Unlikely 2.0


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Editors' Notes

Maria Damon and Michelle Greenblatt
Jim Leftwich and Michelle Greenblatt
Sheila E. Murphy and Michelle Greenblatt

A Visual Conversation on Michelle Greenblatt's ASHES AND SEEDS with Stephen Harrison, Monika Mori | MOO, Jonathan Penton and Michelle Greenblatt

Letters for Michelle: with work by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Jeffrey Side, Larry Goodell, mark hartenbach, Charles J. Butler, Alexandria Bryan and Brian Kovich

Visual Poetry by Reed Altemus
Poetry by Glen Armstrong
Poetry by Lana Bella
A Eulogic Poem by John M. Bennett
Elegic Poetry by John M. Bennett
Poetry by Wendy Taylor Carlisle
A Eulogy by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Vincent A. Cellucci
Poetry by Joel Chace
A Spoken Word Poem and Visual Art by K.R. Copeland
A Eulogy by Alan Fyfe
Poetry by Win Harms
Poetry by Carolyn Hembree
Poetry by Cindy Hochman
A Eulogy by Steffen Horstmann
A Eulogic Poem by Dylan Krieger
An Elegic Poem by Dylan Krieger
Visual Art by Donna Kuhn
Poetry by Louise Landes Levi
Poetry by Jim Lineberger
Poetry by Dennis Mahagin
Poetry by Peter Marra
A Eulogy by Frankie Metro
A Song by Alexis Moon and Jonathan Penton
Poetry by Jay Passer
A Eulogy by Jonathan Penton
Visual Poetry by Anne Elezabeth Pluto and Bryson Dean-Gauthier
Visual Art by Marthe Reed
A Eulogy by Gabriel Ricard
Poetry by Alison Ross
A Short Movie by Bernd Sauermann
Poetry by Christopher Shipman
A Spoken Word Poem by Larissa Shmailo
A Eulogic Poem by Jay Sizemore
Elegic Poetry by Jay Sizemore
Poetry by Felino A. Soriano
Visual Art by Jamie Stoneman
Poetry by Ray Succre
Poetry by Yuriy Tarnawsky
A Song by Marc Vincenz


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Hey Hey 16k remained at Unlikely 2.0 for one year, and was then removed for reasons of space and copyright. Check out Rob Manuel's web page.

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Rob says, "In 2000 someone sent me a link to an MP3 called "Hey Hey 16k" by MJ Hibbert. I thought, "blow me. that song is spot on. I shall make a video for it so that more people can appreciate it's genius." Four years later I had a spare afternoon and got to work. It's had a lot of feedback, mostly from 28 to 35 year old men who spontaneously burst into tears. MJ compares it to when Diana died." Rob's web site is www.b3ta.co.uk.

Ed. Note: When I was eight years old, my grandfather bought me a Commodore 64, my first "computer." Although it was substantially more powerful than the Spectrum Rob and MJ speak of, it had much in common: games, my primary reason for using the machine, were primitive, flaky, repetitive, and difficult. Moreover, when they were on digital media, they had significant load times and would often become corrupt and useless. Often, they were not on digital media, which meant I would have to type their program into the system, sometimes for hours, in order to play them. When games were shipped, they were often shipped buggy.

Unlike younger Americans, I did not come by my pleasure easily. And unlike older Americans, I did not work for my pleasure. I learned to acquire pleasure. If I wanted to play a game, I had to figure out how to get it to run. I believe that association of knowledge with pleasure, as much as anything, was what led to my career as a poet.