other than the fact that mina dresden gallery is an amazing haven for our polished antics, beyond the fact that we sold every sPARKLE & bLINK that we printed, even more triumphant than the aggregate of Quiet Lightning 5 readings as a single text (really, if you haven’t a sparkle you should get one ($10), or download one ($3), or watch all the videos in order (freer’n hail). yes, i think you should study it and write a report)—more even than my suspicion that we can all feel ourselves getting stronger is the fact that we are creating an exciting world of talented like-minded people with similar aims and an extraordinary sense of gestalt. what is more than this? tell me and we will make it our goal.
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- if joan of arc was a valencia street hipster she’d be popping pills for schizophrenia because when you talk to god it’s called praying, but when god talks to you it’s called insanity.
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- i was taught never to hit a woman so instead i sit on the couch in the morning with a bloody nose waiting to piss.
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- all memories of time between us less beautiful than this evaporate into the winter chill to skate upon some distant ice pond.
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- he farts, and they kiss.
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- it’s widely known « how we could live on laughter « alone
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- as he turned to leave, he looked askance at my feet and said, “i’ve never seen their equal.”
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- the roots before she brings them to her open mouth which closes once the roots are inside of it.
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- more than death « has its teeth bared « so much more « than muscle and blood « is at stake
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- i wanted to be among the first to thank you for all of the hard work your’e doing to forever birth an armada of Prince Caspians
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- she placed the white lifeless tip in a jar of salt water, wrapped her throbbing stub in paper towel and continued with the diamond shapes.
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- i can have sex with a number of people and love them all for their many differences while i myself am turning into other people.
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- oh donna, i’d amputate myself for you.
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- this moment comes after DARE when the young men held the profoundly naive idea that it was cool to not do drugs and it was alright to talk to cops.
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- > fucking idiot poor person getting paid to flinch. « > then going home to some shithole to complain about everything while he puts his tiny dick in his whore wife’s rotten cunt. « > poor people make me sick. « > fuck poor people. « > poor people don’t have souls.
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- “truth is for people who die, who aren’t getting on the spaceship,” dave once mentioned.
i’ve written some thoughts over here, where you can watch all the videos.
announcements:
- we are no longer doing the A.C.T. ticket offer. no one seems really interested and it’s too hard to coordinate because i only get a 4 day window each play. we’re working on something else—if you have any ideas, send em here. i mean, also, if you ever want to go to a play, just say so!
- we’re thinking about making s’napse a thing of solicitation; thoughts?
- Quiet Lightning June is real: we will start at 7 so sharp that it will cut you. do not be late!!!
»»- just watch these videos and imagine them in QLordèr —»>>
- Michelle Tea
- Nic Alea
- Stephen Elliott
- Andrew Paul Nelson
- Jennifer Joseph [if you haven't read this, you should]
- Jon Longhi
- Sarah Fran Wisby
- Paul Corman-Roberts
- Joshua Mohr
- Beth Lisick
- M.G. Martin
- Daphne Gottlieb
As you can see, it is going to be inconceivably special! It is with great pride that i gush! These are not only some of my favorite writers but some of my favorite people, and Rajshree and I hope you can join us for our 6th show and the first time back to the Elbo Room since this happened. We are upping the price, of course! $5, so you better start saving! I can say with disquieting confidence that there will be nothing as special going on in San Francisco, California on June 4 as Quiet Lightning—please be part of it!
Lastly: thank you. thank all of you so much.
