This will be an opportunity for two fisting MMM. On Monday July 18th Mike hits the stage at the Youth Poetry Slam. The Youth Slam is an event open to all poets who are 13-22 years old. All poetic stylings are welcome.
Our sacrificial poet will be none other than Meris Goodman.
Sign up starts at 7pm and the show begins around 8 o'clock with an open mic to be followed by the poetry slam.
$3 for 18 and under $5 for 19 and over. Now that the summer is here and school is out we're getting more poets signing up so if you want to read make sure you sign up on time.
Here's more on Mike....notes cribbed from Faust McKenzie
Aww yeah. That's right. We've got one of the legends of slam poetry coming out this month. Ranked by Forbes as one of the top 50 funniest men on planet earth: Mighty Mike McGee
If you miss this show, you will probably regret it the rest of your life.
As usual, we will have an open mic and an open poetry slam (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_slam). The poetry slam is open to all comers, and the top poets receive cash prizes.
Just a taste:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5U18d1waLwMore:
http://www.mikemcgee.netEven more:
http://mikemcgee.livejournal.comHere's a bio if you actually need more convincing:
McGee began performing comedy and poetry to audiences at home in San Jose, California in 1998. As a Poetry Slam competitor in the U.S., Mike has competed at the National Poetry Slam on team San José several times. In 2003, McGee won the coveted National Poetry Slam Individual Grand Championship, besting over 300 nationally ranked poetry slammers. He has since toured over 300,000 miles throughout the United States and Canada where fellow National Poetry Slam Indy Champ, Shane Koyczan and beat-boxer poet extraordinaire C.R. Avery (of Vancouver, B.C.) joined him to form the group Tons of Fun University in 2004. They have since headlined music festivals across Canada, bringing their unique blend of poetry-laden “talk rock” to massive audiences all over the great north.
In 2006, McGee became the first person to win two separate individual titles by being crowned the 2006 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion, besting over 70 of the world’s best ranked slam poets. His “stand-up poetry” has been written about in Writer’s Digest magazine, and been featured on NPR, HBO and CBC. Mike McGee books internationally and is on tour damn-near 300 days a year.
