jeff
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Mon Jan 2nd 14:57 2006 / #1 |
Hello Farnaby -
Well... Alchemy, which was hosting some poetry events, seems to have died, but i would say the scene sill lives. Shakespeare and Sons hosts semi regular events. The Englsih theatre scene is also very quiet these days, but one can find the occaisional show. I think the truth of it is that there was never a real 'Left Bank of the 90's' so it couldn't have died. It's true that it's more difficult to live here on a couple dollars a day, so maybe some of the more avant artists have left for cheaper towns, but one can still find inspiring creative work being done here. Maybe though one needs to look at the city as a whole and not simply 'expat' events. (That word 'expat' has acquired a more and more negative connotation over time here: So maybe also it's good that it has 'died' as you put it .. :) |
skritek
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Mon Jan 2nd 17:27 2006 / #2 |
farnaby - there are many czech musical acts that perform in English and some theater that has English subtitles. The music scene here is very good so I would encourage you to drop the expat label and just get out and see stuff. See our events picks for some ideas. I go to shows all the time here and have been very happy with the stuff I've seen in the last year. I am sure 2006 will be better. Look for any Respekt concerts if you like good "World" music. Their shows are always quality.
http://prague.tv/events |
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Pacman
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Tue Jan 3rd 05:32 2006 / #3 |
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www.am180.org always has a good listing of good concerts. most of the bands are from the states, so they do sing in english if this is a must for you. In terms of the Expat scene, god I hope it is dead because these "scenes" tend to make me crazy. My annoyance with the term expat is only trumped by "the left back of the 90s" sorry but I cant understand why this keeps coming up after pretty much everyone who has lived here over 6 months knows it didnt ever exist in the first place. It s taken on the form of a meme that wont die, but is absolutely false. I m sad that Alchemy ended, however I am never disappointed with the shows that I have available to go to. Yes they may be some czech bands, however, I mhappier to see czechs making music I like as opposed to American bands, well I take that back. The locust show was fucking amazing |
pragueboy
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Tue Jan 3rd 16:03 2006 / #4 |
agreed with pacman, the words expat and left bank should be grounds for deportation... however, to answer your question ( and who the hell knows how to define a scene ) i just got this from twisted spoon... ( props to howard for keepin it goin )
Joshua Cohen and Travis Jeppessen will be reading
at the new Anagram (at Caf?© Metropole: www.cafemetropole.com)
Anny Letensky 18, Prague 2
Thursday, Jan. 5, 7 p.m.
Joshua Cohen's short fiction has appeared in many journals and anthologies,
such as Glimmer Train, Sleeping Fish, Fiction Warehouse, and The New Book of
Masks (forthcoming 2006). Read some of it here:
Zeek
http://www.zeek.net/fiction_0511.shtml
The Fanzine
http://www.thefanzine.com/sections.php?s=fiction&id= 25&a=articles
Awarded first prize in The Modern Word¹s 2003 Short Story Competition, Cohen
has a collection stories, The Quorum, published by Twisted Spoon Press and a
novel forthcoming with Fugue State Press this year. He is co-editor of the
Prague Literary Review and contributes articles and reviews to numerous
publications.
Travis Jeppesen was born in Florida; he now lives in Prague. He is the
author of a novel, Victims (2003), which was the first book in Dennis
Cooper's Little House on the Bowery series for Akashic Books. His new book,
Poems I Wrote While Watching TV, a collaboration with painter Jeremiah
Palecek, will be published next month by Blatt. He co-edits the Prague
Literary Review. He'll be reading from his new novel, Wolf at the Door.
All are welcome. |
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selatko
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Thu Jan 5th 13:44 2006 / #5 |
There is also Jejune, apparently returning after hiatus:
http://jejuneten.tripod.com/#after_a_hiatus |
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Bailey
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Tue Jan 10th 17:23 2006 / #6 |
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anybody know if the Prague Literary review is still being published and if so when? thanks |
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pragueboy
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Tue Jan 10th 17:33 2006 / #7 |
http://pragueliteraryreview.com
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Wed Jan 11th 01:30 2006 / #8 |
BLAQ MUMMY!
www.blaqmummy.cjb.net |
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pragueboy
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Wed Jan 11th 12:15 2006 / #9 |
BLAQ MUMMY ROCKS!!!!
all hail the mummy! |
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chrisC
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Wed Feb 15th 19:39 2006 / #10 |
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Also a literary.... and musical night called Poezie a Provokace at Villa Inkognito, Slavikova 27, on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month at 7pm |
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aliota29
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Fri Nov 9th 22:12 2007 / #11 |
I ran a "writers" magazine here from '95 to '00 called Optimism Monthly.
Online version still around:
http://www.home.nextra.cz/~optimism/
Back issues sporadically at The Globe.
The scene here died round 98-99 when prices went up, but the mystique lives on. See local indie film "Rex-Patriots" by Nancy Bishop for complete debunking procedure and local jokes galore.
The true lore was captured in zines like "Prognosis", "Think", "Riding Black" and "Unpronouncable Symbol" Cynical, smart satire for jaded immigrants.
New "Prague Revue" from Jama crew sometime this winter will certainly be bo-ring!
Sleepy over-read vanity project but good for lining my hamster cage.
Oh yes. Blaq mummy DOES rock! Long live the Mumster! |
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