Here are some videos of me preforming my spoken word:
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In no particular order:
Pat Ingoldsby: Humanity
Bill Hicks: Honesty
Muhammad Ali: Spirit
Nelson Mandela: Determination
Jesus Christ: Decent Bloke
Pele: Skill
Oscar Wilde: Intelligence
John Lennon: Sage
All my friends, every last one. Anyone with (or) who is: a heart, seeking the truth, fighting the good fight, asking questions, dreaming new ideas, trying to love, pushing boundaries, embracing differences, accepting positive change, who laughs without prejudice, and anyone who knows, they know nothing... and perhaps even you! who knows....
Books:
Pat Ingoldsby (Anything) Christ Brown (Anything) Roddy Doyle (Barrytown Triolgy), Irvine Welsh (Acid House, If You Liked School, You'll Love Work) The Bible (now &; again), Autobiographies: Chopper 1&;2, Bill Hicks, Jimi Hendrix, Howard Marks (Mr.Nice), A Brief History in Time (Prof. Stephen Hawking / briefly read in Amsterdam for a laugh that is! who knows what he'd be on about hey?), Celestine Prophecy, Conversations with God. I have a bad habit of half reading books. It was a new year resolution to sort it out, started well so far!
TV
The News (So I can at least try &; pretend to know what's going on in the world), Family Guy, Southpark, Documentaries, X-Factor/Idol (I do watch that shit sorry), GAA (most sport), Comedy (Or anything to make me laugh)
Films
All sorts of everything, Amelie, City of God, Donnie Darko, Chopper, Scent of a Woman, Team America (FUCK YEAH!!), Blow, Science of Sleep, Trainspotting, E.T., One Flew Over the Cuckcoo's Nest, Gandhi, March of the Penguins, Bowling for Columbine, Forest Gump, Altra, This is England, From London to Brighton, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, The Van, The Snapper, The Commitments, Reservoir Dogs &; Tarantino stuff,When Harry Met Sally, Finding Nemo, I'm sure there's more...
Poetry
Pat Ingoldsby (a sage), Christy Brown, Yeats, Saul Williams, Oscar Wilde, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg
and my poet friends, Noel Sweeney, Birch, Raven, Mike Igoe, Brendan Murphy, Mags Treanor, Christopher Collins, Gerard McKeown, Gerry McNamarra, Philly, PC, Jojo, Andy Craven Griffins, Polar Bear, David J and I'm sure there are many more of you...
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That fella you know, emm... whats his face..... only Mr Stephen James Smith, yeah thats right!
I have a website which is under construction, but will be lovely and sexy soon: http://www.StephenJamesSmith.com
So I'm Stephen James Smith. here is a little info if you want more communicate, or listen to the poetry stuff I have up here, anyways....I'm from Tallaght, Dublin, I write, I drink the black stuff with a drop of powers to wash it down. I laugh and enjoy making others laugh. I'm not looking for much in life just a small bit of happiness, and peace of mind. ehh not sure what other rubbish to be saying hear....
I am the currnt Cúirt Literay Festival Grand Slam Poetry Champion '09, fending off some of the best the poetry scene in Ireland has to offer this year at The Róisín Dubh in Galway.
I will be publishing my first book soon called: 'Pretending to be Happy?', Maverick Press are kind enough to be helping me with this so keep an eye out.
Email me on mrstephenjamessmith (at) gmail (dot) com for any bookings for gigs or workshops, if you wish.
I run a weekly Open Mike in The International Bar on Wicklow Street, it has hosted many famous folks over the years and if you want to visit their old stomping ground and play a tune or give us a poem, you can let me know via the email above.
I tend to do a bit of spoken word des temps en temps, here are some of the venues I have hit so far:
Poetry Events:
All Ireland Live Poetry Final 2008 @ The White House Limerick (2nd place runner up), BBC Radio 4 All Ireland Slam Poetry Final, McHuges, Belfast 2007 (representing Leinster), Cúirt International Literary Festival, Galway: 1st placed winner '09 & 3rd Place Grand Slam Final '08, Leviathan The Word, Spoken Word Arena, Electric Picnic, Love Poetry Hate Racism 2007 & 2008, Crawdaddy, Harcourt St. Poets on Fire, Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel, London, Welcome to Wormfield, The Foundry, London. Write & Recite, Ó Bhéal, The Long Valley, Winthrop Street, Cork. Rá Poetry, The Cobblestone Smithfield. The White House Poets, 52 O'Connell St. Limerick, Youth Speaks '08, Cuirt International Literary Festival Final with Tommy Tiernan, Naked Lunch, Carnival, Wexford St. Dublin, I am a Lagan Tour 2007, with Buddy Wakefield, Katie Wirsing & Andrea Gibson, The Bankers pub, Dame lane (Trinity street), Seven Towers, Poetry Reading, Cassidy's, Westmoreland St. Poets Anonymous, Speakers Corner, Temple Bar Sq. Dublin. Wurm im Apfel
Festivals:
Electric Picnic: 2007 & 2008, Stradbally Estate, Co. Laois, Festival of World Cultures ’09 Dún Laoghaire, Mantua Music & Arts Festival ’08, Ballinagare Co. Roscommon, KnockanStockan, Ballyknockan, Co. Wicklow, CÚIRT International Festival of Literature (3rd place finish in the Poetry Slam), SHAKEFEST ‘09 @ CHARLEVILLE CASTLE, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Dublin Fringe Festival ’09, St. Patrick’s Day Festival London ’09, with the London Irish Centre
Radio:
Newstalk, Seán Moncrieff Show 106 - 108FM, South Dublin 93.9fm,Near 90fm, Radió na Life 106.4fm, Radio Tallaght 99.1FM
Venues in Dublin:
Whelan’s, Wexford St. The International Bar, Wicklow St. Bewley’s Café Theatre, Grafton St. The Mill Theatre, Dundrum, Crawdaddy, Harcourt St. Balcony TV, Dame St. The Sunday Roast, Eamonn Doran’s, Temple Bar, The Sugar Club, 8 Lwr. Leeson St, Annesley House. North Strand, Pravda, Liffey St. The Bamboo Sessions, with Aidan Murphy, Civic Theatre Tallaght, Doyle’s, Ruby Sessions, College Green, The Mezz, Eustace St. The Hub, Eustace St. Isaac Butt, Store St. (Radio City), The Cobblestone, Smithfield, The Cherry Tree, Walkinstown. The Winding-Stairs bookshop, Bachelors Walk, Mc Gruder's, Thomas St. Slattery’s, Rathmines, Slattery’s, Caple St. Voodoo Lounge, Brogans, Dame St. Cassidy’s Westmoreland St. Carnival, Wexford St. The Duke, Duke St. Legal Eagle, Four Courts, Green Lizard, Francis St. Huston Station Anti War Rally, May Day, CYO, Wexford St. Anseo, Camden St. The Stages Head, Spy Bar, Eden Quay, St. Michaels College (Poetry Workshop) Ballsbridge, Spi Bar, South Anne’s St. Thomas Reads, Dame St. Oliver St. Gogarty's, Fleet St. O'Sullivan's, Westmoreland St. Lower Deck, Rathmines, Bodkins, Bolton St. The Pale, Thomas St. IADT Dun Laoghaire (Rag Week)
London:
Trafalgar Sq. with The London Irish Centre. Poets on Fire, Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel. Welcome to Wormfield, The Foundry
Amsterdam:
KHL, Oostelijke Handelskade 44, 1019 BN Amsterdam
Cork:
The Lobby, 1 Union Quay. Ó Bhéal, The Long Valley, Winthrop Street.
Venues in Galway:
Róisín Dubh, Dominick St. Galway Town Hall Theatre, The Kings Head, Ruby Room & Main Stage, Shop St. Busker Browns, Quay St. The Crane Bar, Sea Road.
Venues in Limerick:
Dolan's Bar & Warehouse, 3/4 Dock Road (St. Alphonsus St.), The White House, O’Connell St.
West Meath:
The Stable /The Yukon Bar, Mullingar.
Co. Clare:
The> Library Bar, Ennis, The Whitehorse Sessions, Kenny's, Lahinch.
and many other street corners and peoples ears!
"Steve’s poems thrill me, energise me, delight me. Truth rings crystal clear. Don’t stop Steve. Don’t stop." Pat Ingoldsby
"Stephen Smith is a ball of hydrogen gas that should be pumped into every household across the land.
He knocks seven shades of shite out of all the usual “birds and bees, whey and cheese” nonsense you
find at poetry readings. He sounds like he's walking into a forest full of energy vampires blindfolded with a lightsabre swinging in his hand, they might wound him but he ain't going down without a good fight."
All the best Jinx Lennon
"One Monday evening in the underbelly of the International bar in Dublin was
when I first came across Stephen Smith. Amid a drain of dreary, crooning
singer-songwriters, a tall confident fella stood up, head and shoulders
above the other night’s performers, chest puffed and broke into oration. What
followed was 10 minutes of fine, eloquent, REAL and brutally honest poetry.
It was rough and scrappy in places and the words flew out of his mouth 100
miles per hour. But it was original and clever and commanded the respect of
everyone in that tiny room. Since then, I've watched Stephen Smith flourish
into a fine poet and philosopher. I wish him all the best for the future and
look forward to watching his star shine loud and bright." Fiach (crooning dreary singer-songwriter)
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So how did it affect last night.... did you get many more in???? Each week I say I should head in and each week I'm knackered after the weekend (I normally end up falling asleep about 7.... I'm getting old :'[) One of these weeks I'll make it back (I know it won't be next week as I'm heading to the Console Comedy Classics) but hopefully sometime soon as I did really enjoy it the night Lucy and Dennis were there!
great to hear from you things going quite well but slow...with all the crap goin on at the moment...re cutbacks an Art Class set up...needing a lot of equipment though...a couple of lovely artists talking to Nyamwanda about the other day in An Cosan...they've some great poetry up there, but she'd love to hear from you only real day available next week is Wed a project about the great Famine on Mon....and a project in Clondalkin on Tuesday..re Travellers Culture strike on Thurs. and a meeting on Fri' re Advocavsy in Town much appreciated for the Help get in touch with you Mon. afternoon relaxin for the night with a bottle of wine HAVE A GREAT 1
no its just a profile pic! not sure what the new cover will look like yet, just jazzed up the page a bit cos it wasn't changed in ages! i'm thinking that the cover of issue 4 will have to be a lot less girly!
it was really very short on the radio. i hope it was a good event, though.
i work as an aupair in cork. i've been here for two weeks now and i will stay until next june or july. at some weekends i can travel around a little bit. i'm quite sure that i will visit galway one weekend and then i will go to mcdonagh's. in ljubljana you said to marco and me that if anybode of us ever came to dublin you would go for a good pint of guiness with us. is this offer still valid? well, i'm going for sure to dublin, anyway.
Hey all good here Stephen, "Time's tickin' and it won't stop tickin' it's tickin' away, it's the voice that I hear in my head and it's calling, it says time's tickin' away." Love sept 1913, great vibe. Enjoyed listening to your poetry, good stuff man, hope all is god with you today, thanks for having me on your site. J
hey hey boy! hows things!??? hope life is treatin ya good and lookin after you and keepin ya well! was thinkin about ya the other day! in canada at the mo waitin for the snow but will be back in dub within the year... lookin foward to it! look after your self xxxx
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Greetings from Germany...
