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Gavin J. Grant, Geoffrey Goodwin, and Liisa Ladouceur took to the road on the Perpetual Motion Roadshow in July 2004. A tour reportwas published in Herbivore 7.
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Who? GEOFFREY H. GOODWIN (Boston, MA) performs speculative fiction and strange off-kilter rants. Some people go "EeEeEek!" when they see a rodent or a tarantula -- and Geoffrey sometimes does that too -- but he's most often left gasping by things that occur in the "real world." This isn't to say that both rodents and tarantulas are not sometimes considered "real," but this rapidly devolves into an epic ramble involving semantics, mousetraps, and segmented legs. GAVIN J. GRANT (Northampton, MA) came to the USA from Scotland in 1991. His accent comes through when he reads (out loud). With Kelly Link he co-publishes the zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet and runs Small Beer Press. He also co-hosts a reading series at KGB Bar in New York City, reads a lot, has published some fiction, nonfiction, and (somewhat inexplicably) poetry, and put together this CD. He is looking for a new job. LIISA LADOUCEUR (Toronto, ON) is a poet and obsessive sign reader. Her Sign Poems are composed entirely from words photographed on signs, inspired by cut 'n' paste zines and a desire to "explore the hidden meaning in public spaces." For the Roadshow, she'll be reading from the Toronto neighbourhood series, with rants about dead girls in Parkdale, 18K gold bras in Yorkville and cheese magic in Kensington, presented with accompanying photo slide show. She'll also be shooting and composing new work on the fly at each tour stop.
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Where? When? July 8, 8pm. [Sat.]
July 10, 7pm. [Mon.] Mac's Backs (1820 Coventry Rd., Cleveland) Free.
July 11, 8:30pm. [Sun.] Southgate House (24 East. 3rd St., Newport) Free.
July 12, 8pm. [Mon.] Quimby's (1854 W. North Ave., Chicago) Free.
July 13, 8pm. [Tues.] Holy Joe's (651 Queen St. W., Toronto) $PWYC
July 14, 7pm. [Wed.] The Study Lounge, Embassy Hotel (25 Cartier St., Ottawa) Free.
July 15, 7:30pm. [Thurs. ] Zeke's Gallery (3955 St. Laurent, Montreal) $4.
Handbills for the shows [pdf files] here. The Toronto Globe & Mail [pdf file] writes about the PMR. You can go on it, too. Go, go, go. Photos mostly by Liisa Ladouceur.
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Listen We made a CD. It's not for sale, but thanks to the generosity of all involved you can make a copy yourself. The cover can be downloaded here. Print it out and fold along the lines. Track List Geoffrey H. Goodwin Toby Goodwin Gavin J. Grant Liisa Ladouceur There were also a couple of not very well hidden extras: Audobon Park Richard Butner
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