“OSCILLATE WILDLY”: at THE DELANCEY (Lower live-performance level)
The Celebrated Smiths & Morrissey Tribute Night & Dance Party — Now in it’s fourth year.

Chapter 30: “THE BIZARRE ORIENTAL VIBRATING PALM DEATH”.

Saturday, July 6, 2013 at The Delancey.

RSVP on Facebook Here.

Calling all handsome devils & unruly girls who will not settle down! Every month, DJ Ceremony presents a kinetic all-night celebration of the sounds of The Smiths & Morrissey, from the most celebrated classics to the deepest cuts. Also featuring UK Postpunk, Britpop, Manchester, & Factory Records. Prepare to dance your legs down to the knees!

• Gladioli encouraged!
• 21 & up. $5.
• Free admission with Smiths/Morrissey item of clothing, or Smiths/Morrissey tattoo!

Dress: Brigitte Bardot, Alexandra Bastedo, Truman Capote, James Dean, Steve McQueen, Nico, Edie Sedgwick, Sandy Shaw, The Silver Factory, Paul Weller, Oscar Wilde, Natalie Wood, minor extra from the “Stop Me” video.

Saturday, July 6, 2013 — 10:00 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Venue: THE DELANCEY (Lower level) — 168 Delancey Street (Between Clinton & Attorney)
New York City

http://facebook.com/djceremony
http://www.morrissey-solo.com

‎”Well, you don’t need to look so pleased…”

“CONTROVERSY”: at THE DELANCEY (Lower live-performance level)
A Scandalous Birthday Tribute Party 4 Prince.

Celebrating Prince’s 55th birthday: Friday, June 7, 2013.

RSVP on Facebook Here.
Time Out New York Critic’s Pick.

Sexy motherfuckers: DJ Ceremony presents the ultimate all-nite Prince dance party! Although the sounds will span his entire career, CONTROVERSY will be focusing primarily on Prince’s catalogue from 1978′s “For You” LP through all of the albums of the ’80s, and up to the “Diamonds And Pearls” and “Love Symbol” albums of the early ’90s. Come ready 4 an all-night parade of Prince hits, deep tracks, & classics. (Supported by The Minneapolis Sound, 80s Funk, Retro Dance Grooves, Prince protégés & related artists)

♥ Prince films screened all-nite
♥ Go-go by Lucille Ti Amore 11:30+
♥ 21 & up. $5.

Dress: Marie France/Minneapolis glam 1984, androgynous sex-symbol, 80s popstar, Prince muse

Friday, June 7, 2013 — 10:00 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Venue: THE DELANCEY (Lower level) — 168 Delancey Street (Between Clinton & Attorney)
New York City

http://facebook.com/djceremony

‎”Let’s pretend we’re married & go all nite…”

Hosted by poet Leah Umansky, Couplet is a quarterly reading series held on the Lower East Side featuring both emerging and established poets. Every event features music & after-party by DJ Ceremony.

#CoupletNYC (Instagram/Twitter)

Facebook invite.

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This edition’s featured poets:

1. J. BRADLEY
J. Bradley is the Web Editor of Monkeybicycle. He lives at iheartfailure.net.

2. JILLIAN BRALL
Jillian Brall is co-editor of the poetry journal, Lyre Lyre, and co-curates the Earshot reading series. Her poems have appeared in journals such as Ragazine, Esque, Connotation Press, Ping Pong Magazine, Unshod Quills, and others. She is also a visual artist.

3. JACKIE CLARK
Jackie Clark is the series editor of Poets off Poetry and Song of the Week for Coldfront Magazine. She is the recipient of a 2012 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Poetry and is the author of three chapbooks: Office Work (Greying Ghost Press), Red Fortress (H_NGM_N), and I Live Here Now (Lame House Press). Jackie lives in Jersey City and can be found online at nohelpforthat.com. Her first book, Aphoria, was recently published by Brooklyn Arts Press.

4. ADAM FITZGERALD
Adam Fitzgerald is the founding editor of the poetry journal Maggy, and teaches at Rutgers University and The New School. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in A Public Space, Boston Review, The Brooklyn Rail, Conjunctions, Fence and elsewhere. His first book of poems, The Late Parade, is forthcoming from W. W. Norton’s Liveright imprint in June. He lives in the East Village.

5. DOLAN MORGAN
Dolan Morgan lives and writes in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where he is an editor at The Atlas Review. His work can be found in The Believer, Field, Pank, The Lifted Brow, Red Lightbulbs, Armchair/Shotgun, The Collagist and elsewhere.

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Your Hostess:
Leah Umansky is a New Yorker by birth, a teacher by choice, and an anglophile at heart. Her first collection of poems, DOMESTIC UNCERTAINTIES, has been published in 2013 by BlazeVOX Books. She earned her MFA in Poetry at Sarah Lawrence College and is a recipient of a 1-week fellowship at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony. She is a contributing writer for both BOMB Magazine’s BOMBLOG and for The Rumpus. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in: Barrow Street, Cream City Review, Women’s Studies Quarterly, The Paterson Literary Review, Magma Poetry (UK),and Harpur Palate. She is also a contributing writer for The Rumpus and BOMB Magazine ‘s BOMBLOG. Find more of her work at: www.iammyownheroine.wordpress.com/

Your DJ:
DJ Ceremony has played at well over 100 venues in and around New York City since 2001, at both public & private events. He is the producer & DJ of “Oscillate Wildly”, a monthly Smiths & Morrissey tribute dance party in the Lower East Side, among other special one-night-only themed events. His sound often culls from Postpunk, Glam Rock, Indie, Haçienda, Britpop, Factory Records, Shoegaze, Manchester, Dreampop, & British Invasion. www.djceremony.com

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“COUPLET”—A Poetry & Music Series
Summer 2013 Edition
Hosted by poet Leah Umansky with music by DJ Ceremony
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 7 to 10 PM
Venue: The Delancey, Lower live performance level
168 Delancey Street (Between Clinton & Attorney)
Lower East Side, NYC
#CoupletNYC

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Oh! You Pretty Things: New Romantic Ball III
Sunday, May 26th, 2013: Memorial Day Weekend

RSVP on Facebook Here.

Oh! You Pretty Things returns with their third annual New Romantic Ball celebrating the children of glam: The Blitz Kids and New Romantics… featuring live performances by the incredible twenty-two piece ensemble This Ambitious Orchestra, the legendary Michael T & The Vanities, Hypernova, and Alison Clancy.

Emcee
Chi Chi Valenti

Performances by:
• Hypernova
• Alison Clancy
• This Ambitious Orchestra
• Michael T & The Vanities

DJs spinning New Wave, Glam, and Goth:
• DJ Ceremony
• Twig The Wonderkid
• Templar

Burlesque by
• Delysia Lachatte
• Scooter Pie

Hosted by: Formika, King Vulcanus, Hunteur Vreeland, Crazy 88s, Miss Tiffany Leigh, Brendon James, and Demetra

Late-Nite Costume Contest: Fabulous prizes courtesy of Triton Music Festival, Vampirefreaks, Gothic Renaissance, and Trash & Vaudeville

Photographs by Nicky Digital of NICKYDIGITAL.COM

Dress Code: Blitz Kids Realness, Victorian Dandy, Retro-Futurists, Peacock Punk, and all Siouxsie looks

$20 GENERAL ADMISSION
$15 RSVP@OHYOUPRETTYTHINGSNYC.COM
$15 ADVANCE TICKETS https://www.ticketprophet.com/events/9296/orders/new
$10 ADMISSION FOR SIOUXSIE LOOKS 9-10PM

Sunday, May 26th 2013 at 9pm. 21+ with ID.
Le Poisson Rouge: 158 Bleecker and Thompson Street: New York City

“OSCILLATE WILDLY”: at THE DELANCEY (Lower live-performance level)
The Celebrated Smiths & Morrissey Tribute Night & Dance Party — Now in it’s fourth year.

Saturday, May 11, 2013 at The Delancey.

RSVP on Facebook Here.
Time Out New York Critic’s Pick

Calling all handsome devils & unruly girls who will not settle down! Every month, DJ Ceremony presents a kinetic all-night celebration of the sounds of The Smiths & Morrissey, from the most celebrated classics to the deepest cuts. Also featuring UK Postpunk, Britpop, Manchester, & Factory Records. Prepare to dance your legs down to the knees!

• Gladioli encouraged!
• 21 & up. $5.
• Free admission with Smiths/Morrissey item of clothing, or Smiths/Morrissey tattoo!

Dress: Brigitte Bardot, Alexandra Bastedo, Truman Capote, James Dean, Steve McQueen, Nico, Edie Sedgwick, Sandy Shaw, The Silver Factory, Paul Weller, Oscar Wilde, Natalie Wood, minor extra from the “Stop Me” video.

Saturday, May 11, 2013 — 10:00 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Venue: THE DELANCEY (Lower level) — 168 Delancey Street (Between Clinton & Attorney)
New York City

http://facebook.com/djceremony
http://www.morrissey-solo.com

‎”Well, you don’t need to look so pleased…”

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To see a particular sub-set of playlists, use these links:
Wedding playlists: All
Wedding playlists: 80s, Cocktail Hour, Contemporary Pop, Dinner, Disco, Hip-Hop, Indie, Rock ‘N’ Roll, Soul, Top 40.

The >>> to the right of a song means that it was blended/beatmatched with the next song, and the >>> to the left of a song means that it was blended with the one before it.

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Cocktail Hour
Pet Shop Boys: “Leaving” [Instrumental]
April March: “Laisse Tomber Les Filles”
Blonde Redhead: “Silently”
Pavement: “AT&T”
David Bowie: “Starman”
Kevin Sheilds: “City Girl”
Lou Reed: “Perfect Day”
Bauhaus: “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything”
M83: “Kim & Jessie”
Big Star: “The Ballad of el Goodo”
Nico: “I’ll Keep it With Mine”
Belle and Sebastian: “There’s Too Much Love”
Cat Stevens: “The Wind”
Elvis Presley: “Can’t Help Falling In Love”
Blur: “Good Song”

Ceremony
General Processional: Eluvium: “Radio Ballet”
Bride Processional: Eluvium: “Reciting The Airships”
Recessional: Smashing Pumpkins: “Tonight, Tonight”

Dinner
Talking Heads: “People Like Us”
The Animals: “Baby Let Me Take You Home”
The Clash: “The Guns of Brixton”
The Jesus and Mary Chain: “Just Like Honey”
The New Pornographers: “Challengers”
The Velvet Underground: “I Found a Reason”
Alphaville: “Forever Young”
New Order: “Theives Like Us”
Big Star: “September Gurls”
Morrissey: “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris”
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music: “More Than This”
OMD: “Souvenir”
Cocteau Twins: “Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops”
Fleetwood Mac: “What Makes You Think You’re the One”
Françoise Hardy: “Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles”
John Cale: “Child’s Christmas In Wales”
Pixies: “Ana”
Marshall Crenshaw: “You’re My Favorite Waste of Time”
My Bloody Valentine: “When You Sleep”
Pavement: “Shady Lane/J Vs. S”
Smashing Pumpkins: “Today”
Spiritualized: “Any Way You Want Me”
Sunny Day Real Estate: “47″
Yaz: “Only You”
The Beach Boys: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”
The Cure: “Pictures Of You”

Post-Dinner Dancing
New Order: “True Faith”>>>
>>>When In Rome: “The Promise”>>>
>>>Talking Heads: “Once in a Lifetime”
Madness: “Our House”>>>
>>>OMD: “If You Leave”
The Cars: “Just What I Needed”
The Cure: “Just Like Heaven”>>>
>>>Modern English: “I Melt With You”
Pet Shop Boys: “Always On My Mind”>>>
>>>Depeche Mode: “Just Can’t Get Enough”
White Town: “Your Woman”
Pixies: “Debaser”
Erasure: “Oh l’Amour”>>>
>>>Eurythmics: “Love Is A Stranger”
a-Ha: “Take On Me” [12" Extended Version]
Billy Idol: “Dancing With Myself”
Dexy’s Midnight Runners: “Come On Eileen”
Junior Senior: “Move Your Feet”
Weezer: “Buddy Holly”>>>
>>>Blur: “Girls&Boys”
New Order: “Ceremony”
Pet Shop Boys: “Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)”
Blondie: “Call Me”
The Smiths: “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”
David Bowie: “Under Pressure”
Franz Ferdinand: “Take Me Out”>>>
>>>The Strokes: “Last Night”>>>
>>>Violent Femmes: “Blister In the Sun”
Ramones: “I Wanna Be Sedated”
Daft Punk: “One More Time” [Radio Edit]
Le Tigre: “Deceptacon”
Robyn: “Dancing On My Own”
Phoenix: “Too Young”
General Public: “Tenderness”
The Clash: “Train in Vain”
Erasure: “A Little Respect”>>>
>>>Depeche Mode: “Enjoy The Silence”
Duran Duran: “Rio”
George Michael: “Freedom”>>>
>>>Len: “Steal My Sunshine”>>>
>>>Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler: “Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)”
The Cure: “Love Song”
JET: “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
Supergrass: “Alright”
Blur: “Song 2″
David Bowie: “Let’s Dance”
Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse: “Valerie”
Naked Eyes: “Always Something There To Remind Me”
The Ting Tings: “Shut Up and Let Me Go”
MGMT: “Kids”
Last Dance: The Rentals: “Please Let That Be You”

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“HOUSE OF COMMONS”: A dance party celebrating the best of British music at THE DELANCEY
every first and third Thursday of the month.

* Thursday, April 4, 2013. Special guest DJ Michael T (Oh! You Pretty Things).

Facebook invite.

* Have your birthday party or special event at House Of Commons! Complimentary drinks & reserved seating. Contact host for details.

Join the common people as DJ Ceremony (“Oscillate Wildly”) presents an evening of all British sounds in the East Village for your kinetic pleasure. (Britpop, Manchester, Factory Records, British New Wave, UK Indie, Glam Rock, Mod, British Invasion +)

[The sound of "House Of Commons" : Blur >>> Bowie >>> Pulp >>> Libertines >>> Smiths >>> Suede >>> T.Rex >>> The Cure >>> James >>> Stone Roses >>> Happy Mondays >>> Joy Division >>> Buzzcocks >>> Placebo >>> My Bloody Valentine >>> Madness >>> Stones >>> The Jam >>> Kinks >>> Morrissey >>> Clash >>> Chameleons >>> New Order >>> Lush >>> Charlatans >>> Siouxsie >>> Kooks >>> Specials >>> Jesus and Mary Chain >>> Primal Scream >>> Belle & Sebastian >>> Psychedelic Furs >>> Pet Shop Boys >>> Housemartins >>> Depeche Mode >>> Sex Pistols >>> Ladytron >>> The Fall >>> Eurythmics >>> Tears For Fears >>> Monochrome Set >>> Visage >>> Felt >>> Duran Duran >>> Arctic Monkeys >>> Roxy Music >>> Slits >>> Anne Clark >>> The Beat >>> Suggs >>> Love & Rockets >>> Manic Street Preachers >>> Echo & The Bunnymen >>> Sleeper >>> Kaiser Chiefs >>> Hot Chip >>> Franz Ferdinand >>> Black Grape >>> Bloc Party >>> Marc Almond >>> Stereophonics >>> Chvrches >>> Who >>> Ting Tings >>> Two Door Cinema Club >>> Pete Shelley >>> Verve >>> Oasis >>> Icicle Works >>> Public Image Ltd. >>> General Public >>> Massive Attack >>> Bauhaus >>> Supergrass >>> Beatles >>> Graham Coxon >>> "I could say more... but you get the general Idea" –S.P.M. ]

• 21 & up. Free.
• Different UK-themed film screened every week.

Dress: Marianne Faithfull on trial for drugs 1969, pencil skirt, your mother’s bridal veil, jackboots and kilts, a little like a military man, v-necked shirts and baggy trousers, Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel, same old suit since 1962.

Next party: Thursday, April 4, 2013 — 10:00 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Venue: THE DELANCEY (Main level) — 168 Delancey Street (Between Clinton & Attorney)
New York City

#HouseOfCommonsNYC

The Delancey, LES.

‎”Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.”

“HOUSE OF COMMONS”: A dance party celebrating the best of British music at THE DELANCEY
Every Thursday night.

* Thursday, March 14, 2013. Special guest DJ Spencer Cobrin (Morrissey).

Drummer for Morrissey’s first post-Smiths band who played on the classic Morrissey albums: “Your Arsenal”, “Beethoven Was Deaf”, “Southpaw Grammar”, and “Maladjusted”, Spencer will be spinning Post-Punk, New Wave, 2 Tone, and more at “House Of Commons” on Thursday, March 14th, 2013.

• Go-go by H.O.C. muse Lucille Ti Amore.
• Hosted by James David

Facebook invite.

* Have your birthday party or special event at House Of Commons! Complimentary drinks & reserved seating. Contact host for details.

Join the common people as DJ Ceremony (“Oscillate Wildly”) presents an evening of all British sounds in the East Village for your kinetic pleasure. (Britpop, Manchester, Factory Records, British New Wave, UK Indie, Glam Rock, Mod, British Invasion +)

[The sound of "House Of Commons" : Blur >>> Bowie >>> Pulp >>> Libertines >>> Smiths >>> Suede >>> T.Rex >>> The Cure >>> James >>> Stone Roses >>> Happy Mondays >>> Joy Division >>> Buzzcocks >>> Placebo >>> My Bloody Valentine >>> Madness >>> Stones >>> The Jam >>> Kinks >>> Morrissey >>> Clash >>> Chameleons >>> New Order >>> Lush >>> Charlatans >>> Siouxsie >>> Kooks >>> Specials >>> Jesus and Mary Chain >>> Primal Scream >>> Belle & Sebastian >>> Psychedelic Furs >>> Pet Shop Boys >>> Housemartins >>> Depeche Mode >>> Sex Pistols >>> Ladytron >>> The Fall >>> Eurythmics >>> Tears For Fears >>> Monochrome Set >>> Visage >>> Felt >>> Duran Duran >>> Arctic Monkeys >>> Roxy Music >>> Slits >>> Anne Clark >>> The Beat >>> Suggs >>> Love & Rockets >>> Manic Street Preachers >>> Echo & The Bunnymen >>> Sleeper >>> Kaiser Chiefs >>> Hot Chip >>> Franz Ferdinand >>> Black Grape >>> Bloc Party >>> Marc Almond >>> Stereophonics >>> Chvrches >>> Who >>> Ting Tings >>> Two Door Cinema Club >>> Pete Shelley >>> Verve >>> Oasis >>> Icicle Works >>> Public Image Ltd. >>> General Public >>> Massive Attack >>> Bauhaus >>> Supergrass >>> Beatles >>> Graham Coxon >>> "I could say more... but you get the general Idea" –S.P.M. ]

• 21 & up. Free.
• Different UK-themed film screened every week.

Dress: Marianne Faithfull on trial for drugs 1969, pencil skirt, your mother’s bridal veil, jackboots and kilts, a little like a military man, v-necked shirts and baggy trousers, Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel, same old suit since 1962.

Next party: Thursday, March 14, 2013 — 10:00 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Venue: THE DELANCEY (Main level) — 168 Delancey Street (Between Clinton & Attorney)
New York City

#HouseOfCommonsNYC

The Delancey, LES.

‎”Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.”

“OSCILLATE WILDLY”: at THE DELANCEY (Lower live-performance level)
The Celebrated Smiths & Morrissey Tribute Night & Dance Party — Now in it’s fourth year.

Saturday, March 9, 2013 at The Delancey.

RSVP on Facebook Here.
Time Out New York Critic’s Pick

Calling all handsome devils & unruly girls who will not settle down! Every month, DJ Ceremony presents a kinetic all-night celebration of the sounds of The Smiths & Morrissey, from the most celebrated classics to the deepest cuts. Also featuring UK, Britpop, & Manchester sounds. Prepare to dance your legs down to the knees!

• Gladioli encouraged!
• 21 & up. $5. (E-mail host for limited comp-admission list)
• Free admission with Smiths/Morrissey item of clothing, or Smiths/Morrissey tattoo!
• Screening February 9th: Peter Medak 1990 biopic: “The Krays”

Dress: Brigitte Bardot, Alexandra Bastedo, Truman Capote, James Dean, Steve McQueen, Nico, Edie Sedgwick, Sandy Shaw, The Silver Factory, Paul Weller, Oscar Wilde, Natalie Wood, minor extra from the “Stop Me” video.

Saturday, March 9, 2013 — 10:00 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Venue: THE DELANCEY (Lower level) — 168 Delancey Street (Between Clinton & Attorney)
New York City

http://facebook.com/djceremony
http://www.morrissey-solo.com

‎”Well, you don’t need to look so pleased…”

Hosted by poet Leah Umansky, Couplet is a quarterly reading series held on the Lower East Side featuring both emerging and established poets. Every event features music & after-party by DJ Ceremony.

#CoupletNYC (Instagram/Twitter)

Facebook invite.
Time Out New York

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This edition’s featured poets:

1. LISA MARIE BASILE
Lisa Marie Basile is a graduate of The New School’s MFA program in Writing. She is the author of Andalucia (Brothel Books) and Triste (Dancing Girl Press). Her work can be seen in Word Riot, PANK, kill author, Moon Milk Review, elimae & Pear Noir! among other publications. She is the founding editor of Patasola Press & the Patasola Review, and is a writer for thethepoetry. She is also an assistant editor for Fifth Wednesday Journal. Performing for The Poetry Brothel, she also is a part of the Poetry Society of New York member of the Poetry Society of New York, which produces the Annual NYC poetry Festival.

2. ROBERT GIBBONS
Robert Gibbons moved to New York City in the summer of 2007 in search of his muse-Langston Hughes. Robert has featured in many venues around New York City. Not only in New York City, but also in Washington, D.C. ; Maryland, and Florida. Robert has taken master classes with Cave Canem and the 92Y and has studied under master poets such as: Cornelius Eady, Marilyn Nelson, KImiko Hahn, Nathalie Handal, Linda Susan Jackson, Kevin Young and Kwame Dawes. Robert’s first collection of poetry is ” Close to the Tree” and was published by Three Rooms Press. Inquiries and purchases can be found at www.threeroomspress.com

3. PAUL LISICKY
Paul Lisicky is the author of LAWNBOY, FAMOUS BUILDER, THE BURNING HOUSE, and UNBUILT PROJECTS. His work has appeared in THE AWL, FENCE, THE IOWA REVIEW, PLOUGHSHARES, TIN HOUSE, UNSTUCK, and other magazines and anthologies. His awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the James Michener/Copernicus Society, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, where he was twice a Fellow. He is the New Voices Professor at Rutgers-Camden and he teaches in the low residency MFA program at Sierra Nevada College. A memoir, THE NARROW DOOR, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in 2014.

4. J. HOPE STEIN
J. Hope Stein is the author of [Talking Doll] (Dancing Girl Press), [Mary] (Hyacinth Girl Press) and Corner Office (H_ngm_n Bks.) She is editor of poetrycrush.com and author of www.eecattings.com.

5. LEIGH STEIN
Leigh Stein is the author of the novel THE FALLBACK PLAN, which New York Magazine called “a masterwork of the post-collegiate babysitting genre,” and a book of poems, DISPATCH FROM THE FUTURE.

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Your Hostess:
Leah Umansky is a New Yorker by birth, a teacher by choice, and an anglophile at heart. Her first collection of poems, DOMESTIC UNCERTAINTIES, has just been published by BlazeVOX Books. She earned her MFA in Poetry at Sarah Lawrence College and is a recipient of a 1-week fellowship at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony. She is a contributing writer for both BOMB Magazine’s BOMBLOG and for The Rumpus. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in: Barrow Street, Cream City Review, Women’s Studies Quarterly, The Paterson Literary Review, Magma Poetry (UK),and Harpur Palate. She is also a contributing writer for The Rumpus and BOMB Magazine ‘s BOMBLOG. Find more of her work at: www.iammyownheroine.wordpress.com/

Your DJ:
DJ Ceremony has been playing in New York City since 2001, at both public & private events. He is the producer & DJ of “House Of Commons”, a weekly British-themed dance party, and “Oscillate Wildly”, a monthly Smiths & Morrissey tribute dance party in the Lower East Side. His sound often culls from Postpunk, Glam Rock, Northern Songs, Indie, Haçienda, Britpop, Factory Records, Analog Retro, Shoegaze, Manchester, Dreampop, & British Invasion. www.djceremony.com

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“COUPLET”—A Poetry & Music Series
Winter 2013/Valentine Edition
Hosted by poet Leah Umansky with music by DJ Ceremony
Saturday, February 16, 2013, 7 to 10 PM
Venue: The Delancey, Lower live performance level
168 Delancey Street (Between Clinton & Attorney)
Lower East Side, NYC
#CoupletNYC

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