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2011-06-11T18:22:00.003-04:00

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Forklift, Ohio - Issue #22 (Fall 2010)

2011-01-20T18:32:00.013-05:00

Anna Aguilar-Amat

Kathryn Cowles

Michael Earl Craig

Noah Falck

Corrine Fitzpatrick

Barbara Claire Freeman

Dobby Gibson

Liz Green

Whit Griffin

Kristin Hatch/div>

Bob Hicok

Elizabeth Hildreth

Jeremy Hoevenaar

Kevin Holden

Justin Jamail

Rachel Kincaid

Joel Lewis

Brad Liening

Matthew Lippman

Rebecca Loudon

William Lychack

Dan Magers

Lina Makdisi

Albert E. Martinez

Bo McGuire

Sally Molini

Elsbeth Pancrazi

Francesc Parcerisas

Nate Pritts

Arlo Quint

Brian Russell

Michael Schiavo

Fred Schmalz

Sampson Starkweather

Deirtra Thompson

Brian Trimboli

Peter Turchi

Monica Wendel

Dean Young

Eric Appleby
Publisher/Designer

Matt Hart
Editor-in-Chief

Brett Price
Poetry Editor

Merrill Feitell
Fiction Editor

Tricia Suit
Managing Editor/
Test Kitchen Director

Now Available: OUTTAKES by Charles Wright & Eric Appleby

2010-11-18T16:37:00.003-05:00

BUY OUTTAKES (Charles Wright/Eric Appleby) HERE

or HERE

~~~

Charles Wright was born in 1935 in Pickwick Dam, Hardin County, Tennessee, and grew up in Tennessee and North Carolina. He attended Davidson College, The University of Iowa, and the University of Rome. From 1957 to 1961 he was in the Army Intelligence Service, stationed for most of this time in Verona, Italy. In 1963-65 he was a Fulbright student in Rome, translating the poems of the Italian poets Eugenio Montale and Cesare Pavese. In 1968-69 he was a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Padua. From 1966-1983 he was a member of the English Department of the University of California, Irvine. Since 1983, he has been a Professor of English (since 1988, Souder Family Professor of English) at the University of Virginia. He has taught, in a visiting capacity, at the University of Iowa, Princeton University, and Columbia University, as well as being Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Universita' Degli Studi, Florence, Italy, spring 1992.

Eric Appleby is the co-founder, publisher, and designer of Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking & Light Industrial Safety—now in its 16^th year without a lost time accident. He also serves as webmaster for H_NGM_N, and most recently designed Dean Young’s 31 Poems(Forklift, Ink.), which was named one of the Best Physical Artifacts of 2009 by Coldfront. A graduate of Ball State University and The Design School of Hard Knocks, he is employed by a flooring distributor in a position he describes as “Computer Whisperer and Marketing Hack.” He lives in Cincinnati with his wife, Tricia, and American Bulldog, Knuckles.

Published by Sarabande

Seven Speed Vortex @ The Comet w/Business & Pleazure and Da Muttss - Fri Nov 5 - 10pm - FREE!

2010-11-05T15:05:00.000-04:00

Forklift, Ohio Issue #21 (Winter 2010)

2009-10-15T15:00:00.004-04:00

FEATURING:

Melissa Barrett * Sarah Blackman * Jessica Anya Blau * Devon Branca * Francesca Chabrier * Christopher Cheney * Paula Cisewski * Adam Clay * Evan Commander * Nina Corwin * Peter Davis * Russell Dillon * Patrick Dunagan * Adam Fell * Nicholas Gulig * Joanna Hershon * Daniel Khalastchi * Cindy King * Chrissy Kolaya * Brendan Lorber * Anthony Madrid * Clay Matthews * Karyna McGlynn * Ben Mirov * Mel Nichols * Timothy O'Keefe * Alexis Orgera * Cate Peebles * Matthew Pitt * Matt Reeck * Tomaž Šalamun * Selah Saterstrom * Jenn Scheck-Kahn * Ed Skoog * Nate Slawson * Abraham Smith * Michael Thomas Taren * Thera Webb * Andrew Well

MANAGEMENT:

Eric Appleby, Publisher/Designer
Matt Hart, Editor-in-Chief
Brett Price, Poetry Editor
Merrill Feitell, Fiction Editor
Tricia Suit, Managing Editor/Test Kitchen Director

Peruse & purchase online at ForkliftOhio.com

7 Speed Vortex @ The Comet w/Cletus Romp - Fri Oct 9 - 11PM

2009-10-09T18:31:00.001-04:00

Eagle2Squirrel Variety Hour - MPMF show & new CD!

2009-09-25T19:50:00.001-04:00

http://mpmf.com/festival/bands/Eagle_to_Squirrel_Variety_Hour http://mpmf.com/festival/bands/Eagle_to_Squirrel_Variety_Hour

New CD out tonite (cover design by yours truly) ... come to Subway Bar & Lounge @ 10pm. Check em out! (Bonus: CD includes members of 7 Speed Vortex joining E2S on, what else, track 7 - 'Sound of a Nation')

A Jockey Club Reunion '08: A Tribute to Shorty CD available now

2009-09-25T19:17:00.008-04:00

This CD was recorded and mixed by yours truly. I didn't move to Cincinnati until after the Jockey Club disappeared, but through this project I became a fan of these bands and their music. Thanks to Chuck, Betsy & Aurore for asking me to be a part of this. -Eric

New from Aurore Press Recordings, a live CD from "A Jockey Club Reunion '08: A Tribute to Shorty" recorded live on November 22, 2008 at the Southgate House in Newport, KY.

The CD features the best of the bands who performed that night including The Thangs, The Libertines US, SS-20, BPA and The Reduced. Plus live spoken performances from the people who were there!

Proceeds benefit "Handsome" Clem Carpenter and his Family!

How to get it?

Preview & download or purchase at CD Baby

Visit SHAKE IT RECORDS or MOLE'S RECORDS
Order CD from Aurore Press

GET LIT at the Northside Tavern - Wed April 29 - Happy Hour 5pm - Reading 7-9pm

2009-04-24T20:24:00.003-04:00

Featured readers: Mary Biddinger, Nickole Brown, Evan Commander, Adam Fell, Caki Wilkinson. Join us for Happy Hour, featuring FREE Forklift chili and drink specials from NST. See you there.

Gregory Corso Festival Events (Feb 3-7, 2009)

2009-02-02T14:09:00.003-05:00

Forklift, Ohio #20 (out Feb. 12, 2009) will contain previously unpublished poems from Gregory Corso's final manuscript, The Golden Dot. Meanwhile, check this out:

I Gave Away the Sky
A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Poet Gregory Corso

Curated by Matt Hart and Evan Commander

Muse Sick
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 7 p.m., Memorial Hall
$5 Door / Cash Bar / Doors at 6PM
Advanced seats can be reserved at Shake It Records and Coffee Emporium
An evening of music with jazz legend David Amram and Jane Carver. This performance of Jane Carver's new arrangement of David Amram's score for Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie's film "Pull My Daisy," will feature a live performance by jazz legend David Amram, as well as musicians from the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music.

The Nightest Night: A Reading Honoring the Poetics and Poesy of Gregory Corso
Thursday, Feb. 5 - 7PM - Reed Gallery / University of Cincinnati. DAAP
Featuring readings by Adam Clay / Evan Commander / Scott Dennis / Peter Davis / Matt Hart Lesley Jenike / Catherine Wagner / Tyrone Williams

Corso: The Last Beat
Friday, Feb. 6, 5:30 p.m., DAAP 4400
An advanced director's screening of the feature-length documentary directed by Gustave Reininger, narrated by two-time Academy Award-nominated actor and novelist Ethan Hawke and featuring Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and poet, performer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith, as well as Corso himself. A reception will follow the film.

For more information please contact: Evan Commander: evancommander@mac.com / 513-307-5055 or visit www.igaveawaythesky.com

For more information about David Amram visit: www.davidamram.com
For more information about Corso: The Last Beat visit: www.corsothefilm.com

Forklift, Ohio Issue #20 (Winter 2009)

2009-02-01T15:27:00.005-05:00

FEATURING:

Tony Aarts * Seth Abramson * Samuel Amadon * Joshua Beckman * Lindsay Bernal * Edmund Berrigan * Ana Božičević * Maud Casey * Todd Colby * Evan Commander * Oscar Ames Cowgill * Darcie Dennigan * Stuart Dischell * Dobby Gibson * Maggie Ginestra * Steve Healey * Bob Hicok * Jeremy Hoevenaar * Christopher Janke * Andy Jen * Sally Keith * Rauan Klassnik * Ben Kopel * Amanda Lichtenberg * Tony Mancus * Anthony McCann * Nina McConigley * Sara Michas-Martin * Sierra Nelson * Stephanie Reents * Mary Ruefle * Jeremy Schmall * Fred Schmalz * Lauren Shapiro * Jill Stoddard * Tricia Suit * Mathias Svalina * Chad Sweeney * Steven Toussaint * Paul Violi * G.C. Waldrep * Sasha West * Patti White * Dean Young

MANAGEMENT:

Eric Appleby, Publisher/Designer
Matt Hart, Editor-in-Chief
Brett Price, Poetry Editor
Merrill Feitell, Fiction Editor
Tricia Suit, Managing Editor/Test Kitchen Director

Peruse & purchase online at ForkliftOhio.com

Inauguration Celebration: The Blue Ball - Tue Jan 20 @ Northside Tavern

2009-01-12T12:30:00.004-05:00

Celebrate one of the great traditions of Democracy (and my birthday!) at ...

THE BLUE BALL

TUE JAN 20 - 8 PM - NORTHSIDE TAVERN (back room)

NO COVER - Bring donations for the Freestore Foodbank

FORMALWEAR encouraged (but optional)

DANCE PARTY w/ DJ Apryl Reign

FREE EATS from Melt, The Hideaway, & Sidewinder

PLUS Political Trivia, Games, Surprise Guests & more...

Organized by CincyRocksObama.com (the group of local musicians, fans & friends who brought you the Election Night party at the Tavern)

See you there!

Now Shipping: Forklift, Ohio #19 (FALL 2008)

2008-11-01T00:30:00.004-04:00

FEATURING:

Melissa Barrett * Claire Becker * Cara Benson * Joshua Butts * Scott Challener * Liz Countryman * Scott Elliott * Terri Ford * Rae Gouirand * J.M. Green * Whit Griffin * James Grinwis * Jess Grover * Catherine Hardy * Nathan Hauke * Scott Alexander Jones * Sean Kilpatrick * Amy King * Andrew Kozma * Catherine Lacey * Amy Lawless * Mark Leidner * Matthew Lippman * Christopher Lirette * Chris Martin * Laura McCullough * Vestal McIntyre * Heidi McKye * Trey Moody * Jason Morris * Howard Norman * Ethan Paquin * Emily Pettit * Lee Posna * Nate Pritts * Emily Raboteau * David Rutschman * Jeremy Schmall * David Sewell * Jeff Simpson * Justin Taylor * Alex Ward *

MANAGEMENT:

Eric Appleby, Publisher/Designer
Matt Hart, Editor-in-Chief
Brett Price, Poetry Editor
Merrill Feitell, Fiction Editor
Tricia Suit, Managing Editor/Test Kitchen Director

Peruse & purchase online at ForkliftOhio.com

Election Night Party - 7pm at Northside Tavern - Free Food, DJ, Big Screen Returns

2008-10-20T13:03:00.002-04:00

Family Visit - Ohio Renaissance Festival

2008-09-08T15:44:00.000-04:00

Thu Oct 2 - Seven Speed Vortex w/ Cletus Romp at Southgate House (Lounge)

2008-09-08T10:24:00.005-04:00

Join Seven Speed Vortex and Cletus Romp for "Hillbilly Thursday" in the Southgate House Lounge on October 2. Heartless Bastards are headlining in the big room ($15), but the Lounge is FREE.

CincyRocksObama.com

2008-07-28T16:20:00.001-04:00

7 Speed Vortex w/Da Muttss & Eagle to Squirrel @ The Northside Tavern - SAT JUL 12 10pm FREE

2008-07-01T11:47:00.002-04:00

Catch the madness in the new back room of the Northside Tavern!

P.S. Thanks to Michael Kearns for our awesome 80s photo!

Farewell to Giles - Sat Jul 5 - 8pm-midnite at The Comet feat. The National Trust w/Seven Speed Vortex

2008-06-30T22:31:00.003-04:00

7 Speed Vortex in Radiohead Tribute Show 6/28/08 at The Mad Hatter

2008-06-26T16:46:00.004-04:00

Sitting in with Da Muttss for Chris Walker: Sat Jun 14 at The Sand Bar

2008-06-13T10:12:00.005-04:00

Lend your support to fellow bassist Chris Walker this Saturday evening. You can catch me backing up Da Muttss on drums at 8:30pm.

7speed + 12noon + 16june = 44 at the Contemporary Arts Center

2008-06-09T09:38:00.002-04:00

Photos from "The Rob & Jane Show"

2008-05-30T09:53:00.004-04:00

7 Speed Vortex was overjoyed to be a part of this amazing evening in honor of an amazing couple. Click here and check out some pics, courtesy of Jay Pattison.

Seven Speed Vortex w/ Da Muttss FRI MAY 16 -The Comet (10:30pm) - FREE!

2008-05-12T21:10:00.004-04:00

Upcoming Seven Speed Vortex Shows

2008-04-30T22:29:00.005-04:00

We've come out of hibernation for a mess of shows. See you at ...

FRI MAY 16 - 10:30pm at The Comet w/ Da Muttss

THU MAY 22 - 9pm at Blue Rock Tavern for Drag Show hosted by Krystle Lamour

SUN MAY 25 - 9:30pm for Rob & Jane's Wedding Show @ Southgate House (don't miss cake at 7:30pm)

MON JUN 16 - NOON at the Contemporary Arts Center for '44' lunchtime music series

CANCELLED: SAT JUN 21 - 10:30pm at The Gypsy Hut w/ Da Muttss

SAT JUN 28 - Radiohead Tribute Show at The Mad Hatter

Coachella 2008: Who we saw ...

2008-04-30T22:18:00.004-04:00

Aesop Rock
Death Cab for Cutie
*DeVotchKa
Dwight Yoakam
**Holy Fuck
Kraftwerk
Les Savy Fav
Man Man
Mum
My Morning Jacket
Portishead
Prince
Roger Waters

Rogue Wave
*Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Shout Out Louds
*Spiritualized
*Stars
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Swervedriver
the Breeders
the National
the Raconteurs
*the Swell Season
the Verve
VHS or Beta

*if you haven't already: check it!
**at Gypsy Hut next Tue!! be there ...

Forklift #18 Reviewed in Tarpaulin Sky

2008-04-30T09:09:00.002-04:00

Cara Benson reviews Forklift, Ohio #18 in Tarpaulin Sky: http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/forklift_18.html

She says:

"Simultaneously cheeky, vulnerable, funny, ominous, and lyrically toying
with what is or is not “accessible,” Forklift, Ohio makes me love
poetry again."

It's here! Forklift, Ohio # 18 - Winter 2008

2008-02-15T21:50:00.004-05:00

Aaron Balkan, Adam Clay, Adam Fell, Alexis Orgera, Amanda Nadelberg, Ann Stephenson, Bo McGuire, Chad Sweeney, Charlie Clark, Christina Clark, Dean Young, Dobby Gibson, Dorothea Lasky, Dustin Williamson, Erin M. Bertram, Evan Commander, G.C. Waldrep, James Longenbach, Jeremy Hoevenaar, Jillian Weise, Jim Goar, Lindsay Bernal, Lori Shine, Lucas Farrell, Matthew Rohrer, Maud Casey, Michael Schiavo, Mike Shaffer, Peter Davis, Rachel Contreni Flynn, Sally Ball, Timothy O'Keefe, Todd Colby, and Virgil Renfroe. Featuring cover art by Elizabeth Zechel.

Preview, Peruse, Purchase at http://www.forkliftohio.com/

Thank you.

7 Speed Vortex - FRI JAN 18 @ The Gypsy Hut w/ Da Muttss

2008-01-15T02:10:00.000-05:00

Neshobe XIII photos are up!

2008-01-06T07:21:00.000-05:00

Meet Gustafer

2008-01-02T11:50:00.000-05:00

Morgan Taylor, a Dayton friend-from-waaay-back (and former bandmate of Travel's Darren Callahan) is taking over the world with help from Gustafer Yellowgold.

Neshobe # 13 : Masters of Escape & Illusion

2007-12-22T11:59:00.001-05:00

We invite you to join us on Monday, December 31, 2007 at 9pm for our 13th Annual New Year's Eve Party: "Masters of Escape & Illusion."

Neshobe will transform into a turn-of-the-century spectacle of magic and illusion, inspired by everything from the legendary escapes of Houdini to the "supernatural" stunts of phony mediums, carnival shysters and practical jokers.

Recommended attire is Early-1900s-Ragtime Formal-meets-Sideshow Chic, but feel free to simply wear your straightjacket or best pair of handcuffs, and escape with us as we ring in the New Year.

NESHOBE #13 - "Masters of Escape & Illusion"
Mon Dec 31 - 9PM
Eric & Tricia's House
Food & Beverage Provided
Costumes Recommended
RSVP at http://www.neshobe.net/

H_NGM_N #7 is here!

2007-12-15T11:00:00.000-05:00

POEMS: Gavin Adair • Claire Becker • Daniel Becker • Julia Cohen • Simon DeDeo • Eric Elliott • Charley Foster • Noah Eli Gordon • Eryn Green • Timothy Green • Matt Hart • MC Hyland • Becca Klaver • Robert Krut • Brad Liening • Chris Martin • Lauren McCollum • David Sewell • Lori Shine • Peter Jay Shippy • Brenda Sieczkowski • Leigh Stein • Chris Tonelli
INTRODUCING RIC CADDEL: A Preferatory Note by Aaron Tieger
FROM: Joseph Bienvenu • John Hyland • Clay Matthews • Ben Mirov • Amber Nelson • Craig Morgan Teicher
EP POETRY: Sean Thomas Dougherty • Dobby Gibson
FICTION: Charles Israel Jr • Michael Piafsky • Darrin Doyle
Artist’s Portfolio: Fumiko Amano
COMIX: Gabrielle Bell • Jessica Hagy
ESSAYS & REVIEWS: David Saffo on Charles Olson & Antonio Damasio • Gina Myers on some chapbooks • Jen Tynes on some chapbooks • Matt Dube on Gabrielle Bell • Monica McFawn on Rachel M Simon • Timothy Bradford on Paige Ackerson-Kiely • Tom Dvorske on Adam Clay • Zackary Sholem Berger on Sean Thomas Dougherty

Visit http://www.h-ngm-n.com/

7 Speed Vortex - Dec 7 @ The Comet w/ Hotness (Detroit)

2007-12-01T10:55:00.000-05:00

7 Speed Vortex - 10/27/07 at Northside Tavern w/ Da Muttss and Jim Jones 'Memories of Elvis'

2007-10-25T17:57:00.001-04:00

Forklift, Ohio #17 NOW AVAILABLE!

2007-09-28T06:09:00.000-04:00

Forklift, Ohio
A Journal of Poetry, Cooking & Light Industrial Safety
ISSUE # 17 • SUMMER 2007

Matt Hart, Editor
Eric Appleby, Designer/Publisher
Brett Price, Asst. Editor

Featuring work by:

Alex Lemon • Andrew Hughes • Ben Kopel • Beth Bachmann • Bob Hicok • Daniel Johnson • Dean Gorman • Jeremy Schmall • Joshua Marie Wilkinson • Joni • M. Wallace • Justin Taylor • Kaethe Schwehn • Karla Kelsey • Karyna McGlynn • Kiki Petrosino • Kristi Maxwell • Lesley Jenike • Lindsay Coleman • Michael Rerick • Nate Pritts • Noah Eli Gordon • Oscar Ames Cowgill • Russell Dillon • Scott Dennis • Tomaz Salamun • Tyler Meier • Zach Savich

AVAILABLE NOW FOR $12 PPD

Visit http://www.forkliftohio.com/ to preview and order.

To Bebo or not to be ...

2007-09-12T13:07:00.001-04:00

7 Speed Vortex http://www.bebo.com/badge/4742422541

7 Speed Vortex - Fri Aug 24 11pm - Gypsy Hut w/the Seedy Seeds

2007-08-21T13:02:00.000-04:00

7 Speed Vortex Sat Jul 28 (11pm) @ Northside Tavern for Cletus Romp's CD Release Show

2007-07-23T11:02:00.002-04:00

Get sucked in ...

2007-07-10T13:41:00.003-04:00

NEW 7 Speed Vortex CD "Favorite Frequency"

(1) CD available in store at ShakeIt (http://www.shakeitrecords.com/)

(2) Mail Order CD from Starfish LE

7 Speed Vortex CD Release Extravaganza - Sat 07/07/07 at The Comet w/Meadoe

2007-07-05T10:00:00.001-04:00

7 Speed Vortex, playing at a bar near you

2007-06-06T22:57:00.001-04:00

Seriously, this Friday we are playing an epic classic rock song

June 8 * Southgate House * Classic Rock Taft Museum of Art Benefit

June 16 * Southgate House * 80s Pop Rocks III AVOC Benefit

June 22 * Northside Tavern * with Fairmount Girls

July 7 * The Comet * CD Release!

2007-05-29T13:15:00.001-04:00

Coachella: Who We Saw

2007-05-02T08:48:00.003-04:00


Interpol
Arctic Monkeys
Sonic Youth
Rufus Wainwright
Silversun Pickups
Bus Driver
the Arcade Fire
the Decemberists
The Good, the Bad and The Queen
Blonde Redhead
the New Pornographers
!!!


Hot Chip
Sparklehorse
Roky Erickson & the Explosives
the Fratellis
Air
Willie Nelson
The Roots
Crowded House
Explosions in the Sky
the Lemonheads
Tapes 'n Tapes
Junior Boys

from the LitChick: "...made me like poetry again"

2007-03-19T12:43:00.000-04:00

LitChick: How Forklift, Ohio changed my life, made me like poetry again

All I can say is that I hope that Forklift has this effect on everyone.

Love-fest @ Luensman opening

2007-03-15T14:50:00.000-04:00

Our friend Tony Luensman opened Arenas at CAM last night ... what fun to see him become so very successful.

Props to Sara Pearce for her deep knowledge of local artists and their work. We're lucky to have her back on the beat in a city that needs to know how lucky it is to have such vibrant local artists.

So get thee to Tony's show! He's the kind of artist that is able to smuggle hundreds of glowing green penises into CAM, only to make you feel bad for thinking it's a joke when you read about the piece and realize that it is, in fact, a heartfelt tribute ...

Taft with a Twist in the Cincinnati Enquirer (3/11)

2007-03-12T04:05:00.000-04:00

Story by Pam Fisher, complete with shout-outs to Forklift, Ohio & 7 Speed Vortex. Also, quotes from yours truly and the beloved Jackie Ewing, and this photo of the lovely Tricia. Unfortuntely, you can't see her shoes in this pic, but more photos will follow.

Because Matt is the "word guy" ...

2007-03-12T03:53:00.001-04:00

Read his AWP wrap-up and important words from our sponsors ...

Forklift, Ohio Issue #16 NOW AVAILABLE

2007-03-07T14:12:00.000-05:00

Published just in time for the Forklift, Ohio debut at AWP 2007 (Atlanta), Issue #16 is served up hot and brimming with flavor. Consume in good health. This issue has two different covers. $12 will get one delivered to your doorstep via First Class mail.

AWP 2007 Photos

2007-03-05T05:41:00.002-05:00

AWP 2007

click for photos

J's 35th Birthday: The Sake Bomb

2007-03-05T05:03:00.002-05:00

J's 35th Bday

(click for photos)

"Luminist Horizons" podcasts now available on iTunes

2007-02-23T15:54:00.000-05:00

This just in:

The podcasts for Luminist Horizons are now available on iTunes! The link is below.

Thanks to Elizabeth for sorting through the RSS feed setup and iTunes bureacracy.

Now we're just like the Met!!

Click here for Taft Podcasts on the iTunes Music Store

__________________________________
Tricia Suit
Public Relations Manager
Taft Museum of Art

Eric in 'Entrepreneur' article about Small Biz Scams

2007-02-23T15:44:00.000-05:00

Look! I'm a source ... Click here to read the article

7 Speed Vortex plays PET SONGS benefit @ SGH on Sat Mar 24, 2007

2007-02-21T19:06:00.000-05:00

Saturday March 24, 2007 in the Southgate House Ballroom

PET SONGS
a benefit for Bunny's medical expenses (click here for
Bunny's story)
ALSO FEATURING Mecurchrome, Fairmount Girls, Wussy, The Delusionals, The Moon Fails, The Socials, The Stapletons, Abiyah, Staggering Statistics, Culture Queer, Chocolate Horse, The Seedy Seeds, Le Technopuss13s, Lovely Crash, Go To Hell, My Wife The Tiger, Eat Sugar, Matthew Shelton, Lonely The Seabird, Go Sky High, Sonic-Farnicle plus segue pet poetry by Shawn Obnoxious And Tokyo Rose Records + The Barnyard Burlesque Dog Show Parade !!!!

$6 | 8:30 doors, 9PM show | 21+ | all bands play a song about an animal or pet

How Many Eric Applebys does it take ...

2007-02-01T18:17:00.000-05:00

HowManyOfMe.com

There are:
19
people with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

Taft Museum of Art Podcasts for Luminist Horizons show

2007-01-27T18:57:00.001-05:00

Check out the podcasts for the new Taft Museum of Art show Luminist Horizons. They were produced with help from yours truly and feature original music by 7SV guitarist Mark Messerly.

The recordings are interesting on their own merits, but actually are intended as audio accompaniment to the exhibit. So download them and load them on the iPod (or MP3 player of your choice )and take it with you to the Taft to spend some time with this gorgeous show. It explores a corner of Civil War-era American art and group of painters of which I was previously unaware.

Highly recommended.

H_NGM_N #6 goes live

2007-01-22T09:55:00.000-05:00

H_NGM_N #6 has been dragged to the town square for public viewing. Click the image to execute.

Edited by Nate Pritts, it contains work by Forklift, Ohio Editor Matt Hart, Associate Editor Brett Price, friend-of-the-lift Evan Commander, and even some of my fingerprints on the virtual binding.

It is an impressive collection of work that fires on all cylinders with poetry, reviews, visual art (including some hilarious comics), fiction and commentary.

Get thee hence and check it!

7 Speed Vortex @ The Comet - Sat Jan 27, 2007 - 10pm

2007-01-21T10:32:00.001-05:00

We're playing with Knife the Symphony from Covington, KY -- indie rock in the Fugazi-Jawbox-Drive Like Jehu tradition (acc. to them). I hear some At the Drive-In as well, and it's tight as hell. Can't wait to see them live for the first time.

Forklift, Ohio in the Hamilton Journal-News

2007-01-10T10:15:00.000-05:00

New Neshobe website & photos from NYE 2006

2007-01-03T09:08:00.000-05:00

Visit http://www.neshobe.net for photos from New Year's Eve 2006: Saloon Neshobe as well as see pictures from the eleven previous parties. Enjoy!

TRAVEL video from 12/19 show at Canal Street (Dayton, OH)

2006-12-19T12:34:00.001-05:00

Photos from Dec 13 TRAVEL rehearsal

2006-12-14T10:38:00.001-05:00

Getting ready for our second show EVER ...

Travel Rehearsal 12/13/2006

Neshobe Saloon - New Year's Eve 1886

2006-12-12T17:52:00.001-05:00

7 Speed Vortex @ The Comet w/Le TechnoPUSS13S - Fri Dec 29, 2006 - 10pm - NO COVER

2006-12-12T16:29:00.001-05:00

TRAVEL - second EVER live show @ Canal St (Dayton) on SAT DEC 16 @ 9pm

2006-12-11T18:22:00.001-05:00

Playing its first live set since 1998, Darren, Matt, Kelly, and Eric will play a special one-set show at Canal Street Tavern in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday December 16th, 2006. Show starts at 9:30, prompt. This once is a once-a-decade rare event! Also performing: Nick Kizirnis, Flyaway Minion, Shrug, and the Cassidy Mystery Tour.

Look for an article on Travel in the 12/15 Dayton Daily News.

Photos from 7 Speed Vortex show in Pittsburgh with The Gothees

2006-12-11T16:50:00.001-05:00

7 Speed Vortex at The Gothees CD Release Show - Sat Dec 9, 2006 at The Brillo Box (Pittsburgh, PA)

2006-12-01T17:00:00.000-05:00

Forklift gets shout-out in the NY Times Book Review

2006-11-19T10:39:00.001-05:00

Excerpted from The New York Times Book Review - November 19, 2006

Click here for complete article

Urban Scrawl
By MEGHAN O’ROURKE

UP IS UP BUT SO IS DOWN
New York’s Downtown
Literary Scene, 1974-1992.
Edited by Brandon Stosuy.
510 pp.
New York University Press. Cloth, $90; paper, $29.95.

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Today, the city is so expensive that the real Bohemians are dispersed among
disparate, far-flung neighborhoods.

But maybe that’s not so tragic. After all, the third factor in the disappearance of Downtown is the Internet. In an era when real estate is costly but virtual space is cheap, the community that once could be found only on Astor Place exists online. Today, there are plenty of magazines and Web sites continuing the do-it-yourself tradition of Downtown. But they’re largely in the yonder regions of America, where outfits like Spork (out of Tucson) and Forklift, Ohio (out of Cincinnati), to name just two I like, are publishing irreverent work that swipes at the mainstream. In the afterword to “Up Is Up,” Dennis Cooper declares “I wanted to make it as a writer, and I thought I had to be in New York for that to happen.” But many writers no longer feel that way. If there is to be a new Downtown, it is probably taking shape in a city like Portland, Ore., out among the fresh pine trees, and those of us in New York can visit it online.

Meghan O’Rourke is the culture editor for Slate and a poetry editor at The Paris Review.
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Forklift, Ohio - Summer 2006 Issue Now Shipping

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FEATURING: Arlene Ang * Daniel Becker * Joshua Beckman * Oni Buchanan * Jane Carver * John Colburn * Evan Commander * Bruce Covey * Darcie Dennigan * Scott Dennis * Joshua Edwards * Yasbel Fernandez-Acuna * Rachel Contreni Flynn * Terri Ford * Melissa Ginsburg * Paul Griffiths * Amy Grimm * Daniel Harris * Matthea Harvey * Anthony Hawley * Eric Higgins * James Hoch * Chris Hund * Andrew Kozma * Alex Lemon * Dora Malech * Clay Matthews * Anthony Mccann * Sandra Miller * Lisa Olstein * Paul Otremba * Kiki Petrosino * Nate Pritts * Bart Quinet * Brent Royster * Zach Savich * Michael Schiavo * Jason Schneiderman * Peter Jay Shippy * rachel m simon * Craig Morgan Teicher * Cody Todd * Nick Twemlow * Kate Umans * Mike Vallera * G.C. Waldrep * Ian Randall Wilson * Bradford K. Wolfenden II * Mark Yakich * Dean Young * Jason Zuzga

7 Speed Vortex - MPMF Wrap-up in The Cincinnati Enquirer

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The 50 Shoes - Sep 15 @ The Comet / Sep 29 @ Know Theatre / Oct 6 @ Off-Pike Art Fair

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7 Speed Vortex at Midpoint Music Festival - Fri Sep 22, 2006 10pm @ Crush

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7 Speed Vortex at The Comet Aug 3, 2006 w/ The Championship

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Tokyo Rose TV Theme Song Night - Sat Jul 27, 2006 at The Southgate House

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7 Speed Vortex at Rockin on Walnut / CAC - July 14, 2006 5-8 pm

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7 Speed Vortex - Fri Jun 16 @ The Comet w/ The Slow Signal Fade

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Bettina & Eric (& Jan) in CIN Weekly

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7 Speed Vortex - FRI MAY 26, 2006 @ The Northside Tavern

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Vote Vortex

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Matt Hart Miniature in The Cincinnati Enquirer

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Lunch with 7 Speed Vortex @ the Contemporary Arts Center

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The 50 Shoes - Mar 17, 2006 @ CAC - Ad

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See The 50 Shoes LIVE - March 17 & 31, 2006

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7 Speed Vortex @ THE COMET Feb 11 @ 10PM w/The Evil Queens & The Squares

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The 50 Shoes @ The Contemporary Arts Center March 17, 2006

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Friday, March 17, 2006 5:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Mark your calendars now for the 50 Shoes next appearance as they take the stage in the Contemporary Fridays series at the Contemporary Arts Center in Downtown Cincinnati.

Cincinnati’s coolest happy-hour-meets-the-arts mixes alternative entertainment with exciting new exhibitions. Free for CAC members; others $8.“The 50 Shoes" performs 50 short poems set to music and performed in rapid succession, now all at once for the first time! Also, see an exhibition of shoes created by fifty different artists.

Note: this is a change from a previously-published date of March 10

Neshobe XI celebrates the Belle Epoque on New Year's Eve

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Click here for more info and photos of New Years Past

There's a new H_NGM_N in town

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H_NGM_N - an online journal of poetry, poetics, &c. is back with a fresh issue. Edited by Nate Pritts and webified by Eric Appleby, this issue #4 is bigger and better than ever. Click on the cover image to visit ...

Autonomous by Marc Brotherton

7 Speed Vortex @ The Viper Room on Dec 14

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click image for more info

New CD from TRAVEL: B^SIDES

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Visit myfriendnoise.com to check out tracks from the new Travel CD, "B^Sides"-- download the whole album FREE in MP3 format or order the CD for $5. Read the press release here.

Get REVELATED

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Check out Matt Hart's new chapbook Revelated from Hollyridge Press.

Matt is co-editor of Forklift, Ohio as well as the mouthpiece of The 50 Shoes and a big game hunter.

Our very own Rolling Stone-r

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7 Speed Vortex guitarist Mark Messerly showed up in a photo on Rolling Stone.com, which carried news of his "other" band Wussy's new album. While clearly the brains behind the outfit, his name was not mentioned--which would seem like a bad thing until you see how drummer Dawn Burman's name shows up ...

Photo by John Erhardt

Two New Chapbooks from Forklift, Ink.

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Check out the first two installments in the Forklift, Ink. Young Poets Series of chapbooks. planet carpet by Evan Commander and Very Hyper by Scott Dennis are available now from Forklift, Ink.

Forklift #14 Available NOW

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Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety announces its 14th Issue! Check out the contributors and some free samples on the website, then order your copy of this hand-assembled journal for $10 ppd.

7 Speed Vortex - 6/24/05 @ Alchemize & 7/4/05 in Northside

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The National Trust 5/27/05 @ The Comet

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