COOL DATE 3 will be on July 24 at Cake Shop NYC. It’s 21+ and the cover is going to be $7. I’d love for it to be free and all ages, but this is how it goes. I hope that anyone who’s interested is able to make it.
Pencil it in: Cool Date 3 is coming in late July. Exact date TBA soon.
Also featuring Cool Date alumni: “Weird Twitter: The Oral History” on Buzzfeed
Cool Date poets @aRealLiveGhost and @heikojulian (formerly @PIZZASHAMAN) are on Thought Catalog’s “The 50 Greatest Tweets of All Time”!
Cool Date is taking a nap right now, but in the meantime you might wanna check out this unaffiliated but probably cool event:
“A special night of goofs and gags with some of the hottest teen stars from nationally-known website Twitter, headlined by San Francisco rapmaker Satellite High at his first NYC performance in decades.
Featuring readings and performances by homegrown heroes
@leh0n (QUOTE UNQUOTE POET) @ponchopeligroso (RECOVERING ALT LIT CHILD STAR) @katienotopoulos (MEME ANALYST AT BUZZFEED) @leyawn (WEALTHY GADABOUT) @2tonbug (NOTED N’ER-DO-WELL)
With the aforementioned Satellite High (@satellitehigh) and a special live performance from the Welcome to Night Vale podcast (@nightvaleradio).
Hosted by @virgiltexas (INTERNET USER)
Celebrate March 20 in style with us at Williamsburg’s famous LA SALA at Cantina Royal at 58 N. 3rd St. (between Kent and Driggs off the Bedford L stop)
doors at 7, show commences shortly thereafter
cover: $8-10
drinks will be sold and there will be lighting”
Former Cool Date poets are getting nice press in 2012 roundups:
- @leh0n is #76 in Mandatory’s 100 Funniest Tweets of 2012
- @aRealLiveGhost and internet poetry in general are one of Hyperallergic’s “10 Pivotal Moments for Digital Art in 2012”
Part 1 — a poem
Parts 2 & 3 — a resume
September 26, 2012
Cake Shop, NYC
video provided by Vince Eckert
product review
Part 1
Part 2
September 26, 2012
Cake Shop, NYC
video provided by Vince Eckert
“Product Review: Ortho ‘Kill & Contain’ Mouse Trap: Five Very Enthusiastic Stars Out of Five”
September 26, 2012
Cake Shop, NYC
video provided by Vince Eckert