GET LIT at the Northside Tavern - Wed April 29 - Happy Hour 5pm - Reading 7-9pm

Featured readers: Mary Biddinger, Nickole Brown, Evan Commander, Adam Fell, Caki Wilkinson. Join us for Happy Hour, featuring FREE Forklift chili and drink specials from NST. See you there.

Coachella 2009

Gregory Corso Festival Events (Feb 3-7, 2009)

Forklift, Ohio #20 (out Feb. 12, 2009) will contain previously unpublished poems from Gregory Corso's final manuscript, The Golden Dot. Meanwhile, check this out:

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I Gave Away the Sky
A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Poet Gregory Corso

Curated by Matt Hart and Evan Commander


Muse Sick
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 7 p.m., Memorial Hall
$5 Door / Cash Bar / Doors at 6PM
Advanced seats can be reserved at Shake It Records and Coffee Emporium
An evening of music with jazz legend David Amram and Jane Carver. This performance of Jane Carver's new arrangement of David Amram's score for Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie's film "Pull My Daisy," will feature a live performance by jazz legend David Amram, as well as musicians from the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music.

The Nightest Night: A Reading Honoring the Poetics and Poesy of Gregory Corso
Thursday, Feb. 5 - 7PM - Reed Gallery / University of Cincinnati. DAAP
Featuring readings by Adam Clay / Evan Commander / Scott Dennis / Peter Davis / Matt Hart Lesley Jenike / Catherine Wagner / Tyrone Williams

Corso: The Last Beat
Friday, Feb. 6, 5:30 p.m., DAAP 4400
An advanced director's screening of the feature-length documentary directed by Gustave Reininger, narrated by two-time Academy Award-nominated actor and novelist Ethan Hawke and featuring Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and poet, performer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith, as well as Corso himself. A reception will follow the film.

For more information please contact: Evan Commander: evancommander@mac.com / 513-307-5055 or visit www.igaveawaythesky.com

For more information about David Amram visit: www.davidamram.com
For more information about Corso: The Last Beat visit: www.corsothefilm.com

Now Shipping: Forklift, Ohio #19

Inauguration Celebration: The Blue Ball - Tue Jan 20 @ Northside Tavern

Celebrate one of the great traditions of Democracy (and my birthday!) at ...

THE BLUE BALL

TUE JAN 20 - 8 PM - NORTHSIDE TAVERN (back room)

NO COVER - Bring donations for the Freestore Foodbank

FORMALWEAR encouraged (but optional)

DANCE PARTY w/ DJ Apryl Reign

FREE EATS from Melt, The Hideaway, & Sidewinder

PLUS Political Trivia, Games, Surprise Guests & more...

Organized by CincyRocksObama.com (the group of local musicians, fans & friends who brought you the Election Night party at the Tavern)

See you there!

Election Night Party - 7pm at Northside Tavern - Free Food, DJ, Big Screen Returns

Family Visit - Ohio Renaissance Festival

Thu Oct 2 - Seven Speed Vortex w/ Cletus Romp at Southgate House (Lounge)

Join Seven Speed Vortex and Cletus Romp for "Hillbilly Thursday" in the Southgate House Lounge on October 2. Heartless Bastards are headlining in the big room ($15), but the Lounge is FREE.

CincyRocksObama.com

7 Speed Vortex w/Da Muttss & Eagle to Squirrel @ The Northside Tavern - SAT JUL 12 10pm FREE

Catch the madness in the new back room of the Northside Tavern!




P.S. Thanks to Michael Kearns for our awesome 80s photo!

Farewell to Giles - Sat Jul 5 - 8pm-midnite at The Comet feat. The National Trust w/Seven Speed Vortex

7 Speed Vortex in Radiohead Tribute Show 6/28/08 at The Mad Hatter

Sitting in with Da Muttss for Chris Walker: Sat Jun 14 at The Sand Bar

Lend your support to fellow bassist Chris Walker this Saturday evening. You can catch me backing up Da Muttss on drums at 8:30pm.

7speed + 12noon + 16june = 44 at the Contemporary Arts Center

Photos from "The Rob & Jane Show"

7 Speed Vortex was overjoyed to be a part of this amazing evening in honor of an amazing couple. Click here and check out some pics, courtesy of Jay Pattison.

Seven Speed Vortex w/ Da Muttss FRI MAY 16 -The Comet (10:30pm) - FREE!

Upcoming Seven Speed Vortex Shows

We've come out of hibernation for a mess of shows. See you at ...

FRI MAY 16 - 10:30pm at The Comet w/ Da Muttss

THU MAY 22 - 9pm at Blue Rock Tavern for Drag Show hosted by Krystle Lamour

SUN MAY 25 - 9:30pm for Rob & Jane's Wedding Show @ Southgate House (don't miss cake at 7:30pm)

MON JUN 16 - NOON at the Contemporary Arts Center for '44' lunchtime music series

CANCELLED: SAT JUN 21 - 10:30pm at The Gypsy Hut w/ Da Muttss

SAT JUN 28 - Radiohead Tribute Show at The Mad Hatter

Coachella 2008: Who we saw ...

Aesop Rock Death Cab for Cutie *DeVotchKa Dwight Yoakam **Holy Fuck Kraftwerk Les Savy Fav Man Man Mum My Morning Jacket Portishead Prince Roger Waters

Rogue Wave *Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Shout Out Louds *Spiritualized *Stars Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Swervedriver the Breeders the National the Raconteurs *the Swell Season the Verve VHS or Beta

*if you haven't already: check it!
**at Gypsy Hut next Tue!! be there ...

Forklift #18 Reviewed in Tarpaulin Sky

Cara Benson reviews Forklift, Ohio #18 in Tarpaulin Sky: http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/forklift_18.html

She says:

"Simultaneously cheeky, vulnerable, funny, ominous, and lyrically toying
with what is or is not “accessible,” Forklift, Ohio makes me love
poetry again."

It's here! Forklift, Ohio # 18 - Winter 2008

Aaron Balkan, Adam Clay, Adam Fell, Alexis Orgera, Amanda Nadelberg, Ann Stephenson, Bo McGuire, Chad Sweeney, Charlie Clark, Christina Clark, Dean Young, Dobby Gibson, Dorothea Lasky, Dustin Williamson, Erin M. Bertram, Evan Commander, G.C. Waldrep, James Longenbach, Jeremy Hoevenaar, Jillian Weise, Jim Goar, Lindsay Bernal, Lori Shine, Lucas Farrell, Matthew Rohrer, Maud Casey, Michael Schiavo, Mike Shaffer, Peter Davis, Rachel Contreni Flynn, Sally Ball, Timothy O'Keefe, Todd Colby, and Virgil Renfroe. Featuring cover art by Elizabeth Zechel.

Preview, Peruse, Purchase at http://www.forkliftohio.com/

Thank you.