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...challenge was marketing the film to general audiences who had preconceived notions of poetry performance. Whether it was his journalistic experience or the power of slam itself. SlamNation converted enough skeptical viewers (Devlin cries, "Ninety minutes of poetry? I'd rather shoot myself!") to jump from the film festival circuit to national release. Devlin's film was one of two released about slam in 1998. He reports that the 1999 National Poetry Slam in Chicago this August expects "essentially double the audience that was in Austin last year...
Next he needed to convince other kids. He wrote entertaining spots for Littlewood's closed-circuit TV program (his slogan: "We love the 3 Rs: reduce, recycle, reuse!"), but at first many students resisted--and threw banana peels and other unsuitable garbage into his recycling bins. "One kid even got sick in one of them," Will recalls. Soon his buddies started to get the message, and the school's Girl Scout, Cub Scout and Boy Scout troops joined in, helping him recycle hundreds of pounds of cans that netted more than $100 for Littlewood's Head Start preschool program...
...think you've heard every big group known to man? You've been around the concert circuit and you've seen them all? Bet you haven't seen Russia's number one folk/rock group, Inna and the Farlanders, led by vocalist Inna Zhelannaya. Influenced by traditional tunes and jazz, the Russian quintet rarely plays the U. S. Johnny D's, 17 Holland St., Somerville...
Gomez won't be playing the small-venue circuit much longer. Barring injury or break up (risks to all new bands), this group is headed for greater things. Limited exposure in America has been an issue, but the music of Floyd, the Dead and other such bands enjoyed the same sort of beginning--word of mouth, not heavy ad campaigns--just the way they like...
Gomez won't be playing the small-venue circuit much longer. Barring injury or break up (risks to all new bands), this group is headed for greater things. Limited exposure in America has been an issue, but the music of Floyd, the Dead and other such bands enjoyed the same sort of beginning--word of mouth, not heavy ad campaigns--just the way they like...