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Caught Amtrak yesterday morning from Boston to Newark International Airport. Waited for a few hours for my evening Air India flight. $280 one-way to Frankfurt.

The flight was quite rickety, a bit Greyhound-y in odor and decor, but I anticipated that much. I did not anticipate the complimentary and quite satisfying chicken dinner with steamed veggies. Air India: Not Great… Not Horrible… Cheap Enough To Go Again.

Blazed through German customs and baggage claim to meet my father and step-mother on the outside. Immediately picked up a German pay-as-you-go mobile phone. $10 for the phone. $20 in minutes. Should last throughout the Germany portion of this trip.

Ate lunch with my family at home. Looked up train schedules. Connected by text with Derrick Brown. Smoked too much with my dad. Talked un-enough. Joked around with everyone. Relearned some German history and language. Then ate delicious schnitzel and fried potatoes for dinner.

Must get some sleep in order to meet up with Derrick in Bern, Switzerland tomorrow. Today was restful. I made it here with a hitch, bump or serious delay.

So far, so awesome.

Here’s where we’ll be:

Cafe Kairo
June 11th
9pm
address: cafe kairo, dammweg 43, 3013 bern, switzerland
web: www.cafe-kairo.ch
KO’s Event

June 12th
7PM
(Landsberg Germany, more info to come)
Poetry Dead or Alive Show

June 13th
Theater am Schwanhof: Am Schwanhof 68-72, 35037 Marburg
Door Cover: 6 EURO
Age: 17+
Time: 20.00 o clock (24 hour clock)

June 14
Substanz poetry slam with ko and rayl, munich
Munich SUBSTANZ (Ruppertstr. 28, U3/U6 Poccistr.)

June 14
8PM
studio der schaubuhne
kurfurstendamm 153 10709 berlin
eintritt 13 euro, erm 8 euro
karten 030.890023
www.schabuehne.de

June 17
Poetry Slam Mainz
Venue: KUZ, Dagobertstraße 20b | 55116 Mainz
7:30pm
all ages

June 18
Late Night Special
VENUE: LOMO, Ballplatz 2, Mainz
COVER: 5-7 EUROS
18+
Paul Hoffman’s Show

June 19th
7:00pm
VENUE: Schulterblatt 73, 20357 Hamburg, Germany
18+

June 20th
Word Life
8PM
Cafe Euro, 72 John Street, Sheffield
18+
Cover: £5 on the door
The Waiting Room

June 21
7:30pm
Station Road, Eaglescliffe, Stockton on Tees, (TS16 0BU)
UK
6 euros

June 22nd
AMSTERDAM SHOW
House show (TBA)
all ages
Glastonbury Festival

June 24th-26th
Glastonbury Festival
Worthy Farm, Nr. Pilton, Southwest
Cost: £175 (Festival ticket price)
“Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield music and
performing arts festival in the world and a template for all
the festivals that have come after it. The difference is
that Glastonbury has all the best aspects of being at a
Festival in one astonishing bundle.” (Glastonbury Festivals
Website). One of those aspects that sets Glastonbury apart
from other festivals is Poetry&Words. We will be there on
all three days, bringing you some absolutely fantabulous
poets - rappers, comic poets, spoken word artists .. the
weird, the wise and the wonderful … all will be here. Come
along and see us in the Theatre and Circus fields if you
want to be moved, entertained or just find a cool spot to
chill out in for a while!
http://www.myspace.com/glastonburypoetry

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• 11:51 Leaving for Europe in a few hours. Suspending phone service to save $$$. Will be online AOAP. Will miss you bunches. Stay busy. Be loved. #

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So, I am currently at the airport in Newark, NJ. I am flying to Frankfurt, Germany to see my father, stepmother and brothers. They live in a tiny town outside of Frankfurt.

I have not seen then since this week, 2006. It will be a short visit at first, for then I will meet up with Derrick Brown and we will trapse along Switzerland, Germany and the UK. Lots of Eurail travel.

This trip in total will take about 3 weeks. It will be lovely to see more of Germany this time, and to get to Switzerland as well.

Derrick and I will also be attending Glastonbury in England! Woot! What a festival. Mud and music. Son-of-a-YES!

My phone will not be working in Europe, which will be a nice respite. I will attempt web connection everyday, with travel updates as often as possible.

I am so glad I get to see that part of Europe by train. Should be swell. I LOVE TRAINS. Just caught one from Boston to Newark, NJ. Slept the whole way as expected. Had that, "Oh, shit! Is this my effin' stop!?" wake up suddenly moment. Yes, it was my stop, thank golly, or I'd be in DC now...

I have about four hours to chill before my flight takes off. Figured I would update my blog from my phone with this LJ-BlackBerry app I found online. So far, so good.

I will miss you, North America. Big time, but this is to be a lovely trek around a lovely region of the world. I really hope I get to make updates often. I am in such a writing mode of late. No poetry though. Been working more on performance. My writing is either short stories or life-like rambles.

My West Coast trip was beautiful. Saw almost everyone I wanted to see and visited my homes and families. Man, that last sentence makes me sound like a bad Mormon.

Redundancy!

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• 10:03 Slumberfest is back up at www.blogtv.com/people/mikemcgee Lots of special guest poets to Skype in today! #
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• 09:27 Slumberfest 2009 is tonight! #
• 16:23 Slumberfest 2009 as part of SubZero, Downtown San Jose. South First Street. 6pm. Lots of free events. We'll be at MACLA all night. Check it! #
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SLUMBERFEST LIVE from http://www.blogtv.com/People/mikemcgee

Friday, June 5, 2009

5:36pm: MACLA is set up. We have snacks, sound, dozens of blankets, webcast from my Mac. Hopefully there won't be too many issues. The sound won't be great, and neither will the video, but it's better than nothing. NOTE: Sorry for the ads!

I'll be posting updates here as often as possible.

David has Skype and the projector ready to go.

If you're watching online, you'll probably see my face a bunch, but I've tried to put my computer in a spot that gets the stage, Skypers, and audience all in one shot.

6:00pm is approaching fast!

Word to all you nerds!

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6:02: David has started Slumberfest with a Derrick Brown poem.

6:26: Because of so many issues with webcasting, the quality will be poor. Our internet connection is wireless from another room. Plus all video and audio is from my built-in mic and camera on my Mac. Try not running too many apps on your computer while watching. Watch directly from Blogtv.com to get the best connection.

6:30pm: Our first Skype poet is a success!

7:05pm: Papadave Potter, our first musician of the night! Not a big crowd, but the street is filling up outside. The clouds have parted and the sun is beaming. I have been sweating since noon. Last night a lovely young lady commented on my sweat-ability, and asked if I kept a sweat rag in my back pocket. I was surprised. She said all us big, sweaty-types do.

Where my big, sweaty-types at!?

8:40pm: After a series of covers and stories from some of us regulars, Laura Yes Yes is Skyping us some poems from Washington DC. Rousing applause from San Jo! Thanks, lady!

Now San Jose Slam team-member '09, Danny D, is busting poetry and ran home to get his guitar to perform a song in public for the first time ever...

9:22pm: Geoff and Emily Kagan-Trenchard just Skyped in. Awesome. The streets are packed. There's an unfortunately awesome drum circle right outside our door! A slight distraction.

We've had about 150 people come in and stay for a poem or two so far. 20.5 hours to go! Santa Cruz peeps are in the house.

11:00pm: Joshua Walters wow peeps with an orgasmic beat-box experience. John Staedler gave us a fantastic musical extravaganza. I joined him for a poem/sax revue. He played hot, dirty sax. I talked a lot. We had a glitch with Rob Sturma's Skype-In. Hopefully we'll get him back up.

BlogTV is still running, just can't say how well... Anyone?

Michael Roberts and Jason McBeth are here on tour from L.A. Woot! Michael's on now...

11:44pm: Had an interesting bit of stand-up comedy from Scumbag Physics. I think people liked his odd turn of phrase and street genius more than he gave himself credit. Now Jason McBeth is on stage, touring with Michael Roberts. Got to make a bit of hang with the two of them last night at Tourettes Without Regrets. Haven't seen McBeth since IWPS last December.

Slumberfest 2009 has been great so far. Six-hours and no stops. A few stalls, laughs and tears, and...wow...

12:55am: Janelle Wilson just Skyped in from Boise. I love you lady!

Lightning Bug Romantics are up now. We have had so many people in the room tonight. There are still about 30 people here. "Nothing's gonna stop us now!"

I am up soon. We have a few gallons of Barefoot cold brew coffee.

1:49am: Almost two dozen peeps. I feel like a nap is in order. Just held a Dirty Haiku Battle in my slot. Me versus a lovely young lady named Tanya. She was filthy-awesome and I decided that she won based on the fact that she sort of grossed me out with some of her haiku. Like whoa! Great times has by all.

David Perez is going strong. Most everyone is rocking it, lounge-style. Rob "Ratpack Slim" Sturma just Skyped in, successfully. Awesome! So good to see Sturma on the wall.

Now Kevin Holmes is up now...

2:09am: As I expected, the BlogTV webcast errored itself into disconnect. My computer did well for the last 8 hours, strong and continuous. It deserves a nap for a bit. Will connect a bit later; morningside.

Jen G is up now. Blowing late-night minds and makin' us laugh. I am so floored by how much has happened in this room tonight. It has been good throughout and within. David and I are already talking about ensuring this happens every year. Keep Slumberfest in your thoughts. Maybe an annual trip to San Jose is something your life needs? Maybe your town needs a Slumberfest? This crowd is bigger than some regular poetry slams right now! Wooty woot! Someone asked us to hold a Winter Slumberfest as well. That's not too crazy...

9:36am: Man, I slept hard. Poetry never stopped! David's friend Ellen is performing on Skype right now. Gonna get BlogTV back up in a minute. Hope the world is well. 20 Slumberfesters are lounged around on this lovely morning. Birds are chirping, Barefoot coffee is on the way...

10:41am: Anis Mojgani just Skyped in and he did a bunch of poetry I had not heard before. John Staedler's friend Heather read a poem. For the first time, maybe? She's sweet. Khary Jackson has confirmed a Skype performance later this afternoon. Staedler is up now, he's awesome. I adore his music. His poetry is so intense. I dig it.

I will be at my house in Worcester by this time tomorrow... Can't wait to see my Worcester peeps. Miss you all.

12:34pm: Baraka and Dusty Rose are Skyping in from Lincoln, Nebraska now. Road dogs! The wall has seen a lot of poets on it. Yay for Skype. There should be a Skype Slam or a Skype Open Mic much more often.

2:24pm: Since around 1:00pm we've had Logan Phillips Skype in from Arizona, which was dope. That dude really needs to stop being so handsome and so good on the mic. Jerk-friend! Same with Khary "6 is 9" Jackson. Dude Skyped in from Minneapolis. He is so my buddy. I like that guy with immense heartitude.

We have 3.5 hours to go. We have a dearth of sign ups as our present Slumberfesters have all filled slots several times over. David Perez is the king of covering others. He's read about 30 poets so far during his fill-ins. Jack McCarthy, Big Poppa E, Gale Danley, Hans Christian Andersen, Phil West, to name a few.

I know the BlogTV webcast hasn't been perfect, but I am so glad so many have stayed tuned in. We feel you watching and you're sexy for that reason among many others. Rock it, Poetryland!

6:30pm: Slumberfest 2009 has come to a close. A slew of poets came through to the end. I napped once more until 5pm, only to be awoken by one lovely Miss Maureen Benson, visiting from Oakland. I hadn't seen her since Trenchard-Kagan Wedding '08 in L.A. We had another couple of Skypers check in, like Tracy Vicory-Rosenquest who poeticized for us all, and her friends who joined her with a couple of tunes. Also, the grand finale once again by Lucia Misch, joined by Chelsea Johnson, Skyping in from Victoria, British Columbia. A lovely way to end the 'Fest. Woot!

Now we're in clean-up mode. I shall say farewell to family, shower, shuffle some bags and hit up a red-eye flight to Boston tonight. I will land Eastward in the morning.

It has truly been a fantastic 24-hours. A bit longer for David and I.

A super-special-extra-share of gratitude to Elaine Levia for all the driving around and ensuring so many of us were caffeinated with Barefoot brews. She is such an effin' trooper! I love you, Leaves!

Thanks to all the performers who Skyped in. That really added something so big and special to the event. A true success!

Now we plan for Slumberfest 2010...
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