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˝ MAD POET LIVE!!!
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Friday, August 7
Anita Guitarist
Acoustic
Flat Iron Building
1565 N. Milwaukee
Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
www.kevinlahvic.com
ALL AGES!!!
FREE!!!
Friday, August 21
˝ Mad Poet
Red Line Tap
7006 N. Glenwood
Chicago, IL 60626
(773) 274-5463
www.myspace.com/redlinetap
8:30 Dear
Adora
9:15 Fetch
10:00 Labrador
Dali
10:45 1/2 Mad
Poet
11:30 The
Reunion
21+
$3.00 cover
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Stories from the Road
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So who does ˝ Mad Poet sound like?
This is a very
important question
when trying to
explain to a
booker, or another
band that we want
to play with, or
even a potential
fan - but it is a
very difficult
question to
answer. First of
all, no one wants
to pigeonhole
themselves into
sounding like
someone else and
also we just have
many different
influences.
However, for the
purposes of
marketing, we
suppose we should
come up with
something good.
Here is what different reviews have
said:
“Self-classified
as a mixture of
funk, blues,
metal,
folk-alternative
and punk, the
sound leaves you
at a loss for
description.”
The Liberty Press
- Wichita, Kansas
“It’s not unusual
to be pulled from
a free-form jazz
right into the
frenzied feel of
punk- similar to
the plot twists
and turns of a
good suspense
film.”
The
Wichita State
University
Sunflower-
Wichita, Kansas
The
all-female group
takes punk to a
new level...”
Nuvo -
Indiananapolis, IN
“If
Joan Jett and Ani
DiFranco had a
baby, ˝ Mad Poet
is what you would
get.”
GoGirlsMusic.com
- Houston, TX
“Part Michelle
Malone, part Patty
Smythe…”
www.localsmusic.com
- Chicago, IL
“˝
Mad Poet are a
tough, hard rock
band…” Night
Spots -
“Streetwalking
with Sukie”-
Chicago, IL
“Wildly swinging
from one end of
the musical
spectrum to the
other…recommended
if you like
Concrete Blonde, 4
Non Blondes, The
Donnas” –
CD Baby
“…crushing grrl
power with Pop and
Metal edges...”
CityBeat -
Cincinnati, Ohio
We have also heard
comparisons to
Heart, The Doors,
Courtney Love,
Kittie, and more.
So we have decided
to go to our fans
to ask what you
think. The best
description will
get a free ˝ Mad
Poet bandana and
their review
included in our
press kit.
Sometimes it’s
hard to describe
something when you
are too close to
it, and since we
are in the center
of the maelstrom,
well, you get the
picture…
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I Want Clothes Like the Cool
Kids!
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Just in
case you forgot what ˝ Mad
Poet wear is available…
50’s
Logo – grey T, simple,
Classic design for kicking
back, casual but cool
Flowery Logo – cap
sleeve T, grey and white,
yes rocker chicks can be
flirty and adorable too
Mechanical Woman – black
T, robot woman torso design
from back cover of Ain’t
I a Woman?!? CD. What
is she pointing at anyway?
Live
Torso - white T, Sheela
and Anita’s torsos, jamming
out like the rockstars we
are
Female Trio – white T,
Sheela Fingers Reddy, Anita
Guitarist, Channie
Badabingbong live club
shots, hurray!
Plus
a Guy Trio – white T, ok
if you just want to have the
WHOLE ˝ Mad Poet shirt
collection, we do still have
some shirts with Sheela,
Anita, and former drummer,
Rockstar Rich
Established Logo – white
girls V-neck, yes after more
than a couple years we are
still alive, still kicking,
and getting better all the
damn time
Tattoo Logo – white tank
top, logo with a tribal
vibe, yeah you know you’re a
badass
Stamp Logo – white men’s
undershirt, classic trailer
or hanging with the homies
wear because you are just
that cool
Bandanna – white with
blue writing, it’s a scarf,
it’s a face mask, it’s an
emergency sling when you
break your arm stage diving
Sexy
Thong – black with red
trim, for that sexy girl in
your life with a sense of
fun
NEW!!! STICKERS –
perfect for your guitar
case, car, bike, or your
desk at work – up with music
(Wow
that’s a lot of stuff! And
did we mention the most
important part – CDS!!!
Ain’t I a Woman?!?,
Pictures, and Four
Songs with Rich still
available!)
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Don’t Try This at Home
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So you don’t know your way around the
kitchen too well,
but you’ve been
watching those
cooking shows and
they make it look
so easy. They are
always
substituting when
they run out of an
ingredient and you
can do that too.
This stew is a
little salty, so
maybe a little
sugar would fix
it. No sugar? No
problem! You have
some gumdrops and
those are nothing
but sugar and a
little food
coloring, right?
Perhaps it would
have been better
if you had tried
this when you were
just cooking for
yourself and not
your friends who
want to know what
these suspicious
gluey balls are in
their soup.
Secret ingredient
from your aunt?
By the looks on
their faces, you
have a feeling
that they don’t
believe you and
won’t be eating
here again any
time soon…
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A BIG Thank You To…
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Thank you to Michael Elliott for
joining us on
drums for a couple
of shows; we wish
you luck in all of
your musical
endeavors! Thanks
also to Phil
Kroovand for legal
and business
advice as well as
letting us
practice at your
house and trying
to keep the loose
ends tied up.
Thanks to Paul
Natkin for the
recent photo shoot
(new images coming
soon) and to
make-up and hair
stylist Maria for
making us pretty.
Thanks to Jip for
sitting down with
us to look at
website design –
cross your fingers
everyone! Thanks
to Kevin Lahvic
for hosting Anita
in his gallery
space at the Flat
Iron Arts Building
– your positive
energy alone is a
reason for
performing!
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Bands To Watch
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Jen Porter – Jen has an amazing, powerful
voice that can
move from gentle
ballads to brash
hip shaking rock.
She is usually
pounding away at
the piano but has
also been known to
strap on an
acoustic guitar. A
fiery performer
who can do tender
and tough with
equal ease, she is
entertaining to
watch and even
better to listen
to.
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Quotes
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CODA
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So we will continue to fight our fears
of failure
and “did I
make the
right
choices?”
and let
the music
take us
beyond to
find out
what it
means to
live. We
will keep
getting up
every
morning
and
embrace
each day
as an
opportunity
for great
things.
As nice as
it would
be if
things
wrapped up
as well as
they do in
a film
where
everyone
lives
happily
ever
after, we
cannot
count on a
deus ex
machina
to save us
and
instead
must
continue
to do the
best we
can. Don’t
give up
the fight
against
your
fears!
Until next time…
Anita Guitarist
Bassplaying Diva
(formerly, Sheela
Fingers Reddy)
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