Hold My Horses Will Be Moving

July 27th, 2010 (04:08 am)

away from live journal soon.

I am sure nobody is crushed by the news.

Story Written to be Published in an In-Flight Magazine

July 14th, 2010 (09:08 pm)

Tags: 9/11. stacks of shit, chicago, chris bower, cloud dreams, clouds, cotton candy, dick durbin, innertown pub, killed, lindsey hunter, mary hamilton, nebraska, osama bin laden, quickies, strippers

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I killed a man. Big deal. It was only a big deal to me when I was killing him. You watch all your TV shows about killing people and you think it's all either mindless and awful or some incest or 9/11 thing but sometimes, people get killed and that's all that mattered.

This was a 9/11 thing, it turns out.

I was the man who killed Osama bin Laden.

I killed him because he looked at me wrong in a strip club in Nebraska.

What the fuck were both of us doing in Nebraska?

What everyone does in Nebraska, to look at naked girls and trying to kill the first person you see looking at you funny.

When the cops told me who I killed, I said, “You fucking with me?”

They thought I was part of some clandestine jew gang or something and I could tell they were just this close to shaking my hand and hugging me about what I done.

I killed a man because he looked at me the wrong way. Big fucking deal.

National Medal of Honor? I'll stick that up your ass before you can say, “God,you ain’t up there are you?”

If you are, what the fuck do you got to say about it?

So they put me on death row cause I didn’t kill him for the right reasons.

"You could have had parades", they said. "You could have been holding his beard like a trophy on Time Fucking Magazine."

Fuck them to the fucking moon.

Man, this is pretty fucking complicated country.

Fucking simpleton bullshit.

Did he wound me? I ain't fucking wounded. I've had this shit since I was 12. Some suit and tie guy named Durbin, some senator or shit came over and pushed his cigar into my arm and said, "George Ryan will never get another cent from this state" and then some lady was yelling, "Oh yes he will" and that's all I remember about my scar.

Wait, there is one more thing I remember. When I got out of surgery a sugary cloud like a fat sack of sopping cotton candy came to me in a dream and told me about 9/11, all about planes flying into those two tall stacks of shit and expected me to be impressed. After I wasn’t the cloud added, "9/11 is your birthday" and I said, "Duh."

Remember when you were young and your birthday mattered? All that matters when you are old is the day you are going to die. At least I know mine you fucking cocksuckers.

written for and read at Quickies at the Innertown Pub 7/1310.

New Play Opens This Week At Side Project

July 7th, 2010 (01:18 am)

Tags: 4:48 psychosis, beau o'reilly, chicago, chris bower, correspondance, let's not and say we did, no dancing, sarah kane, side project, susie kirkwood, tim racine

Correspondance: A Ballet (of Communication) ; No Dancing (!?)) or Let's Not And Say We Did by Chris Bower and Tim Racine will open this Thursday at the Side Project in Rogers Park.

Show runs Thursday at 7 PM and Fridays and Saturdays at 9 PM (July 8th-17th)

1439 W. Jarvis
Right off the Jarvis Red Line.
All Shows are 15 bucks or pay-what-you-can.

On a double-bill with 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane and directed by Beau O'Reilly.

Poster by Susie Kirkwood

Stop Motion Videos From Death in Yellowstone

June 13th, 2010 (03:15 am)

Tags: alan scalpone, chicago, chris bower, death, death in yellowstone, geyser death, landry miller, ray's, ray's tap reading series, susie kirkwood, yellowstone

If you were not able to make it to the Ray's Death in Yellowstone show you missed out and some amazing stop motion work by Susie Kirkwood and Landry Miller. Death in Yellowstone song is by Alan Scalpone.

You can watch the 2 videos here:

Death in Yellowstone Video Trailer for the June 11th Show

June 3rd, 2010 (02:02 pm)

Tags: chicago, death in yellowstone, video

DEATH IN YELLOWSTONE Ray's Tap Reading Series June 11th

May 31st, 2010 (10:57 pm)

Friday, June 11th at Ray's Tap on Kimball we will be dissecting the book Death in Yellowstone. It is the best book about death in Yellowstone available.

Reading starts at 9 PM
Poster is by Susie Kirkwood and Landry Miller

Featuring work by

Jill Summers

Susie Kirkwood

Matt Test

Landry Miller

Chris Bower

Mark Chrisler

Tony Mendoza

Tim Racine

Tim Stafford

Dave Snyder

and the music of Alan Scalpone.

Literago Visits the Ray's Shame show

May 20th, 2010 (02:45 am)

Tags: chicago, chris bower, literago, ray's, ray's tap reading series, reading series, shame

Jacob was one of the few lucky ones to see the Ray's Shame Show. Check out his link for the scoop.

literago.org/readings-rated/rays-reading-series-gets-shameful/

Death in Yellowstone: Ray's Tap Reading Series

May 16th, 2010 (03:57 am)

Tags: alan scalpone, chicago, chris bower, dave snyder, mark chrisler, matt test, ray's tap reading series, susie kirkwood, tim racine, tim stafford, tony mendoza

DEATH
IN
YELLOWSTONE
June 11th
9 PM
Ray's Tap Reading Series

Featuring:

Tim Racine
Mark Chrisler
Tim Stafford
Tony Mendoza
Susie Kirkwood
Dave Snyder
Matt Test
and the music of Alan Scalpone

We will be talking about the book, Death in Yellowstone, for hours.

For Free.

email cbower54@gmail.com for more info, like an address etc....

Shame Rays April 30th

May 1st, 2010 (11:35 am)

Tags: alan scalpone, bitter tears, brian nemtusak, chicago, chris bower, mark chrisler, matt test, natalie edwards, ray's, shame, tim racine

Last night we celebrated Shame at the Ray's Tap Reading Series. Photos and video to come soon. And possibly a link to the Shame theme song by Alan Scalpone of The Bitter Tears.

My Birthday Was Yesterday

April 10th, 2010 (11:06 am)

Tags: birthday, chris bower, susie kirkwood