Lindsay Rabbitt's e-Vents
25 September 07
My attempt at blogging has been unimpressive thus far. I've fallen into the bad habit of mostly writing to a deadline for publications, and blogging seems like a game for enthusiastic hobbyists, or aficionados with manifestos to push, but I like the idea of writing an open letter for whoever visits.
Writing poetry is different. Poems come as gifts, as a friend puts it, and I occasionally insert a new one on the site. A couple of weeks back we premiered Rabbitt on Sex and Religion at Lembas Café on the Kapiti Coast. Jeff and his band also performed 13 of his original songs, and I read some poems. It was an enjoyable evening and great to perform our art in our home place. We filmed the evening, and in a couple weeks we will download footage of the evening on YouTube and imbed it here.
I also produced a wee A6 chapbook* to commemorate the event. If anyone wants a copy, email me with address details, and send five bucks to Voice Press, PO 2047, Raumati Beach, Kapiti Coast.
*From Wikipedia: "Chapbook is a generic term to cover a particular genre of pocket-sized booklet, popular from the sixteenth through to the later part of the nineteenth century. No exact definition can be applied. Chapbook can mean anything that would have formed part of the stock of chapmen, a variety of pedlar. The word chapman probably comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for barter, buy and sell.
"The term chapbook was formalised by bibliophiles of the nineteenth century, as a variety of ephemera. It includes many kinds of printed material, such as pamphlets, political and religious tracts, nursery rhymes, poetry, folk tales,children's literature and almanacs. Where there were illustrations, they would be popular prints."
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20 June 07
Thanks to my friend Jeff Simmonds, I've finally got round to updating my site, and, for better or for worse, I've obligated myself to write an occasional blog. Jeff has also uploaded our latest short film, "Rabbitt on Sex and Religion", onto Google Video. Click on the Google button if you would like to view it a little bigger.
I'm resisting an urge to explain the raison d'etre behind the piece, but would value feedback. It will be shown on the big screen at Wellington Fringe Film Festival next month.
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