The Cafe
Below are files from a June 22 2004 evening of poetry with Janet Kuypers.
...from the feature A Night of Firsts:
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Kuypers read the poem (from 2004), 1:47
Worn Out
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Live at the Cafe
the first poem she ever wrote at age 9 (from 1979), 1:20
Under the Sea
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Live at the Cafe
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A Night of Firsts
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A Night of Firsts
the first song she ever wrote, 4:12
In Love I Abide
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Live at the Cafe
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the first poem about China (for performance only), 2:50, video is 3:46
The Little Differences
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Live at the Cafe
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(2:40, 06/22/04) from the show A Night of Firsts
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Poetry Visualized
the first song she wrote with John Yotko
a blues song, 4:13
Tight Rope Affair
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Live at the Cafe
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(3:53, 06/22/04) from the show
A Night of Firsts
the first poem she ever rread in public -
and the first poem that hever had a video for it - 1:47
Too Far
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Live at the Cafe
from the show A Night of Firsts:
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(1:41, 06/22/04)
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the first song (from Mom’s Favorite Vase)
that a studio did a video for, 4:27
music by Warren Peterson
What We Need in Life
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Live at the Cafe
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performed live
at the performance art show
A Night Of Firsts, 06/22/04
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the Internet Archive
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4:11, performed live at the performance art show A Night Of Firsts, 06/22/04
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 poerformances 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.
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