Sunday, March 31, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Frantic Vinyl
Standing in the dark
throwing frantic vinyl
Make a statement
Make a statement
and I am in lock down song mode right now.
I wish I could write a song for one, write a song for the other and then
add a poem or two at the same time but my brain don't work that way.
But we press on.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
December 28th @ The Comet VERSUS w/Nick Barrows, Mark Flanigan. + Seven Speed Vortex, Pillowbiter
Join AURORE PRESS for a night featuring performances by NICK BARROWS and MARK FLANIGAN. Nick and Mark will be reading and performing pieces from their latest book, VERSUS.
Music follows by our favorite anti-punk band, PILLOWBITER and the always fabulous, SEVEN SPEED VORTEX. Show begins at 9:30 pm
NICK BARROWS
... Nick Barrows came from the hills of the Westside of Cincinnati, Ohio were he began his first days of memory behind the bar of his father's Tavern down by the River Ohio. His works have appeared in Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety, Trained Monkey Press, Aurore Press, and the website, Semantikon. He was also the music editor for The Citizen. Music escapades include The 4 Track All-Stars, Eagle To Squirrel, and Jack Burton Overdrive. In 2007 Barrows released his chapbook, Rockets on Bibles, and in the past few years he has been seething in the concrete and playing concertina. Blog: http://
MARK FLANIGAN
Cincinnati writer Mark Flanigan has been churning out the work for over two decades now, his “Exiled” column having recently ended after an eleven-year run—first in X-Ray Cincinnati, then online at semantikon.com, and finally at CityBeat. A noted performer, critic Mark Sterner once said of Flanigan, “He is a born story teller, and his readings come off with the sheer delight in words and in the quirky sort of life they are capable of expressing… Flanigan’s exultant poetry, heard aloud in the theatre, reminds us of what it is to be alive.” Additionally, his free e-book, Minute Poems, is available online from Three Fools Press, and more work and information can be found at the author’s personal website, http://
PILLOWBITER
Cincinnati no-core / noise tampered anti-punk institutionalist power-anxiety rippers and creep-crushing hyper-conscious slider jams / members of the anti-technocracy underground.
SEVEN SPEED VORTEX
Seven Speed Vortex is lyrical anachronism in short form noise pop, forming in the United States' Midwest in the summer of 1994. Website: http://www.hubcapart.com/
Music follows by our favorite anti-punk band, PILLOWBITER and the always fabulous, SEVEN SPEED VORTEX. Show begins at 9:30 pm
NICK BARROWS
... Nick Barrows came from the hills of the Westside of Cincinnati, Ohio were he began his first days of memory behind the bar of his father's Tavern down by the River Ohio. His works have appeared in Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety, Trained Monkey Press, Aurore Press, and the website, Semantikon. He was also the music editor for The Citizen. Music escapades include The 4 Track All-Stars, Eagle To Squirrel, and Jack Burton Overdrive. In 2007 Barrows released his chapbook, Rockets on Bibles, and in the past few years he has been seething in the concrete and playing concertina. Blog: http://
MARK FLANIGAN
Cincinnati writer Mark Flanigan has been churning out the work for over two decades now, his “Exiled” column having recently ended after an eleven-year run—first in X-Ray Cincinnati, then online at semantikon.com, and finally at CityBeat. A noted performer, critic Mark Sterner once said of Flanigan, “He is a born story teller, and his readings come off with the sheer delight in words and in the quirky sort of life they are capable of expressing… Flanigan’s exultant poetry, heard aloud in the theatre, reminds us of what it is to be alive.” Additionally, his free e-book, Minute Poems, is available online from Three Fools Press, and more work and information can be found at the author’s personal website, http://
PILLOWBITER
Cincinnati no-core / noise tampered anti-punk institutionalist power-anxiety rippers and creep-crushing hyper-conscious slider jams / members of the anti-technocracy underground.
SEVEN SPEED VORTEX
Seven Speed Vortex is lyrical anachronism in short form noise pop, forming in the United States' Midwest in the summer of 1994. Website: http://www.hubcapart.com/
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Versus from Aurore Press
Versus
THE RABBIT PUNCH DEFENSE (NICK BARROWS) | JOURNEYMAN'S LAMENT (MARK FLANIGAN) $14.95 | 7.5 x 9.25 | 100 pages | paperback | Pub Date: November 30, 2012
The Rabbit Punch Defense by Nick BarrowsNick Barrows came from the hills of the Westside of Cincinnati, Ohio were he began his first days of memory behind the bar of his father's Tavern down by the River Ohio. His works have appeared in Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety, Trained Monkey Press, Aurore Press, and the website Semantikon. He was also the music editor for The Citizen. Music escapades include The 4 Track All-Stars, Eagle To Squirrel, and Jack Burton Overdrive. In 2007 Barrows released his chapbook Rockets on Bibles and in the past few years he has been seething in the concrete and playing concertina.
Journeyman's Lament by Mark Flanigan Cincinnati writer Mark Flanigan has been churning out the work for over two decades now, his “Exiled” column having recently ended after an eleven-year run—first in X-Ray Cincinnati, then online at semantikon.com, and finally at CityBeat. A noted performer, critic Mark Sterner once said of Flanigan, “He is a born story teller, and his readings come off with the sheer delight in words and in the quirky sort of life they are capable of expressing… Flanigan’s exultant poetry, heard aloud in the theatre, reminds us of what it is to be alive.” Additionally, his free e-book, Minute Poems, is available online from Three Fools Press, and more work and information can be found at the author’s personal website, markflanigan.com.
"The combination of the two marks a prodding of humanity and the human psyche that is sometimes dark, sometimes ethereal and sometimes humorous." -- Hannah McCartney, Cincinnati CityBeat
Aurore Press would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Gus Katsanis for keeping the light on at the P N K Tavern in Jersey City, NJ. Rest in peace, my friend.
Photo taken by Greg C.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Aurore Press Presents Versus Nick Barrows | Mark Flanigan
Aurore Press Presents Versus Nick Barrows ("The Rabbit Punch Defense") | Mark Flanigan ("Journeyman's Lament") Our next local writer spotlight zeroes in on two intense poets from Cincinnati whose comeuppance is long overdue: Mark Flanigan and Nick Barrows. On Final Friday, November 30, 2012, at MiCA 12/v in OTR, we present two writers who mean a whole hell of a lot to the AP family. Reception and Reading at MiCA 12/v 7:30 - 9:00 PM More details to come! Visit: aurorepress.com
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Focus Boom Foto
The singers
The dancers
The soul-catchers
The huggers
In a room full of wondrous
These hearts flutter
And mine is joy
Happy B-day to me
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
ATL Fest 2012
Of music.
Of friends.
It tickles and spurts the most of humble and peace.
Live the love of vacation
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