#open mic

[puppy-wife]

first, pizza. then, open mic tonight. would you listen to my poetry? 🥺

[halberdbooks]

This one goes out to everyone who's Going Through It.

[nezu-spiketown]

The sun was rising and the city lights began to flicker on as some of the day shift shops began to prepare for the day ahead. Neon colors contrasted against the darkened streets, as the first light of the sun filtered in through the holes in the city’s roof.

With a yawn, Nezu made his way out of the flat and headed to the stage in the gym, preparing to do a maintenance check on the equipment there.

So far everything seemed to work fine, and he flipped the switch to turn on the lights, watching as they shimmered to life. He took out his guitar and began to pluck at it, tuning the strings as he went. There wasn’t much planned for the day, but that didn’t really mean much. Never know when someone would show up anyway, right?

So here he sat, strumming the guitar now in a rhythmic fashion, approving of its crisp sound. Music was his happy space, and his escape from reality, and a sort of peaceful solitude. He didn’t fancy being bothered while he worked, but this was really just playing around. Not quite the same as a real practice session or a concert. More or less he was just killing time.

Just as he was finding a little tune, he noticed there was someone entering the gym.

“Whaddya want?” He called out, in his typically gruff manner.

[system-of-a-feather]

Parts that find themselves unable to speak for trauma or general neurodiverse reasons, how would you describe it's experience?

[under-the-table-podcast]

Sydcarmy FF readers & writers unite!

If you wanna participate in the Sydcarmy Under The Table podcast new Open Mic episode as a FF writer or reader, please let us know, we will make sure to accommodate you. We wanna hear your voices, readers matter too! You are a crucial part of FF and one of the most valuable assest in our beloved SydcarARMY fandom. Join us!

Let’s do this, chefs!

Sydcarmy truthers ONLY!

[hells-greatestdad]

Of course Lucifer had something prepared for this. He's quite a skilled performer, after all. He may not care for lots of social attention, but he absolutely enjoys puting on a show.

And with the murder case currently going on... well. A distraction to keep nerves down is only well called for.

"I am very, very fond of polka, believe it or not. But," He'll summon up his golden fiddle, a most prized possession.

"I think we all know the fiddle is a tad more iconic when it comes to the instruments I play. I've picked out a nice, lively little ditty to play here. It's called - quite fittingly so - Fiddlin Around."

'Up in the window light tonight Where I can see your silhouette I've been throwin' little stones But I don't believe you've even heard me yet

Today you crossed your heart And said you'd meet me in the dark When I called you on the phone You pretended you weren't home

Hey baby, what do you say Won't you come on outside tonight The moon is finally shinin' bright as day Hey what do you say Can't you hear the music in the wind And see our shadows on the ground Aw won't you come on down We're gonna do a little fiddlin' around

Can't ya hear the banjos ringin' through the air There'll be mandolins and guitars everywhere Now don't you wanna be there

Hey baby, what do you say Won't you come on outside tonight The moon is finally shinin' bright as day Hey what do you say Can't you hear the music in the wind And see our shadows on the ground Aw won't you come on down We're gonna do a little fiddlin' around

If you'd look outside, you'd see the lights Of my old Corvette Are you tryin' to drive me crazy babe Or did you just forget

Hey baby, what do you say Won't you come on outside tonight The moon is finally shinin' bright as day Hey what do you say Can't you hear the music in the wind And see our shadows on the ground Aw won't you come on down We're gonna do a little fiddlin' around'

@qveenofgluttony

[sheilababi]

In my deepest wound I saw Your Glory

and it astounded me.

[zer0moose]

some extremely tiny drawings.

egg is oil pastels, open mic is soft chalk pastels

[reviving-nikola]

today I read a poem of mine in front of real people !

[celebswearingghost]

Lady Gaga

[livelyhearth]

We will be the featured artist at this month's Open Mic Monday at Angry Horse Brewing!

LA locals, come on down to Montebello on 8/26 for a rousing evening; our set will start around 7:30.

[yellowmanula]

Open Mic w Efemerii, było śmiesznie i pozytywnie

Karmelicka 7

[poetryorchard]

🧚🏾‍♂️ Sprites of the Orchard! ✨ Join us in celebration of Disability Pride Month for our first open mic!

The theme is "disabled voices" - we're looking for poetry that reflects the experience of living as a disabled / neurodivergent person.

Disability is a self-defined and widely expansive identity, so please don't self-reject - we'd love to hear your poems!

Attendee sign-up

Performer sign-up

[nezu-spiketown]

“People like t’say “Oh Nezu ya need t’ make friends”, or “I’m your friend”, or kitsch shite like “friends are found family”, but don’t understand that some ‘a’ us got real issues.

We aren’t perfect over here, mate.

Not by a long shot.

Imma collection of problems an’ trauma, so either you’re cool with it or you’re not. I can’t be anythin’ but me. Take it or leave it. It’s why imma loner, ya feel?

Pffft.

I do m’best but what can ya expect? Imma dark type. We get quiet an’ isolatory from time t’time.

Learn t’trust th’ “relationship” an’ enjoy th’ silence. Trust I’m not as bad as I can be or wanna be sometimes. I just need m’space an’ m’solitude ya feel? It’s part a’ m’creatve process. It isn’t personal. I got no hate in me, an’ I always come back around after a few days or so. I’m loyal to th’ bone, just not extroverted. Be chill.”

[system-of-a-feather]

Okay so I have known this, but it came up on my feed again so Im once again bewildered by this.

People with an inability / difficulty planning in the future and imagining themselves in the future (executive dysfunction, ADHDers, etc) - how do you... operate in a day to day? How do you start actions? How do you like... go about your life and things you want to do? How do you... do?

I imagine that this is part of executive dysfunction for a lot of people and that I do understand cause I get it episodically

But as someone who has an unironic 20+ year plan and lives "in the future" to an unhealthy degree, its baffling and beyond my understanding to have a limited ability to do so.

I could also ask the one or two parts that tend to front when our executive function is shot cause in the past they used to have that as well, but Im really curious what people outside of my brain have to say on this.

Id be more than willing to answer questions as the opposite extreme. I just like to compare and contrast seemingly opposite extremes of experiences

Anyone is encouraged to welcome to respond and bring in any thing they feel is relevant to the topic at hand.

[under-the-table-podcast]

Hands!

We had soooo much fun yesterday with our amazing guests! 2 of the most prolific, popular, beloved, and talented Sydcarmy FF writers in our fandom and active members of our lovely Community we are building together little by little with the collective sound of all of our voices.

@tvgremlin & @bootlegramdomneess AKA: Debutante_gurl & Shareece (kimbob) on A03. Go check their Sydcarmy FF ASAP!

What a delicious 2-hour Open Mic sess that was, chefs. Listen here:

In this ep: Writers' origin stories IC vs OOC / Carmy IS NOT Lip Personal preferences as readers/writers Dissecting characters to write about them The backstage of the writing process and how hard yet amazing it is The unreadable / Go nuts! The C person is not the readers' fave A03 is doing Storer's work Male's Perspective vs Hardcore Fangirling The Fangirl Culture & its Financial Impact Reading FF changed our lives The Bear - Similarities and differences with other FF fandoms Not being on the same page and still rocking it - Theories and HC. Feedback matters Are mixed reviews better than no reviews? Lazy readers Agree to disagree Why do we love this? / Appreciation Connecting thru FF More to come, if you couldn't make it, we've got you next time.