the Café

Below are mp3 files and videos from a April 19, 2011 (4/19/11) evening of poetry and music at the Café...





the introduction to the Café
and her poem “Two Minutes with Ayn Rand” read from the ISBN# paperback book Uncorrect but is also in the second printing of her ISSN# paperback book Contents Under Pressure ... in addition to her starting off the evening with her singing (w/ John on guitar) the John Wesley Harding and Steve Wynn song Warning: This is a Parental Advisory
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of the intro to the 4/19/11 open mic at the Café in Chicago




Janet Kuypers reading her poem
Two Minutes with Ayn Rand
read from the ISBN# paperback book “Uncorrect” but is also in the second printing of her ISSN# paperback book Contents Under Pressure
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video Watch this YouTube video (2:09) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Two Minutes with Ayn Rand”, read from the ISBN# paperback book “Uncorrect”, live in Chicago 4/19/11 at her open mic at the Café, written years ago in response to poet and “Yammer” open mic host Lisa Hemminger writing “Two Minutes with Emily Dickinson” (written if she had 2 minutes to talk to her literary idol, what would she say), and Janet Kuypers chose the literary philosopher Ayn Rand, and for this reading set up a timer to display that this poem could be performed within 2 minutes... (this poem video link was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoem




Janet Kuypers singing, with John Yotko (as he also plays the guitar), covering the John Wesley Harding and Steve Wynn song
Warning: This is a Parental Advisory
video See this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers and John singing the John Wesley Harding / Steve Wynn song “Warning: This is a Parental Advisory” live 4/19/11 through her open mic at the Café in Chicago (on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuypersmusic #janetkuyperssinging
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ADDED BONUS...

Select poems from the GPA feature that were also published in 2011 issues of cc&d magazine (and the 2011 cc&d edition collection book “Literary Town Hall”):

GPA (the Poetic Unsub) reading his poem
Dreamsnatcher
in a 2011 issue of cc&d magazine (and also available in the 6" x 9" ISBN# cc&d edition collection book Literary Town Hall
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GPA (the Poetic Unsub) reading his poem
Arbitrary Thoughts
in a 2011 issue of cc&d magazine (and also available in the 6" x 9" ISBN# cc&d edition collection book Literary Town Hall
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GPA (the Poetic Unsub) reading his poem
the Helicopter
in a 2011 issue of cc&d magazine (and also available in the 6" x 9" ISBN# cc&d edition collection book Literary Town Hall
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the Cafe

    There is also a 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Cafe, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live performances are included in Live at the Cafe includes not only recordings from 2003, 2004 and 2005, but it also contains recordings of two performance art shows — A Night of Firsts from 06/22/04, and Stripped from 06/07/05. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Coffee Chicago, Molly Malone’s, and even recordings from the Chicago Poetry Fest on both years, 2004 and 2005! You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations.

Live at the Cafe - 3 disc set




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