guitar

do you think there are guitar strings that hurt fingers more?
i just pulled out ye olde creaky 12 string
i love to play
you didn't know that did you?
or maybe you did. i fucking love playing and singing.
got those old tom waits and leonard cohen books out
played for... 45 mintues i guess
and my fingers feela bout to fall the fuck off
blister on my strumming thumb
and the pads of my left hand all fucking pissed off - even hurting nerve sensation to type
it is new playing since my arm / work injury
it definately is something to pay attention to
and while that came up
what came up more 
was the owie fuck owie of chord placement
my fingers never felt strong enough for bar chords
the tendons don't seem to work that way even when i practiced fucking g and f bar chords for a whole summer. now i just fake it
but damn
ow
i want softer strings

Queer Open Mic on Fri 12/8

Queer Open Mic brings the heat for the Holidays with TWO featured amazing writers / performers. Alvin Orloff and Andi Kauth - long live the A's!

Friday December 8th
8pm (open mic sign up @ 7:30)
Three Dollar Bill Cafe
1800 Market St in SF

Queer Open Mic is a rockin peformance spoken word hootenanny cabaret. Hosted by Cindy Emch and Sherilyn Connelly. Bringing the heat for December are two lit superstars! Alvin Orloff, a budget bon vivant with a taste for frivolous novels, low dives, and exotic restaurants. He has written 2 novels, an alien invasion / queer romance entitled, "I Married an Earthling" and "Gutter Boys," a twisted tale of debauchery and thwarted romance in the early '80s. And the currently touring Andi Kauth who has been writing poetry since she was old enough to put complete thoughts together, Andi began her career in Slam in 2004, when she was mentored by the creator of Slam himself, Marc Smith. Since then, she has gone on to become Slam Master of the Palatine Poetry Slam, Coach of the 2005 Palatine National Poetry Slam team, and a member of the 2006 Palatine NPS team.

Come on out for a rare superstar treat!

Open mic readers can read / perform one piece that is five minutes or less. See you there!

Alvin Orloff

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ANDI KAUTH

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