B. Downing's "Johnny, Oh Johnny"
Part of a quintet of tributes to the great Kishore Kumar on the site, this short combines footage from the 1975 classic "Framed", starring the portly and charismatic Joe Don Baker, with scenes from the 2007 flop "Knowing", featuring a floundering, rescuing Nicolas Cage. Also with short bits from George Pal's early sci-fi classic, 1955's "Conquest of Space". The soundtrack is Kumar's classic opening title song from 1971's "Raja Jani". Editing, remixing and subtitles by Brandon Downing. Premiered on January 16, 2010, at SpaceSpace in Ridgewood, New York, at Poetry Time's showcase of John Sakkis, Niina Pollari, and John Coletti.

The Greenpoint Gazette wrote a nice article about our Poetry Time SPACE SPACE reading last week...check it out!

"...If the term “poetry nuts” is one way of thinking about fans of poetry, then the community of nuts that has sprung up around Space Space could be accurately described as “mixed.” The crowd at Saturday’s event—young, hip and friendly, the type you would expect more at a show or an art opening—was impressively diverse. Attendees included many Brooklyn-based writers like Zachary German and John Dermot Woods, indie bookstore owners, zinemakers, even Christian Lorentzen, who is an editor at Harper’s. Such an audience speaks to the quality of the programming and the comfort of the environment. “There does seem to be a sort of community of people who come to Poetry Time, and it does seem real and strong,” said Gocker."

Cat's photos from our B.I.G. trip to B.R.O.O.K.L.Y.N. including: airplane, swank hotel, friends, poetry, day trips, art, video, booze, weather, readings, cats!, dinner party, brunch, beds!, Mid Town, Brooklyn, Queens!!! if CA Conrad does the prayer pose and Stephanie Young does the over-her-head-angle-self-portrait pose and Nada Gordon does the belly dancer pose and Brandon Brown does the middle finger pose, then i guess my pose is the faux-scream mouth open pose...seriously, i need to not do that ever again.