the Café

Below are writing files and videos from a July 6, 2010 (7/6/10) evening of poetry and performance art at the Café...

the introduction to the Café
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of Janet Kuypers with the intro from the open mic @ the Café in Chicago 7/6/10

the Janet Kuypers poem
Love Poem
from the ISBN# book Rising to the Surface, (which is also available for sale with color interior pages)
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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem Love Poem from the ISBN# book Rising to the Surface, (which is also available for sale with color interior pages) live at the Café in Chicago 7/6/10

Janet Kuypers reading a poem by John Grey from Down in the Dirt magazine July 2010 (v.84)
the Killer in Repose
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of Janet Kuypers reading the John Grey poem the Killer in Repose from Down in the Dirt magazine July 2010 (v. 84), which was also released as the first Down in the Dirt book to ever be released as an ISBN# book, live at the Café in Chicago 7/6/10.

Janet Kuypers reading a poem by Colin James from cc&d magazine July 2010 (v210)
the Optimism of the Criminal Mind
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of Janet Kuypers reading the Colin James poem the Optimism of the Criminal Mind from cc&d magazine July 2010 (v 210), which was also released as the ISBN# book Give What you Can, live at the Café in Chicago 7/6/10.

(the 11th in the series “a hundred Milton Berles Fly Away”)
dedicated to Warren Peterson
performed live 7/6/10 at the Café in Chicago
the song created & released by “Nirvana”
(which Janet first covered with Warren Peterson of Mom’s Favorite Vase)
On a Plain
(the links below can also be found at the the Second Axing web page)
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of Janet Kuypers singing the Mom’s Favorite Vase cover of the Nirvana song On a Plain (with John on guitar) live at the Café in Chicago 7/6/10
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of Janet Kuypers singing the Mom’s Favorite Vase cover of the Nirvana song On a Plain (with John on guitar) (with the “extract” filter) live at the Café in Chicago 7/6/10

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John Yotko reading a poem by Raud Kennedy
from Down in the Dirt magazine July 2010 (v.84)
Breast Man
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live at the Café in Chicago 7/6/10

Charlie Newman reading his poem
from cc&d magazine July 2010 (v210)
Mantra 3.4
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live at the Café in Chicago 7/6/10

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


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