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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Poetry Slam On Trans Identity

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Bob Dylan...ironic that! Minstrel performs in Communist Vietnam! April 10th!

Are issues black & white?

The appeal of a handful of artists across a myriad of foreign landscapes (in spite of the social and political stance) is not only evident - but, a bit mind-boggling - in view of the recent announcement that Bob Dylan (a celebrated anti-war protestor in the sixties) is slated to perform live! in Vietnam on April 10th.

Not the intimate setting of the Warfield (in San Francisco) that legend is used to - but - what the heck!

Say, didn't that shaggy-haired bohemian, lament the horrors of communism in his ballsy upstart-youth?

Oh, yeah!

"The times they are-a-changin', alright!"

The eccentric musically-inspired poet (with roots in both the folk and rock-beat eras) has obviously opted to toss caution to the wind so that he might rustle up a posse of admirers in a breathless (jaded?) foreign generation (in addition to die-hard fans of yesteryear) in a 8,250-seat stadium.

Will Dylan get into the spirit of the moment and pen a pop tune in honor of Ho Chi Minh, too?

A hypocrite?

No, just maybe, Bob's mellowing (and getting optimistic) with old age.

News at 11!

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Bob inspired an anti-war sentiment!

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Equality...quote by Julian Ayrs!

Treat

all things

alive

equally!

Julian Ayrs

Divine Grace

Collection of Poems

San Francisco

(2011)

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Style...quote by Julian Ayrs!

When

you engage

in
anything

in life

Do it

with

distinctive

individual

style!

Julian Ayrs

The Daily Planet

Collection of Poems

San Francisco

(2011)

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

First reactions...quote by Julian Ayrs!

An individual's

first reaction

usually

indicative

of the person's

true

character!

Julian Ayrs

The Daily Planet

A Collection of Poems

San Francisco

(2011)

http://www.thetattler.biz

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Karmic Wheel...quote by Julian Ayrs!

Into the world

a seed

born

beyond the sacred veil

ether matter

known

To turn

with Karmic Wheel

that

mind stuff

beckon

and

transform

Perfection

of
the
eternal

soul!

Julian Ayrs

Divine Grace

Collection of Poems

San Francisco

(2011)

www.thetattler.biz

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Walt Whitman...In Paths Untrodden! Calamus & LBGT cultural exhibit! San Francisco Library!

Skylight Gallery @ San Francisco Library

Walt Whitman has always been a beloved poet who impacted many lives over the decades he strode this mortal coil penning poetry and prose.

Now, on the 150th anniversary of the 1st publication of Whitman's - "homo-affectional" poem titled "Calamus" - the San Francisco Main Library staff have installed a thought-provoking tribute to the man.

"This exhibition articulates the place and importance of "Calamus" in LGBT culture and draws a connection between the poems and the creation of the modern LGBT community (with an emphasis on the Radical Fairie Movement)," according to the curators.

With the discerning artful use of text, photos, antiquarian books and newspapers - the exhibit seeks to fathom up Whitman’s vision of the “love of comrades” - and the social and political role he saw it playing in that larger project (the creation of America).

LOCATION

Gay & Lesbian Center
Exhibit Space
San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA
94102

(415) 557-4400

DATES

March 1st - May 19th
(2011)