Before there was Spoken Word…before there was HipHop,
Rap, or Rock…before there was poetry…before the dinosaurs and the primordial
ooze… … … there was a rock (spaceship) (sneeze) (God’s Thought) tossed
about the forming Universe like a ping pong ball (spaceship), (sneeze) (God’s
Thought)…beaten and banged it fell to earth in pieces (landing zone) (point of
origin) (Garden of Eden) to drop in the primordial ooze (landing zone) (point of
origin) (Garden of Eden). It’s
minerals and proteins (passengers) (germ) (Sixth Day) mixed with the ooze
(landing zone), (point of origin) (Garden of Eden) to form…a protozoa
(passengers) (ape) (Adam). Evolving
into humanity (colonist) (mankind) (society), these minerals and proteins
(passengers) (germs) (humans) keep searching (searching) (searching) (searching)
for the rest of the pebbles (passengers) (germs) (congregation) that fell from
the forming universe (space) (unknown) (heaven).
They gather in the back alleys (abduction) (collective conscience)
(church) to be with their own … … … Think of us as the pebble that won’t
return to the rock (unabducted) (mutant strain) (mouse that escaped the Serpent
in Garden)
Patrick
McGee (Guitar
player/Composer/Lyricist/Vocalist) - Pat started playing music at the age of 9.
He took lessons at local music stores, but is mostly self-taught in both
playing and Music Theory. He
started composing music at the age of 14. He’s
written nearly 50 songs and performed with numerous musicians for the past 15
years. He hosts the Original Music
Open Mic at Brewed Awakenings: A Coffeehouse on the 1st and 3rd
Wednesday of every month. His
influences range from R&B to Modern Pop.
Trina
Stolec (Resident Poet/Vocalist/Lyricist)
- Trina studied creative writing, drama and dance at The Cincinnati School for
Creative and Performing Arts. She
studied writing at a Four Week Rising Senior’s Seminar at Berea College and
while at The University of Toledo. She’s
performed in Community Theater and performed her poetry at numerous places since
1985. She's had more than 200 poems
published in over 50 small press zines. Her
influences are, of course, poets: Plath, Bukowski, and just about anyone else
she can get her hands on.