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company for spoken word. So where is the genre now? Short of established
personalities like Jewel or Roma Downey putting out "spoken word" efforts,
does spoken word have the ability to reach a mass audience? And, more
importantly, does the mass audience care?
Currently, independent labels are trying to fill the gap. Companies like
Ozone music (www.ozonemusic.com) and Deezal Records
(www.invisiblerecords.com) released albums last year. But to what audience?
Whom are they trying to reach? Is the demand out there?
Companies like Rhino play it safe, Rhino's Word Beat label put out the
Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the River, hedging their bets with
heavyweight poets like Rita Dove, Langston Hughes and even Public Enemy.
The one thing all of the aforementioned releases have in common is simple,
they are all compilations, not CD's of one artists work. It's almost as
though performance poets (and storytellers for that matter) have already
reached that point where they are sold on TV just like those "do you
remember the greatest hair bands of the eighties hits?"
How does this change? It must begin with the artists. they must work
together. In working together they have garnered the attention of media
heavyweights such as MTV, NPR and even CBS. They must also understand that
there is no instant fame formula that you drink each morning to become a
star. Much of the frustration that artists felt regarding Mouth Almighty can
be attributed to those feelings of betrayal, those, "it didn't work- it must
be their fault." attitudes.
Then it is up to the audience, the audience must be sold on the value of the
medium. Who cares and why is some person screaming at me about breakfast
cereal entertaining? Good artists capture their audience in curiosity and
interest and avoid just bashing their skulls in.
Once these two things occur, the record companies will sniff the opportunity
and come running. there will be no need to sell yourself, you will have
already done the work with the stuffed venues you play to every nite.
- Send your opinions and thoughts to Bob@spokenworld.com .
- As always, feel free to send us your material and let's see if we can get
it on the air. Comedy, performance poetry, storytelling, whatever. If it's
spoken word, we'll at least listen to it. email, yeah, you got it,
bob@spokenworld.com for more details.
- Join the Spokenworld2U list. talk to others that enjoy spoken word as much
as you do. email list@spokenworld.com and type in the body of your message:
subscribe spokenworld2u "your name". That's it!
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RADIANT READINGS
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Radiant Readings, hosted by Sharon Skinner
Thursdays at 7:45p-8:45p PDT
Archived Shows available at the Radio Show Website
Sharon Skinner reads the work of both Classic and Contemporary Authors,
providing insight and discussion into their work. The initial show featured
the work of Christina Rosetti and is available for listening to at the
SpokenWorld.com website (http://www.spokenworld.com/radio_show.htm). This
week Sharon read and discussed the work of Anton Chekhov. Coming this week
is Maya Angelou.
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THE WAR WITH COLORADO
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there are no updates in the war with Colorado. They still refuse to
surrender.
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NEW ON SPOKENWORLD.COM
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Week of June 4th has the debut CD of the week to be What's the Word, Volume
I, a compilation by Deezal records. We'll play a different track each nite
for you to hear.
- So far . . .
Our poll on the website so far has 11% of the visitors saying that PSI
should license venues to use the term 'slam' and 88% saying no. Vote early
and often in this critical poll. The poll will be up through the month of
June.
- New site changes-
Nothing
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THE TOP 10
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Ditched For Now
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Got a spoken word announcement? Send it to me at Bob@spokenworld.com. First
5 received (and printable) will go in next week's newsletter. Oh Yeah, we'll
put it on the site too . . .
Battle of the Poets Championship Slam
The Battle of the Poets Championship poetry slam will be held at Brenner's
Brew, 21 East Commerce Street, Bridgeton, New Jersey at 8:00 p.m.,
Saturday, June 10 2000. The event includes an open mic, a featured poet, and
the slam. Rebecca Henderson and Christopher J. Fortin from Providence,
Rhode Island are the featured poets on June 10, 2000. Rebecca is a member
of the 1999 Providence Slam team (bio attached) Christopher is the Poet in
Residence at the Down City Slam in Providence, Rhode Island (bio attached)
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners from March 1999 to April 2000 will
compete for the championship title. Cash prizes for the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd
place winners. First place slam winner receives a cash prize of $25.00. The
open mic poets are automatically entered into The Starving Artist drawing.
Tickets are $5.00. The Battle of the Poets slam also sponsors a food drive
at every slam. Non-perishable food items are collected at the door. All
the food collected at the slam will be donated to the Salvation Army Food
Bank.
. The sign-up for the slam is from 7:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. For more
information contact Linda Stehling at (856) 423-2686 or e-mail
Linda@theunspokenword.com or call Brenner's Brew at (856) 451-5885
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Th- th- that's all, folks.
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Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 00:41:58 -0400
From: "Rob" <Pse@NoEmail.Com>
Subject: What about the 512 KB SRAM Chip
I understand that Kantronics typically uses the following chips for the KPC
3 SRAM upgrades:
128K
>Hitachi Hm628128LP
>Toshiba TC551001BPL
>
512K
>Cypress CYM 1465LPD
You can check their web site but I believe that KANTRONICS charges $24.95 US
for the 128KB RAM chip upgrade and $59.95 US for the 512 Kb SRAM upgrade.
PLUS $8 US for shipping etc.
In my view, KANTRONICS prices are WAY TOO EXPENSIVE! (Especially if you
consider that the 128 KB SRAM chips typically cost LESS than half as much at
an electronics distributor!! I have not priced the 512KB chip yet but will
do so soon.)
If you find a cheap supplier for the 512KB SRAM chip, please post the name
of the distributor on this Thread.
Thanks
73's
Rob
"Glenn Cummings" <kg7il@foxinternet.net> wrote in message
news:393AF514.955832D5@foxinternet.net...
> My KPC-3+ came with 128K chip and I am interested in a low cost upgrade to
the
> 512K.
> I haven't even priced the Kantronics chip. Nor do I know it's mfg-p/n.
> Any ideas or solid info?
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