Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 17:39:39
Subject: Going Deeper Down the Well
From: Zeke Krahlin
To: My Serpentine Guardians
The Well is one of the remaining BBS’s around, that somehow still thrives in spite of the Internet. Located here in San Francisco, it has many interesting participants in the world of authors, artists and other intriguing characters. I decided to join them…costs a bit each month, but I figure it’s a good investment for promoting my own talents. Anywayz, after participating in several threads of varied topic, I decided to post my first promo in the “writers” conference. Now, I share with you:
writers 2374: Looking for open mic recommendations to read my tales in SF
#0 of 0: Zeke Krahlin (zeke1k) Sun 11 Sep 2016 (05:32 PM)
Hello, Wellbots! I am a gay activist and author, though not yet published in the celebrity sense…only self published one novel so far, which anyone can read for free online (minus the lovely illustrations), here:
I’ve written /many/ tales, essays, what have you, over the years, and continue to do so on my blog:
https://zekeblog.wordpress.com
I decided to start reading at open mic venues here in San Francisco and Berkeley. And am wondering if anyone here can recommend the best places to go. I do /not/ own a car (never have) and live on a low income (social insecurity), so that is why I don’t seek to read my stuff in the Greater Bay Area and beyond.
My works are almost exclusively LGBT themed, though with universal appeal that all but homophobes would enjoy. (Actually, my written and spoken words are ingeniously contrived by forked-tongue alchemy to make such types crumble into friable bits of clay that can then be recycled to our local organic farms; but let’s keep that secret between thou and myself…what happens on The Well stays on The Well, okay?)
This includes my growing collection called “True Tales from the Castro (eat your heart out, armistead)”:
http://www.gay-bible.org/truetales
I write tons of hilarious stuff, most of which can be read aloud in 5 to 7 minutes. Such as:
https://zekeblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/dont-mess-with-my-buddy/
I also offer my talents for private, individual and group readings on a sliding scale…especially appropriate due to my conspiracy theory of /gay/ reptilians that will soon descend in their lavender star ships and “straight”en everything out. And, well, you know, they’re covered in glittery, greenish-yellow SCALES that /do/ slide somewhat. (Not one of my better puns, hope it didn’t get under your skin. Come to think of it, it /is/ a poor grade of punning, so scratch it.) My most recent such tale can be viewed here, though I strongly recommend you toke up on some primo bud before diving in:
https://zekeblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/06/learning-to-love-lizards/
At the end you will be graced by the light of my visual blurb as candidate for world’s first gay president of the United States and global dictator, on the ethereal plane…in both the reptilian and hominid dimensions.
Thank you for your undivided pineal attention. Here is my business card:
Keep your fingers crossed, Chthonic Dreamweavers!
– Zeke
ADDENDUM
writers 2374: Looking for open mic recommendations to read my tales in SF
#10 of 14: Peter Borke (petebork) Mon 12 Sep 2016 (06:00 PM)
You’re on the right side of history, Zeke. (you may not always be right, but time is on your side)
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writers 2374: Looking for open mic recommendations to read my tales in SF
#11 of 14: I went full diva on their ass. (paulette) Mon 12 Sep 2016 (07:22 PM)
Wait, really? Allen was as delightfully gay as a birthday table cloth. Why would anyone pretend otherwise? The only time I ever saw him in real danger was when he approached a New Yorker writer asking him to sign a petition on behalf of some good cause or another (I forget what).
That New Yorker writer had lost a kid to bad dope, and held Ginsburg and the Beats personally responsible for it. It got very close to being physical.
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writers 2374: Looking for open mic recommendations to read my tales in SF
#12 of 14: Zeke Krahlin (zeke1k) Mon 12 Sep 2016 (10:16 PM)
{petebork}: Thank you for reminding me of my awesome destiny that shall make the world my oyster. No matter I’m allergic to them and they make me vomit.
{paulette}: I did submit my novel to City Lights in December of 2013, but they never got back to me; and it’s, well, over two years later. You may read about that lovely adventure, here, wherein I confessed among other things: “It is my dream to have my own novel featured on the same shelf as ‘Howl and Other Poems.'”
https://zekeblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/26/my-letter-to-city-lights/
P.S.: One thing’s for sure: there are no angel-headed hipsters in IT!
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writers 2374: Looking for open mic recommendations to read my tales in SF
#13 of 14: Ezekiel Krahlin (zeke1k) Mon 12 Sep 2016 (10:18 PM)
Oops, three years later. Flime ties.
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writers 2374: Looking for open mic recommendations to read my tales in SF
#14 of 14: Zeke Krahlin (zeke1k) Mon 12 Sep 2016 (10:30 PM)
{paulette}: Homophobia’s gotten a lot worse, not better, since Allen’s time. Mainstream (read “hetero”) news still doesn’t cover much of LGBT issues. Anti-gay violence has been on a sharp increase for over a decade, now. Islam isn’t helping any, either.
https://zekeblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/27/killing-gays-the-republican-agenda/
Plus, if you’re gay and low income, PrEP (the anti-HIV pill) is not accessible, even though the transit posters and other ads make the public think it is. Since Medi-Cal now charges an exorbitant monthly share of cost that only the wealthy can afford. Even in spite of Obamacare’s extended Medicaid.
https://zekeblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/no-prep-for-the-poor/
ZekeBlog 2.0 