Joel silverstein poems

I really want to find more poems like In The Desert by Stephen Crane or poems like Shel Silverstein's poems please

Hi everyone ! Before i start i justed wanted to say i'm happy to be here because i discovered a good amount of greats Emo records in this sub, thanks to this community. You guys are great, really educated about the scene plus you're funny af xD
Anyway, greetings everyone, my name's Alice. I'm from France ! I'm into Emo music, Poetry (i also write my own poems), i love going to screamo/post-hardcore concerts near the city centre and watch cartoons/movies and Animes !
I wanted to get this off my chest for quite a while so here goes ! I wanna talk about the contradictions/flaws concerning the arguments defining the Emotional Hardcore scene. Now before you attack me and say i wasn't there to experience whatever or some shit, i'm not trying to disregard the history of Emo music in any way.
Eor months (even before i entered this subreddit) i studied the subculture and the evolution of the scene, i came accross many YT videos and i wanted to find new albums so that's why i'm here. Since my arrival here, i was always checking to see if the bands i cherished were actually considered a part of the scene. Eventually i found that a good portion of the redditors here were showing disdain at the Third Wave Bands from the 2000's and even more to the Emo Rappers.
I wanted to writed this to give you my point of view on the subject matter. I thought that it would be great for me to share how i see it. Just to clarify, i'm into Emo-Pop and Emo Post-Hardcore (which some of you call mallcore. My favourite bands are: Alesana, Pierce The Veil, Senses Fails, Silverstein, Chiodos, Taking Back Sunday, Mayday Parade, MCR, Thursday, Flyleaf, Scaring Kids Scaring Kids, Hope Dies Last, Eyes Set To Kill
Funny enough i also love Midwest and Emocore bands. Here are my standouts:
( Midwest: Cap N Jazz, Modern Baseball, SDRE, The Promise Ring, Modern Baseball, American Football, The Hotelier)
(Emocore: Embrace [my favorite out of all of them], Moss Icon, Gray Matter and Gauge)
But i digress, i noticed there's a contradiction in most arguments coming from both of musicians and the fans of the scene, i will try to understand all of the points you guys argumented in this sub without going to much in detail as much as possible, so here we go.

• 1- Third Wave: being called fake emo or Mallcore

First off i wanna talk about the biggest elephant in the room. Can you guys explain in what way the Emo-pop and Emo Post-Hardcore bands are not Emo? I noticed a recuring pattern that says that bands like My Chemical Romance, Pierce The Veil, Sleeping With Sirens, Fall out Boy are not Emo because either:
A- they're from a major label
B- Their music is not considered Emo (which you need to remember means Emotional Hardcore (just without the core part)
All of theses bands are Post-Hardcore ones and yes maybe they're not 90's Post-Hardcore Bands that's why i use the word Emo Post-Hardcore. They're Post-hardcore bands that were influenced by Emo, Pop Punk and Post-Hardcore bands. I think this helps breaks the confusion everyone has with the "Post-Hardcore" term.
However if others bands are Emo-Pop they STILL have Post-Hardcore roots (not HARDCORE ROOTS) even if they're from a major label, even if they're mainstream that doesn't remove the fact thaty're an EMO POST-HARDCORE which is something entirely different than regular Post-Hardcore or regular Emotional Hardcore bands.
They're between the lines of these two, that's the nuance that i want to show you. We should NOT OVERLOOK that they still have hardcore into their sound, they got the speed, they got the guitars, the distortion, the desperate vocals, the only difference between a MCR, FOB, The Used song and a The Get Up Kids songs is the polished studio mix and mastering.

• 2- What does Emotion Hardcore mean ?!
  I think part of the problem who confuses everyone comes from the original tag itself. The thrasher magazine used to call Emo-core bands likes Embrace. And honestly the the genre's name is too MUCH VAGUE ! In French:
  

Emotional: In relation to emotions.
On the other hand, in America/UK you guys have a different meaning of the word "Emotional". There's a cultural difference.
In English means: If someone is or becomes emotional, they show their feelings very openly, especially, because they are upset.
But why does being Emotional only comes from a place of sadness? And why should Emo music be the only music genre that provides this such harsh feeling ?
My answer is that it only works in the context of the Hardcore scene + the socialpolitical context. Being quote on quote "EMOTIONAL" was seen as fragile/weak in the Hardcore scene, you could only talk about Politics because that's whats the Hardcore Punk was about. So that's why in context, in the 80's "Emotional" was such controversial ! And it still is to this day, mens all around the worlds are scared to show dispair and sadness.
The problem is, every musical genre can be used to display sadness, hate, anger, etc. Plus Emotional Hardcore does not mean: "Hardcore Punk without the political themes, that talks about negative feelings". It means: "the CENTER of Hard Emotions". EMOTIONAL. TO. THE. CORE. That's the meaning of the word "Hardcore".
Therefore you should see Emotional Hardcore as way of being Emotional without social norms, without political norms, without any others obstacles. The Emotions of sorrow ARE THE CORE of the musical genre and since it doesn't tries to be fancy or socially acceptable in our society, it's gonna be insulted and made fun of. THAT'S WHY people hate Emotional Hardcore, it's dark, it's in your face, it's disgusting, it's tragic, and theses emotions, these negatives traits represent a taboo. It's against any social and acceptable status-quo.
To make it simple: Every musical genre provide a variety of Emotions. But that's the way that EMO does it that's different from the rest of it. It's the sincerity, the honesty behind it that makes it so much scary and intimidating. The intimacy is far too strong for casual or sensitive people to tolerate.

• 3- The arguments of the influences

Another point that i always see is that Emo bands can only be defined as Emo if they were touring with other legimitate bands of the genre of if they were influenced by them. This argument doesn't fucking make sense at all. In some sense, i agree with it BUT ONLY if you can hear it the resemblance.
How the fuck midwest bands were influenced by 1st wave Emotional Hardcore bands like Rites Of Spring? There's no remotely a similarity between the two ! And btw, how exactly are they hardcore in the same way of the first hardcore bands? In terms, of lyrics and singing, maybe but in terms of sounds, no.
In fact, i'd argue that Emo Post-Hardcore bands are more CLOSER to the sound of Emotional Hardcore from the 80's than the Midwest Wave of the 90's, but that's just me i guess. The problem is that all of you only define an Emo band/artist by influences and vague resemblance to the hardcore sound. But it's nonsense.
If Taylor Swift said she was influenced by Moss Icon would you categorize her music Emo? Would you call her "Emocore" if she was touring with all these obscure Hardcore Bands ? I don't think so...
For example, Michael Jackson said that he was influenced by james brown. Sur they maybe have simikarities in terms of singins or dancing but NOT in terms of SOUND !
Sound Influence is the only type of influence we could judge and agree on some musician legitimacy.

• 4- Bands refuting that they're an Emo band

This one will not be long but i just wanted to say JUST BECAUSE AN ARTIST SAYS HE'S NOT FROM A CERTAIN SCENE OAND MUSICAL GENRE DOES NOT MEAN IT'S TRUE !
Robert Smith said that The Cure is not an Goth Band even though they literally made Pornography.
Same here. The musicians DO NOT CARE ABOUT LABELS AS MUCH AS WE DO They're supposed to just make the music, the rest is superficial to them.
5- What makes a song Emo
I listened to all the Emo waves from now to all way back in the 80's. And it's safe to say THERE ARE ways to tell True and Fake Emo songs apart:

1. The lyrics are confessional similar to the Elegy (a special type of poetry)
2. The themes are around sadness, anger and pain
3. The singing is desperate/whiny
4. THE MUSIC FUCKING KICKS ASS lol

I’m looking for a book of poems my family used to have in the early 2000’s. I can only remember two of the poems in it. One I remember was called Molly McPolly McDolly McBean and it was about a girl who rolled in the grass and turned green. The other was about an elephant’s snore illustrated with a lion, zebra, and monkey covering their ears. It was a a collection of eclectic poems with all different brightly colored illustrations and most likely different authors. It’s not a Shel Silverstein, and from what my siblings and I remember it was a large blue book with a moon and/or stars on it but we can’t fully remember.

I’m looking for a book of poems my family used to have in the early 2000’s. I can only remember two of the poems in it. One I remember was called Molly McPolly McDolly McBean and it was about a girl who rolled in the grass and turned green. The other was about an elephant’s snore illustrated with a lion, zebra, and monkey covering their ears. It was a a collection of eclectic poems with all different brightly colored illustrations and most likely different authors. It’s not a Shel Silverstein, and from what my siblings and I remember it was a large blue book with a moon and/or stars on it but we can’t fully remember.

While I was finishing up the dishes today, my NK(7f) said “ms.__ I’ve got a poem you might be interested in”. She reads me the poem “How Not To Have To Dry The Dishes” by Shel Silverstein. The last few lines,
“And you drop one on the floor Maybe they won't let you Dry the dishes anymore”
This made me CRACK up. You trying to get me fired girl?!

DAY: April 21 2024
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Large Scale, Ongoing, and Multi-Day Events

• Pride in the Park at Kleman Plaza. Celebrate the pride and joy of our wonderfully diverse Tallahassee LGBTQ+ community at Tallahassee Pride's annual Pride in the Plaza. Presented in partnership with Visit Tallahassee and the City of Tallahassee, this inclusive, family-friendly festival features musical performances, delicious eats and food trucks, and local and regional vendors all in the name of celebrating with PRIDE. Protip: getting a parking spot under Kleman for Pride is easy, getting out is a total pain in the ass and can take up to an hour. Uber to and fro. Noon-5:30pm
  
• LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival, Saturday and Sunday. Featuring art, vendors, food, and live music from Thursday Night Music Club, The Electric People, Mo & Mary Mac, R & R Sisters with Ed Prasse, Saylor Dollar, Flamenco Del Sur, Tuesday Supper Club, Hot Tamale, Strings of Light, Lee C. Payton, Two Guys With Guitars, Ayoko African Drum & Dance, Mo & Mary Mac, Charles Erwin Wilson, Ben Banks & The Back-Ups, Hot Tamale, SeaBreeze Duo, Ben Wentworth, and more. 10am-5pm both days
  

Local Running, Walking, and Biking Info: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/
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Live Theater:

• Making Light Productions: https://www.makinglightproductions.org/
  
• Theatre Tallahassee: https://theatretallahassee.org/
  
• Mickee Faust Club: https://www.mickeefaust.com/
  
• Monticello Opera House: https://www.monticellooperahouse.org/
  
• FSU School of Theatre: https://theatre.fsu.edu/productions/
  
• Young Actors Theatre: https://www.youngactorstheatre.com/
  
• Quincy Music Theatre: https://quincymusictheatre.com/
  
• Tallahassee Hispanic Theater: https://tallahasseehispanictheater.wordpress.com/
  

OutdooFarmer’s Markets:

• Lake Ella Grower's Market: Wednesday and Saturday, 11am-2pm. You can always find organic vendors, and foragers: The Holistic Cannabis Community, Artzi Farms, Hickory Nut Gifts, and others. Including Pita Queen! Farmer's Market Nutrition Program Coupons gladly accepted!
  
• Tallahassee Downtown Market: Saturdays, 10am-2pm, Park Ave Parks. Vendors display their arts and fine crafts, jewelry, handmade soap, pottery, Fresh from Florida produce, hand-raised beef and pork, fresh baked bread, jams and jellies, and honey. Live music from different local musicians every Saturday.
  
• Frenchtown Heritage Market: 524 N MLK Jr Blvd. Third Saturday of the month 10am to 2pm. Come grow community and support your local farmers and makers, while you get your groceries for the week! Don’t forget! We match SNAP/EBT, so you DOUBLE your money to go towards locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables! If the guy with the pineapple is there, get it. This is currently only happening on the third Saturday of the month for the next few months while road work is completed.
  
• Tallahassee Farmers Market: 2904 Kerry Forest Pkwy, Saturdays, 8am to Noon. Come see us at Tallahassee's longest-running farmers market! We are a year-round market, featuring local farms and vendors that provide the best seasonal produce, meats, baked goods, and more. We welcome you and your whole family (leashed pets included) to come out and meet your local farmers! Ample parking is available between our lot and the shopping center lot next door (by Red Elephant). Come early for the best selection.
  

THURSDAY, 4/18

• The Hub at Feather Oaks: Bingo. 6pm
  
• Dreamland BBQ: Weekly Open Blues Jam. If you'd like to sing, please bring your own mic. 6pm
  
• Honest Living Vape: Chess-Master Thursdays . Beginners and experts, join us every Thursday from 6-9 for Chess-Master Thursdays. All ages. Bring your board or play ours! Tournaments coming soon! 6pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing Co: Open Mic Night! Join us on Thursdays from 6:30-9:30 PM for Open Mic Night hosted by the incredible Mike Ingram of The Brown Goose! This is your chance to show off your skills! Whether you're a musician, poet, comedian, or have a hidden talent, we can't wait to see what you bring to the stage. 6:30pm
  
• Lake Tribe: Trivia. 7pm
  
• Takko Market Square: Bingo Night. 7pm
  
• The Getaway Grille and Bar: Karaoke with Jared Walker. 7pm
  
• Amicus Brewing: Trivia. 7pm
  
• Smitty's Taphouse: Trivia Lab Thursdays. Teams of 6 or fewer players can compete for $30 / $20 / $10 Prizes + The Golden MacGuffin prize table! New format! Interactive smartphone answering for your comfort and safety! 6 Fun Rounds - 42 Total Questions. 7:30pm
  
• Cap City Video Lounge: The Incredible Melting Man! MST3K Thursday. Join us Thursday as we climb aboard The Satellite of Love along with Joel, Tom Servo and CROOOOW as they enter the post, gooey, science fiction horror realm of stuff not cheese that is 1977's THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN! 7:30pm/free but donations encouraged
  
• Studio D: Bachata Fever. We always have a bachata workshop at 8 pm before Bachata Fever. We dance afterwards to the sounds of DJ Bacharod. The class is at 8 pm and Bachata Fever will start at 930 pm. Many times people are learning in class and may feel uncomfortable social dancing while they are still learning moves. We have a welcoming environment so stay and have fun and dance with everyone. That is how we learn. 8pm/Class $5/Bachata Fever $5.
  
• The Sound Bar: Comedy Night. 8pm
  
• Finnegans Wake: Open Mic. 8:30pm
  
• Brass Tap in Midtown: Karaoke with DJ Rah. 9pm
  
• 926: Karaoke. 9pm
  
• Bird’s: Karaoke with Nathan. 9pm
  

• Visit Tallahassee (old Amtrak Station): Understanding the LGBTQ History of Tallahassee. What would a queer history of Tallahassee look like? What are the most important developments in the writing of queer and LGBT history, and how can they be applied to interpreting the queer experience in Tallahassee over the past 200 years? One of the first academic authors of gay and lesbian history earned his PhD at Florida State in the early 1970s and taught some of the first university courses on LGBT history and culture in the nation on the Florida State campus. Why isn’t this story better known, and how can we build on this legacy? How can theory help ensure that we write histories that acknowledge the centrality of race, class, gender, and gender identity, while also always foregrounding issues of political power, labor, coercion, and class? Theory is not about making what is simple obscure, but instead about helping us to see mechanisms at work, and lives lived, that may have left only faint traces in the archive, rounding out and completing the evidence that has survived in greater abundance. Join Professor Charles Upchurch, Professor of British & LGBTQ History at Florida State University, for a 40-minute illustrated exploration of all of these themes as they relate to Tallahassee’s queer history. 5pm/free
  
• Blue Tavern: Jazz Mini-Fest Day One featuring Therese Whichello, Chris Seepersaud Quartet, and Richie Summa Trio. 5:30pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing: Genezone! 6pm
  
• 926: Virginia Man with Oak’s Experiment and npc luv. 8pm
  

FRIDAY, 4/19

• Blue Tavern: Happy Hour with Steve Malono. 5pm
  
• Lake Tribe Brewing: Flannel Fridays with Live Music. 6pm
  
• Hobbit West: Friday Night Dart Tournament. Anyone can Enter! Sign ups at 7:30, Darts fly at 8:00/$10 entry fee
  
• Ouzts Too: Karaoke with DJ Nathan. Best karaoke DJ in town. 8pm
  
• Just One More: Karaoke with DJ Rah. 9pm-11pm/21+
  
• 926: The Hot Friday Night Party and Drag Show. 9pm/$5/18+
  

• Blue Tavern: Two Clever. 5pm
  
• Blue Tavern: Jazz Mini-Fest Day Two featuring Clavé, Robocromp, and The Indefatigables. 5:30pm
  
• Proof: Buck Bonzai. 6pm
  
• Lake Tribe. Barber Brothers. 6pm
  
• Civic Center: Far Out Funk & Blues Fest hosted by Keith Rodgers and featuring music by Loose Ends, Zac Harmon, Klymaxx, Nellie Tiger Travis, Scottie Clinton, DieDra Ruff & The Ruff Pro Band, and Pharaohs of Funk. 6pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing: Seep’s Gumbo Madness! 6pm
  
• Smitty's Taphouse & Grill: Double Play. 6pm
  
• Common Ground Books: Pride & Joy Open Mic Night. Grab your favorite poem, tune up your guitar, rehearse that spoken word piece you've been working on, and come down to Common Ground Books for a special Pridefest Open Mic Night! 6:30pm
  
• Eve on Adams: Haley Brook. 7pm
  
• The Getaway Grille and Bar: Mae West Band. 7pm
  
• House of Music: Dixon's Violin. 7:45pm
  
• Fire Bettys: Madwoman featuring Chef Will & Tonight’s Special. 8pm
  
• Cap City Video Lounge: Humortals Showcase at CCVL. 8pm/$10
  
• The Sound Bar: Soul Medicine. 8pm
  
• American Legion: BBC @ The Legion presents The Rusty Wright Band. 8pm
  
• The Bark: Bambii Lamb with Copyright Claim, Faro, and Almost. 8:30pm
  

SATURDAY, 4/20 Blaze It

• Brinkley Glen Park: Invasive Plant Removal. Join Master Gardener Volunteers at this weekly invasive plant removal event. This is a great way to learn to ID our invasive plant species and how to remove them. We recommend wearing long pants and sleeves, closed-toed shoes, gloves, a hat and mosquito spray. Bring gardening tools such as hand clippers, loppers, trowels, etc. if you have them. We are removing coral ardisia bushes and berries, nandina, tung trees, Tradescantia flumenensis, cat's claw vine, winged yam, Japanese climbing fern, skunkvine and more. Directions: The best way to get there is to take Meridian Rd to Waverly Rd, go to the next intersection and turn left onto Abbotsford Way, then turn left at the next road called Woodside Dr. At the stop sign turn left onto Lothian. Lothian ends in a cul-de-sac and there is a sign that says Brinkley Glen Park. 8:30am-11:30am
  
• Gamescape: Saturday Gaming. Gamescape has relocated from Railroad Square to the Huntington Oaks Plaza (Suite 302, next to the Library) at N Monroe St and Fred George Rd. Open gaming tables are available. Noon-6pm
  
• Potbellys: 7th Annual FAKE St. Patrick's Day Party. 4pm
  
• Duke’s and Dottie’s: Line Dancing Plus Lessons. 7pm/21+
  
• Bird’s Oyster Shack: Laughterday Night Fever. * Join us every Saturday at Bird's Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack for a free comedy show!* 8:30pm
  
• 926: Latin Night. Dance to the irresistible beats of Zeus and prepare to be dazzled by a spectacular drag show at midnight. It's more than a party, it's an experience. 9:30pm/$10 21+, $15 under 21
  

• Midtown Reader: Independent Bookstore Day Celebration. It's our favorite time of year! A day dedicated to books, community, and indie bookstores - Independent Bookstore Day. National Independent Bookstore Day is Saturday, April 27th, and we'll be celebrating at Word of South at Cascades Park with your other neighborhood bookstores, authors, and musicians! Because of this, Midtown Reader is celebrating IBD earlier than everyone else so that we can still have the Indie Bookstore Day celebration you have come to know and love from us! Don't miss out on the fun! Join us in store for these all-day festivities: Kidtown Story Time with the Tallahassee Ballet reading Sleeping Beauty from 11 AM to 11:30AM. Signing Saturday with Rick Campbell, author of Fish Streets Before Dawn, and Sean Sexton, author of Portals, from 3 PM to 5 PM. All-day specialty IBD drinks at the Piebrary. 10% discount for wearing a Midtown Reader tee or past Indie Bookstore Day tee! 10am-8pm
  
• Cascades Park: KidsFest 2024. KidsFest is back for our annual family-friendly event brought to you by Kids Incorporated of the Big Bend. It's a fun filled day with kid centric activities, FREE admission, FREE family Entertainment and even Toddler Town when you need a little break. 10am-2pm
  
• Hot Love Tattoos: Third Anniversary Flash Day And Market. We've been here three years, let's get tattooed! Flash sheets from all 7 of our current artists, first come first served, local vendors outside so you can shop while you wait. Bring us a receipt from any other Lake Ella business to be entered into our raffle! The more places you shop, the more entries you'll get! 11am-7pm
  
• Honest Living Tea House: 4/20 Block Party. springtime is here! come join us for the CURAxHONEST block party on Saturday, April 20th! we will have fun prizes, discounts, a "thrift store throwback" yard sale, food, drinks, booths and activities. it will be a fun time! 11am-7pm
  
• Island Wing Co: Island Wing Company Annual Luau featuring music from LCP & The Gangbusters, DJ Nathan, and Top Shelf Band. Noon-10pm
  
• The Puff: Bud Bash 24. We hope to see you there. Once again, thank you to our amazing sponsors for helping us put together a kickass event. Rolling Competitions, Gravity Bong Contest, Ring Toss where you could win $300+ worth of glass, And more! Live music! Noon-close
  
• Dreamland BBQ: 4th Annual Camp Jam. Join Sunrise Rotary for an afternoon of blues and barbecue in support of Rotary Youth Camp. The event was created to honor the memory of Fred Addonizio, longtime Sunrise member and friend to the community. The Rotary Youth Camp gives children with disabilities a unique opportunity to enjoy a week of activities, fun, and friendship with other children. For many, it's the first time in their lives they've been away from their parents and participating in such activities. Fred was a huge proponent of this camp, volunteering countless hours over the years, putting together different activities and transporting the kids. Our goal is to raise enough money to ensure that there is new equipment that is badly needed currently, as well as creating a scholarship fund to ensure that any child that would like to go to the camp has the means to make it happen. Musical entertainment will be going on all afternoon. 2pm-6pm
  
• Cap City Video Lounge: Pride of 420: A Queer Movie Marathon. 3pm: But I’m A Cheerleader. 4:45pm: Bound. 7pm: Paris is Burning. 8:30pm: Pride (2014, dir. Matthew Warchus). 3pm/$10 all day
  
• Blue Tavern: Traditional Irish Session. 4pm
  
• Moore Auditorium: Spring 2024 Belly Dance Showcase! 6pm
  
• Lake Tribe: Shift 8. 6pm
  
• Blue Tavern: Firefly Rebellion with Larry & The Reeftones. 7pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing: 4 Sticks! 7pm
  
• Signature Lounge: Silly Saturday's Comedy Show. 7pm
  
• House of Music: 4/20 Karaoke PizzaPalooza. 7pm
  
• Retrofit Records: Record Store Day celebration featuring live music from Beach Fossils. Shop opens at Noon, music at 7:30pm
  
• Real Cool Time Records: Real Cool Time Records Record Store Day celebration featuring live music from Medians, Smoke Mountain, Speed Spirits, and Saturnalia. Music at 7:30pm
  
• The Bark: Loudass Country Band with Pat Puckett, Brett Eugene, and Durty Suns. 8pm
  
• The Sound Bar: Tim Russell. 8pm
  
• 926: Pridefest: Queer Showcase. CELEBRATE TALLAHASSEE'S QUEER PERFORMERS! From drag to burlesque and everything in between, this killer variety show displays queer performers of all walks. After spending the day at Pridefest in Kleman Plaza, join us in celebrating our queerness with a night of cabaret! Tickets are cheaper in advance, so grab a couple of these for your friends and catch the hottest show in town! 9:30pm/18+
  

SUNDAY, 4/21

• Bicycle House: Sunday Ride. Ride at 10:30 AM from Bicycle House. We will ride the Cascades trail to the St Marks trail and down to Wakulla station and return, about 31 miles. Ride speed is 12 to 14 mph, with periodic regroups. Vernon Bailey is the ride leader. Vernon is a new CCC member who’s been biking for 50 years enjoys riding with small groups and weekend touring. 10am
  
• Halisi Africa: Soulful Sundays. Join us for Motherland Brunch at Halisi Africa. We'll be serving our brunch special including an appetizer, main course, a sweet, and our signature African mimosas we call ukwaju. The event will also feature an art exhibition by Christopher Barnhart and live entertainment by local artists. 11am
  
• Flippin’ Great Pinball: $25 Sunday Funday. Every Sunday spend a fun-filled time with the family for only $25 plus tax at the arcade! Our normal all-day family admission of $34.99 is just $25 and that includes up to a family of 6 (two adults and four kids). Experience affordable family fun that everyone will enjoy. Noon-8pm
  
• E Peck Greene Park (Behind the LeRoy Collins Library): Food Not Bombs Free Mealshare. We offer free vegetarian/vegan food, water, coffee, personal care & hygiene products, bus passes, and clothing when we have some available to those in need. Contact foodnotbombstally@gmail.com to find out about getting involved. Noon-2pm
  
• LeRoy Collins Library: Tallahassee Go Club Meetings. Come play the captivating ancient game of Go, also known as Baduk, with some friendly games and discussions. Beginners welcome. Visit https://www.tallahasseegoclub.com for more information. 1pm
  
• Gamescape: Pokémon League. Come learn, play, and trade with the Pokémon Trading Card Game and the Pokémon video games! We LOVE seeing new players, so come learn how to play! We play both the Trading Card Game and the Video Game casually and competitively. The store offers lots of different seating arrangements to meet our group's needs, as well as food, drinks, and Pokémon products for purchase. We are also hold regular, officially sanctioned tournaments for Pokémon Trading Card Game and Video Game Competitions! 2-4pm
  
• The Plant: Open Jam. All instruments, all players welcome. 4pm-9pm
  
• Pedro’s: Mariachi Clasico. 6pm
  
• Fermentation Lounge: Open Mic Night Hosted by Conor Churchill. 7pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing: Comedy Night. Come have some laughs with us on Sunday nights! If you are interested in participating in the show, reach out to therealsleepypfloyd@gmail.com 7:30pm
  

• JR Alfred Greenway: Queer Hikes Tallahassee: Pride Week Edition! Join Queer Hikes Tallahassee for our first collaborative hike! We welcome hikers of all skill levels with the goal of bringing LGBTQIA+ people together for fun exploration of local nature while making new friends. Allies are always welcome. LOGISTICS: We will meet at the Pedrick Road entrance of the J.R. Alford Greenway for a nice 3.5 mile morning hike to wrap up Pride Week. Enter the address 2500 Pedrick Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32317 to map yourself to the correct location. The terrain is mostly flat with wide trails and ample parking is available. Please remember to bring water, sunscreen, and bug spray (and pride flags for photos!) as we are expecting a partially cloudy day in the low 80s. There is not a bathroom at the trail head so please plan accordingly. 10am
  
• The Hole (3030 S Adams St): Earth Day Festival. Join us for the 3rd annual Earth Day Festival in Tallahassee , a vibrant celebration dedicated to sustainability, community, and environmental justice. Set for April 21, 2024, this year's theme, "Planet vs. Plastics," promises a day filled with engaging workshops, cultural performances, eco-friendly crafts, and educational activities aimed at uniting communities and highlighting the importance of a sustainable future. Perfect for families and individuals alike, the festival will offer something for everyone—inspiring attendees to learn, engage, and take action towards a more equitable and green world. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate our planet and be part of a movement towards positive change. 11:30am-4pm
  
• Mickee Faust Club: Earth Day Jam ’24. The Magnolia School is hosting an Earth Day Jam Fundraiser to help raise money for the enrichment and authentic educational experiences of our students. This is deeply important to all of us as our world continues to be an ever increasingly challenging place to live, learn, and thrive. The community can help by sponsoring the event, attending, or contributing. It will be an outdoor event. We will have Lil’ Grizzly Boogie Band and other local musicians, activities for the kids, a Lemonade stand, and Food trucks. There will be a merchandise table with fresh baked goods and T-shirts. So come and celebrate The Magnolia School. 2pm-6pm/$15 solo, $25 for a family
  
• The Sound Bar: Dustin Hatcher Band. 5pm
  
• Common Ground Books: Contemporary Queer Poetry Book Club: Alive at the End of the World. “Pierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author of Prelude to Bruise and How We Fight for Our Lives confronts our everyday apocalypses. In haunted poems glinting with laughter, Saeed Jones explores the public and private betrayals of life as we know it. With verve, wit, and elegant craft, Jones strips away American artifice in order to reveal the intimate grief of a mourning son and the collective grief bearing down on all of us.” 6pm
  
• The Bark: Tearman, Sp33d Runn3r, and Psycho Tropical. 7:30pm
  

MONDAY, 4/22

• Just One More: Bingo. 5pm-6:30pm
  
• The Getaway Grille and Bar: Margarita Monday, Open-Mic Night hosted by The Saltwater Cowboy. 5:30pm-8pm
  
• American Legion Hall: Cha Cha - Weekly Lessons. 6:15pm/$5
  
• Hangar 38: Bingo. 6:45pm
  
• Vino Beano: Tipsy Trivia. 7pm
  

TUESDAY, 4/23

• Blue Tavern: Happy Hour. 5pm
  
• The Getaway Grille: Tuesday Night Bikes and Trikes. 6pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing Company: Tuesday Night Beer-go! 6pm
  
• Crafty Crab: BOOMIN' Karaoke. 7pm
  
• Gamescape: Hobby Night. Slay the grey together! Join your fellow gamers and turn your pile of grey miniatures into a battle ready army. Need some painting tips? Feel free to ask at hobby night. You can bring any miniature for any game to paint. 7pm
  
• Ology Midtown: Jazz Jam Sessions. 7pm
  
• Island Wings: Trivia. 7pm
  
• Brass Tap in Midtown: Trivia. 1st Tuesday of the month is General Knowledge with rotating themes the rest of the month. 7pm
  
• House of Music: Tuesday Trivia & Karaoke. 7pm
  
• American Legion Hall: Tallahassee Swing Band Tuesday Night Dance. 7:30pm
  
• Burrito Boarder: Karaoke with DJ Roldus. 8pm
  
• Fire Bettys: Comedy Night. 8pm
  
• Poor Pauls: Trivia. 8pm/21+
  
• Blue Tavern: Bluesday Tuesday with Bill Ricci. Every Tuesday is Blues Day @ the Blue Tavern and Blues Meets Girl is a Tallahassee favorite. This perfect, intimate venue provides just what you need for both a mid-week break and authentic blues music experience. 8pm/$5
  
• 4th Quarter: Professor Jim's Tuesday Night Trivia. Popular for a reason! 8pm
  
• Argonaut Coffee: Trivia Tuesday. 8pm
  
• The Sound Bar: Karaoke. 8pm
  
• Fire Betty’s: Open Mic Comedy Night. 8pm/21+
  
• 926: Tacos and Trivia. 9pm
  

• Gallery for Innovation & the Arts at the R.A. Gray Building: The Nine Lives of Florida’s Famous Key Marco Cat. Excavated from a waterlogged archaeological site on the shores of subtropical Florida by legendary anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing in 1896, the Key Marco Cat has become an icon of Florida's history and heritage. Join us as Austin Bell, Chief Curator at the Museum of Florida History and author of The Nine Lives of Florida's Famous Key Marco Cat, explores nine periods in the life of the small wooden carving, including how and why it was sculpted by its Calusa creators, its route to the Smithsonian, and its modern-day role as a coveted ambassador of Florida's past. The Nine Lives of Florida's Famous Key Marco Cat is the winner of a 2021 Florida Book Award in the Florida Non-fiction category. Florida’s History Shop will be on hand to sell signed copies of the book. Noon/free
  
• Blue Tavern: Earth Day Sing-Along at the Blue Tavern. 5pm
  
• Crooked River Lighthouse (Carrabelle): Full Moon Event. Visitors can enjoy the gorgeous natural surroundings of St. George Sound and Carrabelle Beach under the glow of the rising Pink Moon and evening sky. Plus purchase some delicious food from one of the local favorites, A Train Stop food truck. April’s full moon is traditionally known as the Pink Moon, and it heralds the arrival of spring. It is called the Pink Moon because it often aligns with the blossoming of a particular wildflower indigenous to the eastern regions of North America—the Phlox subulata. This early spring bloom, commonly known as creeping phlox or moss phlox, also bears the charming name "moss pink." Visitors can enjoy an after-hours self-guided tour of the Keeper’s House Museum and see the exhibit for the lighthouse’s original, historic Fresnel lens constructed in 1894 in Paris, France. Guests can browse the unique nautical gifts and souvenirs in the gift shop. Visitors may also enjoy the glowing bonfire in the park (weather permitting). Bring a chair and enjoy the evening. For those brave souls who are bold enough to venture to the top of the tallest lighthouse on the Forgotten Coast, evening tower climbs are scheduled at 15-minute intervals throughout the event. Climbers will be rewarded with breathtaking views of the bay. Evening climbs cost $10 and climb reservations are encouraged due to limited availability. Climbers must be at least 44 inches tall and children under 12 (FREE) with ticketed adults. Advance tickets are strongly suggested as slots may sell out and can be purchased online at https://www.crookedriverlighthouse.com/full-moon-events/ or in the lighthouse gift shop. 7pm
  

WEDNESDAY, 4/24

• Sugar and Spice Tally: Game Night. Join us every Wednesday Night for community game night. Bring your own or use ours! Let me know if you need to reserve space for a large group. Free to attend! 5pm
  
• Goodwood: Wonderful Wednesday. 6pm/$5
  
• Burrito Boarder: D&D Night. 6pm
  
• Level 8 Rooftop Lounge: Trivia. 6pm
  
• La Florida Coffee & Wine: Trivia Night. 6pm
  
• The Great Games Library: Open Game Night. 6pm/free
  
• American Legion Hall: Sue Boyd Country Western and More Dance Class. Session 2 - Beginner 6:30 to 7:45 pm What: East Coast Swing and Waltz. Cost: $8.00 per person. Wear comfortable shoes you can turn in. 7:45 to 8:15 - Practice dance with paid admission. 8:15 to 9:30: Intermediate - 2 Step and WCS. $8.00 per person or $13.00 for both classes. Vaccines are required. Face masks are optional. Changing partners is optional. 6:30pm
  
• Perry Lynn’s Smokehouse in Quincy: Wed Night Open Mic w/ Steven Ritter and Friends. 6:30pm
  
• Hangar 38: Trivia. 6:45pm
  
• Oyster City Brewing Tallahassee: Trivia. Teams up to 6 players for three rounds with 10 questions and a tie breaker each round. Winners are by round so don’t worry if you need to come late or can’t stay the whole time! Prizes include a round of beer, a 6 pack and a gift card! 7pm
  
• Proof: Trivia. 7pm
  
• Vino Beano: Wine Bingo. 7pm
  
• Fermentation Lounge: Trivia. 7pm
  
• Blue Tavern: Wednesday Open Mic with Doc Russell. The open mic night that has run continuously for almost 20 years, once housed at the Warehouse, lives on at the Blue Tavern. Doc Russell continues as the host with the most. Sign up starts at 7:45pm/free to attend
  
• House of Music: Bar Bingo! Free to Play & Late Night Karaoke. 7pm
  
• Fire Betty’s: Karaoke! 8pm/21+/free
  
• Dukes and Dotties: College Night and Line Dancing Lessons. 8pm
  
• Finnegans Wake: Trivia. 8pm
  
• The Sound Bar: Open Mic Night. 8pm
  
• South Station: Summer Movie Nights. 8:30pm/free
  
• The Bark: Karaoke with DJ Nathan. Best karaoke DJ in town. 9pm
  
• Peppers: Karaoke. 9pm
  
• 926: Dragged Out Wednesday. 10pm
  

• Skate World: SwiftieSkate. Excited for the release of The Tortured Poets Department? SO ARE WE! Join us on April 24th from 4-8pm to listen to all of Taylor's hits-- new and old-- and celebrate the release of the new album! Attendees can skate (skate rental included), get goodie bags, eat cupcakes, play trivia, win merch, take lots of photos, and of course, listen to Taylor's songs all night long! IMPORTANT: Anyone under the age of 18 MUST have a ticket AND a chaperone who is 25 years of age (or older). This chaperone must stay with them inside the building for the duration of the event (no drop offs). 4pm/$22
  
• Blue Tavern: Happy Hour with Grant Peeples with special guest Rosalee Walsh. 5pm
  
• The Bark: Frances Chang with Financial Collapse, Sarah Morrison, and blacksunblackmoon. 7pm
  
• 926: Happy Landing with On The Edge and The Yeah Babys. 7:30pm
  

Dishwasher Fish-- A Haiku:
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"Salmon: steam with zest"
Is the dishwasher humid?
This meal is suspect
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(I tried. Thank you to Shanghai_Lili for the theme suggestion.)
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Poetry has been around since apparently 5000 BC, originating in Mesopotamia. Poems are used as inspirational storytelling and memorization devices with a distinct structure and rhythm. Ranging from lengthy epic poems, to the multitude of Japanese short forms, to children's nursery rhymes, to sonnets, to song lyrics, poetry comes in many types, is multicultural, and transcends generations.
Poetry can evoke strong emotions, just like food memories: risks are taken for our favorite foods, certain places enchant you with their style of cooking, household tables and kitchens are shared with beloved relatives and friends. Even fast-food restaurants have inspired poetry.
Events and special times of the year that involve eating and cooking are represented in prose, like fast-breaking meals during Ramadan, or the self-reflective aftermath of overindulging, maybe after a green-stained St. Patrick's Day.
Those who diet (or those who break bad) may find some consolation with this theme.
Sensations beyond taste experienced during a meal are often represented in poetry. Poetic devices can be allegorical; they can seem racy, sometimes dark, sometimes whimsical.
If you are feeling daring, try to write a poem for your own dish?
Slam poetry is a forgiving option to recite for your diners before presenting your poetic fare. Who knows-- you may come up with your own version of mom's spaghetti.

Today's anniversaries are:
2005

• Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt született (electronic, idm, analog, breakcore, jungle, Winnipeg)

2011

• Anomalous - Ohmnivalent (Metal)

2014

• Morning Chaos - Addicted (rock, alternative metal, stoner, stoner metal, stoner rock, Belgium)

2015

• Entheos - Primal (metal, animosity, chaney crabb, death, evan brewer, frank costa, navene koperweis, progressive metal, tech, United States) Read our review.

2016

• Pyrrhon - Running Out of Skin (extreme metal, metal, death metal, progressive death metal, progressive metal, technical death metal, New York) Read our review.
  
• Shamblemaths - Shamblemaths (rock, avant-progressive, prog, progressive, Trondheim) Read our review.
  
• Usti Waya - From Dust, We Rise (experimental, avant-garde, avantgarde, drone, experimental, psychedelic, Philadelphia) Read our review.
  
• 黒麒 (Hēi qí / Black Kirin) - 哀郢 (Āi yǐng / National Trauma) (black metal, death metal, metal, opera metal, folk metal, melodic death metal, China) Read our review.
  

2017

• Demonic Resurrection - Dashavatar (black metal, death metal, demonic metal, metal, power metal, symphonic metal, melodic death metal, Mumbai)
  
• Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (Rap/Hip Hop)
  
• Nazgal dracul - The Forgotten Kingdom (ambient, dark ambient, dungeon synth, Norway)
  
• Sentience - Oleka (metal, oliver, ross, adam, dead, djent, progressive metal, sentience, skantze, studios, surface, London)
  
• Témenos - Elements (jazz, experimental, free-form, free-jazz, groove, improvisation, instrumental, minimalist, modern, quartet, Carrboro)
  
• Terminal Degree - Breed (Alternative, Indie Rock, Metal)
  
• TJ0 - Vége a világnak (metal, funeral doom, Finland)
  

2018

• Container Doxa - Less than Nothing (experimental, experimental space jazz, contemporary jazz improvisation, electronica, jazz, Ljubljana)
  
• Grave Upheaval - Sciomancy (black metal, death metal, iron bonehead, metal, nuclear war now, death doom, Australia) Read our review.
  
• Hoggs Bison - Æons (alternative, rock, math rock, post-hardcore, post-rock, postrock, Bristol)
  
• Magik Black - Magik Black (experimental, blackgaze, instrumental, noise rock, post black metal, progressive rock, shoegaze, Nizhny Novgorod)
  
• Moteur ! - En traits libres (experimental, experimental rock, free rock, krautrock, rock in opposition, zeuhl, avant-garde, free improvisation, no-wave, noise rock, psychedelic rock, Montpellier) Read our review.
  
• Structural Disorder - … And the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene (Alternative, Indie Rock, Metal)
  
• Witch Key - Porte dell'inferno (Metal)
  

2019

• Algorhythm - Termomix (alternative, electronic, jazz, improvised, jazz, modern, modern jazz, polish jazz, samples, Gdańsk)
  
• Asymmetric Universe - When Reality Disarticulates (Metal) Read our review.
  
• Beard Closet - Depression Memes (alternative, canada, toronto, drone, improvisation, improvised guitar, noise, Toronto)
  
• Body Void - You Will Know the Fear You Forced upon Us (metal, san francisco, crust, doom, drone, hardcore, punk, sludge, United States)
  
• Boneshaker - Fake Music (experimental, jazz, kent kessler, paal nilssen-love, free jazz, Chicago)
  
• Colunia - Zéphyr (jazz, jazz and improvised music, France) Read our review.
  
• Contrarian - Their Worm Never Dies (metal, chuck schuldiner, progressive death metal, technical death metal, Rochester)
  
• Cosmic Collective - Cosmic Collective (electronic, jazz, beats, computer music, electronic music, fusion, groove, jazz, lo-fi, other, space music, Nashville)
  
• David Liptak - Dove Songs (art song, cello, chamber music, classical guitar, contemporary classical, piano, violin, New York)
  
• Deafkids - Metaprogramação (experimental, Brazil)
  
• Dexter Story - Bahir (ethiopian jazz, fusion, jazz, nu-jazz, soul, world beat, world fusion, Los Angeles)
  
• Dis Fig - Purge (industrial, noise, New York)
  
• Fallujah - Undying Light ()
  
• Fine China Superbone - Plaguey (rock, dutch, hardcore, math, math rock, mathrock, noise, noise rock, noiserock, punk, The Hague)
  
• Fred Frith - All Is Always Now (jazz, new york, sylvie courvoisier, the stone, contemporary, free jazz, improvisation, jazz, live, Oakland)
  
• Gisèle - Gilles (experimental, jazz, jazz-rock, rock, drone, jazz, jazz rock, post-rock, prog, progressive, Montreal)
  
• Incandescence - Ascension (black metal, death metal, metal, montréal, beyond creation, canada, incandescence, Montreal)
  
• Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Lars Danielsson, and Wolfgang Haffner - 4 Wheel Drive (Jazz)
  
• Ole Amund Gjersvik & Tore Hegdahl - Goodbye (Jazz)
  
• Peter Thoegersen - Three Pieces in Polytempic Polymicrotonality (Classical, Electro)
  
• Püpüpïpï - Vortex (experimental, fag noise, faggots, gay, gg allin, harsh noise, vorticism, war, Vancouver)
  
• Raphael Walsers Gangart - Zwischen Grund und Grat (Jazz)
  
• Shems Bendali Quintet - Choukheads (jazz, contemporary jazz, jazz quintet, trumpet, Lausanne)
  
• Snarky Puppy - Immigrance (Jazz)
  
• Splinter Reeds - Hypothetical Islands (contemporary classical, electronics, new music, reed quintet, New York) Read our review.
  
• Steaksauce Mustache - Superwoke (black metal, hardcore, math metal, metal, the chariot, the dillinger escape plan, thrash, ambient, chaos, experimental, medford, post-metal, sludge metal, New York)
  
• Stephan Crump, Ingrid Laubrock, and Cory Smythe - Channels (jazz, contemporary jazz, cory smythe, free jazz, ingrid laubrock, stephan crump, swiss jazz, Brooklyn)
  
• The Comet Is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (Electro)
  
• The Stone - Kruna praha (black metal, death metal, metal, thrash metal, doom metal, heavy metal, Belgrade)
  
• Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn - Transitory Poems: Live at Liszt Academy (Jazz)
  
• قيس ايشار (Qys Āyshār) - I Am Afghan, Afghani Is Currency, Volume Ⅲ: Zahir (afghan music, afghanistan, experimental, folk music, middle eastern music, psychedelic, rabab, robab, rubab, traditional music, world, world music, Phoenix)
  

2020

• Andrew Mortensen - Strung (contemporary classical)
  
• Dino King - Dino King (math rock)
  
• Emil Miszk and the Sonic Syndicate - Artificial Stupidity (modern jazz)
  
• Kidd Jordan, Joel Futterman, and Alvin Fielder - Spirits (free improvisation)
  
• Open the Nile - The Meridian (progressive metal)
  

2021

• Bríi - Sem propósito (atmospheric black metal)
  
• Cast - Vigēsimus (progressive rock)
  
• Changeling & Everlasting Light - Split (post-black metal)
  
• Turris eburnea - Turris eburnea (progressive death metal)
  

2022

• Ad Omega - Anathema (atmospheric black metal)
  
• Adrianne Munden Dixon & Leo Chang - Some Time (free improvisation)
  
• Charmaine Lee, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Gabby Fluke-Mogul, Joanna Mattrey, and Weston Olencki - Live in Accord (free improvisation)
  
• Kyle Motl & Patrick Shiroishi - Apparitions (free improvisation)
  
• Ruby My Dear - A Dada (breakcore)
  
• Samo Šalamon & New Freequestra - Free Distance, Volume 2: Poems Are Opening (free jazz)
  
• Terry Pack - Peter Peregrine (modern jazz)
  

2023

• Afsky - Om hundrede år (depressive black metal)
  
• Décryptal - Sabazios Culte (death metal)
  
• Hyperdontia - Deranged (death metal)
  
• Mighty Jupiter & the Mooncake Band - Eclipse (progressive rock)
  
• Psychofagist & Napalmed - Songs of Faint and Distortion (grindcore)
  

We’ve been in a relationship for 4 months now and it’s our first time celebrating his birthday together. He loves gardening, cricket, fitness, writing. Is very sentimental and thoughtful. I have the below ideas that I have decided to gift him, let me know what you think.

• make a zine with all the things I love about him
  
• frame a poem from one of his favourite poets (Shel Silverstein) for a new house he’s moved into. This is extra special because he would share poetry from Shel with me when we just started seeing each other and he also gave me his book after we became official.
  
• a gift voucher to a sneaker brand he’s had his eye on for some time.
  

It feels like I’m falling up!

Image is made of a white colored empty background against which are written, with black colored letters, put together side by side, the original version of the poem entitled "JUST ME, JUST ME" from the poetry book entitled "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein, right next to an alternative remake version shared at the makethemkith subreddit by u/ASimpNamedBlickPack , followed by another alternative remake version of the remake shared at the GatekeepingYuri subreddit by u/Nuada-Argetlam .