Da Lounge Is Da Bombor
Starting Rumors
Rumor has it that Da Poetry Lounge is the hottest spoken word venue in town.
Rumor also has it that poetry slams are gaining in popularity. And another rumor has it that Taalam Acy is one of the hottest slam poets in the U.S. and probably the world. Now, what do you get when you combine Da Lounge, a slam and Taalam? An absolutely off-the-hook show, of course. And that's exactly what happened last night at the Greenway Court Theater in Hollywood. Poets were slamming for the two November spots in the finals for the Hollywood/Miracle Mile slam team, and apart from almost the entire Los Angeles 2001 slam team entering competition, there were poets from the 2001 Long Beach team, Oakland team, and of course - there was Taalam who defies all categories. Even the calibration poets were hot (Rafi and Elsie, Thea, Besskepp, Spiffy)!
In the first round, competing poets were: LitRave's own not-so-bashful dragon, Frank, Gimel, Justin, Poetri (with a vivid presentation of his behind-the-wheel personality), Sekou (professing his hate for beige Jeep Cherokees), R-A-C, Slim (promising to go "pop" this year), Babu, Christopher Jerico, Mike Sorelli, Omari, Taalam (who was the only one to score a perfect 30 in this round), Steve, Macho, and Shihan. The magnificent 8 to make the second round were: Shihan, Steve, Taalam, Omari, Mike Sorelli, Slim, R-A-C, and Sekou. Needless to say, competition for the 4 spots in the final round was tighter than tight, and after all was said and done, those spots went to Taalam, Sekou, Shihan and R-A-C. Now, something interesting happened... Taalam and Sekou were tied for the first place with a perfect score of 60 each. And, as that was not enough, Shihan and R-A-C were tied for the third place. Official rules of Da Lounge poetry slam advance only 2 poets into the grand slam, but this time slam masters bent the rule. Since all four poets were absolutely amazing, they decided to advance them all to the grand slam. Now, the lineup looks like this: In-Q, Jovan, Gina, Gaknew, Taalam, Sekou, Shihan and R-A-C. So, if you are bent on joining this stellar company, better shimmy down to Da Lounge next month for the December slam. Even if you don't win, you won't regret being there 'cause Da Lounge is da best! And rumor has it that Taalam is moving from his native New Jersey to Los Angeles. At least, I tried to put that idea in his head...
Having a slamtastic time in Hollywood and raving for LitRave,
Jelena
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