late on Saturday

Late on Saturday nights, there is an open mic venue at Bill's Music in Richardson. Sometimes when we are winding down at The Oak Cliff Circle of Poets (around 10:00), and if we have had enough coffee, a few of us will pile into a couple of vehicles, and head North to Bill's. It's about a 20 min drive, but they don't usually get started until nearly 11:00. The crowd is mostly younger, and it's a cool change of pace. The downside is that it's pretty tough to wake up on Sunday mornings.

All of the below photo's were taken on a couple of Saturdays in April 2003.

A shot of the reading area at Bills and some of the regulars.

Here I am ( Paul Sexton), reading @ Bill's.

Amy Weaver, a popular Dallas Slam poet, performs for the crowd.

A barefoot Gordon WOWs the crowd @ Bills

The OCCP's own Mr. Natural hanging out peacefully over by the bathroom area.

Metta Jon Maslow, Gordon Hilgers, and Ricardo Garza, sit on the table off to the side, watching the poets perform.

ABOVE: Metta Jon reads for the crowd @ Bills

BELOW: Metta Jon in all of his poetic glory ( why is this so large? because I like the shot, that's why.)