Barbara Adler
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Genre: Comedy / Folk / Hip Hop
Location Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Profile Views: 36697
Last Login: 12/6/2012
Member Since 7/27/2006
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Barbara Adler is a Vancouver-based spoken word artist, writer, and workshop facilitator. Known for her ability to mix intellectual poetics with entertaining observations about the quirkier moments of everyday life, Barbara has collaborated with composers, dancers, filmmakers and theater artists, creating “smart, funny, and often deeply moving poetry around questions of history, identity, and self-image” (Georgia Straight).She has been a CBC PGI Poetry Laureate (2007), a CBC Poetry Face Off Winner (Vancouver, 2007), and a Canadian Team Slam Champion (2005). She is a founding member of the 2007 Canadian Folk Music Award-nominated band, The Fugitives. Her new work finds her mashing together her words with the 120-button piano accordion. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. -
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Mark Twain, Gerald Durrell, Paul St. Pierre, Jacques Tati, Prince George, Hazelton (Old and New), and The Fisheries Broadcast on the CBC. -
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The verbal equivalent of a Bach fugue played by a choir of melodicas. But nicer (see Note 1). Complex funniness relayed through a person with springs in their bum (see Note 2). Stories about professional dog show MCs, suburban nerd heroes, and all things beautiful and electrical. Operettas about rappers and threesomes gone wistful. Poems about the things you wish you could tell your sister when she's down. Poems that prove you will not explode if you do something silly and awkward. Surprisingly friendly stuff from someone who was called a cynic by their grade 10 English teacher (See Note 3). New Adventures in pleasantly eccentric musicality involving slide shows and accordions. An ethic of hard work and character-building mistakes. Was it clear from the last couple of lines that I play the accordion. Yes. I play the accordion. It's coming along. Current projects include: The Fugitives (modern folk with poetry and an intense touring schedule); The B.C. Memory Game (provincial storytelling and visual art project in partnership with Literacy BC); Fang (junkyard of accordion and drums bound together by intensity and verve); Scholusm Schlace (Possum Face tribute band); ongoing solo performances and workshops *************************************************************** Note 1: Melodicas are reed instruments which sound like accordians but which look like a piano on a stick. Note 2: This is more endearing than you might imagine. Note 3: If you are sad, etc. this does not mean you will dislike me-- you can be ironic if you have to be. I totally celebrate and embrace that.
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- ASza Avatare1 year ago
your poem about Buster Keaton is awesome.
- Serachi2 years ago
Thanks for the friendship, I like your profile! Have a nice day.
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- Veranstaltungen Wildgeh…2 years ago
Wir wünschen ein schönes Wochenende und freuen uns immer über einen Besuch in unserem Wildgehege
www.wildgehege-hellenthal.de - The Raysons3 years agoAbsolutely love your tunes, very witty & interesting...Please listen to us too and let us know what you think...
- BATTLE OF THE RAP GROUP…3 years ago
Perform live during South by South West!!!!!!!!!
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- ScIvO'3 years ago
tnk u for add!have a good day!:)
- Brian Bills3 years ago
100,000,000 people and going strong
a wave of attraction
Worldwide and in every little town and hamlet
We are known
Wherever rivers flow
Emitting sounds
The Siren's cry and the Dragon's wail
Forged from steel deep within the earth's crust
Trekking far and wide
Opening doors and tearing down walls
From back alleys to concert halls
Everyone's welcome
Bring a pint of whiskey
Bring your troubled heart
Feel electricity pulse through your veins
Gallop at a full clip like a cheetah
As your heart races
You fear it may be too much to bare
Yet you are indestructible
You are a gladiator from ancient Rome
Long live Maximo
Long may you stain the memory of man
And make him praise your name
You died by a traitor's knife
But you conquered the many
And as the sea of human bodies sways too and fro
The lights flicker through the evening mist
On this night
At this moment
We are free
Free from the tyranny of evil men
Free from what lies beneath
Free from the shadows that lurk in our minds
Free from the beast - Brian Bills3 years ago
spiritual beings in physical bodies
Bombs would be bursting
Dread locks unfurled
Gorilla warfare with Cuban cigars and berets
And I never really liked cake
Neat little rows of houses
Passing time by wasting it
Never went outside my door
And I hate the smell of thrift stores
They smell like dead people's stuff
Simple Simon relax and let go
Handle the small things
Work your way up
Back off when it gets boring
I walk and I wag it
It slaps on both sides
It gets hard when your near me
That was fun let's do it again
And the sum total of man's feeble efforts
Will crumble and fall
Like the nose on the Sphynx
Some retarded Jackass will steal it and pawn it for a fix
But when I run
It's like I'm a thoroughbred quarter horse
Stretching my legs
With the music blasting
My butt will get tight
You'll see
And everything is on sale at Walmart
We are being outsourced and watered down
From the board room to the ball room
From sea to shining sea
That bright and shiny stars and stripes
Has been stolen
That ideal of equality was hijacked
Since the heros of the republic were gunned down
JFK and Martin Luther King
We were born into slavery
Slavery of thought
Slavery of poverty
Lost was our freedom of joy and brotherhood
Lost was our community spirit
Lost was the trust we had in our neighbor
Lost was our faith in the good of our fellow man
Lost was the easy chair on the porch
Lost was slumber parties
After the "Our Fathers" I turned to my neighbors
And nobody would shake my hand
Or even give me an acknowledging half smile
Instead they are just heeding the warning of the times
Never talk to strangers
Never smile at someone you don't know
Especially if it's a guy
He must just want something from you
And I'm not afraid you won't like this
You don't like anything that you don't understand
You can't understand why anyone would be different than you
But - 3 years ago





