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In Issue 11 we began what we thought would end up as a series of spoken word audio pieces. While they're no longer hosted on this site (rather, archived by the National Library of Australia), we thought it might be just as well to re-post details of the tracks, for your listening pleasure (links will open in new windows).

For those of you who have been hiding under your doonas for the past couple of months, tom see is the pen name of Tom Clark whose book "OI" was the first title released by COD - Cordite On Demand. Tom has contributed to several issues of Cordite in the past, so it's our pleasure to feature an audio poem of his - a reading, in fact, of a poem from his collection entitled "Evurest". Recorded by David Prater at the Black Pickle (2004), compressed and reformatted by our resident genius, STW. Take it away! Download "Evurest".

It was Slim Dusty who first uttered those immortal words, "When the rain tumbles down in July" and while we don't recall it raining on the night of Babble's July 2004 celebrations, we're pretty sure poet, comedian and all-round funny guy Justin Heazlewood was on hand to send down a few drops of wisdom on all things "post". Hear Justin just scrape in under the time limit! Then read Benny Walter's interview with Justin in Issue #19! Download "I'm So Postmodern".

The month of May 2004 brought a fresh selection from the madness that is the Babble Open Mike in the form of Wayne Meredith, who bammed the crowd with his word-spinning skills, kicking out the jambs via a poem entitled "People I'll Confide In". Wayne Meredith is the founder and host of the Call To Arms 3-round spoken slam night, held on the third Wednesday of every month at the Old Colonial Inn (127 Brunswick St Fitzroy). Props to Sean STW Whelan for cramming this sucker into mp3 format. Bam-ba-lam! Download "People I'll Confide In".

Go you crazy elf! No, we don't mean the blond-braided guy in The Lord of the Rings, we're talking about Melbourne's own Crazy Elf, who's been busy dropping his pants, wielding a light sabre and generally causing havoc amongst this city's normally placid poetry crowds. At June 2004's Babble Open Mic, we were so impressed by the Elfster's "Jesus" piece we recorded it for posterity - and we don't need to tell you what that word means. Download and pray along. Amen. Download "Jesus".

Richard Stearne was voted the winner of the second babble Open Mic for 2004, held on Wednesday 7th April. Though we're not sure of the exact title for this one ["Two Poets At My Door" is our current favourite], we can say with certainty that the poem involves Yeats and Blake. And booze. As soon as we track Richard down we'll let you know what his story is too. Download "Two Poets At My Door".

Just when you thought the Roots couldn't get any more rootsy, along comes alicia sometimes with an audio poem called "From Birth" [music by Matt Dufty and alicia sometimes, recorded by Matt Dufty at Bootfull Audio, 2004]. alicia does wear Elmo pjs, it's true. She is the co-editor of the literary mag Going Down Swinging and is co-host on 3RRR's spoken word show, Aural Text. Her first book Kissing the Curve was released by FIP in 2003. Download "From Birth".

"Uncle Ho Cigarette" by Chloe Jackson Wilmott was chosen as the inaugural winner of the Babble Open Mic. Hear the sounds of Chloe's poetry for yourself! Download "Uncle Ho Cigarette".

Simon Hall got his licence in 1992. He rides his bicycle to and from places and sometimes catches trams. Simon's poetry has previously been featured in Cordite #14 Zombie (here). To celebrate our Driver issue, Simon went into the STW studio with audio maestro Sean Whelan and laid down a fine sounding track by the name of Car List. Broom and, indeed, broom. Download Car List.

It's booty time, with our unofficial Glitter Queen, Emilie Zoey Baker, strutting her tuff words audibly in mp3 format. Recorded by our audiovisual editor, Sean Whelan, this track will soon have you humming along like you've known the words for years. Download Bling Fling Thing.

The last time Edward Burger graced the pages of Cordite was way back in our 1998 Next Wave issue. It's now our great pleasure to present for your listening pleasure an audio recording of Ed performing a gruesome version of "Zombie Dog" live at Babble, Fitzroy earlier this year. Another multimedia spectacular courtesy of Sean "Straight To Wallpaper" Whelan. Download Edward Burger's Zombie Dog.

Clark Randerson is a bit of a mystery man, from all reports living in Singapore. In a fir of inspiration he put down some words which his collaborator Dallas Johnson spoke into the mike and co-produced and here is the (epic) result. Download "Eleven O Five".

Finally, Paul Mitchell is no stranger to Cordite, having been a contributing editor of Cordite for, oh, years now. Together with his collaborator Bill Buttler, Paul produced two tracks for Cordite. Download them here, namely: "I Need a Hit" and "Hazard Lights".