Mike Watt May 2012 NYC and LA Book Launch Dates Confirmed

Mike Watt and Three Rooms Press will launch the new book "Mike Watt: On and Off Bass" with two rockin' events in New York City and Los Angeles in early May.


"Here is the last stand of the fruited earth and the ship-freighted sea. How lovely America was. God bless San Pedro and Mike Watt." - Iggy Pop

MAY DAY 2: MIKE WATT AND FRIENDS
featuring live perf. by Hellride East
with Mike Watt, J Mascis and Murph
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 7 P.M.
LE POISSON ROUGE, NYC
Three Rooms Press & CEP Presents: NYC launch for “Mike Watt: On and Off Bass” at Le Poisson Rouge. Featuring HELLRIDE EAST with Mike Watt + J Mascis + Murph, plus Appomattox and Dead Trend, and a reading and signing by Mike Watt along with additional very special guests. Book available for purchase at event. Advance Tickets ($20): lepoissonrouge.com


“Mike Watt’s photos are the poetry of San Pedro...every time he goes out on that kayak he comes back with gold. These gorgeous images paired with the raw reflections of 3 decades on the road are sure to blow the minds of all who love punk rock and our beloved vision questing troubadour.” 
- Jack Black

CINCO DE MIKE WATT
featuring live performance by
MIKE WATT AND THE MISSINGMEN
SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2 P.M.
BEYOND BAROQUE, VENICE, CA
On Saturday, May 5th, 2 p.m., Three Rooms Press presents the West Coast book launch for Mike Watt: On and Off Bass at Beyond Baroque. The event will feature live performances by Mike Watt & The Missingmen and The Lofty Canaanites, plus reading & signing by Mike Watt along with very special guests. The new book, and Watt’s limited edition photographic prints (from Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica) will be available for purchase at the event. Tix $10 available at the door. Reservations (recommended): info@threeroomspress.com

5th Annual Dada Poetry Salon Friday, March 16 at Cornelia Street Cafe

Three Rooms Press & Son of a Pony present:

The Fifth Annual NYC Dada Poetry & Art Salon

Friday, March 16, 6 pm

Cornelia Street Cafe

29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker & W. 4th St.)

Featured Dada performers include: 

--DADAnewyork JOANIE FRITZ ZOSIKE, LOIS KAGAN MINGUS & ROBERT HIEGER

--Daddy Dada PETER CARLAFTES

--Romanian Dada descendent VALERY OISTEANU

--Underground Comic Book Artist MIKE DIANA with CITY SCUM SHOT 

--LA Dada's CYNTHIA TORONTO

--NJ Dada's JOHN J. TRAUSE 

--and surprise guests

It's back! And better than ever: The fifth annual Dada Poetry & Art Salon, with Dada hostess KAT GEORGES! This year's theme: Declare Art on War!

Wear your favorite Dada fashion, thrill to the excitement of the strangest, most hard-hitting Dada performances ever, and enjoy Dada-inspired poetry read LIVE! from the latest edition of Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art* (Three Rooms Press, 130 pages, 2012).

Featured guest poets include Dada superstar boxer/poet Arthur Cravan, brought back to life for this special event. Plus Live Dada Twitter, and performances by underground comic book artist Mike Diana with Steven Retchard; DADAnewyork’s Joanie Fritz Zosike, Lois Kagan Mingus, and Robert Hieger; NJ Dada's John J. Trause; Romanian Dada descendent Valery Oisteanu; LA Dada's Cynthia Toronto; Daddy Dada Peter Carlaftes, and surprise guests!

Plus: new videos, book giveaways and more. The first 20 people will receive a free copy of the hot-off-the-press Maintenant 6: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Literature & Art (inspired by Arthur Cravan’s early 20th Century Maintenant ’zine--the first ’zine EVER!).

Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $7 which includes (naturally) a free drink! Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village, between W. 4th Street at Bleecker (http://corneliastreecafe.com). Reservations and additional information: threeroomspress@mac.com

Maintenant 6: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art is the fifth edition of an annual collection of contemporary Dada work inspired by Dada instigator and Three Rooms Press spiritual advisor Arthur Cravan. This issue, edited by Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges, includes bold poetry, cutting-edge visual art, essays and word art from Neo-Dadaists worldwide, including: Roger Conover, Mina Loy, Jerome Rothenberg, Giovanni Fontana, Fork Burke, Paolo Pelosini, Constantin Xenakis, Vittore Baroni, George Wallace, Scott Wannberg, Duska Vrhovac, Bart Verburg, Mike Mollett and more than 100 other artists. Color cover, with interior black and white text and images. It is now archived in the MOMA library.

The original Dada movement peaked from 1916-1922, primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works. Its purpose was to ridicule what its participants considered to be the meaninglessness of the modern world. In addition to being anti-war, dada was also anti-bourgeois and anarchist in nature.

TRP brings DADA to the RADIO on WBAI (March 12 at 2pm EST)

On Monday, March 12, 2012 at 2 pm, tune into WBAI Pacifica radio (99.5 FM) for a chance to hear DADA on the air when Janet Coleman's Cat Radio Cafe presents Three Rooms Press poets Lois Kagan Mingus, Joanie Fritz Zosike and Kat Georges in a sure-to-be rollicking interview.

We're going to talk about dada and talk about the 5th Annual Dada Poetry & Performance Salon on March 16 at Cornelia Street Cafe.

Lois and Joanie are longtime members of NewYorkDada and also associates at The Living Theater. Kat is founder/editor of Three Rooms Press and coeditor of Maintenant 6: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art (now archived at MOMA). She also hosts the bi-monthly Son of a Pony Poetry Reading Series at Cornelia Street Cafe.

For details on the 5th Annual Dada Poetry & Performance salon, visit: http://www.facebook.com/events/309580282435879/ or http://threeroomspress.com/2012/03/5th-annual-nyc-dada-poetry-salon-maintenant-6-launch-slated-for-316/
or email info@threeroomspress.com

5th Annual Dada Poetry Salon & Maintenant 6 Launch Slated for 3/16

Three Rooms Press & Son of a Pony present:

The Fifth Annual NYC Dada Poetry & Art Salon

Friday, March 16, at  Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker & W. 4th St.)

Featured Dada performers include: 

--NY Dada's JOANIE FRITZ ZOSIKE & LOIS KAGAN MINGUS

--Dada Daddy PETER CARLAFTES

--Romanian Dada descendent VALERY OISTEANU

--Underground Comic Book Artist MIKE DIANA with CITY SCUM SHOT 

--LA Dada's CYNTHIA TORONTO

--NJ Dada's JOHN J. TRAUSE 

--and surprise guests

It's back! And better than ever: The fifth annual Dada Poetry & Art Salon, with Dada hostess KAT GEORGES! This year's theme: Declare Art on War!

Wear your favorite Dada fashion, thrill to the excitement of the strangest, most hard-hitting Dada performances ever, and enjoy Dada-inspired poetry read LIVE! from the latest edition of Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art* (Three Rooms Press, 130 pages, 2012).

Featured guest poets include Dada superstar boxer/poet Arthur Cravan, brought back to life for this special event. Plus Live Dada Twitter, and performances by underground comic book artist Mike Diana with Steven Retchard, NY Dada's Joanie Hieger Zosike & Lois Kagan Mingus, NJ Dada's John J. Trause, Romanian Dada descendent Valery Oisteanu, LA Dada's Cynthia Toronto, Dada Daddy Peter Carlaftes, and surprise guests!

Plus: new videos, book giveaways and more. The first 20 people will receive a free copy of the hot-off-the-press Maintenant 6: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Literature & Art (inspired by Arthur Cravan‘s early 20th Century Maintenant ’zine--the first ’zine EVER!).

Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $7 which includes (naturally) a free drink! Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village, between W. 4th Street at Bleecker (http://corneliastreecafe.com).

Reservations and additional information: threeroomspress@mac.com

Maintenant 6: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art is the fifth edition of an annual collection of contemporary Dada work inspired by Dada instigator and Three Rooms Press spiritual advisor Arthur Cravan. This issue, edited by Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges, includes bold poetry, cutting-edge visual art, essays and word art from Neo-Dadaists worldwide, including: Roger Conover, Mina Loy, Jerome Rothenberg, Giovanni Fontana, Fork Burke, Paolo Pelosini, Constantin Xenakis, Vittore Baroni, George Wallace, Scott Wannberg, Duska Vrhovac, Bart Verburg, Mike Mollett and more than 100 other artists. Color cover, with interior black and white text and images. It is now archived in the MOMA library.

The original Dada movement peaked from 1916-1922, primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works. Its purpose was to ridicule what its participants considered to be the meaninglessness of the modern world. In addition to being anti-war, dada was also anti-bourgeois and anarchist in nature.

"Hidden Wheel" author Michael T. Fournier to tour west coast in early March

Michael T. Fournier, author of the critically-acclaimed novel Hidden Wheel (Three Rooms Press, 2012) will tour the west coast for several readings from his new book in March. Scheduled readings so far include:

Friday, March 9, 7 pm
Blackbird Studios
1551 S. Commerce Street Ste. A
Las Vegas, NV 89102
(702) 782-0319
with special live musical performance by Coastwest Unrest and Walker Rose

Monday, March 12, 7 pm
Stories Books and Cafe, Echo Park
1716 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026-3225
213-413-3733

Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 pm
Track 16 Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, Bldg C-1
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-264-4678

Wedensday, March 14, 7 pm
Sub-Mission Gallery
2183 Mission Street (between 17th and 18th)
San Francisco, CA
415.255.7227

And look for him April 7th at Flywheel in Easthampton, MA,
with Sam McPheeters and others TBA