This festival of spoken word, organized by Christopher Johnson, is promising to be a killer set of shows.

On Saturday night, October 6, at 6:00, the main opening act of the evening will be Duende as we premiere and release the CD and chapbook of our new show, “Americanized.”

The show and book/CD set is an exploration of various facets of how we become “Americanized” — how the influences of parents and sociey’s messages contribute to creating the mix of contradictions and paradoxes that make us who we are, and which make the country we live in both wonderful and dark as all hell.

No easy answers, and no easy moralizing here…

Come out and see us, and see the many poets who will be contributing their own unique visions over the course of the three nights.

Admission’s a measly 5 bucks, and it’s going to be good. Come down to the Perishable Theater, on Empire Street in Providence (next to AS220), and check it out — I personally would love to see you, and it would be great to fill the house. Although we have gigs coming up, We don’t have any other performances of the full show planned at the moment, so this may be your first and last chance for a while…

Thanks in advance.

Damn fine show. Even though I was sick and headachy as all hell, too…The gang were all in fine form tonight, from Anis and Dan right through the song stylings of Derrick and of course, Mike and Buddy.

After, we all headed off to Ralph’s where we made merry, and Derrick and Mike enjoyed the splendor of Ralph’s burgers while Missy bravely polished off a cup of the Chili of Doom.

I’m even gonna see the show again in Boston Saturday night, when I hope to be in better health and spirits…that show at the Paradise includes Blair, Shira Erlichmann, and Danny Sherrard replacing Anis for the evening. Gonna be fun.

Wheee…now I’m headed for bed where I trust I’ll be able to sleep past the headache and all.