A recording of the 18 April BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

This is the 18 April BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! at Smiths Alternative. 

Thanks to Bevan Noble for his effort in recording the event.

Part 1

Part 2

POETRY SLAM! SMITHS ALTERNATIVE!

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! COMES FOR YOU FROM THE SMITHS ALTERNATIVE!

Which means Poetry Slam!

Which means 2 minutes, no props, no music and your original material! All for 1^st Prizes!

Which means Victory! Defeat! Random Capitalisations! Your choice of Commas and Apostrophes! Yelling, cheering, lights, sounds, THE BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! CANBERRA NATIONAL PIANO MAN, Beer! Toast! Cider! THE BAD!SLAM!NO!BISUIT! CANBERRA NATIONAL ANTHEM! Poetry and Judges and Heckling and Tears of Joyness/Love/Animals/Terror and of More First Prizes!

Because this is Poetry Slam we have feature acts!

AND WHO ARE THEY!?

We Have The Careerists, the Careerists are the band that puts the punk into petre out’s solo music! That’s The Careerists!

And we have Elliot York Cameron, Elliot is a spoken word poet and educator from Western Sydney. He co-organises Enough Said Poetry Slam in Wollongong. He was a finalist at the 2016 NSW Poetry Slam, 2017 Sydney Slam and 2017 Bankstown Grand Slam. That’s Elliot York Cameron!

And in the Hadley (RIP) Memorial Spots we have Seb Ashley! That’s Seb Ashley!

So! Sign-up from 7:30pm! poetry slam from 8pm! glory, infamy, drinking and yelling ‘til 1st Prizes and it’s all over before 11:30pm!

ENTRY COSTS A POEM FROM THE STAGE OR $5 OR IF YOU EARN ALL THE CASH MONEYS THEN $10!

And remember, 2 minutes, no props, no music unless you are a rebel rule breaker!

POETRY SLAM!

Poetry Slam @ Smiths Alternative 20 June

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! 7:30PM 18 APRIL @ SMITHS ALTERNATIVE

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

The Roll For Intelligence Christmas Special

My character for the three Phoenix Pub episodes
of Roll For Intelligence was Dwarven
Heavy Metal Battle Mage, Mack the Truck

During 2017 I was involved with the Dungeons and Dragons performance group Roll For Intelligence. Our first two shows were part of the 2017 You Are Here and held upstairs in the Civic Pub. Our group performed to capacity crowds both nights, which was an excellent start. We went on to do three shows in the Phoenix Pub, and our grand finale for the year was a Christmas special at Smiths Alternative. The group is made up of our producer, Morgan Little, our Dungeon Master Josh Bell, as well as players, Euan Bowen, Helen Luan, Joel Barcham, Sharona Lin, and me. We also have a bard, Jack Collins, who plays all our environmental and mood music, and we were joined by artist Arran McKenna for some of the nights.

The podcast of the Christmas Special is in two parts. 

One Last Border: poetry for refugees

Join us for the launch of One Last Border: poetry for refugees; by Hazel Hall, Moya Pacey, Sandra Renew; Ginninderra Press (2015).

Thomas Albrecht, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will launch the collection, with readings from the authors, Hazel Hall, Moya Pacey, and Sandra Renew, and music from Iranian Oud player Salar. Your MCs for the evening will be Joel Barcham and Andrew Galan.

The entry fee of $5 includes a copy of the book and all profits go to the Canberra Refugee Support.

One Last Border: poetry for refugees was written during the Canberra Poet-A-Thon for Refugees on Saturday, 26 September 2015, at Tilley’s Cafe in Lyneham. The three poets — Hazel Hall, Moya Pacey and Sandra Renew — were writing, writing, writing. They wrote for 7 hours to raise money for Canberra Refugee Support, a non-profit organisation that helps refugees and asylum seekers to become as independent as possible as soon as possible. You can read more about the Poet-A-Thon and their experiences here: https://canberrapoetathon.wordpress.com/

Canberra Refugee Support said of the poets work, ‘In Canberra Refugee Support, our aim is to help asylum seekers and refugees to become as independent as possible as soon as possible. We are not funded by government - so we really value donations. The work of Hazel Hall, Moya Pacey, Sandra Renew and Tikka Wilson on the Poet-A-Thon fundraising event and on this volume, One Last Border, is a magnificent initiative. The funds raised for our clients will help to change their lives. Thank you!'

- Geoff McPherson, President, Canberra Refugee Support. You can find Canberra Refugee Support here: www.actrefugee.org.au

Read more about those launching the book below:

Sandra Renew

From my home in Australia my poetry now raises contemporary issues and questions about war, language, translation, dislocation, border crossings, dissent, gender. As a community poet, I led a poetry writing workshop with fellow poet Denise Burton as part of the Noted! Writers Festival Canberra 2015. https://sandrarenew.wordpress.com/

Hazel Hall

I am a musicologist naturopath, researcher into music medicine, and former lecturer, now turned cafe poet. Sponsored by Australian Poetry and Biginelli Espresso, School of Music Australian National University, as a café poet I organise the SOM Poets who meet on the first and third Fridays of each month at 2.00 pm at Biginelli Espresso. We are group of ekphrastic poets interested in responding to works of art of all forms, and community outreach. http://hazelhallpote.blogspot.com.au/

Moya Pacey

Moya Pacey was born in the UK but has lived in Canberra since 1978. Her poetry has been published in journals, newspapers and magazines in Australia and overseas and has won prizes. In 2006, she was selected for a Macquarie Bank Longlines poetry masterclass and went to Varuna Writers House with five other poets. The Wardrobe, her first collection, was runner-up for the ACT Poetry Prize in 2010. Her poetry has featured on ACTION buses in Canberra, and in 2011 she won the Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Writing Competition Nova Scotia and was shortlisted for the Frogmore Poetry Prize UK.

Salar

Salar Ayoubi is an Iranian Oud (Lute) player who immigrated to Australia in 2001. Salar plays Tar, Setar and diverse range of Persian drums as well however in the Iranian Musician directory book (Bargi az Bag) published 2001 he was recognised as one of the top three lute players in Iran and this is the instrument recognised as his main instrument.

Thomas Albrecht

Mr. Thomas Albrecht is the Regional Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) based in Canberra, with geographical responsibility for 16 Pacific countries. Mr. Albrecht’s role is to work with governments and other partners to ensure all persons of concern to UNHCR, including refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, receive protection, assistance and durable solutions to their plight. He is also keen to promote long-term cooperation on the protection of persons of concern in the region, and to increase understanding and support for refugees worldwide.

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! 8:30pm on Friday 23 May at Smiths Alternative

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! IS THE POETRY SLAM!

AND IT WANTS YOU ON STAGE AT BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! IN THE SMITHS ALTERNATIVE!

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! WANTS YOU TO BE THE AUDIENCE IN THE SMITHS ALTERNATIVE!

And because it wants your words and your claps and your jeers it provides a stage, two minutes, an audience, two microphones, five judges, a sound system, The Sound Guy, two MCs, The Master of Conflict and The Score Adder and The Sacrificial Poet, all for your words all for your original words, all for the giving of prizes, all for the giving of the glory, all because it is the Friday night.

Now, because this is the poetry slam in the Smiths Alternative on the Friday night at the 8:30pm (no earlier because you’ll be chased by the broom of theatre) we also bring to you Hayley Shone!

This is what the Hayley Shone says about herself on the internet:

“Ranging from foot-tapping blues, melodic folk tunes, to humorous songs about the eccentricities of everyday life, Hayley Shone has a lot to offer. Bringing her unique songs to life, Hayley is a story teller as well as an accomplished guitarist who incorporates a fusion of finger-picking and tapping..”

YES, THAT’S RIGHT! HAYLEY SHONE!

And because we are in Smiths Alternative on a Friday night we also need a house band and that house band will be the BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! house band The Brass Knuckle Brass Band.

"THE BRASS KNUCKLE BRASS BAND is a New Orleans style street funk group from Canberra. BKBB has performed to great acclaim and significant booty shaking at the Falls Festival, Corinbank Festival, the Snowy Mountains Music Festival, the National Folk Festival and most rooms in the ACT large enough to fit six horns and percussion. The band has also had the pleasure of sharing bills with a bunch of amazing funk and soul artists including Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes, Saskwatch, the Cactus Channel and international trombone deity and James Brown sideman Fred Wesley."


And filling the Hadley Memorial Slots is JASON ANDREWS. His name is not normally all in capitals letters but from this time onward it will be.

LONG LIVE THE HADLEY MEMORIAL SLOTS AND MAY HADLEY REST IN PEACE!

So join BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! at Smiths Alternative at 8:30pm for the Poetry Slam on the Friday night. And remember no props, no music, and your original words, poetry slamming starts at 9pm.

The Poetry Slam Poster for BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! @ SMITHS ALTERNATIVE, 7:30PM ON 15 APRIL 2014

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

THE EPIC VOYAGES OF BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! TO SMITHS ALTERNATIVE!

YES THE EPIC VOYAGES. BE PART OF THOSE VOYAGES AND BRING THE TIM TAMS AND THE SALT AND LEMONS TO AVOID SCURVY AND THE SIBILING TO CHOP UP AS A DISTRACTION.

BECAUSE BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! VOYAGES.

What is this voyage of BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! to Smiths Alternative for?

I hear you ask.

IT IS FOR THE POETRY SLAM.

That means we want your words on stage for two minutes with no props no music for prizes.

And we want you – the audience – for all of the night to yell and clap and jeer and heckle and drink.

And we want you there judging because what would poetry be without judging.

And for that we give you a stage, two microphones, audience, MCs, The Master of Conflict, The Score Adder, The Sacrificial Poet, The Sound Guy, The Feature Acts and The Toilets. And The Lights too.

AND WE PROVIDE THE MOST FIRST PRIZES EVER FOR THE CLAIMING BY THOSE WHO WIN 1^ST PRIZE.

So join BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! at Smiths Alternative on Tuesday 15 April, 7:30pm with your original words, no propos, no music.