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March 23, 2015

The Welcome End

March 23, 2015


SONOMA, BEND, PORTLAND, SEATTLE, MISSOURI, COLORADO…

Sixteen months of wide open wild-eyed wander wonder and the gift of a passing landscape. Sharp cheddar and chocolate. I can see the end of this guardrail arriving in tunnels and waves. The trail behind smacks of smoked salt Iceland and South African laughter, breaths of Belgian Vipassana, Leicester hot cocoa, European Christmas markets, hard Canadian lesson plans, 25,000 miles of U.S. peanut butter and the tires of a Steel Horse; sailing and Sydney, Australia; chandelier swinging in Stockholm, hot damn Amsterdam, the warm winter blanket of Nijmegen; Mom’s house when she sings only The Highwaymen’s version of “Take It To The Limit” late at night and gets lost in it; the open approaching arms of Austin, which may or may not be deodorized; bring them no less. Boulder, I am coming to rest on your sweetest namesake when it’s over. I will have the soup, nothing heavy, and a fresh salad, plenty of color. I will take them at my writing desk when I get back from the trail ride, from the sun run, from stretching in the smell of a clean gym. From all of us here at Riled Up and Wasted On Light, thank you. Here’s the last of it for now:


March 24, 2014 Sonoma State University, black box theater – Ives Building Room 76, Rohnert Park, CA, 6:30pm


March 25, 2015 Volcanic Theater, 70 SW Century Drive, Bend, OR, 7pm (doors at 6)


March 26, 2015 Holocene, 1001 Se Morrison, Portland, OR, 7pm sharp


April 4, 2015 Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 7pm TICKETS ($5 students/$10 general; limited seating)


April 10, 2015 The Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Avenue North, Seattle, WA, 8pm


April 14, 2015 Student Union Building HUB, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, 7:00pm


April 17, 2015 Soapbox Slam, Miln Auditorium, Kepner Hall, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, workshop 5:30-7pm; performance at 8pm


All tickets available via www.buddywakefield.com/tour-info (otherwise for sale at door).


April 25, 2015 Riled Up and Wasted On Light End of the World Tour Party at Ranch Dressing hosted by Derrick Brown and Write Bloody Publishing in Elgin, TX!! Bring a tent, or there’s a Hampton down the street. Holler buddy@buddywakefield.com for details.


Who’s gonna drive Steel Horse

when I take my hand off the trigger

and climb out the sunroof?

Uncle Ricky Husband

Above: Uncle Ricky’s Husband

leigh bud 2

Buddy and Leigh in Cardiff, Wales.

shoshone wy

Shoshone, Wyoming.

Photo by Adam Thomas at Monster Bar in Canberra

Canberra, Australia.

Photo by Stemschot in Ghent

Ghent, Belgium.

sunroof

Somewhere in Arizona.

Steel Horse

Steel horse drives itself.

Buddy and Page

Durban, South Africa.

New Water

Hobart.


All ways,

Buddy

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Published on March 23, 2015 22:52

March 19, 2015

The Horizon Line

March 19, 2015


PHOENIX, FLAGSTAFF, SAN DIEGO, SANTA MONICA…

After a quick pit stop at the dentist in Naco, Mexico,

TONIGHT kicks off the home stretch of it!

naco dentist

www.buddywakefield.com/tour-info

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Published on March 19, 2015 15:45

March 15, 2015

End of the World Tour Party at Ranch Dressing

March 15, 2015


Derrick D-Bags Brown and Write Bloody Publishing

are throwin’ us a party, y’all.

Either bring a tent, or there’s a Hampton down the street.

party invite

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Published on March 15, 2015 21:20

March 7, 2015

September 2015

September 17-20, 2015 for gayspiritvisions.org, Highlands, NC, details TBA

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Published on March 07, 2015 21:35

August 2015

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Published on March 07, 2015 21:35

July 2015

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Published on March 07, 2015 21:34

March 6, 2015

one-eyed jack of diamonds

March 6, 2015


SEATTLE!! 2 shows added in SEATTLE!!

Tickets via www.buddywakefield.com/tour-info.

Today is my first day alone without Kaylen

k and me

(I’ma miss you so stinkin much, K)

as me and the steel horse trek back across

the entire South and up the West Coast.

See the link above for details to added shows,

end of the world tour party,

and come on out for the ride.

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Published on March 06, 2015 15:45

March 3, 2015

2015

JANUARY 2015

January 1-8, 2015 Artist-in-residence, Besienders Huis, Nijmegen, Netherlands


January 3, 2014 private workshop, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2pm


January 4, 2015 Sunday in the Village, Café Tabac, Brouwersgracht 101, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8pm


January 6, 2015 Ebertbad, Ebertstraße 4, Oberhausen, Germany, 8pm


January 7, 2015 Herman Brood Academie, Bontekoelaan 1, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1:30-3:30pm (private workshop)


January 11, 2015 Mengi at UTC, Óðinsgata 2, Reykjavic, Iceland, 9pm


January 19, 2015 Le Petit Outre Bakery, 129 South 4th Street West, Missoula, MT, 8pm


January 23, 2015 The Apollon, 1801 Vinton St, Omaha, NE, 7:30pm


January 24, 2015 Java Joe’s, 214 4th Street, Des Moines, IA, 7pm


January 25, 2015 Uptown Poetry Slam at The Green Mill with Marc Smith, 4802 N Broadway Street, Chicago, 7pm, 21+


January 26, 2015 workshop only, The Writing Center, 300 Bessey Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 7pm


January 27, 2015 The Theatre Building, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, 7:30pm


January 28, 2015 The 9th Ward at Babeville, 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 7:30pm (doors at 7)


January 30, 2015 The Velvet Lounge, 10 Woodscorner Road, East Setauket, NY, 8pm


January 31, 2015 Cameo Gallery, 93 N 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 8:15pm (doors at 8pm)


FEBRUARY 2015

February 1, 2015 FTS Gallery, 2415 Main Street, Stratford, CT, 6pm, TICKETS


February 3, 2015 World War 2 Club (aka. The Deuce), 70 Conz Street, Northampton MA, 8pm


February 4, 2015 White Plains Public Library, 100 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY, 6:30pm


February 5, 2015 Brown University, Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 001, 79 Waterman Street, Providence, RI, 7:30pm


February 6, 2015 with The Fractal Ensemble, A Benefit Concert for LifeWay Network to raise awareness in an effort to end human trafficking, Art House Productions, 136 Magnolia Avenue, Jersey City, NJ, 8pm, $15 TICKETS at door


February 7, 2015 Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 7pm


February 8, 2015 workshop only (morning), Boston University, details TBA


February 10, 2015 Higher Ground Music, Showcase Lounge, 1214 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT, 8pm, TICKETS


February 11, 2015 Waterfront Cafe, Hunt College Union, 108 Ravine Parkway, State University of New York, Oneonta, NY, 8pm (7:30pm doors; 5pm private workshop in Union Square Room at Hunt Union)


February 12, 2015 The Blarney Stone Pub, 26 South Broad Street, Norwich, NY, 7pm


February 13, 2015 Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community, 48 South 14th Street, Pittsburgh, PA, (workshop from 5-6:30pm; performance at 7:30pm) TICKETS


February 14, 2015 TwentyFiveEight Studios, rear, 703 North Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA, 6pm TICKETS


February 15, 2015 Little Berlin, 2430 Coral Street, Philadelphia, PA, 7pm, $5-$10 tickets at door


February 16, 2015 Union Square Poetry Slam, Bar 13, 35 East 13th Street, New York City, NY, 7pm


February 17, 2015 Flavorpill HQ, 594 Broadway, New York City, NY, 8pm (do not arrive before 7:30pm) TICKETS


February 19, 2015 Community College of Baltimore County – Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd., Baltimore, MD, 12:45pm

(1-hour Q&A/workshop to follow show)


February 23, 2015 North Carolina Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane, Asheville, NC, (workshop at 3pm; performance at 7:30pm) TICKETS


February 26, 2015 Independent Public Alehouse, 110 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC, 7:30pm TICKETS


February 27, 2015 Northwest Middle School, 1606 Geer Highway, Travelers Rest, SC, 8:45am (closed to public)


February 27, 2015 Independent Public Alehouse, 110 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC, 6pm (workshop only)


February 28, 2015 for Collective Poets & the Guilford Green Foundation supporting LGBT rights, Community Theater of Greensboro, 520 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC, 7pm (doors at 6:30pm) TICKETS

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Published on March 03, 2015 06:14

February 25, 2015

No mysteries here mister

February 25, 2015


Miracles? Really?

How ‘bout reoccurring moments

that highlight how much

we have not been paying attention.

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Published on February 25, 2015 11:26

February 18, 2015

going up

February 18, 2015


Nothin’ but jam-packed thanks front to back

for the Flavorpill crew in NYC last night

coming through once again with

one of the warmest shows of the tour.

Flavorpill Elevator

We’d like to apologize to you,

delivery man in the back corner,

for making you pile in

and the predictable enthusiasm about your pizza.

Who can blame?

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Published on February 18, 2015 17:56

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