San Francisco Poetry: iPod Version
This is Mystic Babylon San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV: iPod version. These videos are half the size of the files at: http://my...Video Episodes:
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17:02:51 07/23/09
Jack and Adelle Foley & Lenore Weiss: San Francisco Area Poetry Open Mic
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11:32:45 07/05/09
San Francisco Open Mic Poetry TV: Joyce Jenkins & Poetry Flash
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Joyce Jenkins and Phillip T Nails Reads:
Hello. This is John Rhodes’ San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast/TV.
I was talking with Joyce Jenkins of Poetry Flash Magazine about possibly working with Poetry Flash to create some videos for them.
If you don’t know who Poetry Flash is it is a very prominent West Coast Poetry Magazine.
The conversation with Joyce was positive in the extent that we got far enough to prepare this video for her.
This video is taken from the Berkeley Poetry Festival where Joyce Jenkins got an honorary award given to her by a Berkeley Councilman.
Phillip T Nails will also read briefly.
I will read at the end a poem of mine dedicated to Jan Kerouac who I knew in Yelapa, Mexico.
I’ll just cut this clip and we’ll fade to Joyce Jenkins getting that award.
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19:34:40 05/22/09
Edward Mycue on San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV
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Hello. This is John Rhodes with his San Francisco Mystic Babylon Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV Show. Today we have on Edward Mycue.
San Francisco poet Edward Mycue was born in Niagara Falls, New York, and raised in Texas from age eleven. He has been a Teaching Fellow at North Texas State, a Lowell Fellow at Boston University, a WGBH-TV Boston intern, a Macdowell Colony Fellow, a Peace Corps teacher in Ghana; spent three wanderyears in Europe--a shipyard in Rotterdam, wine, vegetable, chestnut harvests in southern France, teaching about American literature in Denmark, delivering refrigerators and washing machines in the then West Berlin.
Edward now lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
Some of Ed’s books are: DAMAGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY published by Panjandrum Press, San Francisco, 1973 and ROOT ROUTE & RANGE THE SONG RETURNS from Paper Castle in Melbourne, Australia . In the next decade came THE SINGING MAN MY FATHER GAVE ME from Menard Press in London, England and THE TORN STAR, EDWARD and the chapbooks NO ONE FOR FREE, GRATE COUNTRY , IDOLINO, NEXT YEARS' WORDS and THE SINGING SURGEON. in the 1990's came PINK GARDENS BROWN TREES and BECAUSE WE SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE (both of those from England) and the chapbook LIFE IS BUILT FROM THE INSIDE OUT. In 2000 came NIGHTBOATS and most recently MINDWALKING NEW & SELECTED POEMS 1937-2007.
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05:54:39 03/23/09
The 23rd Street Poets on San Francisco Open Mic Poetry/TV
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Hello. This is John Rhodes with a new Open Mic Poetry Show. This is San Francisco Mystic Babylon Open Mic Poetry Podcast/TV, the iPod Version. Today we have on the 23rd Street Poets. The 23rd street poets put out an anthology of there poems. This anthology includes: Eileen Malone, Alice Rogoff, Sally Frye, Cesar Love, and Tressa Berman.
Since there are so many poets today I will be brief about their intros.
Eileen Malone has published prolifically in journals and anthologies, and has earned prestigious prizes. She is the author of The Complete Guide to Writers Groups, Conferences and Workshops, and her award winning chapbook Letters with Taloned Claws. Eileen currently chairs the Soul-Making Literary Competition and hosts Pen Women Presents where she interviews creative people talking about creativity for San Francisco Access Channel 29. Eileen has a web site at: www.eileenmalone.us
Alice Elizabeth Rogoff has been published in many literary magazines and community newspapers, plus she is editor of the Haight Ashbury Literary Journal and also edited anthologies for the Noe Valley Poets Workshop. Her poetry book Mural was a 2004 winner in the Blue Light Press Book Award. She won in Poets 11 in San Francisco in 2007. She is a member of the Northern California Media Workers Guild, and the Bay Area Labor Heritage Chorus.
Cesar Love is a Latino poet influenced by the Chinese masters, Li Po and Tu Fu. His favorite poet is Pablo Neruda, although Cesar says his own work is nothing like Neruda's.
Tressa Berman, an 'anthro-poetica,' writes non-fiction, essays, short stories and poems. The poems collected in the 23rd Street Poets express a moment in time witnessed with four other poets, and the life events marked within that shared time. In addition to various publications, Tressa recently returned from the Vermont Studio Center where she was a writer-in-residence in the snowy Green Mountains.
Sally Frye has lived in San Francisco’s Mission District for nearly two decades. Her poetry has been published a few times and she has done many readings over the years. Her love for poetry is very strong. Her philosophy of social change is characterized by egalitarianism. She has worked as a typist and secretary for many years, including in medical settings, and has done freelance work from home, including a book about the Dalai Lama.
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10:21:25 02/16/09
Janell Moon on San Francisco Open Mic Poetry TV
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Main Street Rag selected Janell Moon's latest book, Riding Free in the Blue Studebaker , for publication as a winner in its National Main Street Rag Poetry Contest. In 2006, RAW ArT PRESS, published her book, Beyond Midnight . Janell's other poetry books include The Mouth of Home , published by Arctos Press. Chestnut Hills Press awarded her The Stonewall Prize and published her fourth chapbook. She also won the Salt Hill National Prize from Syracuse University in New York. She is a reader with the Bay Area Poets for Peace Project and has been published in many literary journals including Americas, Runes, Calyz, and The Michigan Review.
" Janell Moon’s poetry unwraps the mysteries of the ordinary. It is at once familiar, and full of surprises.. She shows us, again and again, that indeed we can get there from here." -- Diane di Prima, author of Memoirs of a Beatnik and Loba
To purchase Riding Free in the Blue Studebaker , please email Janell at janellmoon@gmail.com. Her other books may be purchased at amazon.com .
http://janellmoon.com
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09:24:17 11/23/08
Rebecca Foust on San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV
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Rebecca Foust Reads: Hello. This is John Rhodes San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV Show. The featured reader is Becky Foust. Ahead is her bio. Rebecca Foust’s books Dark Card and Mom’s Canoe won the 2007 and 2008 Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prizes and her full length book was short listed for Poetry’s Emily Dickinson First Book Award. Nominated for two 2008 Pushcart Prizes, her recent poetry is widely published in small print journals including Atlanta Review, Nimrod, North American Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Women’s Review of Books and others. Dark Card is about raising a son with Asperger’s Syndrome, the Autism Spectrum Disorder featured in films like “Rain Man” and bestselling books such as Look Me in the Eye (John Elder Robison) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (Mark Haddon). I hope you enjoy this TV show!
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04:48:17 11/04/08
Robert Arthur on San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast/Public Access TV
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Robert Arthur Reads: Hello. This is John Rhodes Open Mic Poetry Podcast/TV Show. Today we are going to have on a well-known poet of Virginia named Robert Arthur. Robert P. Arthur is the author of twenty books as well as numerous poem/plays, including the award-winning Hymn to the Chesapeake, which was produced in New York and St. Petersburg, Russia. Robert was a finalist as Poet Laureate of Virginia in 2008 and his new book of poetry, Vija's War, is nominated for the Library of Virginia Award. He has won top honors in Virginia both for poetry and fiction for the last two years. Thought to be the finest poet of the Chesapeake Bay and the Eastern Shore of Virginia, he has been awarded fourteen grants in the last two years. He is currently a writer-in-residence at Wilkes University in Pa. and the owner of San Francisco Bay Press and the literary journal Lady Jane Miscellany, as well as the Spoken Word Theatre at 40th Street Stage in Norfolk, Virginia. I hope you enjoy this special. Enjoy.
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07:41:50 10/09/08
Martha Meltzer on San Francisco Public Access TV & Podcast
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Martha Meltzer Reads: Hello. This is John Rhodes with my regular “Open Mic Poetry Special”. Today we have Martha Meltzer. I met her at a Poetry get-together at Mclaren Park run by a close poet friend named Clara Hsu, who was on my first show almost a year ago. Martha Meltzer is a native Californian and an East Bay Poet. Currently she is in the second year of a two year term as Poet Laureate of Pleasanton. She has been seriously writing for about five years and has been published in California Quarterly, Song of the San Jacquin, Tipton Poetry Journal, and the SF Street Sheet. She pulls inspiration for her work from everyday life, especially nature. It has been said of her work that she only writes about bears and trees. "Not true," she replies, "I once wrote a poem about a chicken."She can be reached at her myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/marthameltzer . As usual, I will ask a few short questions of the the featured poet, then that poet will read first, and I will read afterwards few poems from my in print book: “Spirits of Bondage and Inherent Transcendence”.
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09:05:40 09/14/08
Herman Berlandt on San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV
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Herman Berlandt reads: Note: This Podcast will show about a week before it shows on local San Franciscan TV. Look here: http://accessf.org/guide/schedule for scheduling. Hello. This is John Rhodes’ San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Special known on the web as “Mystic Babylon Podcast/TV” . Today we have the prolific poet on, Herman Berlandt. Herman has for a long time been planning an international poetry museum here in San Francisco. He has also produced many poetry festivals, as both spoken word and film. Herman is the author of 15 poetry selections. One, which is still available, is “Peace or Perish: A Crisis Anthology”. You can find him on the web at: http://www.internationalpoetrymuseum.org . He is also the editor and publisher of Mother Earth International Journal. After the introduction, hopefully I will be able to ask Herman some questions about his poetry and about his efforts to produce a poetry museum here in San Francisco. From what I have heard he already has an extensive library of poetry videos. After I talk with Herman, he will read some of his poetry, and then, at the end of the show, I will read a one long poem from my up and coming book: Mystic Babylon Revisited”.
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15:55:53 06/20/08
Neeli Cherkovski on San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast/TV
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This show is showing about a week earlier than it does on Channel 29 Comcast, so you you can be aware to look for it when it shows. Hello. This is John Rhodes’ monthly Open Mic Poetry Special broadcasted from San Francisco’s Public Access TV Station and also distributed on the Internet through my Mystic Babylon Poetry Podcast at http://mysticbabylon.podomatic.com . Hopefully it will also be distributed elsewhere. Today we are going to have the poet Neeli Cherkovski on. Neeli Cherkovski is a longtime contributor to the West Coast literary scene. Emerging from the Los Angeles underground of the Sixties, Cherkovski, now in mid-career, has surfaced as an applauded poet, critic and literary biographer. He has written nine books of poetry, including Elegy for Bob Kaufman, and Animal; two acclaimed biographies, Bukowski: A Life and Ferlinghetti: A Biography; his book, Whitman's Wild Children (a collection of critical memoirs), has become an underground classic. In the late 1960s Cherkovski co-edited the poetry anthology Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns with Charles Bukowski. Since 1975, Neeli has lived and worked in San Francisco. He was for awhile Writer-In-Residence at New College of California, where he taught literature and philosophy. Neeli has many books still in print from his long literary life.You can find more information about one book of his, “Leaning Against Time”, and also the original version of the bio I just used by going to http://www.rlcrow.com . Wikipedia on the Internet is also a good source of info. I will read as usual two poems from my works. I’m going to read one poem from my in print book, “Spirits of Bondage and Inherent Transcendence”, and I’m going to read one poem from my newest poetry book, yet to come out. That book will be entitled, “Mystic Babylon Revisited”. After this introductory clip here I am going to ask Neeli a few short questions about his life and works. After that he will read for almost 20 minutes, then I’ll read my poems, and then I’ll sign off. We’ll get started now, and hope you enjoy the show. Please go to: http://accessf.org/guide/schedule, to find out when my shows show, and also visit my free novel podcast, ‘Little Bird Told Me”,at http://littlebirdtoldme.podomatic.com . All the chapters are posted. Please also remember to come back in a month and watch my next show. Thanks, and goodbye.
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07:57:24 05/08/08
Jane Ormerod on San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV
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This show was posted a few days before it was posted on Cable Access 29/76 TV in San Francisco. I posted it earlier as a reminder to go to http://accessf.org/guide/schedule so you can go there and find out when you can watch it on the big screen. It is only available there locally in San Francisco.
Below are the show notes.
Hello. This is my regular Open Mic Poetry TV Special first
broadcasted from San Francisco Cable Access TV, and later to be
podcasted from my Mystic Babylon Poetry Podcast at
http://mysticbabylon.podomatic.com , which will hopefully, also be
distributed in other places. Today we have an English poetess
named Jane Ormerod who will read for 20 minutes. I met Jane when
she was touring here in San Francisco. It was through
subsequent contacts that we decided to work together to produce a
video.
Jane was born on the South Coast of England and moved to
New York City in 2004. She originally started as an artist
and then after obtaining an MA in writing from the
University of East Anglia she became
proficient as a writer. She has been published in a long list of print
and online anthologies. Some of them are “Brownstone Poets 2007
Anthology”, and an Anthology from Uphook Press called, “A
Cautionary Tale: Seven New York Performing Poets”.
You can find more about a readily available spoken word CD of
hers called, “Nashville Invades Manhattan”, by going
to her web site at: http://www.janeormerod.com . An anthology of
Jane’s is due to be published by a small press called Modern
Metrics at: http://modern-metrics.com . At the end of this show after
Jane reads I will read a few poems from my poetry book, “Spirits of
Bondage Inherent Transcendence”. The Background images and
music was either from the Podsafe music network, or used as art
under a permitted creative commons license. The web addresses of
this music and art will be listed in the credits.
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17:54:47 04/03/08
Bill Gainer on San Francisco Mystic Babylon Open Mic Poetry/TV
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This is in low resolution for internet streaming. This show will air on Comcast Channel 29 in San Francisco on: Monday, 4/7 - 9:00 PM Tuesday, 4/8 - 6:30 PM Thursday, 4/10 - 9:30 PM, and will probably air numerous other times during the month. It will air in fairly high resolution for downloading from: http://mysticbabylon.podomatic.com . It can also be viewed from there with a fast connection.
Hello. This is my fifth poetry special on Channel 29/76 Comcast for the month of April. It will also be podcasted from my Mystic Babylon Open Mic Poetry Podcast located at: http://mysticbabylon.podomatic.com . Today we are lucky to have with us Bill Gainer, a one-man poet and runner of a small press, called R. L. Crow Publications.
Bill Gainer is known for the openness of his confessional poetry and is recognized as one of the founding contributors to the modern movement of "After Hours" poetry. Gainer says, "My poetry is written with an economy of words. I believe that the strongest way for poetry to achieve its goal, to express an emotion or feeling, is through the minimal poem." Gainer has contributed to the literary scene as a writer, editor, promoter, publicist and poet. He is a co-founder and current board member of the Nevada County Poetry Series. Gainer has read and worked with a wide range of poets and writers, including readings on KUSF with Punk-Rocker Patti Smith and a recent performance with California's Poet Laureate, Al Young. Gainer is nationally published and continues to be a sought after reader, he can be previewed on youtube.com – search Bill Gainer. If you would like to find out more about Bill Gainer, his books, and who he publishes, go to http://rlcrow.com . Before Bill reads I will ask Bill a few short questions which will come next, after this intro. I, John Rhodes, will read a few poems at the end of this show, from my book, “Spirits of Bondage and Inherent Transcendence”. Hopefully this summer I am going to come out with a new book of poetry named after my Podcast, “Mystic Babylon”. It will thusly be titled, “Mystic Babylon”. I will probably submit it for publication to Authorhouse at the beginning of May, and hopefully within 2 months it will be published.
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16:32:05 02/23/08
Doreen Stock on San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcas/TV
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Hello again. This is again a video in lower resoltuion for streaming with slow DSL of my Mystic Babylon Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV show. Please also visit: http://littlebirdtoldme.podomatic.com , and http://www.rhodespoetry.com . Below are the regular show notes. The TV show will air a few hours after this is posted (6:30PM 2/23/08 ).
Hello. This is John Rhodes and this my fourth poetry TV special being broadcasted from San Francisco on various channels, the most well-known one, being channel 29 Comcast. This show is also podcasted from my Mystic Babylon open mic poetry podcast at: http://mysticbabylon.podomatic.com . Today we are fortunate to have with us Doreen Stock, a bay area poetess/writer. She has been exploring creative writing for 30 years plus .
Her first book of poetry was: “Politics of Splendor”, Alcatraz Editions, published in Santa Cruz in 1984. It contains some of her works, and translations she did of the works of Marina Tsvetaeva and Anna Akhmatova.
Recently she has been published in some Marin Poetry Center poetry anthologies, they being volume 5, 8, and 9, published in 2002, 2005, and 2006. She has been published in numerous magazines and has reviewed the poet Sharon Doubiago with Redwood Coast Review. Sharon Doubiago is a poet who was on one of my early audio podcasts. Some of Doreen’s works can also be found in “Tambourine”, from In-between Books, Sausalito, published in Sept. 2000. She has also published an Indian travel journal called “The Third Tiger”, available at: www.nomad-travels.com . A historical fiction is in the works entitled, “Three Tales from the Archives of Love”. She has numerous chapbooks that are also available in the open mics of San Francisco. I will read a few of my poems also. Please consider buying my poetry book: Spirits of Bondage and Inherent Transcendence. My new poetry book is nearing the end of editing. I only have to edit about 15 or 20 more poems, then I will just do 4 or 5 quick edits of the whole book and publish it. I hope to have it out by summer. I think I am going to call it Mystic Babylon, after my podcast. I hope you enjoy the show.
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10:27:47 02/17/08
Clive Matson on San Francisco Open Mike Poetry Podcast TV
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This Show has been Re-mastered.
Hello. This is John Rhodes and this is the third special airing on this Access TV Channel in San Francisco of my poetry show, which is also podcasted from my audio/video poetry podcast site Mystic Babylon, located at: http://mysticbabylon.podomatic.com . Today we are grateful to have as our guest Clive Matson, who will be reading for around 18 to 20 minutes. I will end the show reading from my podcast novel, "Little Bird Told Me" . Please also visit my podcast novel site, which is serially produced for free at: http://littlebirdtoldme.podomatic.com , and my text web site at: http://www.rhodespoetry.com .
Here is Clive’s short bio.
Clive is a prolific San Francisco Bay Area writer and who is also very involved in the writing community with writing workshops, retreats, poetry events, and, open mic events.
In Clive’s early adult years, Herbert Huncke, a well known person of the beat generation, was his surrogate dad. He has taught more than 2000 workshops nationwide. Some of his titles are, "Let Your Crazy Child Write", "Squish Boots", his newly released "Chalcedony’s First Ten Songs", "Heroin", and "Mainline to the Heart" . The two latter books are scheduled for re-release later this year.
One very popular venue of Clive’s in downtown San Francisco is his monthly "Poetry and Pizza" poetry readings. If you are inspired by Clive and would like to find out more about Clive’s books, workshops, retreats, and activities, go to his web site which is at: http://www.matsonpoet.com .
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21:37:47 01/30/08
Jan Steckel on San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast/TV
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Hello. This is John Rhodes and this is a more compressed version of the video posted at: http://mysticbabylon.podomatic.com and is more viewable with a slower internet connection than there. Below is the show notes from the show.
Hello! This is Mystic Babylon Open Mike Poetry Podcast broadcasting from near the Haight in San Francisco. Welcome!
Today we have one poet besides me, John Rhodes. That person is a lady named Jan Steckel. I recorded her at the Gallery Caf by the Cable Car Museum. That open mike is the first Mondays of the month. Jan Steckel, besides writing poetry writes short stories, has been nominated for a Pushcart Price.She has a poetry chapbook that was recently published called, “Underwater Hospital”, by Zeitgeist Press. She has a web site at: http://www.jansteckel.com , and Zeitgeist Press is at: http://www.zeitgeist-press.com . You can buy her book there. Also don't forget to buy my book: Spirits of Bondage and Inherent Transcendence. It is available at almost any online bookstore. My novel, "LIttle Bird Told Me" has a about 30 pages of minor rewrite left, which equates to not more than a month. I hope you find it interesting when it comes out and are loyal enough to buy a copy. I am very proud of it.
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19:34:42 12/20/07
Paul Watsky & Adele Mendelsohn on S.F. Open Mic Poetry TV
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This is the host and poet, John Rhodes of these San Francisco open mic poetry videos that are hosted through channel 29 comcast and soon channel 99 dish network. They are also podcasted from Mystic Babylon( http://mysticbabylon.podomatic.com ) . The two featured readers on this show are Paul Watsky and Adele Mendelson. The poetry book I read from is: Spirits of Bondage and Inherent Transcendence. Also visit: http://www.rhodespoetry.com , and http://littlebirdtoldme.podomatic.com .