The best photo I have of Stardust. I suck.January's Broken Speech Poetry Slam schedule: All slams take place at Stardust Video & Coffee (1842 Winter Park Rd) and start around 9:30pm. Sign up to participate in these poetry slams in advance: slam@brokenspeech.com
Jan 15: two-round poetry slam
Jan 22: "Eco-Billy" poet Christian Drake. Two-round slam to follow.
Christian Drake is the 2008 Berkeley Grand Slam Champion and Erotic Slam Champion and a four-time National Poetry Slam semifinalist. He has been selected twice to feature on the National Poetry Slam finals stage, and his work has been covered around the United States and Europe by such luminaries as Andrea Gibson and Gayle Danley. A former urban forester, planetarium guide, and aquarium naturalist, he's the world's only "eco-billy" poet: a little bit environmentalism, a little bit rock and roll. Christian is well-known on the West Coast as the co-host of the venerable Berkeley Slam and the infamous Tourette's Without Regrets show, where he mixes blood & guts humor and political battle cries with contemplative, spiritual imagery. This is nature poetry filtered through a guitar amp.Feb 5: Erotica Poetry Slam
Feb 18: The Amperslam. Winner gets one of their poems published in Issue 3 of the Ampersand Review. This slam will not count towards qualifying towards the post-season.
April 9: "We will have a super special feature during our second semi-final: NPS & iWPS Champion Mighty Mike McGee. This will be the first time Mike McGee features at Stardust Video & Coffee and it will be epic.