My new chap, 19th Street Station, from Full of Crow press is now available:

You can order a copy by sending $4, cash or check to: 2929 Nicol Ave, Oakland CA 94602

This is my short set from last Friday night’s QUIET LIGHTNING VI. Did I mention it was a gas reading with Stephen Elliot, Sara Fran Wisby, Michelle Tea, Daphne Gottlieb, Jon Longhi, MG Martin, AP Nelson, Jennifer Joseph, Nic Alea, Joshua Mohr, and Beth Lisick.

Paul Reads “The Longest 20 Seconds” and “The Serv-Well.”

30 poems in 30 days for the month of April?

I’m not gonna complain for only making 26 new poems (many of which SUCK!!) I get that’s not the point of 30 in 30. It’s been incredibly valuable to me to have this exercise; this campaign if you will.

Big shout out/thank you to Daphne Gottlieb for informing me of this month-long exercise. I think it was pretty good for her too. She took time out from a maniacal outpouring of words to ask me if I was doing the 30 in 30 Challenge and I got that perplexed crease in my brow and promptly asked “What’s that?”

Now each and every April now, I will not forget that! Now we’ll see if we can get this sweet creative outpouring to translate into some productive fiction for the month of May…something else I just learned! Can’t they have a monthly newsletter for tortured prose writers somewhere?

At the Mina Dresden Gallery
Monday May 3rd, 7 PM
312 Valencia@14th St, SF CA

Featuring: Nic Alea, Ian Tuttle, MG Martin, Pam Benjamin and many, many others (including some tool named PCR.)

Click here for website & more complete info.

GET YOUR PISSED ON!

Friday, February 26, 2010 at 8:00pm
Kaleidoscope SF; 3109 24th St
San Francisco, CA

Over the top spoken word! Humor, Anger Catharsis, Exorcism with these storytellers! Hosted by HK Rainey, MK Chavez and PCR:

Harmon Leon
Meg Day
Charlie Getter
William Taylor Jr.
Jezebel Delilah X (JDX)
Evan Karp
Cassandra Dallett
Lizz Bronson
Mark States
Michael Layne Heath
Rajshree Chauhan
Sharon Coleman
Anita Garriot
Susan Page
Buford Buntin
Patti Orozco Cronin

One of the wonderful new people I’ve got to meet lately is the endlessly talented and charming Ms. Lauren Becker, who has proudly proclaimed that she isn’t even going to bother trying to get her short stories into print (see on her blog here.)

While I have also clutched the internet to my girthy bosom quite closely (while still giving the smoldering 1000 yard stare to any print journal with a budget and a good come-on) I have also decided the mediums of live performance, radio and video MUST be given equal credence and priority in my mission to get my poetry out to as many welcome ears as it can possibly find. In that spirit, I’ve got two big radio appearences coming up.

First up, Sunday, February 14th (Valentine’s Day) on LilyCat Radio – part of FCC Free Radio 12 PM – 2 PM PST with the brilliant and fabulous Melinda Adams hosting.

Next up, an hour long feature debuting on the Karl Koweski’s Zygote in My Radio, Saturday February 20th at 10 PM PST.

And the infiltration continues.

FRIDAY, February 5th. 7 PM. 3223 Mission St, SF CA

Six hard edged sweet teeth bite back with the finest in cutting edge spoken word:

Charlie Anders
Lauren Becker
Sarah Fran Wisby
Joie Cook
Tim Donnelly
Sara Beth Chavanne

Hosted by MK Chavez and Paul Corman Roberts

…just don’t say “DON’T TAZE ME BRO!!” In my anecdotal experience, everyone who has been tased to death or mistakenly shot by police who thought they were reaching for their tasers were at some point in the process of their being restrained yelled out: “DON’T TAZE ME BRO!”

So clearly, yelling that didn’t help. However, none of this shit should prevent you from attending this event:

Quiet Lightning 2 @ Gestalt Haus

BART accessible yo…no swarming crowds, no problem…95 % safe.

PCR Featured Readings:

Monday, January 25th, 7 PM
Quiet Lightning @ Gestalt
3159 16th St, SF CA

Saturday, February 6th, 7 PM
East Bay On The Brain @ Layover Lounge
1517 Franklin St, Oakland CA
with:
Jesus Angel Garcia
Laurie Doyle
Marcus Banks
Ryan Sloan
Hosted by the uber-talented, uber-gorgeous Lauren Becker.

On Lilycat Radio
Sunday, February 14th 12-2 PM
Lilycat on FCCFree Radio

HOSTING GIGS:

HARD CANDY AT THE KNOCKOUT w/MK Chavez
Friday, February 5th, 7 PM
3223 Mission St, SF CA 94110
Featuring:
Sarah Fran Wisby
Joie Cook
Charlie Anders
Lauren Becker
Sara Beth Chavanne
Tim Donnelly

ANGER MANAGEMENT & REVENGE
w/MK Chavez & HK Rainey
Friday February 26th, 6:30 P