So Far
Musa Okwonga, Joshua Idehen, Inua Ellams, Catherine Martindale, Shabaka Hutchings and a buckload of silent members.
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1. What is PIP?
Musa:
Four skinny black geeks and a ma'am.
Inua:
PiP is a collective of well meaning word-ed dudes. They are not bitches, but have 99 problems. and brush their shoulders off.
Josh:
Pip is Holy Quality, Compelling Poetry, Spelling errors, lyrical dexterity swimming in a pook of funny i.e we good spoken word artists.
Cat:
A poetry collective of weirdo’s who write about such a variety of shit that there’s something for everyone!
2. What does PIP do?
Musa:
Poetry for the masses.
Inua:
PiP perform poems. One accompanied with a sax player. sometimes
Josh:
Storytelling. Jazz. Humorous Anedotes. Chatting up Barmaids. Killing stereotypes or at the very least, poking fun at them, for Glorious Benefit of Human Race.
Cat:
Make poetry cool!
3. Where does PIP go?
Musa:
Anywhere that there is free wine.
Inua:
PiP go where ever the wind takes them.
Josh:
Put a microphone and minimum three people listening (quietly) and we're all up in there like ear wax.
Cat:
All over London and sometimes other places if we feel adventurous and rich!
4. How does one find PIP?
Musa:
We are warriors of space and rhyme, we are everywhere!
Inua:
Myspace and Joshua
Joshua:
www.myspace.com/apoeminbetweenpeople
Cath:
Myspace and scream “poetry is shit” loud enough and one of us will come to prove you wrong!!
5. How can one join PIP?
Musa:
Be a geek, black and skinny is optional.
Inua:
They can't.
Joshua:
To Join, please fill out a form, stating your name as Saul williams/shane koyczan/maya angelou/tupac.
Cat:
Go poetry café with a boy or girl u fancy and do a poem for him/her, then josh will see you!
6. Does PIP eat Fish?
Musa:
Only in canapes, darling.
Inua:
3/5 yes. the others pray for the others.
Josh:
Joshua considers seafood bony, ugly and unfit for consuption.
Cat:
Yes it loves smoked salmon!
7. Why are there no girls in PIP?
Musa:
They left because of Joshua's breath.
Inua
Cause Girls are the enemy. If ever they do do anything with PiP, it is merely PiP testing themselves.
Josh:
Girls are welcome. So long as they are shit-hot(really good) and they go by the name Jill Scott.
Cat:
……….
8. Does PIP sit in tiny corners and ruthlessly diss other artists?
Musa:
Yes.
Inua:
Yes.
Josh:
Yes.
Cat:
The bitterness is only starting to flow im fighting it hard!
9. Between one and ten, how stupid is the PIP name, and do you
tell people you are part of the group when other members aren't
around, or is it your dirty little secret?
Musa:
I was once a closet PIP, but now I'm out and proud.
Inua:
I list of all the groups i am part off, i mention PiP. sing to the JayZ tune - We be big PiPing from SE15, We be big PiPing to Hackney, We Be etc etc tec...
Josh:
Nine. I treat PIP like ma very own fight club...
Cat: I say im PoetiCat but usually people then find out
10. Finally, should we kick Musa out?
Musa:
Only once he has finished embezzling the PIP accounts
Inua:
No. We need Ugandans in the house
Josh:
Such will be considered if he decides to perform 'why,' again
Cat: No he is the only one that does not spend hours discussing women’s behinds apart from me!
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