HOW ARE YOU
We made it to spring, y’all. Congratulations to us all.
I’m in the midst of burning the midnight oil, printing zines and planners, preparing for the slow but steady lineup of events I’m vending this spring (still unemployed, still looking for work).
I’m weening myself off crutches for the third time. Sigh.
The year 2 exam for my astrology studies has kicked off and after this weekend I’m going to be AFK till its submitted. I’m offering what I’m calling student astro readings over at Messenger Astrology, sliding scale ofc.
My small but dedicated patreon mail club got its first package of the year, which included a new short story that’s *not* ALL THAT’S LEFT, something more supernatural dream working class fantasy that I’ve been calling 100 EAST. (I’m still contemplating how I want to release new works on this AI bot-scraping internet.)
My background television default these days is all the paranormal stations on Roku’s Live TV jawn, and I stopped smoking la mota for Lent (after having not observed it for years, making the sudden decision to do so on Fat Tuesday, the same day as a solar eclipse in my 6H), and now I’m remembering parts of dreams in the middle of the day, whereas previously…nothing.
EVENTS
If all this talk of planners and new stories has enticed you, I’m vending this tonight:::
- What: AFROBEAST w/DuiJi 13 & Courtnee Owens ~ Highlife Afrobeat House Funk Dance Party & Vinyl Pop Up
- When: MAR 21 Saturday 7pm-12a
- Where: @ Studio 34 > 4522 Baltimore Ave, Phila 19143
- Cost: $5~20 sliding scale (portion of proceeds goes to Juntos)
- Access: really steep stairs, 2 flights
Official blurb: We will celebrate intergenerational Afrocentric beats with our whole bodies. We will dance, gather and sway, as we honor both our ancestors and descendants in this intersection of now. We’re also bringing out some records to sell for our fellow crate diggers. Join us as we elevate together and bring in the renewing energies of this Spring Equinox!
Some of what you’ll hear:
Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Ebo Taylor, Marijata, Orlando Julius, Osibisa, Manu Dibango, K. Frimpong
Kokoroko, Antibalas, Ezra Collective, Masters At Work, Abase, Seun Kuti, Burna Boy, Tems, Tala
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Leah joked that this would be my yearly reading at the Shoe, but actually! Come join what will no doubt be a packed house, experience me doing what I do best, and hear a legend read from their latest book
- What: The Way Disabled People Love Each Other Philadelphia Book Launch w/author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha ~ disabled grief portal ~ altar installation ~ community & love
- When: APR 2 Saturday 7pm-9pm
- Where: @ Wooden Shoe Books > 704 South St Phila 19147
- Cost: no cost
- Access: Masks REQUIRED!! ADA except the bathroom
Official blurb: Come celebrate this long awaited 5th book of poetry by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, written over five years of pandemic lockdown, a fierce crip reckoning.
C U NEXT TUESDAY
I’m getting serious about stationery, y’all. For ALL THESE YEARS that I have publicly been a wordsmith petulant working class bastard artist, I privately made my living working as an underpaid and undervalued magic maker for an indie boutique that sold, among other things, stationery. That soul sucking security is all gone now, but my flaming desire to make precious paper goods for interesting people has emerged unabated.
*ahem*
The zodiacal solar year planners started this week!! We’re officially in Aries season aka the Sun has made its ingress into the sign. I made a whole entire VIDEO about these planners, altho my Virgo sensibilities are already sighing with critiques and I certainly will be redoing the thumbnail… but ignore that and give it a looksie if you’re about that paper hyuck hyuck >;)
Now lemme do some obligatory spam and send you on your merry way, precious soul you are.
sTaY cOoL & dOn’T lEt tHe BaStArDs GrInD yOu DoWn!
<3 Monk
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