In 10 days I’ll be in Seattle for Bumbershoot. I’m getting quite excited! I did a contest for the worst Teen Angst Poetry and had over 130 wonderfully bad entries, it was a very difficult decision to make but I think I found a great winner. Bumbershoot is an annual
We have been waiting years to do this show. Since I performed BAD GRAD at the High Performance Rodeo I have wanted to do this: a Teen Angst show with a retro dance party I cannot wait! The poster is soon to come but for now check out this info:
Only days away… LATITUDE! I’m writing from London and so excited to be here and to be performing at the Latitude Festival this weekend! If you were lucky enough to grab one of the now sold out tickets I encourage you to bring your Teen Angst down to the Poetry Arena
Confession: I have a singing career. If you call making annoying beeping sounds singing. This is a really rough cut of the video we made for a song which I wrote ‘lyrics’/sang for my friend’s band The Red Blue Green. I’m really too excited to see the real cut version
Ok, I should have done this a long time ago. It could be better but for now this will give you an idea of some of the awesomeness that goes on at Teen Angst nights. Thanks to Nathaniel, Eva and Kristal for allowing their footage in this video. Oh, and
One Week: Two Shows! I hope to see you there… because I’ll be in London by Friday for two weeks.(Take note friends and stalkers). VANCOUVER POETRY SLAM– July 7, 9pm, $5 Sara will be featured at the Slam at Cafe Deux Soliel at 2096 Commercial Drive. FACEBOOK EVENT INFO TEEN
Ok, I’ll admit it sometimes I’m a media whore. I like attention-and who doesn’t? It really doesn’t get much better than waking up early to chat with local indie radio stations. Here’s a clip I just found from an interview I did a year ago. http://www.wakeupwithcoop.org/Jun3rd-05p7.mp3
Ok I have to admit that when I saw this: http://www.bumbershoot.org/lineup.htm I ‘omg-ed’ the fact that the photo of me flipping the double bird is right above Saul Williams. The bad poet above the rad poet. I hope our shows don’t conflict because I really want to see that man
Oh, yeah. Did I mention that I have a booK? Here’s a photo of my book jacket: Product Description from Publisher: “Teen Angst: A Celebration of Really Bad Poetry is the first, the best, and the biggest collection of teen angst poetry ever to be published. Inspired by the popularity
Nathaniel is one of my favorite “Teen Angst” readers. This includes the poem with the line “you make love to my corpse.” The back-story to the poem is also pretty awesome. The next Teen Angst show is July 8 at the Railway Club (7:30 – 9pm, as always). Our theme
Sara Bynoe 