Spoken word

To buy a copy of Jeff Cottrill’s 2009 CD, Clown with a Coat Hanger, go to his Coffeehouse page at jeffcottrill.coffeehouse.ca and follow the bouncing ball.

Wanna get a taste first? Check out some of the mp3s below:

Border Crossing
A piece about being hassled at U.S. customs.
Excerpt previously published on WriteOutLoud.net. Recorded and mixed at The Tardis.

How to Write and Perform a Slam Poem (Eight simple rules)
A light-hearted lampoon of poetry-slam conventions and cliches. Jeff swears on his life that he was not familiar with Taylor Mali’s work when he first wrote this.
Previously published on Latchkey.net and WriteOutLoud.net. Recorded at The Tardis.

Review of This Piece
An exercise in self-referential humour. Jeff swears on his life that he wrote this before he heard “The Song that Goes Like This” from Spamalot.
Previously published in Draft 4.4. Recorded at the Spoken Word Antics radio show on Sheffield Live! (Sheffield, England), March 13, 2007 (aired April 5 and May 31).

Party Like Juan
A charming little ditty about private gatherings and the quaint activities that take place there.
Recorded and mixed at The Tardis.

Audiotape French Lesson
Remember those tapes they used to play in Grade 5 French class? No? Well, this may jog your memory.
Recorded at The Tardis.

Sally Dumps Jimmy
A piece for anyone who’s been unfairly, unjustly rejected.
Previously published in Cruelty and Kindness (Burning Effigy Press, 2002); also included on the CD Cracktastic! (Moody Loner Records, 2005). Recorded at The Tardis.