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"I have a city to cover with lines." - d.a. levy

2004 poem o' the week archive

dec. 27, 2004

Cleveland Cinquain
(for & from Joanne Cornelius)

Bearfield’s coffee,
from seeds of foil and ice,
she weaves complete and bright new worlds
with words.

beauty defined.
Twenty-seven hundred
Clevelanders await the sunrise,

Sound Waves

This air.
These four voices.
united in one breath,
send prayers to the four sacred winds.
This air.

--J.E. Stanley
“Aluminum” first appeared in 103: The Journal of the Image Warehouse.

dec. 20, 2004

Back Room Mood

Under the cracked moon, cold midnight light
falls blue on distant melodies.
Chimes of the Pleiades
illuminate the remnants of safe harbors.
In the backroom of Bearfield's,
hand drums beat out dark Cleveland poems,
invoke d.a. levy in dream rhythms of the now born days,
smack harmonica pulses
into air pockets of peace and being. Sing deep.
Sing deep.

-- Joanne Cornelius & J.E. Stanley

dec. 13, 2004

Everything I know about poetry
I learned from Pete Franklin

goodbye Pete, my poet laureate of Cleveland sports radio
I miss your gurgles, farts
and jabs at the absurdity
of sports figures and fans
I miss your
barks at the insanity
of it all -- your
hang ups throw ups laughs
what a groove
man, what a ride
I didn’t do poetry back in the ‘70s
when you were my hero
all I wanted to do was be
a major league baseball
the first
woman major leaguer
maybe play center field, next
to Charlie Spikes, hang out with Oscar Gamble,
pop his cap back on over gorgeous exploding afro
yeah, it was always you Pete,
'cause I knew
you’d tell me like it was
I listened Pete and listened
and listened
I never made it
to the big leagues
but I’m working on
my bark
and groove
and maybe I’ll even play center field
till then,
I’ll keep listening.
rest in peace
you crazy, beautiful S.O.B

-- joanne cornelius

dec. 6, 2004

Cleveland Your Lights Are Bright Tonight

out at the airport guiding us home
motel and hotel flash the dark
the kidnapped children crying
stabbings and shootings on the radio
in the fifth district and the suburbs
like a woman on the corner haunting the night
your necklaces of green,blue,yellow,red
the bars emptying like rivers of empties
poets are singing from bridges
your lights are so very bright tonight
gasping for breath
the river murmurs I love you
and the stars wink knowingly
such domestic violence overwhelms
the poets leap
oh, Cleveland your lights so bright tonight.

-- dan smith

nov. 29, 2004

the dreamfog of kingsbury run

there's a murderer loose in kingsbury run,
he's a clean & pious sort, a gentleman
with a black frock coat & a proper
hat, maybe he had coffee with
eliot ness at a social function, maybe
one of rockefeller's main men, &
tonight i'm a bum asleep beneath the
bridge, the dreamfog of a failed life,
my old dismal haze & a poor cleveland
demise. when odd footsteps crack the
hard stone corridor, i barely awake
from my code of honor, a knife to
the throat is a welcome revenge, the
daylight emerges beneath rusty bridges,
the caramel twilight of raging alarms,
15 cents for a ride on the rails, wheels
speak like the echoes in the old stone
church, candle smoke & after shave,
iron ore & sewer pipes, miraculous
visions painted like murals upon yr
conscience, oh i believe what i see
here in the lonesome waggle of right now

-- markk

nov. 22, 2004

the death of cleveland (& other poems for the holiday season)

thanksgiving is coming, i'm thankful
i live in a country with a collective IQ
of about 17, a country where murderers
are reelected president, where holier-
than-thou pretend christians vote
against gay rights, but have no issue
with watching desperate housewives
or reading playboy, this place is a real
hoot, it is a place where the proud &
the many release venom like mustard
across a hotdog, where a stiff like toby
keith passes as entertainment, where
guns don't kill people, people who
put bullets in guns kill people, & how
can the news networks get away with
their conservative bias all the time
functioning with the label that they
have a liberal bias? what a joke. but
listen to the ring of the morning in
this country, the sour ring of a death
bell, as more people are reduced to
chipped beef & chopped liver in a
hell hole called iraq. who's fighting
for our freedom? our freedom to eat
big mac's & drink coke, die of congestive
heart failure & diabetes, everyone fat
& happy upon the manna of this phony
notion that democracy will prevail.
yeah, there he is on tv, drew carey,
talking about what it's like to be
a conservative republican in liberal
hollywood, screw you drew, we disown
you, it's the death of cleveland (& other
poems for the holiday season,) so
ride yr polar express to the mall
& drink up, love (as always) will prevail

-- markk

nov. 15, 2004

buckeye state

my sister was in fla last weekend
on a school trip with students
she said the folks that hosted them
thanked the people of ohio
for taking the pressure off fla
in the recent election
the buckeye state being a large reason
the election went junior's way
i've lived most of my life
here in the ohio valley
except for a few years
further north in cleveland & kent
but i still haven't found any use for a buckeye
other than to drill holes in them
& make necklaces like my daughter did
i still have one hanging in my kitchen
i'd like to aplogize to those democrats out there
& let you know
we're not all the stereotypical
squirrel-hunting republicans
not that's there's anything wrong
with hoopies
as they're called round here
i did some research this morning
after i wrote the river bank poem
looking for other interesting folk
from my neck of the woods
many i already knew
like the six presidents
the most from any state
at one point
not sure now
also happened to be some of the worst presidents
in u.s. history
harding, taft, mckinley, grant
also was aware of jazz greats
albert ayler & rashaan roland kirk
bands devo, pere ubu & the raspberries
some writers include kenneth patchen
& james thurber
a couple of my favorites
also great poets langston hughes, hart crane
paul lawrence dunbar & d.a. levy
popular western writer zane grey
do we have beautiful women you ask
halle berry, carmen electra, angie everhart
sarah jessica parker, chrissie hynde
doris day, daisey duke & marilyn manson
the greatest pitcher ever cy young
the wright brothers
paul newman, ted turner, stephen speilberg
martin sheen & roy rogers
so yeeeehaaaah

-- mark hartenbach

nov. 8, 2004

Buried inside (or say NO to Steelyard Commons)

city bones city bones
they’re pouring
orange smoothies
over Grandpa’s
hot rod rubbish
anguish over
now we’re
held as
steaming screams
steel city’s
that red glow
that red glow
oh no
pissy poised
shifty eyes of
criminal guys
busting down
her crusty landmines
with all of our friends and
still buried inside
you ripped us off
dipped and dripped us into
shiny aluminum City
Zeleznik’s stash
got rolled up in Grandma’s window shades
your burnt offerings
sobered suburbia and
now you’re not
honoring green stamps anymore
you’re ripping off again
vintage molten runs through sore souls
fertilize her land with it and sprout health clinics
re-employment and training centers
parks and playgrounds, arts &  rec centers, food markets
community gardens and
living wage industry
her future can glow again
through real community and education
no instead
your pop rocks deaden the
cries of steel armies
crawling out of volcanoes
scratching and begging
those that built her
are buried in her
suicide bombers
now dreams of City’s
future generation
blow up
as smoke stacks
and you rip the uterus out
of the City’s core
and render
her infertile
Steelyard Commons
is an immaculate deception

-- joanne cornelius

nov. 1, 2004

in cleveland, we can lead
this state into the next era,
this country into the next
epoch, but we gotta, gotta
. . . .VOTE4kerryNOTbush. . . .
( ( ( bushSUCKSbushSUCKS
bushSUCKSbushSUCKS ) ) )
* * * voteNOissueONEvoteNO
on issue one, stop this
bushit, full of bushit
discrimination hatred
their modus operendi * * *

(as springsteen says)
we let freedom ring

-- markk

oct. 25, 2004

Mermaid on the Edmund Fitzgerald

I ate four stars last night and exploded flew through the sky and landed in the Cuyahoga I drowned and was dead for four minutes until the Captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald invited me in to see his paintings I could no longer walk I had no legs I had fins I was a mermaid I was a mermaid in the Cuyahoga River on the Edmund Fitzgerald with the Captain who was entertaining other guests lots of torsos I told the Captain his ship’s name had the same name as my man's favorite beer we ate barbecue we could barbecue right off the river we laughed we talked I fluttered just getting used to my fins the Captain reminisced about the old times on Lake Erie Carl Stokes was there he was more handsome in person than in pictures much more handsome than Jane Campbell that's for sure Ray Chapman showed up huge bruise on his face everyone was abuzz about the doctor's house that just went up for sale in Bay Village seems it's going for cheap also heard that the doctors a boxer in prison now suddenly the ship began to vibrate the guests gasped the Captain clamored to his controls he sounded the alarm just then an enormous roar crashed through the air I flapped my fins as fast as I could to see what the ruckus was and what ruckus it was indeed to my horror the most hideous creature emerged from the side of the ship a huge slimy thing who's shape resembled a cross (if there is such a thing) between Bob Hope and Richard Nixon's noses I was a mermaid on the Edmund Fitzgerald being attacked by a Bob Hope Richard Nixon monster nose and I was nervous everyone was nervous we were in a tricky dick situation but I had Bob Hope that we could all get out of it I screamed for the Captain to alert NewsChannel 5 of the situation he did they sent help Dorothy Fuldheim jet skied over and tried to reason with the nose monster and when they wouldn't show her proper respect, she threw them out of the River just like that wheeeew lucky break Fuldheim's good she stayed we all partied longer I asked if levy might show up, no one thought so, he usually hung out on land at the Harbor Inn with some bookseller they were fighting to stop pyramids from being built I started to get tired and attempted to rest but a something clunked me in the head got up and looked around and damn if empty beer cups weren't flying everywhere seemed to be coming from Cleveland Stadium I heard they had some 10 cent beer night deal geez then I heard sirens sound saw fire over in the distance at first I thought it was Ralph Perk’s hair again, but I looked and realized it was over on the east side the smoke rose forming these weird sad clouds clouds burning dreams probably to linger over the city for years I was sure I heard screams and crashes then as quickly as the noises began, they stopped and nothing nothing but  quiet I dug my fins into my makeshift waterbed and drifted away I’d say I rather enjoyed my first river cruise as a mermaid on the Cuyahoga River

-- joanne cornelius

oct. 18, 2004

the merry pranksters pass d.a. levy in the night (1964)

must have been the middle
of the night when the merry
   pranksters passed through
   cleveland, that neon day-glo
bus wailing around dead-man’s
   curve with neal at the wheel,
   kesey no doubt waxing eloquent
on some esoteric subject while
   babbs yapped away in the front,
   & the bus roared further into
the dregs of a summer thick
with smoke & grinding teeth,
   & they blew past unaware of
   d.a. levy, probably at that
moment agonizing over the
shards of ‘cleveland undercovers’
   with salamon urging him on,
   history being made quietly
the way it always is, just
like a dog sniffing at a lamp-
    post before he takes (a leak)

-- markk

oct. 11, 2004

saint henry

old saint henry,
loose again upon the
the stones of denison
weighing his reflection
in a window pane caked
with soap & dirt, fond
of his recent catastrophies,
a crazy spiral in the red
torment of ruby limelight,
(he never saw the debates,
so far from case western
that his shoes grew wings
& his hands flew free)

-- markk

oct. 5, 2004

An arsenal of words

An arsenal of words is absolute
   power/a fish tale we heard
in seventh grade English,neglecting
to file this fairy story under the heading
Important Information:use it
lose it and have no chance
at life/get back
into the streets we went back
to the crap games on basketball courts
back to drama queens,fallen angels
three card monty and raunchy jokes we retold
one time
twisting punchlines and preparing
to scrounge up a living
packing fast talk,loaded pistols and flip
dialogue we ripped off Saturday afternoons
at the Scrumpty Dump
shut down years ago to expand Cleveland
    Clinic for sick folk
while the truly sick folk died illiterate
scraped from asphalt
carted away in coroners' wagons

-- Barry Phillips

september 27, 2004

Oh, Cleveland Mighty Worker

ball-peen my mind in the foundry

of lost wax jewelry artifacts

and afterthoughts of love and commerce

forge your truth into rolling sheets

of thunder and banners of flame

as coke furnace necessity consumes

the sand core shovelers

who shake and bake till dawn

oh,Cleveland mighty worker

tower shrouded lawyered up

the ying and yang of Erie shores

I drink the copper ripple

of your sunset river

toasting sunlit days shipped out

wasted away by the optimates

squandered in dark boardroom minds.

-- dan smith

september 20, 2004

Centered in the Hidden Soul of University Circle

Barking Spider brain bliss.
Juniper smoke drifts through yellow gels.
Very Sharp and Midnight on stage:
Bree sings BreeSongs
and "Nothing compares. . ."

Kathy scans the room,
her pen in perpetual motion.
Peter just listens,
barely touching his bottle of Kaliber.
I explore the effects of deep breathing
on the autonomic nervous system,

focus on Bree,
close my eyes,
absorb the music.

Afterward, totally sober,
I lie on Arabica grass,
fall through unseen clouds,
embrace invisible stars,
and become the night.

--J.E. Stanley

september 13, 2004

& the urinals all overflow

first sunday of the football season
& the browns win, white grass-
stained jerseys stinking of raven
feathers, but i wasn't down there
to watch. can't really get into
the vibe of that clean new stadium
my heart is still in the wreckage
of old municipal stadium, in
section 35, in the upper deck,
on the 45 years line, in those
seats where doc & joe watched
the 1964 browns rip apart a different
baltimore team on a cold december
day, yeah it's the ancient steel
girders & the cracked concrete of
the concourse, & the smell of
beer & sweat & hotdogs & rust,
& blood on the field & howls
in the stands & a forest of
orange & brown shirts & the
urinals all overflow & you
live & die with each snap of
the ball while airplanes streak
overhead pulling signs & the
scoreboard blinks in a huge
glitter of numbers that the browns
win again. dammit, now that's
football, isn't it? yes, yassss it is.

-- markk

september 6, 2004

labor day weekend 1982

we stand on the loading dock
eyes surveying the september
sky, we hear the roar of the
blue angels as they shred
the clouds like toilet paper
flying in rapt formation,
they turn in precision, arc
upward, dip & flip their wings
then vanish behind the skyscrapers,
one more brilliant summer
coming to an end. you going
to the air show? billy asks me.
hell wit' that, i say, speaking
'plane' english, the way i
always do, then vanish into
the guts of the warehouse,
me, the tom wingfield of
cleveland, writing poems
on cardboard boxes, wishing
for dark clouds, the beer & rain

-- markk

august 30, 2004

drunk at d'poos

i'm on my hands & knees
in a puddle of old water
on the back deck of d'poos
in the old emerging flats,
looking for my lost contact
lens, i don't know, maybe
it's 1978, & i'm drunk,
& it's a hot indian summer
& everyone around me
is drunk, & ore freighters
barge their way up the
cuyahoga & draft beer
is still a buck a cup, &
we've spent all night
putting the make on
these strange women,
& someone says something
about hearing the dead boys
play at the pirates cove,
& someone else staggers
away up the little ramp past
that garden & babbling brook
& who the fuck is admiral
d'poo anyway, & what did
he do with my contact lens?
somehow i find it in that
stagnant puddle, & everybody
laughs like hell, & when i
get it stuffed back on my
eyeball, I can see again,
i can see, man I can really see

august 23, 2004

a little triggeration

electric emmett is blabbing
once again about triggeration,
he says he can walk into a
a room full of people, into
the guts of a loaded bar,
& visually disarm every
person there, he says this
with that raspy laugh, a
mad wobble of the head.

it's called triggeration,
he whispers, an almost
conspiratorial confession,
my granddaddy willed
the book to me, handwritten,
a set of magic spells for
makin' the mojo crawl.

i never know when to
believe electric emmett,
lost prophet of the sad
cleveland streets, the duke
of scovil ave., con-man
& ludicrous lover, his
eyes as yellow as egg
yokes, his skin as smooth
as a shot of cuban rum

-- markk

august 16, 2004

chief wahoo is dead

later, when he smashed one
out of the park, it littered the
atmosphere with vapor trails,
refrains of a lost lullaby,
cheers of the pagan crowd,
red-faced & obnoxious, lost
upon the last blast of a suicide
squeeze, chief wahoo is dead,
killed by illiterate fantasy, the
forms & symbols of forlorn rage,
it's no use fighting now, he
will fight no more forever, his
vacuum of smoke & feathers
like the sound of dakota elders
who rain down fire & freedom
from the coat of an alabaster sky

-- markk

august 2, 2004

A View from the River

in the fall
is like
any other
tired city

liquid smoke
curling round
sleeping architecture
amid cherry-red faced
itching instant
lotto dreams
as bygone buildings
burn an
ardent grey

all this
and a young man's
to trace
a city's skyline

dancing lightly
with the wind
while this pen
it's very

--C. Allen Rearick

july 26, 2004

Poetry reading orgy

I suggest a duo
she considers a threesome
we laugh / his neurons
flash sharp images
electric siren songs
impossible menage explosions
of sudden criminal beauty

from an awkward
Bearfield's court dribble
startled syllables
spark poetic fragments
raw words intertwine
capture lines
in spontaneous seduction
instant combustion

we tread overhead
fingers travel quickly
through pages burning
hot with soul-bared ink

contemplating duties
intimidated by mic
but true to selves
our charge firmly set
the sacred dance begins
elemental rhythms
brought to life
in primal

words once sheepish
now feverish
one on top
of the other

she goes
he goes
she goes
they all go

synchronized lovely sounds
bleed through
this reading

three virgins

--Joanne Cornelius & J.E. Stanley

july 19, 2004

Cuyahoga River Blues

This river/my life
exiled to aimless wandering
(no straight canal path conceivable).
Constant current
perpetually seeking
some elusive,

Water, waste,
polluted by life,
imprisoned by valley
and riverbed.
High ground,

with molten steel heat
in brief
and shallow flame.

No chosen destination,
arrival anywhere
solely by accident.

Slow descent the only constant.

This crooked river,
this aimless life.

--J.E. Stanley

july 13, 2004

Cleveland Heights - 6/25/04

Tonight city alive premiers
a film. Clementine sunset
does deliberate backflips
over a three-story skyline
of integrated high schools
& beer-joints & aesthete cafes.

In an Elysian punch-palace
motorcycle cowpokes steal shy
laughs with nickle-brew slurs.
They found these blocks first --
blocks of Gilded Age homes
& opulence; Rockefeller's party
broken up by Harley Norsemen.
They slosh hops in the hereafter
with d.a. levy & Langston the same.

this flat Heights this plane fortress
fought for with trench-rot attention
by post-boomers in Prada & gutter-punks.

This flat Heights this plane fortress
home to Ohio's most beautiful women
with their mulatto blood & indiscretion.

This flat Heights this plane fortress
homestead of Mac's Backs bookstore
& the old Grog Shop & the Cedar-Lee.

The only place around Cleveland i can
kiss a cocoa-butter brown girl or grab
a thin rocker-boy's waist & feel safe.
Food from four continents on one block.
Synogogues not so far from black churches.
Hiphop spinning within earshot of Nighttown...

me reading poetry aloud as patrons pass
the cosmopolitan threshold & glimpse
canvasses painted in bohemian toil
& the mad man me at the microphone
as sweat bunches the ends of my hair.

The sunset sleeps in the lake
& the street spectacle only interrupts itself
when cars pass -- their windows rolled up.

-- matthew estvanic

july 6, 2004

4th of july, cleveland

michele tells me that from the
upper floors of the cleveland
clinic, on the 4th of july,
in the inky veil of night
you can see fireworks
crackling to life all over,
sprinkles & explosions
from this suburb or that,
& it's like watching gushers
of color explode skyward
from the terrain of the city.

i'm just a roman candle,
you are a rocket's red glare

-- markk

june 28, 2004

Cleveland, raw

(on the event of Spencer Tunick's Cleveland installation, 6/26/04)

from near
Steamship Mather catwalk
he debriefs
frozen unbelievers
until nipple rivers
sushi City's
the tattooed,
rippled, pimpled,
the thick and thin;
peach and ebony;
our eternal glee unleashed
we are bouncing babies
on Cuyahoga earth
we are a smooth new space
set on this ancient sacred place
we are  peaceful
we are  poetry
we are
a freedom poem
we are
a free stamp
we are
Cleveland's raw

-- joanne cornelius

june 21, 2004

fire music for joanne cornelius

deep keeper
of the levy lighthouse
but more

rock & roll
cuyahoga soul
deep woman music

spit fire
vented ire
barbed wire
purple haze choir

3rd sun stone
expanding to infinite "here i am" E

promethean fire-balm gifts
to her city
electric ink match
to raw paper rivers
ignite and burn
brighter brighter

as she burns
and always returns

gravity in motion
tandem dance locked
in centrifugal spin
woman & city
city woman

music & fire
fire music

all her own

--J.E. Stanley

june 14, 2004

weather, by land or by lake

don't like the weather
here in cleveland?
the old saying goes,
wait 15 minutes &
it will change, yasss,
change from clouds
to rain, or maybe
from rain to clouds,
when billy left town
i asked why he was
leaving, he said because
living here is like a
death sentence. i told
him it's not really as
bad as all that, weather,
by land or by lake,
calls for sunshine
today, & always,
always a chance of rain

-- markk

june 7, 2004

captain zero: a poem for rjs

what do you say to the
master alchemist, he
who weaved paper & type
into gold, side by side
w/d.a. levy, who took
those silkscreen rabbits
of t.l. kryss & pressed
visual hallucinations
together like a peyote
sandwich, who sat on
the floor of the jailhouse
& told the cops not to
bother him while he was
meditating, sed that
injustice would not
stand, who scraped the
litter & dirt & blood
& piss off of the grim
cleveland streets &
twisted it into art, who
burrowed his way deep
into subterranean burton
ohio, in a concrete bunker
of the mind, neck deep in
the genius of the mimeo
revolution, what do you
say to the man who, to
this day, presides over
the famous d.a levy offense
fund (needed now more than
ever before) -- you say,
here's to you, captain zero, &
let yr (head) do the rest

-- markk

june 1, 2004

Gloria In Her Glory Days In Ohio

Jimmi was in New Mex, Los Gatos
and saw a ufo, and it scared poo
out of him he told me. I mean,
I just think he was drunk again.

He told me here in Buckeye that,
I was goners and this thing made
me more goners. But I still love
ya hon. So I goes, I gotta think

about all this. Too much info
for my weak mind to gather, rest
with, and technically discuss in
any deep way. I mean, I have felt

that those things were figments;
you know, in the past. Jimmi says,
well, it's time for you to relook
at the outer world. I goes, that

scares me so I wanna leave ya. &
he goes, ok. So, Linn, that was
my day just before I got on Bus
#32 near E9th to find a job selling

insurance over the phone; some co.
called Heart Insur. Co. as that
damn hurricane, Isabel, or what-
ever, heads up towards our state.

-- Daniel Gallik

check out all of Dan Gallik's Linn Poems

may 24, 2004

Dark Cleveland Hear The Song

d.a.levy falling on the sword

for the undead with poems unraveling

their mummy mysteries

seeing the terminal tower giant pederast

laughing and dancing shutting out the sun

hearing the screaming down every street

the police coming to your party

muscular with guns and steely stares

never wanted to dance but held you close

like an insecure lover

so you threw yourself on the rod for them

to wake in lightning bolt flash of you

and hear your thunder poetry crack open hearts

nightmares overcoming dreams you couldn't see

any legacy in the art of the dawning of your days.

-- dan smith

may 17, 2004

The Golden Screw

Maidens seek it but do not brag about it.
Young boys look furtively around,
Then, eyes cast down,
Make their move in the right direction.

Girls tend to giggle at their successes
Younger women exchange looks with the older,
Both acknowledging that the other
Has somehow passed one of life's little tests.

For some, it happens as a private enterprise
The golden screw a nightly, feel-good ritual
Something to be hidden from a spouse,
Not acknowledged to those near or dear.

The boys, who you would expect to brag
On completing another rite of passage
Instead seem confused about their victory
And do not meet the girls' eyes afterwards.

Friends often share the experience
One with another, introduction to joy.
The golden screw both melody and harmony,
A fresh discovery each time the door is opened.

Do not be shocked that families partake,
Each seeking the golden screw for themselves,
Willing to share their delight in the ritual
With cousins, in-laws and other close relatives.

For generations, the ritual remains the same:
A squeal of delight, head-back laughter,
Some giggling over the golden screw
Then quickly moving on as if nothing happened.

Some seek the golden screw on Friday nights
Others, after a drink or two at the bar, on Saturday.
But all, initiated to the ritual, tacitly acknowledge
They can not return to the innocence of pre-screw days.

And so it is--young and old, male and female
Whether excited in the most public of forums
Under dim lights or glorious architecture
Still seek to recapture memories of the golden screw.

Every Clevelander, priest or nun, youth or elderly
Knows the delights of the golden screw
Can be found any time below the stairs in the Grand Foyer,
Pounded into the floor tile at Severance Hall.

-- curt harler

may 10, 2004

My Cleveland Is Everywhere

in books and faded photos of sad backyards
 grammar school of  elaborate perfect pretend days
 marriage under the lilac tree with Tim McCoy
 galloping on t. v. and Geronimo charging up driveways
 where our porch became a flying fortress enhancement
 reenactment of the movie at the Variety and real
 with the death of knife sharpeners wheeling wheels
 and ice boxes and street cars across the river
 on a spider web of girders that is the everywhere
 Cleveland of my head and heart pumping Standard Oil
 flames into night sky industrial  lighting up ore boats
 for the molten maw of U.S. Steel
 whose workers walked to corner groceries with wives
 who made pies and cakes from scratch
 my Cleveland is everywhere with Bill Veeck
 diamond heroes of '48 and Marion Motley power
 yardage of time when the Barons slashed
 across the blue lines of our winters into spring
 the everywhere Cleveland force of poetry and riots
 d.a. levy and Hough with rock and roll angry as a sniper
 anthemic as avenues pedestrian as a car crash
 heavy as the smoke screen of politics
 when the river and a mayor's hair caught fire
 and a young mayor battled giants
 my Cleveland is everywhere in suburban nights unrested
 pill and poetry induced dreams past misunderstanding
 futures bleak with gulls struggling against the wind
 empty promises filling empty hands as the fast food garbage
 is picked clean and the gravity is all that keeps me
 from floating away to the Cleveland of memory

-- dan smith

may 3, 2004

cleveland, 1936

billy rose whispers sweet
nothings into eleanor holm's
ear backstage at the aquacade,
lake erie bobbing behind him,
(fanny brice nowhere to be
found) while the churn & bustle
of a mighty exposition
explodes in grainy twilight,
they reclaimed a dump
& turned it into a million
nations, with giants &
dwarfs & monkeys driving
cars. cleveland showed the
world how it was done, didn't
they? back then, they showed
everyone (just how it was done)

-- markk

april 26, 2004

advice for yr clinging initiate

ring ancient cowbells
initiate feeble fabrication
call in the calvalry
enter the corinth meter
rabble the faint traces
change the vacuum tubes
decorate black turbocharge
overstate the obvious
jam the yellow ions
presuppose jacked outrage
nibble the tense giblet
crash the stormy hollow
return to cleveland graces
place a furrowed matter
create the rose of sharon
invert small triggerations
notice the fine yangtse
reverberate in ornate rolls
nether the holy synopsis
hanker into youthful cargo
liberate heaven's method
vibrate incognitio vito
fold the new york apprentice
appreciate nets & troubadors
cascade the orion streams
jest the pale of the morning
cling to hard vestibule dreams
joke with the rabid habit
understand the cleaving rides
vocate the usher's season
force the garden gazette
calibrate yesterday's tableau
novice the metered cello
gravitate into colored trust
find a lenexa two-step
freedom, yr original face of angels

april 19, 2004

Tracing the places of d.a. levy

on the monitor

in front of me

I see

Larry Smith's color pictures

of residences

from downstairs apartment

on Denison

next to the sign for Kools

to box on Tuxedo

& brick building near West Side Market

to the ruins of the death site

top floor

corner apartment

on Wymore

last place

to hold the breath

of a poetbuilding condemnd today

like levy's poems 40 years ago

but the breath of lines

lingers in bare hallway

escapes into East Cleveland nite

opens gates

waits for the new sun

a poet walkd here

tracing the places

clears the ears

to hear

pries the eyes

to see

 -- Alex Gildzen

editor's note: check out Larry Smith's "Tracing the Places of d.a. levy" page

april 12, 2004

Cleveland Haiku

The pidgeons line up
to wait for the bus
but decide not to get on

Strip club next to
Party Headquarters-
one a much higher cover charge

The early fall frost
bites my face
as I ride my bicycle

The downed power lines
whipping around
in a spastic ecstatic dance

The first fall leaf
has floated by-
A tide of color will soon come in

The cold autumn breeze
shrieks through the trees-
a harbinger of Halloween

A second shopping cart
does double duty
as someone's moving van

A third shopping car
contains the whole of someone's
worldly possessions

-- michael ceraolo

april 5, 2004

Dominique, markk said you were a poet ahead of your time
Dominique who were you?
were you the red flower you wrote of?
I think of you and think of sugar granule
words melting into unknown color bursts but no
red no Dominique no red
I think of you and think of muted electric tones
squeezing through tight book bindings oozing onto
blank pages trying and trying and trying
Dominique, what were you thinking when you
wrote about the red flower? were you
frantically screaming and scaling coming years, Dominique?
Dominique when I think of you
I think you were roses in January
blooming in snow

-- joanne cornelius

march 29, 2004

By Words Alone
((for Bree))

oxygen, yet exhales
only poetry.

of words

to the page.

I drink
too deep,
too fast,

become dizzy.
Swept away by jazz rapids,
whirlpool syllables in green and blue,
so "very sharp
and midnight" deep.

Wondrously drunk
on words alone.

--J.E. Stanley

march 22, 2004

lake erie refrain #45

where does cleveland
end & lake erie begin?
the line of demarcation,
the point of no return
land that meets water
at the point of infinite
merging, vertical lines
& horizontal crosses,
the brink of departure
where we all undertake
a calamitous cargo &
the ghost of the edmund
fitzgerald still heads for
port, disappears (like us)
where lake erie ends &
all of cleveland begins

march 15, 2004

Spencer, OH- asleep

3:37 in the a.m....
winter world frosted
a shade of December
blue; moonlight starlight
clear 30 miles from
the city. most sleep now

stashed away on beds
wrapped like cabbage rolls;
the sauce of sleep poured
over them. so still, two
hours before the wives
awake & start up coffee.

singular people rustle
the snoring air, crack
snow drifts all the way
down to the frozen ice
beneath. hop into a
green 4x4 pickup truck

& drive to the intersection
of routes 301 & 162.
this is downtown
Spencer; a glacier
south of the Lake.
bank clock says 4:23.

u-turned truck heads
back down South Main.
the concrete river flows
through lake-effect
tendrils, towards a
decent brown ranch.

& as the fresh drifted
snow re-cracks, breathe
deeply. watch the steam
as the silent blue-purple
burns into your eyeballs
like the missing piece

of an eclipse.

-- matthew estvanic

march 8, 2004

hearing levy

I hear you
I can't believe
how young
you are
familiar &
desparate &
in your voice is
quiet word cries
and the
round little stones
rolling down
your face there
is no trace of
artifical flowers
you are so young
you are so old
are a delicate voice
crying in the wind
your pauses
even furtile
your voice shakes
at funny moments
like a a hummingbird
on pointed finger
you are layers
peeling away
so raw
under the
I hear your
it's just the
way I knew
it would

-- joanne cornelius

march 1, 2004

Luv In The Ruins Of A Dead Town

He's a tenacious, self effacer,
but more often than not, a ram-
shackle of a Cleveland Heights
kind of fellow. But I love him.
This from an out-of-prison gal to
her best friend Linn from Buckeye
close by the mall. Linn says,
Yeah, I luv him too. So, what
do we do? Cheryl goes, nothing,
just wait and see. Anyway, if
he don't work out, we can go for
that guy, what's his name, Hank,
or something, from Lyndhurst?

Hell, guys are from all over.
This buzzcock kind of talk came
often, in fact, every evening
during the summer when Lake Erie
got melancholy, and ants ate dead
flies in backyards, in kitchens,
and by young things' beds. It
was a machine gun kind of eti-
quette among women of the new
age. Cheryl said, hey, they're
all bozoes anyway. Will marry
one just cuz he's got a cause
and a reason to have a tiny tad

-- Dan Gallik

february 23, 2004

vote fr issue 31

vote fr issue 31, yasss,
support arts & culture
issue 31 vote fr vote fr
issue 31, arts & culture
arts culture arts culture
vote for issue 31 31 31
31 31 31 (bush sucks!)
31 31 31 arts art ar a
vote vote vote fr vote
fr issue issue 31, arts & culture
(did i mention bush sucks?)
issue 31 issue 31 vote
arts & culture
vote fr issue 31 vote
vote vote fr issue 31
31 31 31 31 31 31
vote fr issue 31, vote
bush out of office, vote
fr issue 31, for cleveland
for arts, for us, yassssss

-- markk

february 16, 2004

Incredible (downtown) wandering home

the eyes just feast upon all
of this all of this clay unfurled
under quaking feet
magnified and baking
affectionate so close
this rail covered in

a mysterious graffitti
so many names scattered here
where the tracks move
ominous in transit upon
amtrak nightveins

leaning over taking it all in
the eyes they turn huge
dilate and twist with the sun
reflects off the angles
of the rock hall pyramid

they startle into binoculars
looking outwards into a space
so vast so incredible wandering home

back upon I-77, the shoreway
our lead dreams removed
in western suburbs entwined

-- andrew lundwall & markk

february 9, 2004

uber-cleveland detonations

each sudden sound
like the clanking of skin
rough walk against

the sidewalks of st. clair
either camouflaged
or exposed heartless under
the shadow of huge buildings
terminal tower glower

peeling before the eyes
as if there could be
an after-effect that this
statue of cold metal
in the center of a fountain

convex, rattling in speculation
i was in the harbor inn
when the world exploded

& nobody noticed at all

vast surroundings
should just detonate with
mysterious brilliant light

-- andrew lundwall & markk

february 2, 2004

cleveland redux (stretching out)

shake yourself out of this destination
crawl out of the home to the red-eyed

spaces outside there out in the wilderness
a framework of steel oscillating
in optical patterns where
the flats meet the warehouse
district on mystical nights

all of those paragraphs left hanging
within the telephone booth, club
light alcohol brooding

the white pages now scattered
wandering along the scarred walls
posted with circulars, the crux of

an alien city i feel for ruts
all of those lost places my mind

dashed upon broken concrete,
rusted metal, those back alleys
where wild giraffes ran free

just must now perch upon the sudden
wild groove of cleveland redux

-- andrew lundwall & markk

january 26, 2004

broker than the 10 commandments

what would electric emmett
say right now? with
the city in financial
shambles, police
& fire layoffs,
a dire forecast for
the future. "cleveland
in a shithole a mile deep!"
electric emmett would
blow a smoke ring,
consider the situation,
then say what he always
said, "man, we broker
than the 10 commandments!"
shake his nappy head,
pull on his red stocking cap,
make a noise that goes,
hmmm hmmm hmmmmmmm,
"man, this is one hell of
a time to be down
in cleveland town, ain't it?"

-- markk

january 19, 2004

Pondering molasses with Pirkko

On a cold blustery Cleveland afternoon sliding down Euclid Ave.
I skid into the Food Co-op, following my Finnish friend, Pirkko

I'm right behind her as she runs silly through the aisles in search of life elixirs
"Flaxseed must be taken as liquid, not tablets," she exclaims along the way

"And raw apple cider vinegar mixed with unsweetened apple & grape juice,
consumed each morning will flush your life's cares away"

I stop when I spot jars of black goo. Aha- molasses
I've heard of it & used it, but I have no idea what it actually is

Is it oil? Is it syrup? Is it tar, coal? Is it real? IS molasses here?
For a moment I am no longer of this world and I know nothing

My mind is as thick as the goo I seek to understand
I like this feeling; an uneasiness about to burst forth some great truth

I like that this jar of black muck is supposedly good for you
I like that it looks like sludge from the Cuyahoga, which is always good for me

I like that they both sit, the goo and the River, thick and ugly, pained and heavy
Their beauty and functions misunderstood completely

These elixirs, life fixes somehow this afternoon in the organic foods section I got answers
so I waved good-bye to Pirkko and headed west to the Flats for a nice slow visual hit

which I like
and need

-- joanne cornelius

january 12, 2004

Murray Hill, East 115th

Skylight dims to Poseidon,
The wrinkle-clocked dark-
Impressive-impassive Cleveland.
Siddhartha blues bums on brick-topped streets
Ethnic smells on empty stomachs.
Second-hand Everythings speak open-mouthed unknowing
Disinterred discussion on ancient textbook conversation.
Schoolyard wonderboys pour into knee-patching surrounding.
Getting pissed on and called Nigger; Joe the Rat at it again
Joined by knitted-kneed counterparts,
A heartful silly battle for decibel control.
Yard-backed clotheslines advertise a mother's day-
Cigar smoke unfolding and folding and unfolding into air
Grape and exposing small yellow, big office light.
Teasmokers coast by, window low, music lower
To plant fresh kisses and fresh faces
And get this whole town dug down
And myself, sitting down.
Excited on the most ordinary of afternoons.

-- The Cigarette Symphony

january 5, 2004

city balm

scratch and itch suburbia burnin'
only way to cure is my city balm
smeared all over me
scent of old smokin' token stacks
market racks of tired of defendin'
bended cows and chickens
without heads tongues of
tired suits and jovial conductors
collections of torched monarchs
living among rocks all these Square
sculptures around erect torpedo
celebrity hostels crumbling onto
lost souls hotels oozing and
blue is blue lost in more blue
by Queen Jane's jester gestures
still won't dim sensual sky
arch and lift smooth
girders and melodic metal
madness pouring over lakefront ice waves
still I slather my mundane inane days
away with C-town's ways
I don't ever wash it
this city balm's all over me

-- joanne cornelius

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30 Retro Rumors
EarthBound Compilation Headed to Nintendo DS (Retro Rumor #25)
By Cyril Lachel     |   Posted on December 20, 2015   |   Episode 25 (Show Archive)

Welcome to 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors, a brand new series that will run daily between November 26 and December 25, 2015. This is a series where we debunk some of the craziest rumors and predictions of all time. Today we're talking about EarthBound. After canceling the 8-bit original and sending the Super NES sequel out to die, it looked like Nintendo had given up on making the Mother series a thing in the U.S. But Quartermann disagreed. Find out why in today's episode of 30 Ridiculous Retro Rumors.

This is a real rumor taken directly from the August 2006 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly ...

For Nintendo's many faults, they are awfully good at fan service. While critics will blast them for relying on a few standby franchises, this is a company that isn't afraid to give twenty year old franchises another shot. This translates into a new Punch-Out, a Kid Icarus reboot and countless attempts to make Star Fox relevant again.

One of the company's biggest success stories is Smash Bros., a game built around smothering players in fan service. It offers gamers of all ages a reminder that Nintendo is more than Mario, Pokemon and the Legend of Zelda. Unfortunately, it's also a stark reminder that EarthBound got the shaft.

Known as Mother in Japan, Nintendo originally planned on bringing the original 8-bit installment to the NES. Sadly, the team abandoned the localization in favor of working on the sequel, which became EarthBound. This too was marred by a high price point and a miserable ad campaign. The cutesy, almost retro visuals were a hard sell in an era dominated by Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger.

For years it felt like that's where the story ended. Japanese players got Mother 3, while everybody else waited for fan translations to hit the web. Rumors would pop up insisting that Nintendo was close to releasing a remake or compilation, but they never panned out. It was a lot of wishful thinking from people who just wanted to keep hope alive. But alas, there were no remakes and this touch screen-enabled Nintendo DS compilation does not exist.

Nearly a decade after Quartermann made this prediction, there has been a big push to bring EarthBound back to North America. Nintendo has given the quirky role-playing game a home on their Virtual Console. And that's not all, the 8-bit original has also found its way West. With this much momentum, it's only a matter of time before Nintendo gives in and localizes Mother 3. And maybe then we can all turn our attention to demanding Doshin the Giant on Nintendo NX.

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It’s New York Fashion Week and I Don’t Care…

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That Fabulous Life of a Blogger

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Luck, Privilege and Questioning One’s Upbringing

I consider myself lucky.  I consider myself privileged.  I admit that (and I know I don’t have certain privileges as well).  But lately, seeing all the anti-establishment posts on my newsfeed – whether it be from media sources or so-called… Continue Reading

Supermodel Spokespeople for Local Malls: Thoughts

Recently, I received an email from Yorkdale’s PR announcing that supermodel, Coco Rocha, will once again be the “spokesmodel” for the mall.  The model, who is known to be very active on social media, was born in Toronto, but grew… Continue Reading

IFB Project #110: Fall 2013 Boots Line-up

This week, Independent Fashion Bloggers asked us to write about fall boots.  Though it’s still fairly warm in Toronto – this week’s weather will be in the mid 20s C – projected temperatures over the next couple of weeks will… Continue Reading

Shopping for Good Causes at AIME’s #bloggerbazaarto

On Sunday, several of Toronto’s top bloggers, including  Backseat Stylers, The Souls of My Shoes and Style Blog participated in the #bloggerbazaarto at at the back of Monica Mei’s AIME boutique.  Items ranged from bags to clothing and shoes (and… Continue Reading

Hugo Boss Debuts BOSS FW 2013 in Shanghai with Two Limited Looks

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Minling Pan Celebrates One Year Anniversary With Fashion Launch

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Shami Kabab

Shami Kabab is one of the lucknowi/moglai cuisine speciality. No claims about originality since we have made little changes according to our needs., i.e., we did not add eggs and did not deep fry it, two things which the original recipe calls for.

1 lb chicken, ground/minced
1 cup yellow split peas / chana dal
11/2 cup onions,chopped
3 cups water
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 eggs(optional)
salt to taste
oil for frying

For Dry Masala
1 1/2 tsp corriander powder
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
5 red chillies, dried
6 green cardomom
2 black cardomom
3 cloves
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 bayleaf
1 pinch methi seeds

Preparation Method:

1. Grind all the dry masala/spices into fine powder. I used coffee grinder.
2. In a large vessel add chicken, chana dal, onion, ginger garlic paste, salt, and the above ground masala. Add water and let it cook for 30 - 40 minutes or until about there is very little water (less then 1/2 cup) of water remaining in the vessel.
3.Once cooked, grind mixture to fine thik paste.
4. Make small balls and flatten them.
5. In a flat pan, add oil and shallow fry the kabas on both the sides until slightly golden brown (The kababs can also be deep fried if you want to.)
6. It is usually served with mint chutney, we prefer with nan or rice.

Preparation Time: 1 hour (includes cooking)
Serves: 4 -7

If using eggs, add the eggs in step 3 and knead the mixture, and follow the procedure from 4 to 6.
You can also dip the kababs in whiskend egg and then shallow fry or deep fry.

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Agency Profiles

Fruit Bowl Digital : Agency Profile

Fruitbowl Digital is a full service Interactive media agency, a tight-knit team of creators, doers, organizers and overall talented souls. Their specialization starts from conceptualization to creating & designing the media for executing digital campaigns on social media, search and innovative platforms to increase the brand reach. They strongly believe in building long lasting brand impressions.

What made you start Fruit Bowl Digital?
When we were just out in the real world, we observed the market and came across a gap in Central India. As we were really interested in advertising and had a lot of ideas on our mind, we decided to start Fruitbowl.

Tell us about your designers/animators. Did they go into fine art or design schools? Or software? How do you pick them up?
We strongly believe in choosing talent over education. Education does not matter as much as the kind of work an individual can do.

Simran Sahni : Goddess

Simran. Sardarni. Army kid. Odiya husband. Identical Twins. Writer. Painter. Dreamer. Blunt. Happy.

Why are you into Advertising?
It lets me be a different person and do different things everyday. One day I am a fashionista writing for fashion. The next i am a nerd writing for technology and the day after, I am an old man writing for health insurance.

Did you attend school for fine art or design or Communications?
No. B com Honours, Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University.

Tell us about your XYZ Award? How has that impacted your career? Do clients listen to you more?
Too many to list. But yes, Cannes Gold. Clio gold. One show Finalists. Adfest Gold, Silver, Bronze. Abby Gold Silver Bronze, Spikes, Abbys.

No clients don’t listen more 🙂

Inkoniq : Agency Profile

Inkoniq is an award winning UX driven product engineering company, founded in 2011 with offices in Bangalore and New York. Inkoniq provides full stack product engineering capabilities in the space of Mobile, Web and IoT.

Inkoniq won the best Startup award at Silicon India Startup City in 2012. Inkoniq is also featured among the top 20 promising enterprise mobility companies of 2014 by CIO and top 12 iOS development companies in India by ContractIQ. The mobile apps and websites designed by Inkoniq have been showcased at TED, WIRED & INK conferences. Inkoniq’s portfolio comprises of Fortune 500 brands and hottest global start-ups including brands like Lowe’s, Flipkart, Townsquare Media, Zoomcar, NDTV, Sesame Street, Star Sports and many others.

Here we had a chat with Rajesh Kumar, Founder and CEO, Inkoniq.

How was Inkoniq born (and when)?
Prior to starting Inkoniq, I was heading the key experiences division that focuses on the user experience and mobile apps at AOL. Around the time when AOL acquired huffington post, we had the option to continue whatever we’re doing or pursue our dreams.

The idea had been bubbling for the years and we saw an opportunity when we were laid off.
The biggest dilemma at that point was product or services. One of the things that was common among all us co-founders was that we were all ux driven. So, collectively we decided until we arrive at a product idea that we feel passionate about, we’ll start a service organisation focused UX design and mobile app development.

With the little bit of savings I had, three of the co-founders and myself started Inkoniq in Feb 2011 with a vision to be an iconic brand in the space of UX driven app development.

Nishikant Palande : Thoughtline Design Studio

Illustrator and founder of ‘ThoughtLine Design Studio’, Nishikant Palande graduated from Sir J.J. School of Applied Art, Mumbai. He is the proud holder of awards including 3 silver at Asia Pacific Adfest 2011, 3 silver at Cannes Lions 2011, 2 silver at Goafest 2013 and 1 bronze at Goafest 2013.
10 years of experience in freelancing has brought about a good understanding of clients and their project briefs in him. With a specialization in Illustration and Designing, his work portrays the perfect fusion of knowledge and modern Indian style. You can see and appreciate his work here.

A little about your outfit ThoughtLine. What do you do?
ThoughtLine is a 2.5 years young design studio, based in Navi Mumbai. We are mostly into Illustration, Animatics, 3D illustration, Body Painting and Wall Painting.

Graffiti Collaborative : Agency Profile

Graffiti Collaborative is a 4.5 years young creative agency. Its expertise lies in identifying the problem of a business and finding a creative solution. It believes that the solution usually lies in identifying the problem. Most people identify symptoms but it’s another skill to be able to differentiate them from the actual problem. That is the USP of this agency.

Although it started out as a digital agency, it soon realised that problems cannot be solved through a single medium alone. Once a creative strategy has been thought through, one needs to choose the right channels of communication based on several criteria. Today, Graffiti develops 360 degree creative communication strategies for its clients and delivers on digital, design, films, events, tech and everything creative. It strictly sticks to its expertise of strategies and tactics and doesn’t venture into the more ‘lucrative’ media buying space. The company will continue to evolve in the coming years keeping up with the times. The best is yet to come.
How was Graffiti Collaborative born (and when)?
This is a little complicated story and quite honestly, is being told to a larger public for the first time. It started out as a digital agency in a small shared room – sitting knee to knee for a few months. Once we realised we had more to offer to the communication industry, we packed off to a beautiful space which became our home for the next few years. As we learned more, we observed how this industry functioned – and we found it rather competitive. We figured that the quality of work is higher when collaborating rather than competing – and that’s how from Graffiti Media, we became Graffiti Collaborative. With that small but very significant change in our mindset, we have now become an agency which strives to change many standards in this industry. Our tagline – served with love – is a testament to it! We hope to bring out love in this industry. Love for what we do, love for people working with us and love towards nature and all things around us.

Godot Media : Agency Profile

Godot Media was founded in 2008 by Vishal Dutta, an IIT/IIM graduate. The company is based out of Bangalore, and mainly focuses on content marketing and production.

“We are a content marketing firm that specializes in long-form content like blog posts, eBooks, whitepapers, etc. We have served hundreds of customers from all around the world. The strength of our team lies in their excellent research and writing capabilities, which allows them to deliver well on a broad range of projects. ”

What made you start Godot Media?
We noticed there was a huge opportunity in the content industry where businesses were in need of content to reach out to their customers. Godot Media was started to serve companies’ content marketing needs.

Tell us about your designers/animators. Did they go into fine art or design schools? Or software? How do you pick them up?
Currently, we only offer text content, and don’t have designers on board.

Avignyata : Social Media Marketing

AVIGNYATA meaning omnipresent, is a Social media marketing firm founded by the brothers duo in order to create a marketing ripple for brands across social networks. We strive each day and consider the clients goal as our own for achieving equilibrium across digital platforms.

What made you start Avignyata?
In 2007, we anticipated that there will be surge in demand for digital marketing and started Avignyata; we are one of the pioneers in social media marketing industry in India.

Eggfirst : Agency Profile

Eggfirst is a full-service, mid size advertising agency offering end-to-end creative solutions. It is now a ten-year case study of value creation and building beliefs. It’s passionate about delivering what is now known as ‘Eggfirst quality’. The team is an embodiment of the ‘work hard play hard’ work ethic.

What made you start Eggfirst?
I was in the thick of marketing strategy and consulting before I started Eggfirst. I wanted to get closer to consumers and connect with them some more. There’s nothing like advertising that touches human lives and changes behaviours; perhaps on a daily basis. Equally importantly, advertising is one step closer to action than consulting advisory. It helps us make a visible tangible difference to the lives of our clients and their consumers.

Wex Inc : A Boutique Agency In Kolkata

Wex Inc is a creative agency that focuses on effective communication giving the brands a unique identity. Art, music, books a typical Bong environment keeps the work space alive. A team of dedicated professionals make sure no matter what the outcome is the creative instinct never gets affected. We emphasise on the thought process and are always on the lookout for good thinkers. Our expertise lies in advertising and branding communication, direct mailer and social media.

What made you start Wex Inc?
When my best friend Adarsh and I started looking for an agency, who will give us good concepts for our dream ventures Roads and Collegify, we were not getting what we wanted. While most of them concentrated on basic designs we were looking for good conceptual works. We finally decided that the best way to meet our demands will be to get the things done by ourselves. This is how Wex was born in 2011.

Tell us about your designers/animators. Did they go into fine art or design schools? How do you pick them up?
Yes, they are from the school of life. We do not hire people based on their portfolios and to know exactly how we pick them please apply.

How would you define the design style at Wex Inc?
Here at Wex, we have a team coming from different backgrounds having plenty of stories to tell that gets reflected in our design. We never restrict ourselves to any particular school of design but try and explore as much as possible for the respective brand.

What does Wex Inc. do which sets it apart?
We do not do different jobs but do ordinary jobs differently.

Trip Creative Services : Agency Profile

Trip Creative Services is a visual communication design house. Their team of creatives, developers and producers are always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to help you communicate. Their strength lies in their ability to fuse your vision with their various backgrounds, to create constructive ideas, movements and experiences.
Their services include: Film/ Video / Animation / Motion Graphics / Branding / Graphic Design / Web+ / Digital / Apps / Games

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Is Trip Creative primarily an illustration and design company? Do you also work on brand building and corporate identities?
Trip is not just about any single medium like illustration or graphic design. We have a more holistic approach to projects and work towards finding a creative design solution, using whichever medium, that is best suited to the project- be it film or animation or illustration or in rare cases the need of strategy rather than creating another campaign.
Yes, we do work on brands and corporate identities. We also provide video, digital and on ground solutions as well.

Tell us about your designers. Did they go into fine art or design schools? How do you pick them up?
We’re always on the lookout for this inherent ‘keeda’ in our crew, something unique or new that each one brings to the table. Yes, most of our designers did go to design school but it really doesn’t matter where they come from as long as they have that creative mindset which they’re willing and able to apply to any given spectrum.


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WASHINGTON, July 31, 2014--(PR Newswire)--

Federal Government Enhances Job Opportunities for People with Disabilities

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act Strengthens Commitment to Person-Centered Planning

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WASHINGTON, July 31, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- ACCSES, the voice of more than 1,200 disability service providers across the nation, joins its members, people with disabilities, and their allies to celebrate the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) which was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday July 22.

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WIOA seeks to address problems related to the high unemployment rate of individuals with disabilities by reauthorizing and reforming core workforce development programs and by transferring independent living program functions from the Department of Education to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Among WIOA's provisions is Section 511 of the Rehabilitation Act, which limits the use of commensurate wage by requiring that individuals under 24 meet the following criteria before being offered employment in a skill development center:

  • The individual has received pre-employment transition services
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WIOA and Section 511 are consistent with ACCSES's position that competitive integrated employment is the presumptive, priority outcome for individuals with disabilities, but that other outcomes are also appropriate based on an individual's person-centered plan. Employment in a skill development center is recognized as an option for individuals who both choose that setting and who are currently unable to successfully work in competitive employment even with appropriate supports and service.

"Jobs and choice must be recognized," says ACCSES CEO Terry Farmer, "and we are encouraged by the bipartisan support of WIOA. Decisions about where an individual can and should work should be made by the individual, his or her loved ones, and the professionals who know the individual best, not regulators and lawmakers in Washington. Person-centered planning is the core strategy used by disability service providers."

"Every person deserves opportunities to gain skills training and to fulfill their potential.  WIOA will enable more community program participants and workers across our nation to train for and earn meaningful work" said Jim Gibbons, President and CEO, Goodwill Industries International.

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Phnom Penh Church Celebrates its 25th Anniversary Featured

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Phnom Penh Church of Christ celebrated its 25th anniversary on November 9-12, 2017 under with the theme The UNSHAKABLE KINGDOM! The Lord brought brothers and sisters from the USA, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and all the churches in Cambodia to celebrate together.

God also opened his Unshakable Kingdom to embrace six children into his kingdom. They are Niroth Vance, Yulay Hong, Sarah Thun, Michel, Nehema, and Ratana.

phnom penh baptismsWe had sport tournaments like soccer, volleyball, golf, and more for friendship building.

We all learned from the many good lessons shared by church leaders in the Southeast Asia Region. Also the Lord brought about 1,000 people to the worship service on Sunday.

We are the Unshakable People in the Unshakable Kingdom because we have the Unshakable God!

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Monday, 02 November 2015 10:55

Do you ever wonder if decisions you make can really make a difference today, or in generations to come?

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Prayer for the new elders and the Munich church  with some of the European elders.

God’s glory was evident throughout the church in Munich, Germany, on Sunday, October 25, as Stephan Kallus and Steve Krater were appointed elders. My heart was stirred as I heard of how this was possible through God’s honoring a woman’s faith decades ago in a very different Germany.

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Antoinette Kallus had a deep faith in her God. Her husband was an agnostic. She lived in Nazi Germany, where God was not honored. Antoinette was told she would not have children, but inspired by Hannah’s prayer, she promised God that if she had children she would devote them to him. She was given three children. Antoinette’s faith was known in her village, and the local Nazis made fun of her faith.

However, as World War II war broke out and bombs fell, many of those same men came to her, knelt before her and asked her to pray for them. Antoinette’s faith left quite an impression on her fourteen-year-old son, Reiner.  Reiner studied the scriptures and longed for a deeper walk with God. He made a decision that he wanted to become a missionary.

As he attended church with some friends, he asked why they were not doing what the Bible said in certain areas of life and doctrine. He knew from what he read that he needed to be baptized for the forgiveness of his sins. He had questions for the traveling preacher that were not answered, and became a bit disillusioned.  His friends chided him for his convictions and his desire to be baptized.  Reiner found a Baptist preacher, sure that he would baptize him. When the preacher discovered that Reiner desired to be baptized for the forgiveness of his sins, the preacher refused.  He told Reiner, “I know that is what the Bible says, but it’s not what it means.”

Meanwhile, World War II came to an end and the communists took over their part of Germany. Reiner was the only young man in his high school who refused to join the Communist Youth because of his faith. He spoke against atheism and stood for his faith in Jesus. Because of this, he was considered an “enemy of progress” and was forced out of school.

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Wyndham Shaw and Reiner Kallus

Remember Reiner’s friends who chided him for his “strange ideas” on baptism? One of these friends had been attending the only Christian boarding school left in Nazi Germany. His school was bombed by the Allies. One of the Nazis who was near the bombing wrongly told the young man that his family had been shot. As the boy tried to reach his home he was stopped by some GI's. The young man did not know what to do and claimed he was an orphan from Switzerland, because he was afraid he would get harmed by the GI's if they knew he was German.

One of the GI's, a member of the US Church of Christ who was stationed in Munich, took the young man under his wing and brought him home with him. After three years of staying with this Christian couple in Munich, they wanted to adopt him and told him that they would have to travel to his home town in Switzerland for the adoption. Only then did the young man tell the whole truth. The couple forgave him, and the young man managed to bring his physical brother to Munich as well. The boys eventually found out that their parents were alive and were reunited with them. The boy's brother then began attending a Bible school in Frankfurt which was run by missionaries from a Church of Christ in the States.

The Kallus family, from left to right: Lisa, Reiner, Stephan, Rosel, Nina and Martina.

Wanting to reach out, the missionary/teachers asked this young man if he knew anyone who might be interested in becoming a Christian. He remembered Reiner, and his convictions about baptism. The school contacted Reiner and invited him to come to the school. This was at the time when Reiner had been forced out of high school for his faith. Since East Germany was still closed, Reiner tried to escape across the border. Caught by Russian soldiers, he was jailed for a night. When Reiner was released he tried again, this time crossing the border through a river, and succesfully making it to the school. He was still eager to be baptized for the forgiveness of his sins, and the missionaries were happy to comply with his desire!

While in Frankfurt, Reiner met his wife, who was also at the school. Later he was able to teach and baptize his mom, Antoinette, and his siblings. After several years of ministry, Reiner moved to the US where he completed his education and taught German at Abilene Christian University.

In 1961 he returned to Germany to preach and later teach in a Bible school in Heidelberg. He also spent several years preaching in Austria. In 1986 he baptized his cousin, who still lived in communist East Germany. This cousin shared the good news of Jesus with friends and family. On December 21, 1986, when Reiner visited his cousin, 18 of these seeking friends were baptized. Thus God began a church in East Germany. When the border opened, Reiner moved back to his home town to help plant several churches in the former German Democratic Republic.

When Reiner was 65, he was invited to move to Munich to help a church that had previously been started. One of Reiner’s sons, Stephan, along with Stephan’s wife Martina, moved to Munich. They worked together to help the church grow.

Meanwhile, in 1988 a team of disciples moved to Munich, Germany, as a planting from the Boston Church of Christ. As many German men and women became disciples of Jesus, they helped begin several other churches in Germany. Some who were converted in these churches as college students are now married and have children who are college students in campus ministries throughout Europe!

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For the past five years Wyndham and I have had the privilege to travel to several European churches twice a year to conduct leadership workshops and retreats for those desiring to become elders (and their wives). Last year, Marco Fortina and Fabio Birondi were appointed elders in Milan. This year in Paris, John McGuirk, Brad King, Yannick LeNoen, and Pierre Cariven were appointed elders. Both of these churches are radiant and growing.

Meanwhile, God has been working powerfully in Munich. The Munich Church of Christ, planted from Boston, began renting the building that the “mainline” Church of Christ owned. Through a long process, the two leaderships began talking of unity and working together. With the conviction that they must be united in doctrine and life to bring God glory in the church, they studied and shared together for several years. With great love and humility, the two churches began worshipping and working together and are now one church—seeking to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord and to reach out to those around them. God has blessed the church with a consistent growth in their campus ministry, and they are also reaching out to the many refugees arriving in Munich by the hundreds on a daily basis. They have faith that God can use this outreach to take the good news of Jesus to places now closed to Christianity.

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The Krater family: Dorian, Claudia, Alicia, Eric and Steve.
On Sunday, October 25, Micha Brück, the evangelist in the Munich church, appointed two elders—Stephan Kallus (Reiner’s son) and Steve Krater. Stephan and his wife, Martina, had served for many years in the “mainline” church in Munich.

Steve was converted in Boston in 1985. Claudia, his German wife, was converted in 1973 in Abilene, Texas, during her high school exchange year. At the time she was living in Paraguay, South America. She moved to Berlin to study dentistry and there met some disciples from Boston. She eventually moved to Boston to be part of the church. There she met Steve, who later became her husband. They went on the Berlin mission team in 1991 and moved to Munich in 2007.

The love and unity between the leadership in Munich is felt throughout the church. Tears of joy filled our eyes as we worshipped God together (see video below) and witnessed these new elders appointed. Together, we thanked God as many of the other European elders stood by their side and prayed for the future of the Munich church. We praise God for his powerful hand at work in the churches throughout Europe.

As we learn from the faith of others such as Antoinette and Reiner, let us never underestimate the power of our God. As we scatter the seed of God’s word, we may never know the eternal effect it has on those around us in this generation and in the generations to come.

From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.  -- Acts 17:26-27

"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. -- John 17:20-21

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Friday, August 1, 2014

Chicago, August 1, 1925

Chaplin literally skidded into Chicago when he tripped and fell as he stepped off the train at Dearborn Station. He arrived from California en route to New York for the premiere of The Gold Rush. During his overnight stay at the Blackstone he was interviewed by a local reporter who asked about his wife (Lita Grey) and newborn son, Charlie, Jr., whom the interviewer referred to as "Spencer" (his middle name). Charlie was asked if he would like to make an actor of "Spencer":
"Oh no, I will not handicap the lad like that. We'll wait until he grows up and let him choose his own career."
"Mrs. Chaplin and the boy are fine," he continued. "But they weren't up to the trip to New York yet, so I left them at home."
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The beloved actor was found in his room, rather sad faced, his countenance deeply lined, and his eyes somewhat sunken. And he is getting distinctly gray, he admitted it ruefully, the while stroking the curls once so black and now streaked so abundantly as to make them iron-gray.
But the Chaplin smile was still with him, and when he registered it, he looked like the old time Charlie again." (Chicago Tribune, Aug. 2nd. 1925)

  1. He does look so serious during this time period until the later 20s. I cringed when Litt said of their marriage trip to Mexico ...she thought he was acting deranged. He coulda had a minister marry them at home? I hope he wasn't abusing substances back at the time like the rest of Hollywood.

  2. I don't think drugs - I think he truly was unbalanced because of the stress of the situation HE GOT HIMSELF INTO. I mean, really, Charlie, what did you think would happen if you kept having sex with Lita? There would be LESS of a chance of a pregnancy?

  3. Definitely not drugs. I agree with JM, he was just pissed off about being forced into a marriage he didn't want. I've always been surprised by Chaplin's naiveté about impregnating women--it was as if he had nothing to do with it at all.


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Our boards are made in house with Canadian maple cold pressed for extended periods compared to large manufacturers. Decks are then shaped, sanded and sprayed by hand one at a time with an artist's passion. All shapes have been created the oldschool way with paper, pencil and an eye for detail and craftsmanship that can't be found with computer programming.

This is for all the good times skateboarding has given us so it can continue to give good times to others. Skateboarding owes you nothing but you owe it everything.


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Phone: 662.252.8828
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Kustom Kaddy Motorcycle Cup Holders CHROME LEATHER Perch Mount

Only 2 left

Availability: In stock
Manufacturer: Kruzer Kaddy

Kustom Kaddy Motorcycle Cup Holders CHROME LEATHER Perch Mount DK Custom Kruzer Kaddy Harley Drink

Kustom Kaddy

Chrome w/ Leather Wrap

Perch Mount

Drink Holder

 Mounts on the Left or Right Switch Housings

  • Chrome w/ Leather Wrap Drink Holder
  • Brake or Clutch Perch Mount
  • Easily detachable from chrome-plated steel bracket
  • Reversible mounting stud allows for Rigid or Pivot mounting
  • Includes Two Foam insulating inserts
  • Fits various size drink containers, including 12 oz cans, 16 oz, & 20 oz bottles
  • Can also be used to hold sunglasses, cell phones, etc.
  • Packaged with all parts & tools needed for installation
  • E-Z INSTALL - Step-by-Step instructions included

This Perch Mount Drink Holder is useful if there is no room on the handlebars, or if the handlebars are so short that the bottom of the cup holder would hit the tank, or console, when the handlebars are turned.

These are available in Chrome or Chrome with a leather wrap.  See both in the picture above.

This listing is for the Chrome w/ Leather Wrap Drink Holder.

We also have cup holders that mount off the handlebars.  See them HERE.

Fits All Harleys.

"I have been running the same one of these on my Touring bikes for the last 150,000+ miles.  Never thought it would last that long, but it has!" -Kevin

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With Carl Crawford staying behind as he awaits the birth of his third child, the Dodgers are left to make a decision as to who will be the starting left fielder for the Opening Series in Australia. At manager Don Mattingly’s disposal are outfielders Scott Van Slyke, Joc Pederson, and Mike Baxter as the Dodgers will face Wade Miley and Trevor Cahill in the first two games.

Pederson is likely to play the exhibition game and not a regular season game in Australia and against the left-handed Miley, Van Slyke seems to be the obvious choice. According to Ken Gurnick of Dodgers.com, while Mattingly hasn’t announced a choice, the 27-year-old is the presumed starter:

Don Mattingly hasn’t named a starting left fielder for Opening Night yet, but Scott Van Slyke is the most likely candidate.

During Spring Training, Van Slyke tied for the team lead in home runs and finished second with seven RBI as he came into camp this year much more relaxed. In 2013, he rode the elevator between the big leagues and Triple A, but saw success when he finally stuck with the big club.

He hit .240 with seven home runs and 19 RBI, but close to half of his total number of hits went for extra bases. Not only does Mattingly see value with Van Slyke in the outfield, but he seems to be Adrian Gonzalez’s primary backup at first base.

The Dodgers will play an exhibition game tomorrow against Team Australia and then will prepare for their two games against the Diamondbacks on Saturday. Baxter could find himself playing in the second game against the righty Cahill, but look for Van Slyke to start Game One in left field.

ICYMI: Here’s what Don Mattingly had to say about the Dodgers trip to Australia

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Nadia Tseng is a UCLA student looking to pursue a career in the film or sports industries. A New York sports fan at heart, she co-hosts an MLB talk show for UCLA Radio and is currently an editorial intern for Screen International.

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Dogs & Laws

Ordinance Requires ‘Dangerous Dog’ Signs Posted on Wichita Homes

Under a new city ordinance, owners of “dangerous and potentially dangerous” dogs in Wichita, Kansas will be required to post warning signs on their homes.

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Owners of dogs deemed dangerous by Animal Control are required to buy this sign from the city and display it prominently on their property. Image: City of Wichita

Police Capt. Michael Allred, who runs the city Animal Control Department explained that under the ordinance, any dog, regardless of size or breed, can be deemed “potentially dangerous” if it bites someone and leaves a mark, or if it kills a cat or other domestic animal.

Prior to the revised city ordinance, the ‘dangerous dog’ designation was only given to dogs that either instigated an unprovoked attack or for bites resulting in serious injury.

The revision was put into place in an attempt to decrease the number of dog bite reports. With an average of 1,000-1,100 reported bites each year, Wichita is ranked 23rd in the country for bites on postal workers.

In addition to the required ‘dangerous dog’ sign, revisions to the ordinance include:

• Increased fines for dogs running at large.

• Increases in the minimum fines for allowing a dog to attack or bite.

• Appeals of dangerous dog designations will be heard by judges in Municipal Court instead of animal control.

• A prohibition on transferring a dangerous dog to someone else without written permission from the court.

• Establishing a misdemeanor for failing to comply with orders from Animal Control or the court in dangerous dog cases.

• Setting an annual license fee of $50 for dogs deemed potentially dangerous and $300 for dogs deemed dangerous.

• A ban on exotic animals including alligators, caimans, crocodiles, turtles, monitor lizards, iguanas, tegus, anacondas, boa constrictors and pythons (except for the ball python).

The revisions were decided by a 10-member subcommittee of the Animal Control Board who debated for more than 9-months before reaching a unanimous decision.

What’s your opinion? Will a required sign help to reduce the volume of dog bites in Wichita? Would you support a similar ordinance in your own city? Weigh in with a comment below!

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