[Newspoetry] Newspoetry TV, radio, stage production (fwd)

[Joe Futrelle]

The laptop will be at WEFT on Wed and the reading on Friday.  I will
record Friday on MD.  Will there be a projector on Friday?

Three poems sounds like a good limit.

On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 02:04:45PM -0500, gillespie william k wrote:
> 
> Howdy poets,
> 
> I think I've caught up with the emails and here's what I know and don't
> about our performances this week:
> 
> Wednesday at 8 PM everyone is invited to read newspoems or perform
> anything on WEFT 90.1 FM. It will be a good opportunity to rehearse
> material for Friday. I do not yet know whether there will be a laptop at
> the station, and I'll make a final announcement. It is not a pledge drive
> and I have no other plans for the two hours. Show up if you want, let me
> know if you want a ride.
> 
> Friday in Chicago I think we have the following confirmed readers so far:
> 
> Nicky
> Anne
> Bob
> Paul
> William
> Joe
> Bethany (might come but might not read I think she said)
> 
> Mike will come if it can be arranged that he is picked up on campus and
> returns that evening. I think it would be wise to expect at least one
> unconfirmed reader as well. Scott, Dirk, Ben, Bill, Maiko, Nick all come
> to mind.
> 
> TENTATIVE TRAVEL PROPOSAL:
> 
> It looks like I will have a working van that seats seven comfortably.  At
> this point I imagine caravaning up in two vehicles, leaving no later than
> mid-afternoon. After the reading we may form two columns. The first column
> will return to Urbana with Mike. The second column will stay in the city.
> We can crash probably some at Scott's, maybe some with Tony. We can bring
> stuff to make floors more comfortable. The second column can return
> Saturday. Something like a Newspoetry/Labor Day/Nazi Invasion of
> Poland 62nd anniversary/Saturday Night Live/Birthday party would be nice,
> either in Chicago Friday or on Urbana's upper east side (Me & Mike's)
> Saturday night.
> 
> When we have coherent plans, we might also issue an invitation for Urbana
> audience members to populate Mike's second column.
> 
> Otherwise, if there's just the seven people above, is it okay for us all
> to go up in my van, spend the night in Chi-town, and return the next day?
> 
> Regarding the reading, with upwards of 7 poets and an hour of allotted
> time for reading and pointing and clicking and hemming and hawing and
> heckling, I think that a ceiling of three poems per reader seems snug.
> We're looking at fewer than 8 minutes per person if everything goes
> perfectly smoothly. We should also plan on an intro from our
> editor-despite-chief.
> 
> I'll plan on reading just the Ventriloquist's Administration. I'll
> volunteer to point and click the whole time if we need a mouse monkey.
> I'll bring a flag and typewriter. Futrelle and Rettberg should exchange
> cellphone numbers so we have a mobile communications link. I'd love it if
> Joe or Paul or Mike captured the performance to minidisc for broadcast
> and Web archiving.
> 
> Scott, let us know if you still need titles, URLs, accented syllables,
> etcetera.
> 
> Everybody let everybody know what we think about all of the above
> regarding the Windy City.
> 
> Thanks,
> William
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:35:10 -0500
> From: Scott Rettberg <rettberg at eliterature.org>
> To: newspoetry at lists.groogroo.com
> Cc: Steve A. Tomasula <Steve.A.Tomasula.4 at nd.edu>,
>      Joseph Tabbi <jtabbi at uic.edu>, Steve Jones <sjones at uic.edu>,
>      Kurt Heintz <kheintz at enteract.com>, Rob Wittig <wit at tank20.com>
> Subject: [Newspoetry] Newspoetry TV
> 
> Dear Newspoets:
> 
> CLTV will be taping next Friday's Interactions: Newspoetry event for
> rebroadcast.
> 
> Tell your friends and students to make the shew:
> 
> INTERACTIONS: NEWSPOETRY
> Aug. 31st
> 7-8:30 P.M
> University of Illinois at Chicago
> Student Services Building, Conference Room B, 1200
> W. Harrison (northwest corner of Harrison and Racine)
> 
> Joe Futrelle and all npoets,
> 
> Could we get a list who's going to be there, and what they're going to read?
> Steve Tomasula could use this as soon as possible as well.
> 
> I'll be posting fliers around town and I faxed in the info to the papers, so
> hopefully we'll get a listing in the Reader, etc. but we're counting on word
> of mouth to fill the seats. Tell everyone you know.
> 
> All Best,
> 
> Scott
> 
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