August 21, 2005
the imperfectionist manifesto
Word Festival was fun, my solo set was a bit of a mess as I hadn't had time to practice a set (too busy running around at photocopiers etc and setting up the venue, ironically), tried to play a new song that I didn't really know and put it all through the PA which just got in the way. So I unplugged and the rest was alright. My music's kind of the ugly duckling of an event like that, though it was amusing how they finished off with some equally rough acoustic instrumental punk/free-jazz from Rick Jensen trio.
I've been wondering about 'imperfectionism' as the name of the artistic movement I'm championing. I could issue a manifesto. On the other hand, beware of anything that ends in 'ism', it's a way of putting us in boxes. The word for this wariness is 'anti-ismisationism'...
The thing I got the most positive feedback for was the extract I read from 'Whin the Autumn Wain Sex Begain to Fall', a story from the book I just put together. I've now got a bag full of them here which I spent a lot of money on making, so I need to sell a bunch of them - a mere $6 each - just to break even [hint hint].
I'll aim to play some more small solo gigs here over the next month to get myself into shape for playing out of town...
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"To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail" - Samuel Beckett
Posted by fiffdimension at August 21, 2005 11:37 AM | TrackBackOK David. Just send an email to me at my arcite address with your contact details and I'll send $6 to you. Does that include postage? Pity I missed the word fest--I didn't even hear about it which is slack.
Posted by: arcite at August 21, 2005 06:01 PMThree copies sold so far out of the first edition of 20... need to sell 14 or so to break even on it... please help...
Posted by: Dave at August 22, 2005 10:44 AMoooh oooh bounce bounce can I write it too?
we should do it down at the cake shop after our gig next Sun.
Posted by: damian at August 28, 2005 01:54 PM