THE POETRY SLAM INSIDE THE PHOENIX PUB, CANBERRA

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! WANTS YOU ON STAGE BECAUSE BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! IS THE POETRY SLAM THAT GIVES ANYONE TWO MINUTES WITH A MICROPHONE AN AUDIENCE MANY MCS THE MASTER OF CONFLICT A SCORE ADDER JUDGES TOILETS FEATURE ACT(S) ACCESS TO ALCOHOL HOUSE BAND AND A STAGE ALL FOR MORE FIRST PRIZES THAN ANY OTHER COMPETITION ACROSS ALL TIME AND SPACE.

AND WHEN WE SAY POETRY WE MEAN ANYTHING THAT’S POETRY!

Did we mention feature act?

We have one.

EUCAPOCALYPTS NOW

Eucapocolypts Now

‘Eucapocolypts Now starts from the premise that we need to be prepared for a future in which human life is no longer the center of the world. The capacity of the world to fulfill our material desires is being rapidly depleted, particularly in Australia, and we are concerned to think through a particularly Australian response – a wave of eucalypt breaking over our cities and towns; tarmac cracks and blisters and the mallee begins its long march back over abandoned farmland. How are we to process this? Will we go mad? Or can we develop new myths and philosophies which complement the sour taste of sap?’

Did BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! mention house band?

We have one.

BACON CAKES

Bacon Cakes
Photo by Adam Thomas

This is what Bacon Cakes says about them(it)selves(self).

‘ 12 slices bacon

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 (9 ounce) package white cake mix, batter prepared as directed on package

1 teaspoon maple flavored extract

1/4 cup maple syrup’

Finally! Because Robot Zombie Hadley appears to have arisen to walk among the living in Brisbane we are filling the Hadley Memorial Slots with Charles J Quinn!

Join BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!, 7:30pm East Row, The Phoenix Pub in the Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory.

And remember, no props, no music, and your original words, for first prizes!

FIRST PRIZES

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! on 21 November @ The Phoenix Pub

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! @ The Phoenix Pub

In November we provide you with a stage, an audience, five judges, The Score Adder, two microphones, and two minutes on stage, for prizes, FIRST PRIZES from Impact Comics, The Games Capital, Smiths Alternative Bookshop, and from underneath the back office desk.

And of course we provide you with the Master of Conflict to arbitrarily judge the poet amongst poets to claim one of our many many first prizes and quite likely the best of the first prizes.

So we want your words on stage to perform poems, be scored, be judged, care or not care about the judges, and drink some cider and or whiskey and or something else.

And this month we have two features acts:

One feature is Emilie Zoey Baker.

Poet and spoken word performer Emilie Zoey Baker is the winner of the 2010 International Slam Review as part of the Berlin International Literature Festival, she also toured and performed in Paris, London and Singapore ending at the 2010 Ubud Writers festival in Bali. She toured North America in 2009 following an invitation to perform at Montréal’s Festival Voix d’Amériques. The tour included New York, Chicago, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver.

And returning to BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! as the BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! house band is Bacon Cakes.

Bacon Cakes is a solo thrashing fuzzy headed garage punk cosmonaut! Birds Like Fighting Records describe him and his music as “...perfect for a quick drive downtown, all fitting within the limited 15 minute space on the A side. His charisma on stage (and in life) is carried through onto the tape in this fuzzed out pop love live recorded session.”

Bacon Cakes @ BMA

So join the BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! at The Phoenix Pub for poetry, and remember, no props, no music, YOUR ORIGINAL WORDS, on stage, signup at 730pm, for prizes, for glory, for a peg leg.

The Nov. Poetry Slam Poster

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! @ The Phoenix, 730PM Wednesday 18 April