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I tried my first open mic
Last night was the 31st anniversary of my first underage consumption, there on a gravel road south of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where I grew up. The cops came from two directions, pinned us down between two corn fields. Someone ratted. My dad had to come pick me up. He had been sleeping. He was displeased.
Thirty-one years later I tried an open mic for the first time last night, reading “Please, put me in your will.” These two things are unrelated, so far as I know.
The open mic went well. Better than well. What a good feeling that was. I had business cards made and people took them. I’m not a business though, just me, but with a card you don’t have to talk to people, and it’s not as much information as if I had made a photocopy of my driver’s license and handed that out.
There were about 40 people there, but I was not as terrified as I thought I might be. I did some diarrhea beforehand, but it wasn’t like I had to take Imodium. I had my shit mostly together. Also, I wore a nice cowboy shirt, as well as a bolo tie (but also shorts), both of which gave me unfounded confidence in that they were more of a costume than anything, and I could pretend to some extent that I was someone else, just a cowboy doing cowboy stuff around the fire (who had drank some bad water earlier).
About a dozen years ago I bought a cowboy hat. I can’t say why, exactly. I felt it might be a passing urge, so I resisted the temptation for more than a year, and then I found myself passing through Deadwood, South Dakota — Wild Bill Hickok and all that — and I still wanted a cowboy hat, so I got one. It is beat to hell and worn out, but I still like to wear it when I’m in the sun.
This morning I read a poem called Fetch, by Tony Hoagland. There’s a line about “trembling, bowlegged bliss” that’s as lovely as anything I’ve ever read.
#books #dogs #fiction #humor #humour #life #liveReadings #music #openMics #reading #standUp #travel #writing -
I tried my first open mic
Last night was the 31st anniversary of my first underage consumption, there on a gravel road south of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where I grew up. The cops came from two directions, pinned us down between two corn fields. Someone ratted. My dad had to come pick me up. He had been sleeping. He was displeased.
Thirty-one years later I tried an open mic for the first time last night, reading “Please, put me in your will.” These two things are unrelated, so far as I know.
The open mic went well. Better than well. What a good feeling that was. I had business cards made and people took them. I’m not a business though, just me, but with a card you don’t have to talk to people, and it’s not as much information as if I had made a photocopy of my driver’s license and handed that out.
There were about 40 people there, but I was not as terrified as I thought I might be. I did some diarrhea beforehand, but it wasn’t like I had to take Imodium. I had my shit mostly together. Also, I wore a nice cowboy shirt, as well as a bolo tie (but also shorts), both of which gave me unfounded confidence in that they were more of a costume than anything, and I could pretend to some extent that I was someone else, just a cowboy doing cowboy stuff around the fire (who had drank some bad water earlier).
About a dozen years ago I bought a cowboy hat. I can’t say why, exactly. I felt it might be a passing urge, so I resisted the temptation for more than a year, and then I found myself passing through Deadwood, South Dakota — Wild Bill Hickok and all that — and I still wanted a cowboy hat, so I got one. It is beat to hell and worn out, but I still like to wear it when I’m in the sun.
This morning I read a poem called Fetch, by Tony Hoagland. There’s a line about “trembling, bowlegged bliss” that’s as lovely as anything I’ve ever read.
#books #dogs #fiction #humor #humour #life #liveReadings #music #openMics #reading #standUp #travel #writing -
Live tonight 8pm EST! Fun Classic Reads presents "The True Story of Jekyll And Hyde." Join us at https://www.youtube.com/ for some literature and laughs! #LiveReadings #ClassicFiction #books #readingcommunity #readingisfun #jekyllandhyde #fiction #humor #funny
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Live tonight 8pm EST! Fun Classic Reads presents "The True Story of Jekyll And Hyde." Join us at https://www.youtube.com/ for some literature and laughs! #LiveReadings #ClassicFiction #books #readingcommunity #readingisfun #jekyllandhyde #fiction #humor #funny
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Fun Classic Reads is back! Join Christie Stratos and myself along with fantastic guest authors Tara Schippling Mondou, Lauri Schoenfeld, David Payne, and Ben Pick as we live read "The True Story of Jekyll And Hyde." Find us at https://www.youtube.com/@FunClassicReads this Thursday 23rd Jan at 8pm EST for some literature and laughs! #LiveReadings #ClassicFiction #books #readingcommunity #readingisfun #jekyllandhyde #fiction
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Fun Classic Reads is back! Join Christie Stratos and myself along with fantastic guest authors Tara Schippling Mondou, Lauri Schoenfeld, David Payne, and Ben Pick as we live read "The True Story of Jekyll And Hyde." Find us at https://www.youtube.com/@FunClassicReads this Thursday 23rd Jan at 8pm EST for some literature and laughs! #LiveReadings #ClassicFiction #books #readingcommunity #readingisfun #jekyllandhyde #fiction
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Tonight at 8pm EST. Fun Classic Reads will bring to life a special super creepy Hallowe'en version of Dracula - Vamped Out!. Join Christie Stratos, and myself and special spooky guest authors Jody Swannell, Jane E Taylor, Kathleen Ann Palm, and David North-Martino for a devilish mix of fear and fun! #DraculaLive #HalloweenReading #SpookySeason #ClassicLiterature #JoinUs #HauntingHalloween #SpookyStories #ClassicChills #livereadings #livestreaming #Halloween
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Tonight at 8pm EST. Fun Classic Reads will bring to life a special super creepy Hallowe'en version of Dracula - Vamped Out!. Join Christie Stratos, and myself and special spooky guest authors Jody Swannell, Jane E Taylor, Kathleen Ann Palm, and David North-Martino for a devilish mix of fear and fun! #DraculaLive #HalloweenReading #SpookySeason #ClassicLiterature #JoinUs #HauntingHalloween #SpookyStories #ClassicChills #livereadings #livestreaming #Halloween
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Late September brings with it Banned Books Week. In recognition of that, Fun Classic Reads is doing a special banned books read tonight at 8pm EST. Joining in the fun this month are special guests Katie Salidas, Anita Stewart, Keri Eyre, and Trisha Ridinger McKee. I'd love to tell you what we're reading, but I've been banned! 😆So you'll have to join Christie Stratos and myself tonight! #reading #books #bannedbooks #ReadingCommunity #livereadings #livestreaming https://www.youtube.com/@FunClassicReads
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Late September brings with it Banned Books Week. In recognition of that, Fun Classic Reads is doing a special banned books read tonight at 8pm EST. Joining in the fun this month are special guests Katie Salidas, Anita Stewart, Keri Eyre, and Trisha Ridinger McKee. I'd love to tell you what we're reading, but I've been banned! 😆So you'll have to join Christie Stratos and myself tonight! #reading #books #bannedbooks #ReadingCommunity #livereadings #livestreaming https://www.youtube.com/@FunClassicReads
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Deerstalker hats and meerschaum pipes at the ready! Tonight 8pm EST join Christie Stratos, Ann Charles, Ian Lasky, Jason Shannon, and myself as we delve into mystery, suspense and bloody murder as Fun Classic Reads takes on the case of The Six Napoleons, a Sherlock Holmes mystery. #livereadings #books #mystery #mysterybooks #classicbooks #livestreaming #readingcommunity #sherlock #sherlockholmes https://www.youtube.com/@FunClassicReads
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Deerstalker hats and meerschaum pipes at the ready! Tonight 8pm EST join Christie Stratos, Ann Charles, Ian Lasky, Jason Shannon, and myself as we delve into mystery, suspense and bloody murder as Fun Classic Reads takes on the case of The Six Napoleons, a Sherlock Holmes mystery. #livereadings #books #mystery #mysterybooks #classicbooks #livestreaming #readingcommunity #sherlock #sherlockholmes https://www.youtube.com/@FunClassicReads
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Join Christie Stratos and myself on Fun Classic Reads this Thursday 8 p.m. EST as mystery, murder, and intrigue descend. We'll be reading "The Six Napoleons," a Sherlock Holmes short story. This month's fantastic guests are talented authors Ann Charles, and Jason Shannon, along with equally talented actor Ian Lasky. https://www.youtube.com/@FunClassicReads
#AuthorCommunity #sherlockholmes #sherlock #livereadings #classicliterature #authortube #booktube #mysterybooks #1900s #readingcommunity #readingisfun
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Join Christie Stratos and myself on Fun Classic Reads this Thursday 8 p.m. EST as mystery, murder, and intrigue descend. We'll be reading "The Six Napoleons," a Sherlock Holmes short story. This month's fantastic guests are talented authors Ann Charles, and Jason Shannon, along with equally talented actor Ian Lasky. https://www.youtube.com/@FunClassicReads
#AuthorCommunity #sherlockholmes #sherlock #livereadings #classicliterature #authortube #booktube #mysterybooks #1900s #readingcommunity #readingisfun
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Tonight at 8pm EST. join Christie Stratos and myself as we host another fun-filled episode of Fun Classic Reads. Tonight we will be reading a chilling, Twilight Zone-style science fiction thriller "The Survivors" by T.D. Hamm. Joining us will the be amazingly talented authors CK Westbrook and Scott Overton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibfFm8236A8 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #livereadings #Streaming
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Tonight at 8pm EST. join Christie Stratos and myself as we host another fun-filled episode of Fun Classic Reads. Tonight we will be reading a chilling, Twilight Zone-style science fiction thriller "The Survivors" by T.D. Hamm. Joining us will the be amazingly talented authors CK Westbrook and Scott Overton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibfFm8236A8 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #livereadings #Streaming