I once recorded a reading of JCC's "Evidently Chicken Town". that's
the best poem in the world
KS
On 19/07/07, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I guess it depends where you start, but he emerged with Punk in the mid-70s,
> and was already one of the older guys in that crowd. I just looked it up on
> wiki, and yes he's pushing 60!
>
> < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooper_Clarke >
>
> Sure doesn't *look* like a grandfather ;)
>
> P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Roger Day
> > Sent: 19 July 2007 20:58
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Latitude Festival 2007
> >
> > JCC was at Glastonbury last year ... not quite Grandfather age, but
> > getting near. He seemed keener on seeing James Brown perform than
> > entertaining the punters. Still gave a good performance, although, I
> > don't know, he hasn't aged well. A bit long in the tooth, and punk
> > long dead. Wasn't his hey-day in the 80s? We should be post-post-post
> > JCC by now, possibly saying something that we're not.
> >
> > Preponderance of men listed by Rupert. Any women worthy of a mention?
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > On 7/19/07, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Isn't John Cooper Clarke of about grandparent age by now?
> > >
> > > P
> > >
> > > Rupert wrote:
> > >
> > > > Organiser and lead poet Luke Wright (of Aisle 16) was a breath of
> fresh
> > > air
> > > > but what struck me was the number of post-John Cooper Clarke young
> poets
> > > > performing and reading socially worthy but entirely predictable
> poetry. I
> > > > don't know if this is the cosequence of British Slam or what, but I so
> > > wanted
> > > > Johnny Clarke in their place!
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
> > "In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."
> > Roman Proverb
>
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