Cloudy Day Art #27 - In Transition
October 30, 2005
Hey All,
Well, I have a short show for you this week. My family and I are in transition from Charleston, SC to Washington, DC, so we’re living out of a hotel for the next couple of weeks. This week’s show is just an update, plus a reminder to submit your poems for “Second Sunday” by 12pm EST on November 13th.
The next podcast you hear will be coming from Washington, DC, so see you next week!
Music played:
I Am Jen - “At The Same Time”
Will
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In transition
October 25, 2005
Well, I’ve begun the long transition from Charleston, SC to Washington, DC. The house has been sold and we’re living in a hotel until we leave early next week.
As a result, my postings here will be few and far between. I’m on a dial-up connnection and man, oh, man am I missing my broadband connection!
The podcast this weekend will actually be interesting since my hardcore podcast equipment has been packed away, and I won’t see it for another month. Aargh! Anyway, keep listening and checking back here at the blog for the latest updates. I’ll try to post something every day or so.
I’m really looking forward to getting to know the poetry scene up in DC. Opportunities abound, I’m sure. Well, the opportunity to meet “everyday poets” abounds everywhere people are. That’s what I love about poetry.
Ok, I’ll talk to you soon.
Will
Cloudy Day Art #26 - Interview with Poetic Sunshyne
October 24, 2005
This week I interviewed poet Poetic Sunshyne of the Rhyme or Reason monthly poetry podcast. A pre-Katrina resident of New Orleans, she now calls San Antonio, Texas her home. She discusses the tragedy and blessings of the situation and where she goes from there. She also shares her poetry of love and life.
Here’s this week’s breakdown:
00:47 Dave’s Lounge Promo
02:50 Send me your “Second Sunday” submissions! (Topic=Personal Growth)
03:39 One lucky submitter will receive a book of poetry from Marcus Amaker
04:33 Poetic Sunshyne interview begins
05:10 SunShyne describes being uprooted from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina
10:20 The future of her show DaNawlinz Groove
12:54 The origins of The Second Wind Club in New Orleans
15:35 Balancing the family life
17:55 The first time on stage
20:45 “Catch Me I’m Falling” by Sunshyne
23:18 What’s your inspiration?
24:35 “New Orleans Blues” by Sunshyne
29:30 The purpose of poetry for you
31:37 Contact Poetic Sunshyne to get involved
33:24 Outro song: “I Wonder” by Natalie Brown
Links mentioned by Sunshyne:
Rhyme or Reason
The Black Poetry Cafe
House of Ra
CafeDeSoul Radio
Tags:New Orleans:poetry:radio
5 CommentsStephen Fry on Slam Idol
October 21, 2005
I would highly suggest listening to Simon Toon’s latest “Slam Idol Podcast”. It features a very thought provoking interview with actor/poet Stephen Fry.
Mr. Fry gives his take on modern poetry and gives his reasons as to why a poet needs to study poetry to be a better poet.
“The art of poetry consists of technique”
Learning different techniques, at the very least, allows you to have a greater foundation to build future poetry on. I think a lot of poets shy away from learning different forms and styles of poetry, because they believe that their style is unique. In actuality their style is a technique that they have picked up from influences in their lives and simply added to and tweaked to their liking. “There is nothing new under the sun”.
I encourage all poets to learn the basics of structure and rhythm and apply them to their own works. If you don’t learn something from it, then move on and forget I ever mentioned it. I have the feeling you’ll be a better poet in the end.
Tags:Poetry:Stephen Fry:Podcast
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October 19, 2005
Lately I’ve been thinking about doing a periodic (monthly?) poetry video. Something artistic.
Here’s a great example I found on Google Video:
The Poetry of the Suicide of a Poem
The first one I ever saw was on the The-Hold poetry podcast. It went to the back of my mind for a little while then Larry Winfield mentioned his work with video poetry in our interview a few weeks ago. You can hear my curiosity peaked when I ask him about it.
So, I put it to the back of my head again. Then, last week, the video iPod debuts, and I realize that this must be something I need to experiment with. The above example is the direction I’m headed, but I’m thinking about giving it a short film feel. Hmmm…interesting indeed. I’ll keep you updated.
Let me know if you know of anyone else who is doing this. I’d love to check them out.
Will
Tags:Video Poetry
2 CommentsListener interview info
October 17, 2005
Well, as you heard in the show, I lost about 10 minutes of my interview with Listener because I forgot to hit the record button. This is actually the second interview I did this with. The first time was while I was interviewing Larry Winfield. Hence the “Yeah, Larry, I did it again” line.
So, to prevent that from happening again, I reworked my hardware setup for my Skype calls. I’m back to a simpler, less confusing setup. The funny thing is that I thought I tried this a few months ago, but couldn’t get it to work. Oh well, it works now, so I shouldn’t have that issue anymore.
Back to the listener interview. Despite my technical difficulties, I felt that this was one of my better shows for some reason. Not sure why, but I just felt good about the finished product. I’ve actually listened to this one a couple of times over. That’s something I never do. Weird.
Anyway, I just added a couple of links in the “Links” section: VocalizedInk.org and some of my favorite podcasts.
Later,
Will
Cloudy Day Art #25 - Hip-Hop artist Listener interview
October 17, 2005
Hey Everybody,
This week’s show is an interview I conducted with hip-hop artist Listener, aka Dan Smith. This interview was recorded on the Friday before he started his “Tour of Homes“. Go see a show!!!
Here’s this week’s breakdown:
01:15 Slam Idol Podcast voting promo (I’m in this competition!)
02:30 Slam Idol interview with Stephen Fry
04:40 Second Sunday #2 theme from Belinda : “Personal Growth”
05:50 New to site: My Blog page
06:24 Listener Interview begins
09:30 Creating a hip-hop album
11:23 Listener’s two favorite songs off of “Ozark Empire”
14:34 The life of a traveling saleman
15:15 “Tour of Homes” defined
18:32 Bring food!
19:34 New CD out in 2006, including beats from Dust of Mars Ill
21:20 Do you “freestyle”?
23:01 International touring?
25:22 Conversations with a deer
27:21 Listener on poetry
32:06 Outro song: Listener - “Officer You Have the Wrong Man, I am Not That Man”
Total time: 35:15
Links mentioned by Listener:
DeepSpace5
Sphere of Hip Hop
Listener’s MySpace page
Behind the Scenes
October 16, 2005
Hey everybody.
I’ve decided to add this section to the site to give you all a “behind the scenes” on things going on with the show and a closer glimpse into things in my world. It will have info on upcoming projects, technical issues I’m working through, and general rants and raves about life in general.
Please feel free to leave feedback on any posts you see here.
Thanks!
-Will
Cloudy Day Art #24 - Second Sunday!
October 10, 2005
Well, it’s finally here folks. Second Sunday! I’d like to thank all the poets for submitting their poetry for this week’s show. I enjoyed hearing it all and putting this show together. Listen out for next months “Second Sunday” theme.
Here’s this week’s poetry podcast breakdown:
01:38 GypsyMag.com promo
02:44 The next Second Sunday
04:08 “We Need a Poetry Idol” article
05:15 BELINDA SUBRAMAN - Spirit
07:51 EPIC DEWFALL - Hope
08:32 LARRY WINFIELD - Hope
10:22 ROBERT PARENT - Grey Christmas
12:28 ADAM TINKOFF - Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
15:43 JOHNNY BOLDT - Mr. Jack
21:38 PATRICIA IRVINE - Thrive - Don’t Just Survive
26:03 Will Brown - Crystalline
29:24 Outro song by next week’s guest, Listener, When No One Else Will Be Your Friend–I Will Do The Job
Cloudy Day Art #23 - Guest Poet Larry Winfield
October 3, 2005
Hello once again, my friends! I have another great show for you here at the Cloudy Day Art poetry podcast. Guest poet Larry Winfield of the Sundown Lounge poetry podcast joined us over the phone for a cross-country interview from LA. Enjoy!
Here’s this week’s breakdown:
01:06 Second Sunday reminder! (Submit your audio poem with a Hope theme by 9 October)
02:33 Audio comment/poem from Adam Tinkoff of Tinkoff Radio
04:33 Skype call challenge update (Crystals)
05:14 Random Acts of Poetry
07:33 Larry Winfields poem - “I Don’t Fall In Love”
09:15 Interview with Larry Winfield
42:10 Larry Winfield’s poem - “Drink the Wine”
44:02 Poetry Resource of the Week
44:46 Website change info
Total time: 47:51 (sorry)
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