Cloudy Day Art http://www.cloudydayart.com Poetry - People - Podcast Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:19:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Suitable Poetry – Fry and Laurie http://www.cloudydayart.com/2010/04/12/suitable-poetry-fry-and-laurie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suitable-poetry-fry-and-laurie http://www.cloudydayart.com/2010/04/12/suitable-poetry-fry-and-laurie/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:56:11 +0000 WillBrown http://www.cloudydayart.com/?p=644 A humorous sketch from the BBC comedy “A Bit of Fry and Laurie“, which I never heard of until Simon from Slam Idol interviewed Stephen Fry a few years ago about his book “The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within
” (aff). I still need to purchase that. American fans may recognize Hugh Laurie from his role in the current television show “House“.

Enjoy:

]]> http://www.cloudydayart.com/2010/04/12/suitable-poetry-fry-and-laurie/feed/ 0 The Slam Idol Podcast Celebrates 5 Years of Poetry! http://www.cloudydayart.com/2010/04/02/slam-idol-podcast-celebrates-years-of-poetry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slam-idol-podcast-celebrates-years-of-poetry http://www.cloudydayart.com/2010/04/02/slam-idol-podcast-celebrates-years-of-poetry/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:01:31 +0000 WillBrown http://www.cloudydayart.com/?p=566 Slam Idol PodcastCongratulations to Simon from Slam Idol! Yesterday, April 1st, he celebrated 5 years of producing The Slam Idol Podcast. The longest running and most consistent poetry podcast ever.

As you can tell by searching this site, I’ve been a big fan all this time.

Many poetry related podcasts came on the scene after his 2005 debut with big dreams and aspirations–I was one of them. I have seen many come and go. Some of them I missed.

So, what was the secret in the success of Slam Idol? Simplicity. A simple concept. A great idea that rose above the technology. Too many of us poetry podcasters were more focused on the tools rather than the art we were supposed to be representing.

The main focus of those of us with this gift, this ability to take a poem that very few have ever heard and share it with hundreds of people from around the world, should be remembered in its simplest form.

Share.

Don’t worry about getting the best microphone. Don’t worry about having the nicest looking blog. Don’t worry about monetizing the art.

Just share.

That’s what Simon did so well. He consistently put the poet before the technology. He then followed that with the slow tweaking of the medium.

Before he purchased his own hosting he was at SlamIdol.tripod.com (free). Then he bought his own domain name, SlamIdolPodcast.com, which he hosted at GoDaddy for free as well I believe. Eventually he moved over to Podshow, now Mevio, and now is hosting his site on a full domain. All over the course of five years.

All this while, rather than constantly playing with the tech, he shared. Poets from around the world received listens and votes from poetry lovers from around the world.

Well done, Simon!

Simon is taking a bold step and totally revamping what Slam Idol is be begetting the Slam Stream. If you haven’t followed his discussion listen to Slam Idol #297 and my interview with him to hear where he’s going.

It has that same feel of the early Slam Idol experience for me. A new experience in waters where few have tread before.

I’m going for a swim. How about you?

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Cloudy Day Art Presents:
The Poet Tech Podcast – Episode #005

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This episode features a discussion I had with Simon from The Slam Idol Podcast.  We talk about the history of poetry podcasting, where we are now,  what are the current trends, and what the future of poetry in tech and social media could be like.

Simon has a lot of great ideas about what he has planned for his long-running and ground-breaking show.  The Slam Idol Podcast started in April of 2005 and has been at the forefront of the poetry podcasting field. He is also the lead founder of The Association of Poetry Podcasting of which I am also a founding member.

I hope you get motivated by this conversation as much as I am and that you too get inspired to think outside the box about new ways to use and spread poetry.

This is a long episode, clocking in at 1 hour and 26 minutes, but it is worth a listen.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Be sure to visit Simon and Slam Idol and let him know that you’re listening; and voting!

Please leave comments below. I love to hear from you!

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The Poetry Podcast – Show #89

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This week’s show features a recording of an interview that I did with poet Gordon Buss over the weekend.  We had a great conversation about poetry, performing, sources of inspiration, and other topics. Gordon also shared three of his poems for us:

  • This Is All I Am
  • Is It Always Wrong
  • Dove

They are all wonderful pieces and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Be sure to stop by Gordon’s poetry site, Ugly Dog Poetry, to read and experience some of his poetry.  Be sure to leave him a comment and let him know what you thought.

Links mentioned in the interview:

Thanks for listening.  Please subscribe to the show if you like what you hear!

I’d love to read your comments below.

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Welcome to the first episode of The Poet Tech Podcast!

In this week’s episode we discuss:

  • The purpose of The Poet Tech Podcast
  • Play a welcome message from Simon from Slam Idol
  • Talk about the benefits and distractions of tech and social media
  • How we can ensure tech and new media distractions don’t hinder our writing

Links mentioned:

I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s episode, so please leave a comment, call my voicemail line, fill out the contact form, or send me a message on my twitter!

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I decided to interview Billy after coming across a blog that was participating is his “” Poetry Carnival. It was a great conversation and I’m looking forward to having him back on for more!

From here on out, I will conclude every interview with three things I picked up out of the interview. Here’s “My Three Things”:

  1. Billy really has a vision to get poets online
  2. Billy, and I partially, really believes every poet should have a blog
  3. Billy brought out a great point about how much poetry we should/should not put online

Listen in at the end of the interview for details.

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Links mentioned:

– Billy’s blog

– Home of the poetry carnival

– Get your free poetry blog

– Billy’s media company

– Larry Winfield’s poetry podcast

– Vote Now!

Outro Music:
“Two Days Out of Seven” by (URL CORRECTED!)

– 3D online world

]]> http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/06/16/cloudy-day-art-78-billy-jones-aka-billy-the-blogging-poet/feed/ 5 Cloudy Day Art #77 – The Free Poetry Show! http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/05/22/cloudy-day-art-77-the-free-poetry-show/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cloudy-day-art-77-the-free-poetry-show http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/05/22/cloudy-day-art-77-the-free-poetry-show/#comments Wed, 23 May 2007 01:27:00 +0000 WillBrown http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/05/22/cloudy-day-art-77-the-free-poetry-show/ Finally! Another Cloudy Day Art poetry podcast has finally been released. It seems time goes by so fast these days. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the poetry featured in this show, courtesy of and .

Poetry featured:

“” by of ““; remixed by

“” by June Jordan ; recited by

“” featuring the poetry of (Search Part 1); remixed by

“” by

“” featuring the of and the of ; remixed by (me!)

Outro Music:

“” – remix by ; featuring the music of and the spoken word of

Links mentioned:

]]> http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/05/22/cloudy-day-art-77-the-free-poetry-show/feed/ 4 Cloudy Day Art #76 – 7 Ways to Support Poetry During National Poetry Month http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/04/07/cloudy-day-art-76-7-ways-to-support-poetry-during-national-poetry-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cloudy-day-art-76-7-ways-to-support-poetry-during-national-poetry-month http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/04/07/cloudy-day-art-76-7-ways-to-support-poetry-during-national-poetry-month/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:55:19 +0000 WillBrown http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/04/07/cloudy-day-art-76-7-ways-to-support-poetry-during-national-poetry-month/ National Poetry Month Poster It’s here in the United States, so I decided to share 7 easy ways that we all can use to support poetry this month. No, you don’t have to be from the U.S. to take part. These 7 ways can be used where ever you are.

  1. Read more poetry
  2. Talk about poetry
  3. Write a poem
  4. Support other poets
  5. Share poetry with someone
  6. Go to a poetry show
  7. Blog or podcast about poetry

Listen in as I expound on these tips and let me know what you think.

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What tips do you have to share poetry this month?

I also include poetry from:

– “Vertigo”

– “Found Poem”

– “I Wanted You to Fly”

Links mentioned:

contest 17:

– Follow me!

]]> http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/04/07/cloudy-day-art-76-7-ways-to-support-poetry-during-national-poetry-month/feed/ 0 Cloudy Day Art #74 – March Second Sunday – Women http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/03/12/cloudy-day-art-74-march-second-sunday-women/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cloudy-day-art-74-march-second-sunday-women http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/03/12/cloudy-day-art-74-march-second-sunday-women/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:42:40 +0000 WillBrown http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/03/12/cloudy-day-art-74-march-second-sunday-women/ It’s a celebration of women for this “” poetry podcast. Thanks to Julian from London for the great idea for this month’s theme.

There was a great response to “Second Sunday” coming back and I’m definitely glad to have the input from so many great everyday poets once again.

Thanks!

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Featuring the poetry of:

Julian Conway – “In A Care Home Elderly She Sits”
– “My Grandma”
Sandra Miller-Salyer – “Women”
– “I Am More”
– “The Women In My Life”
Will Brown – “She”

Outro Song:
– “She Will Rise”

Links mentioned:

– My audio blog

mentioning “Cloudy Day Art”

George Smyth’s “”

– Played promo

]]> http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/03/12/cloudy-day-art-74-march-second-sunday-women/feed/ 5 Cloudy Day Art #73 – Poetry and Promos http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/02/10/cloudy-day-art-73-poetry-and-promos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cloudy-day-art-73-poetry-and-promos http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/02/10/cloudy-day-art-73-poetry-and-promos/#comments Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:08:36 +0000 WillBrown http://www.cloudydayart.com/2007/02/10/cloudy-day-art-73-poetry-and-promos/ Welcome back everybody.

This week’s show has a little different feel than my previous poetry podcasts. I think it is because the three poems I share have little to no sounds besides the poets voice.

No music.

I think I like the rawness of that.

Poets featured:

Other links mentioned:


– Vote Now!

Outro Song:
– “A Song That Can’t Be Written”

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Please leave a comment and let me know what you think about this show.

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