Love this, so interesting! And haha, the Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was one of my first contemporary American lit reads. A boss back in Boston recommended it once. I was so puzzled by it! but also charmed. Oh, Americans are so into driving! So cool about your hometown thou.
Great interview! But his history of SF spoken word is inaccurate. Gary Glazner was the first Slam organizer in the Bay Area. Justin Chin didn’t host any that I remember. The slams definitely took over the local scene in the late 90s, but it didn’t last that long.
Paul referred to him as the slam master. That was GG. He got the year wrong for the first national slam as well. Justin was in the second wave of slam performers. He wasn’t there at the beginning
You are right, Bucky. Justin was not the official Slam Master, as in Justin did not run or organize the SF slam. Thanks. When I got to SF and watched the slams in 1995-96, Justin was the shit. And to me he "ran" the slam, as in he was the best poet. Another way of saying slam master. I appreciate the fact check.
Terrific interview, Jack - maybe your best yet.
Love this, so interesting! And haha, the Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was one of my first contemporary American lit reads. A boss back in Boston recommended it once. I was so puzzled by it! but also charmed. Oh, Americans are so into driving! So cool about your hometown thou.
Great interview! But his history of SF spoken word is inaccurate. Gary Glazner was the first Slam organizer in the Bay Area. Justin Chin didn’t host any that I remember. The slams definitely took over the local scene in the late 90s, but it didn’t last that long.
Thanks Bucky! I don't think Paul was referring to Justin as the organizer of slams, just that he was one of the first stars of that scene?
Paul referred to him as the slam master. That was GG. He got the year wrong for the first national slam as well. Justin was in the second wave of slam performers. He wasn’t there at the beginning
You are right, Bucky. Justin was not the official Slam Master, as in Justin did not run or organize the SF slam. Thanks. When I got to SF and watched the slams in 1995-96, Justin was the shit. And to me he "ran" the slam, as in he was the best poet. Another way of saying slam master. I appreciate the fact check.