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A Mic & Dim Lights

About Me


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/12/2006
Band Members: BessKepp | Bomani | DeAngela | Brother Dvooa | Gabriela Garcia Medina | Ghetto | JB | Judah 1 | Simply Kat | LaVoice | Mark Gonzalez | Tamara Blue |
Influences: AMDL Alumni:
Aiesha, Exhale, Jennae, Jennel, TrIpLe G , Triune . . . (still updating)

Los Angeles Spokenword Venues:
33-1/3, 5th Street Dicks, Da-Poetry Lounge (DPL), Nappy Tongue Grass Roots Poetry, Les Trois Veis, Green, Elevated, Talking Drum, Organic Soul Movement, Spoken-Funk Poetry, Tribal Cafe, Soul Food, Shades of Afrika, Blue Nile Cafe, Connected Through The Art, Word Play . . . (still updating)

Los Angeles Crews:
Kneegrow League, Foot Soldiers, Leimert Park Poets (LPP), DPL, Gang Green, Poets of the Roundtable, Fresh City, Organic Soul Movement (OSM), Rock Rap Report, Mac Duece, Nappy Tongue Collective, Bus Stop Prophets . . . (still updating)
Sounds Like: AMDL Spokenword Playlist Down for the moment!

Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Artical about "AMDL" Winter 2007

True Poetry Close To Home A Mic and Dim Lights, a poetry spot in Pomona, is a haven for up-and-coming poets, professionals and novices alike. By Amira Seyoum Photography by Lindsey Gooding 'I got a ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 May 2007 16:45:00 GMT

Poetry Slamming, An Essay by Besskepp

My first experience making my first slam team was memorable.  In May  2000,  Jerry Quickley , Poetri, Tiffany Scott and myself all earned spots on the Los Angeles Slam Team, one of two ...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:53:00 GMT

AMDL Article by Lee Ballinger

WORD IS BOND A Mic and Dim Lights make it all worthwhile By Lee Ballinger We don't have poetry slams, says Besskepp, impresario of A Mic and Dim Lights, the weekly Pomona poetry event that's now in ...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:39:00 GMT