By Aaris A. Schroeder
Editor-In-Chief
July 11, 2007
If you haven't been out to Butch N Nellies on i and 19th for a panini or gelato, please do! UBO Magazine and 3rd Eye Collective, [-Go of AI Live] have put together a Spoken Word/Poetry/Slam/Open-Mic show at this wonderful coffee house that has the sweet smells of coffee and pasties and the lovely designs of local artists that are featured every week on the walls of the carefully decorated and irresistable cafe.
Life Sentence featured some sweet local poets, some of which were quite nervous when getting to the stage but performed with such professionalism and art-ism that no one could tell the difference.
East Bay Area native Ellery brought the house down with his off the cuff comedy more or less teasing himself to allow the crowd to get to know him as a nerd he is. Jokes about himself looking like Reading Rainbow host, Levar Burton and how his college professor will call him random predominately African-American names left the crowd laughing and pleased with what they had to hear.
Currently in test phases, -Go attempted to have the audience participate in what UBO and 3rd Eye call 'Life Sentence.' While Sean, the Camera guy and his trusty assistant were tallying up the SLAM contestant scores to see who was to win $30, -Go would point to someone who would ramble off a word, phrase, short two-liner, or something important they wanted to say. It was interesting to see how people interpreted the game -- because it is all wide open!
Next week, come see local Sacramento, CA native Supa Nova in his natural habitat! Multi-talented spoke word/SLAM artist as well as trumpet player.
Life Sentence will be broadcasted live on the Internet at STICKAM.COM. There will more information as the show details progress throughout the week. Starting next week, you will be able to view our live e-cast on our MySpace page.
PLACES TO READ ABOUT LIFE SENTENCE LOCALLY:
www.myspace.com/lifesentenceshow
http://ubomag.blogspot.com/
http://www.sacfreepress.com/2007_06_01_archive.html
http://midtowngrid.com/vcalendar/index.php
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