rick j

rick j haunts portland, is barely, but unfortunately, corporeal. rick j listens and bathes daily in the language of the empire. rick j does not believe but is not bereft of belief. rick j is not rick j, but will not hold it against you. there is no use asking him: rick j clearly does not know, but he does frequently stand under. rick j walks a lot. he thinks it is good for him. rick j reads too much. rick j is not normal. rick j does not know what normal is. rick j was not taught about normal in school. rick j did not go to a good school. rick j sits on the floor at home reads poems out loud to himself. rickj is not normal. rick j would like to believe that he is not the center of the universe, but suspects otherwise. rick j is shy (see center of the universe) but dances when he thinks no one is looking. rick j is a recovering Romantic. rick j thinks leonard cohen is god pretending to be leonard cohen. rick j is a very serious person, ergo, rick j is not cool. in fact, he is very warm. rick j likes to play. for less information, go to www.myspace.com/vivekanj

Mindy Dillard

Mindy Dillard is a performance-artist/singer-songwriter originally from Salt Lake City, UT. She earned a BFA in Acting at the University of Utah and has appeared in plays and musicals in regional, college and community theater. Her favorite roles have included Laura in The Glass Menagerie, and Fiona in Brigadoon. She moved to Portland in 2006 to apprentice with Sojourn Theater Company, which creates socially relevant performance pieces through a process called “devising.”  In addition to being a registered yoga teacher she also  teaches theater and music to kids. She writes songs on the guitar, meshing writing with music with theatrical performance – it’s the best fit yet. She is working on a one-woman operetta that uses fairy-tale archetypes to explore body image and finding authentic connection in our world. She also really likes dark chocolate truffles and magic. Listen to her music at www.myspace.com/mindydillard

Mikey Golightly

Mikey Golightly sings about the rise and resurrection of the American Dream and writes prophetic verse about how Oregon is the real Garden of Eden. He sings of love and lechery, of the big city and the open road, of Europe and America, of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He’s been called a Reverend, a preacher, a prophet, a saint, and a jackass. Let’s Save The World With Poetry will be his 3rd book, following 2006′s Dream Trains Keep On Rolling and 2007′s These Poems Kill Fascists. He will not rest until we’ve all been saved by the holy words of poetry.