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Archives: Spoken Word

How I Got Kicked Out of Alex James’s Hotel Room For Being Racist

by Orlando Harrison

I’ve been thrown out of a lot of parties during my career in the entertainment industry.

I’ve been ejected from Beck’s aftershow party for asking him to breakdance in an impudent way.
I’ve been frozen out by pagan industrialists Coil for not being gay enough.
And I was thrown out of post-punk Diva Danielle Dax’s house twice, once for raiding her bedroom closet and dancing around in one of her designer dresses, and again two years later for attempting sex with her hoover.

But my most historically significant exclusion occurred at Reading Festival in 1998.

This was the occasion on which I was ejected from Alex James’s hotel room for being racist.

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Shadows and Tens

by James B.L. Hollands

I live in fear of houses
Pupating, overcrowded
Alchemy of imploding stars
Drying shadows into drowning mirrors
Butterflies into caterpillars

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Grown Up

by Gary Smillie

He’s late in,
But no one’s up waiting.
He lives alone now
So being late in
Loses meaning.

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Frank

by Malcolm Bennett

Stitch that, La.

It’s Time The Tale Were Told

by James Hollands

Would you like a sweetie, sir?

The Aftermath and Average

by Ernesto Sarezale

The Private Life of a Public Nudist

Cocoon, Journey and Woman

by Joanna Pearce

Three Gems

I Am The Pig

by Rckay Puupuu La Roo

A cry from the heart of the Good Morning Pig.

Employee of the Month

by Andrew Shoben

Andrew Shoben flatters himself.

Christmas Crack

by Sally Bowen

Romancing the rock