Then click here to read “Spent” | |
| In “Spent,” lightened images include Jocelyn H. laying on Brad W.’s bed, Kuypers drawing a heart with an arrow through it on a beach at Lake Michigan (in Michigan), Kuypers with a scar painted on her face, and three slide images of Kuypers (images 1, 2, and 3), taken in Champaign Illinois. | |
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Kuypers is published in books, magazines and on the internet over 6.700 times for writing, and over 2,000 times for art work in her professional career, and has been profiled in such magazines as Nation and Discover U; she was inducted as a Poetry Ambassador during Poetry Month in 2006 & 2007and was nominated as Poet of the Year for 2006 and 2007 by the International Society of Poets. She has also been highlighted on radio stations, including WEFT (90.1FM), WZRD (88.3FM), WSUM (91.7FM), WLS (8900AM), and Q101 (101.9FM); she ran a weekly hour-long Internet Radio show (“Chaotic Radio”) at BZoO.org in 2006 and 2007, and she appeared/appears on the internet radio stations ArtistFirst.com, chicagopoetry.com’s Poetry World Radio and Scars Internet Radio (SIR). She has also appeared on television for poetry in Nashville and Chicago, and was interviewed on her art work on Urbana’s WCIA channel 3 10 o’clock news. Kuypers ran a monthly iPodCast of her work, as well as an Internet radio station (JK Radio, which has now joined with Scars Internet Radio). She has performed spoken word and music across the country — in the spring of 1998 she embarked on her first national poetry tour, with featured performances, among other venues, at the Albuquerque Spoken Word Festival during the National Poetry Slam; her bands have had concerts in Chicago and in Alaska; in 2003 she hosted and performed at a weekly poetry and music open mike (called “Sing Your Life”), and from 2002 through 2005 was a featured performance artist, doing quarterly performance art shows with readings, music and images.