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I put up a simple page of MP3s I have of the late Lisa King winning an Amazon Super Slam at http://users.rcn.com/ngender/lisaking The first four of these tracks are actually on MySpace which you can go to directly at http://www.myspace.com/lisakingaudio.
You can either stream or download the MP3s at MySpace. The first track
will automatically start playing when the page loads, which is a little
eerie. I know that those of you who knew Lisa and her work will be
going to the site to listen, but I also urge those of you who have
never heard Lisa's work to go too. The poems are a decade (or more)
old, but they still hold up. The tracks also give you a good idea of
what a vital, funny presence Lisa was on stage even when she wasn't
performing poetry. Please tell your friends to go to the site and
listen too. As I say in the accompanying note on both sites, Lisa
really wanted her name and her work known.
The
original cassette off of which I took Lisa's poems was damaged so that
part of one of Lisa's poems and three from other performers aren't on
it anymore. I gave away a whole lot of these cassettes to audience
members at a March 2000 Super Slam. If you have a cassette labeled The Amazon Super Slam 12/28/96 I'd love to hear from you. You can email me at this address. Thanks. You can read a slightly longer version of this post at http://girlsnqueers.livejournal.com/5325.html One last note: Lisa left behind two cats, a brother and sister that friends and relatives would rather not separate. If you are interested please email Aliza at Truthserum dot org.
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