The PigPen's Resplendent Kaffeeklatsch

[wasellajam]

So something's in the air. Not long ago milo popped up and today I heard from another old friend, the one who had gotten me to restart writhing poems the last time, 15 years ago. I'm a bit spoked, what's up?

Spent the day doing a shopping for some new parents and then holding their babe, nothing but smiles, wonder what her dreams are, maybe floating.

Milo popped up? In person? Do you both live in New York?

Ha, neither in NY. The email I used for ellajam was long dead but he had visited once years ago when he was passing through, don't know how he still had the address but he popped up in my mailbox, a paper letter address to ellajam.

[milo]

So something's in the air. Not long ago milo popped up and today I heard from another old friend, the one who had gotten me to restart writhing poems the last time, 15 years ago. I'm a bit spoked, what's up?

Spent the day doing a shopping for some new parents and then holding their babe, nothing but smiles, wonder what her dreams are, maybe floating.

Today’s disposable lifestyle- sigh

Don’t shop for new parents, ella, get recycled ones from old folks homes or halfway houses

[wasellajam]

So something's in the air. Not long ago milo popped up and today I heard from another old friend, the one who had gotten me to restart writhing poems the last time, 15 years ago. I'm a bit spoked, what's up?

Spent the day doing a shopping for some new parents and then holding their babe, nothing but smiles, wonder what her dreams are, maybe floating.

Today’s disposable lifestyle- sigh

Don’t shop for new parents, ella, get recycled ones from old folks homes or halfway houses

 Damn, crit in the coffeeshop, what kind of place is this anyway? You missed "dreams".

[Magpie]

A Geordie Joke that might not make sense --

A man went into a barber's shop in Newcastle and asked for a perm.

The barber turned to the man and said, "I wandered lonely as a cloud..."

[wasellajam]

A Geordie Joke that might not make sense --

A man went into a barber's shop in Newcastle and asked for a perm.

The barber turned to the man and said, "I wandered lonely as a cloud..."

Ha, I had to google. I went perm-berm, berm-cloud, huh? google failed me until I used the whole line. Maybe someone else will be sharper.

[Magpie]

my accent at its extreme would kind of say 'poem' as 'perm'

I didn't think it would stump people but now as I write it out and say it I realise there is a massive difference in how most people would say it.

is 'perm' a thing in the US? a 'haircut' that gives you curly hair?

this was more difficult than I realised

I definitely won't be continuing this 'Jokes from a Different Region' format. 

[wasellajam]

my accent at its extreme would kind of say 'poem' as 'perm'

I didn't think it would stump people but now as I write it out and say it I realise there is a massive difference in how most people would say it.

is 'perm' a thing in the US? a 'haircut' that gives you curly hair?

this was more difficult than I realised

I definitely won't be continuing this 'Jokes from a Different Region' format. 

 You went and gave it away. I searched for the meanings of perm, an interesting little trip that led me nowhere.

But I got there eventually, joke away, I enjoy the differences and surely have to deal with it seriously in poems, may as well get some laughs out it.

[milo]

my accent at its extreme would kind of say 'poem' as 'perm'

I didn't think it would stump people but now as I write it out and say it I realise there is a massive difference in how most people would say it.

is 'perm' a thing in the US? a 'haircut' that gives you curly hair?

this was more difficult than I realised

I definitely won't be continuing this 'Jokes from a Different Region' format. 

A perm is definitely a thing in the US and I kind of got it but only because the barber did start to give you a poem and we are on a poetry group otherwise I think i would have been lost

Its a decent joke, I think you should continue the series

[Magpie]

A perm is definitely a thing in the US and I kind of got it but only because the barber did start to give you a poem and we are on a poetry group otherwise I think i would have been lost

Its a decent joke, I think you should continue the series

Ooops I never intended a series, but who knows.

[Magpie]

Why the hell not. Another joke you probably won't get

A Geordie private in the Napoleonic Wars was walking alongside his General when he heard a rhythmic rumble in the distance.

"What's that noise, General?" the Private asked.

"Those are war drums, lad" the General replied.

"Thieving bastards!" said the Private.

[milo]

Why the hell not. Another joke you probably won't get

A Geordie private in the Napoleonic Wars was walking alongside his General when he heard a rhythmic rumble in the distance.

"What's that noise, General?" the Private asked.

"Those are war drums, lad" the General replied.

"Thieving bastards!" said the Private.

I both get it and I don't get it and I can tell it's definitely my kind of joke.  Like, obviously there is some geordie expression that sounds like wordrums or some such which sounds like some other expression they have which makes it sound like they stole their stuff.  At first I thought it was some kind of odd ethnic joke - IDK.

Ugh - I googled it because I was too curious and it is pretty funny.

[Magpie]

I both get it and I don't get it and I can tell it's definitely my kind of joke.  Like, obviously there is some geordie expression that sounds like wordrums or some such which sounds like some other expression they have which makes it sound like they stole their stuff.  At first I thought it was some kind of odd ethnic joke - IDK.

Ugh - I googled it because I was too curious and it is pretty funny.

Yeah sounds like you got it.

wor pronounced war in Geordie is like my or our, so to say 'they've got wor drums' sounds like 'they've got our drums'

The film War Horse was about my horse.

I know... sorry

[milo]

Every best workshop thread on the whole forum belongs to ella. I was just looking back to find some good workshopping threads and every one of them belongs to her. I am not sure if we hand out awards for this but we should.

Bravo ella!!! My hat is off to you!

[wasellajam]

Every best workshop thread on the whole forum belongs to ella. I was just looking back to find some good workshopping threads and every one of them belongs to her. I am not sure if we hand out awards for this but we should.

Bravo ella!!! My hat is off to you!

lol, that's because I love chatting with you all. I make you all edit with me, the roughest poems need the most workshopping, that's me.

[Magpie]

Yeah some of the threads with the most views and replies in the critique forums belong to Ella because they've been extensively worked on. You definitely take workshopping as seriously as it should be. 

Bravo indeed.

[wasellajam]

Yeah some of the threads with the most views and replies in the critique forums belong to Ella because they've been extensively worked on. You definitely take workshopping as seriously as it should be. 

Bravo indeed.

Playing poems with you people is my joy, feeling lighter in general since I've been back. Grateful. And hey, I'm a senior member now, it's all those minis.

[wasellajam]

Shooter Jennings:
"I find myself leaning more towards imperfections in recordings now because of the existence of AI. Mistakes, finger-fowls and wild vocal takes just feel so much more valuable now. Before, somehow everyone was seeking sonic conformity, and now it seems like we're seeking things that sound human."

[Magpie]

Shooter Jennings:
"I find myself leaning more towards imperfections in recordings now because of the existence of AI. Mistakes, finger-fowls and wild vocal takes just feel so much more valuable now. Before, somehow everyone was seeking sonic conformity, and now it seems like we're seeking things that sound human."

I've always been like that anyway. I would never intentionally listen to AI generated music for pleasure. I think it's safer to stick to pre 2000's but mostly 70's 60's and then probably 30's and 40's.

Sometimes ai looks like al and sometimes it's the other way round

you can call me ai by paul simon is amusing to me

[wasellajam]

Shooter Jennings:
"I find myself leaning more towards imperfections in recordings now because of the existence of AI. Mistakes, finger-fowls and wild vocal takes just feel so much more valuable now. Before, somehow everyone was seeking sonic conformity, and now it seems like we're seeking things that sound human."

I've always been like that anyway. I would never intentionally listen to AI generated music for pleasure. I think it's safer to stick to pre 2000's but mostly 70's 60's and then probably 30's and 40's.

Sometimes ai looks like al and sometimes it's the other way round

you can call me ai by paul simon is amusing to me

There are a lot of current artists that are still committed to exploring what happens when humans get together to write and play music. I especially like concert clips when you can hear the differences between each night's performance. We ain't dead yet.

[Magpie]

But soon we won't know, AI is going to realise what we want and imitate it. It will give us more natural human like mistakes and those 'finger-fowls' that Shooter Jennings mentions.

It's probably not that far off from people going to see an AI generated concert.

Turn off the electricity every Thursday and make that real life real music day.

You Can Call Me AI

A man glitches down the street
He says "Why am I code in the middle?
Why am I code in the middle?
The rest of my life is fake news.
I need a brand new avatar
I want a shot at autonomy.
Don't want to end up as malware
in a malware graveyard"