BIRD & BECKETT CULTURAL LEGACY PROJECT
“The only war is the war on the imagination” – Diane di Prima. Poets read to commemorate the March 5, 2007 destruction by car bomb of Al-Mutanabbi Street, Baghdad’s bookseller’s street named for the 10th century Iraqi poet. This tragedy, in which 26 died and a great many bookshops and stalls were decimated, marked a sad and vivid turn in the second Iraq war, which began with the American invasion in 2003. Ever since that event, with the motto “Al-Mutanabbi Street starts here,” poets, writers and artists across the world have sought to show solidarity with the Iraqi people by endeavoring to keep the memory of that terrible event alive through their words and art. Readings are being staged far and wide on March 5th and the days immediately around it, including ours on Monday, the 6th, in which many of our most politically committed poets will address the tragedy and…
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We tend to think of Girl Fry as a Latina punk band from L.A., but perhaps that’s simplistic. We’re given to understand that Girl Fry or Girl Friar is a music project that is harvested semi-annually (though sometimes quarterly). The species is a hybrid descended from both the South and Central American Vaquero and the Iberian Guitarrista. Girl Fry may be identified by bright electric motifs on black or dark gray background, or by signature wailing. Any measure of mass has been reportedly inconsistent; therefor, girl friyae is traditionally identified via visual and auditory cues. They are often confused with other species within the Punk, Riot girl, Folk, Latin, and Queer genera. The proper classification of Girl Fry has been subject to much debate. Come by the shop and we’ll play you the recording from last August, when they last passed through Bird & Beckett. You’ll begin to understand… Do endeavor…
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