Attila the Stockbroker, poet, visited the Netherlands in december 2002.
That writer of Ranting Verse, author of the Zen-Stalinist Manifesto and other Immortal Poems, yes, the One & Only Attila the Stockbroker has been touring the Neverlandz in december.
Both Attilla and PravdaDA were very pleased about the tour. In the future, PravdaDA will be glad to arrange any Attilla the Stockbroke gigsr. Look at these photo's taken at the gig in Eindhoven, or go further down to see the tour sceduele, read a poem and take a chance to visit Attilla's website.
Dutch tour 2002
venues/gigs were:
11 UTRECHT ACU
ioanatudor@hotmail.com
12 GRONINGEN ORKZ
wschuppers@hotmail.com
13 HENGELO Innocent
serge@home.nl
14 DEN HAAG Blauwe Aanslag - 20th Anniversary Celebration
ankerman@angelfire.com
15 AMSTERDAM OCII
dredwin@dds.nl
16 EINDHOVEN Burgers
s.lschilten@freeler.nl
For those who don't know this remarkable Poet and his Mandolin 'Nelson' check out :
"It's been a while and I'm looking forward to it! Thanks to PravdaDa
for organisation and publicity and to everyone who's putting on a show. I
do most of my mainland European gigs in the German speaking countries these
days and it will be great to be back in the land where I did my earliest gigs
outside the UK, way back in 1982!
Of course, there are loads of new poems and songs..............see you there....!"
-Attila
MY POETIC LICENCE
(An affirmation)
Yo! I'm the MC of ranting rebel poetry
I know my history and my identity
I'm independent, a red cottage industry
DIY from here to eternity
Now let me tell you what's been going on -
I take my inspiration from centuries long gone
Oral tradition of sedition, that's my position
No court jester with a tame disposition...
Poetic licence? Twenty years I've had one
and they don't come easy, they're not given out for fun.
You have to earn it, work and sweat and move
not get stuck in a dead poet bore groove...
I earned mine in dirty scummy punk clubs
Rock gigs, arts centres, festivals and dodgy pubs
And yes, once or twice I've had to fight -
but when a fascist hits a poet, the poet's doing something right!
So listen up, this MC's here to stay
Wild twenty years ago and still fired up today.
I love words and I've got this message for you:
Poetry's not boring - though some poets bore you
And I have to say that some poets bore me.
They're about as fun as a week on the lavatory!
Dull and pretentious, playing the Art Game -
real problem is they give the rest of us a bad name.
But I'm in the forward line, down there in the scrum.
Tedious whining poets - up your bum!
Now some of the critics think my stuff's no good
but I earn my living at it - those jerks never could
Yes, as you see, I'm a little bit bolshy too
But that's just one of the ways I want to get through
Sometimes it's cerebral, quiet, esoteric wit -
sometimes it's loud and hard and rude as shit!
I love words and I love 'em in the red and raw
I like to use them in ways they've not been used before
Want you to laugh and want you to think as well
Bollocks to TV - this is live, as live as hell!
Oral tradition - the real origins of poetry.
Attila the Stockbroker - ranting rebel MC.
Dean of the Social Surrealist University.
Welcome to my wild poetic journey!
Attila the Stockbroker