Usually I go to more open-topic poetry readings than the Gay Ole Jamboree last Wednesday February 23rd. I like to see a variety of poems on different topics, rather than only one thematic issue addressed for the whole night. However, my friend Liz Baudler was performing there so I would have hated to miss it.
Needless to say, the Jamboree was a gay cowboy themed show with an alternating combination of poetry and folk music. For the most part it was poetry - really provocative stuff about homosexuals and the troubles they face in mainstream culture.
It was in the multicultural affairs office in 618 S. Michigan. It wasn't the first reading I've been to in that office. It's a surprisingly big space.
The performers:
- Von Angel
- Liz Baudler (She was pretty damn good. Of course I may be a little biased.)
- Tony Denis
- Mario Elias
- Zach Green
- EJ Hill
- Hayden Hinch
- Kim Johnson
- Sam McAllister & Megan Frestedt
- Jay Olson (he took off his shirt at the beginning of his poem to reveal a corset. You don't see that at many other poetry readings, now do ya?)
- Jennie Patino (She was awesome too.)
- Francis Shervinski
- Cameron Spiegel
- Kyle Waldrop
- Akia Young
Every now and then, bandannas were tossed out into the audience. I got a yellow one myself. According to the host, different colors of bandanna hanging out of the back pocket mean that you like different things out of sex. I just hope yellow doesn't mean anything too strange.
-looks it up-
Oh dear. Well, I'm keeping it anyway, it's pretty.
The one thing that could have been improved, in my opinion, would be that the hosts could have been more enthusiastic. The main girl who hosted it seemed like she hated her job. But I could be reading into it too much, and she could have been trying to not overshadow the performers.
Overall it was pretty dang gay (in this case, by which I mean awesome).
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