(My Vast apologies if you receive this message more than once. And,
actually, my vast apologies if you receive this message once. -- The
Advstr.)
> (Once again, please find a "Special Note from the Advertiser" at the end
> of this message. -- The Advtsr.)
>
> (Also, please find a "Special Note to Members of the Press, Public Media
> Sources, &c" at the end of this message, right after the aforementioned
> "Note." -- The Advtsr.)
>
> (Note: After the aforementioned note, and the note aforementioned afore
> that, there is also a special "Note about Notes" at the end of this
> increasingly Swiftian letter. -- The Advtsr.)
>
>
>
>
> "There Is Such Noise & Gravity"
> a travelling changing show of literary readers, artists, mostly savory
> sorts, libertines, etc, and so forth, and many happy returns
> (who have formerly performed at La Tazza 108, Upside Cafe, the
> Philadelphia Java Company, Big Jar Books, the Last Drop Coffeehouse, oh
> what do you care you weren't there)
>
>
> will Read Poetry, Show Paintings, Maybe Have Somesort of Music, Show
> Slides, Give You Kisses on the Lipses, Then More Poetry
> (and, yes, the "Kisses" thing primarily benefits us, not you)
> at
>
> Villanova University
> Good Council Hall's Basement Cafe
> Villanova, Pennsylvania, mais oui
> (15 miles west of Philadelphia, just off the Blue Route)
> Friday, March 23, 2001
> at 9:00 pm
>
>
> The show will feature
> Jeremy Eric Tenenbaum, reading poetry like a sweet mad mule
> Steven Shade, showing off his paintings, reading an essay, and/or other
> Artistey things
> Adam Fieled, reading lovely poetry
> J. D. Mitchell, reading lovely poetry
> Loren Byrne, who hath come in from Pittsburgh to show his photographic
> slides at the Borders show, & is damn keen on making a weekend of it
> and, of course, there will be precious, impressionable, expendable, sweet
> college kids there.
>
> The event, you pitiable darlings, is quite free.
>
> If you need additional information or directions, please reply or call me
> at (215) 508-1169.
>
>
> And do remember, "There Is Such Noise &c" will perform at
> Borders Books on 18th and Walnut Streets
> tomorrow, Thursday, March 22, 2001 at 7:00 pm
> sharp.
>
> And professors, teachers, public figures, &c: Why not announce these
> events to your classes / cadres / following / etc?
> It would be nice for us, nice for your assembled masses, and (considering
> the adoration sure to follow) quite indirectly nice for you.
>
>
> jeremy eric tenenbaum
>
>
>
>
> A Special Note from the Advertiser:
> None of you, so far as I know, is receiving a "There Is Such Noise &
> Gravity" email announcement for the first time. Indeed, the Advertiser
> has been clever enough to have, essentially, Built Up To this moment by
> advertising smaller shows weeks in advance so as to lead you into
> anticipation for the grand shows at Borders Books and Villanova, but not
> so clever as to entice any of you to actually show up.
>
> Should you wish to stage a Capra-esque moment, deluging the Advertiser's
> weary and self-sustaining little tour with All His Dear Old Friends, this,
> clearly, is the moment.
>
> While we do have shows scheduled for May at Barnes & Noble, The Kyber, and
> the Mill Studios in Manayunk, April 2001, so far as we know, will be spent
> drinking. Should you wish to locate key decision-making personnel
> affiliated with "There Is Such Noise &c," please apply at McGlinchy's,
> Dirty Franks, Pitchers Pub, et al.
>
> -- The Advtsr.
>
>
> A Special Note to Members of the Press, Public Media Sources, &c
> This announcement is, we are well aware, being distributed far too close
> to the event to allow for press coverage, press announcement, area events
> listings coverage, etc. This is not entirely unfortunate or inadvertent:
> members of the media, we value your patronage, with or without notebooks
> in hand. Also: very few of you typically mention us anyway, and this
> little disclaimer should help to alleviate any residual guilt you may
> harbor on the matter.
>
> -- The Advtsr.
>
>
> A Special Note about Notes
> Including, So It Turns Out, a Strained Metaphor
> Several of you sweet albeit confused individuals have commented on the
> wit, sophistication, and (some say) subtle Sophistry of these little
> notes.
>
> Indeed, it has been remarked (though, admittedly, not in so many words,
> per se) that while the overt Body of the message describes the form of the
> event, the covert sub-textual Nest of Notes beneath the Body is, in fact,
> the place where (to do some damage to the Metaphor, though while extending
> its life) the Incubation of the Intention is, in fact, nurtured (as
> opposed to more human, non-avian approaches and metaphors, in which the
> "Incubation of Intention" is entirely in the Body and quite happily
> separated from the Nest).
>
> While it is sweet that the Advertiser's humble work is considered in such
> historical, Greeky regard, he professes complete ignorance of any
> conscious attempt
> to Woo Below the eye that hath Wandered Above.
>
> Moreover, if the Advertiser was worth his Sophist salt, he'd actually Woo
> Well, which, as far as he knows, he has not.
>
> -- The Advtsr.
>