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Saturday, October 2nd, 2004

: Javawocky! The Javawocky runsfrom 7:30 to 10:00pm ; staff should arrive at 6:50pm and plan to stay until everything is cleaned up (probably 10:15pm or 10:30pm).

The Javawocky Coffeehouse will be on the first Saturday of every month unless otherwise noted.

Location

The Javawocky Coffeehouse uses space provided by the Central Baptist Church in Wayne, PA. It is located in downtown Wayne, about 12 miles west of Philadelphia on Route 30, near the intersection of North/South Wayne Ave and Lancaster Avenue. The address is 106 W Lancaster Ave, Wayne, PA 19087-4002 (map, picture of the building, concise and verbose sides of the sign out front).

Donations

As a non-profit project, all our proceeds will be donated. Currently, we are collecting funds for the youth guitar project in El Salvador (in in Atiquizaya), to teach youth to make guitars both for themselves and to sell.

Our Name and Color: An explanation of our name and logo is on a separate page, as is an explanation of our color.

History   (E-mail if you would like to use photos. Originals are 1600x1200 pixels.)

Saturday, June 5: Javawocky! The graduating staff members officially resigned their posts, and the coffeehouse was run by the second generation of Javawocky staff. We miss them all.

The Javawocky opened with a band Pink Noose, after the recitation of the Jabberwocky, and was followed by a guitar-and-vocal duet, 'Better than Oasis,' who played two songs. Following this there was a piece from Midsummer Night's Dream from our New Hospitable Orator, followed by a veena performance from the person who is currently writing about himself in third person. Then a bass guitar was played to great effect; this preceded the next band, 'Mail Order Bride' (formerly 'WanderLust'). Next were two vocal acts: first, some poetry, and then an improvised speech. After that, we broke out various small percussive implements (which were also used to great effect), especially the mighty triangle. Then, a second performance of the very beatnik 'Diamonds on my Windshield,' now with Beatnik Veena (for lack of a string bass). Finally, the Javawocky was finished with a jam session featuring Irish music played on bass, a drumset, piano, and veena (obviously the traditional conveyers of Gaelic tunes). And then, of course, was the reading of the magnetic poetry . And more magnetic poetry.

Also, see the evil twisted fiendish malignant digital camera entirely responsible for the limited number of pictures and their tardiness, unlike the person holding the camera. When viewing this picture, note the URL. This was entirely coincidental, I swear.

Sunday, May 16th: The Apprentice Webmaster updates the site for reasons so arcane he doesn't know them himself. Behold the image of his soul. (The old webmaster bids all the faithful Javawocky web-fans a fond farewell. His spirit will live on in his protégé.)

Sunday, May 9th: The Javawocky web site is massively updated... as far as code goes. For those uninterested, it shouldn't mean anything (except maybe reloading the page a few times to get the web server hosting Javawocky to finish what it's supposed to do). For those interested, it means that the page is much more efficient, both in file-size and upkeep-overhead (Server Side Includes; they don't show up in the code except as comments about beginning and ending included documents) and much less full of tables and images (CSS, which defines appearance, separate from content). The revision is both because of of the webmaster's enjoyment of efficient, elegant web pages, and because he is soon to pass the page on to other hands and wanted to take the opportunity to make it easier to update.

For reference, TheJavawocky has at this point 2450 cumulative hits; information.html has 1174, index.html has 632, and palmerpink has 76.

Saturday, May 1st: Javawocky, with three bands and lots of people. We started with a Hospitably Oratious recitation of Jabberwocky. The first performance was a set by WanderLust. After that, guitar, then bass (with a wireless pickup, no less; also with un-pictured drum accompaniment). Our second band of the night was Cereal Heroes (aggravatingly, the picture is blurry). After them, a ramble from Palmer Pink, of Palmer Pink Radio. A wonderful protest song was then heard with guitar and harmonica, followed by Diamonds on my Windshield and others (seen clumped by the piano and sideways to get the drummer in the background). The AstroKnots were second to last, followed by some jamming; as usual, we closed with a reading (which also shows the audience) of the magnetic poetry.

Saturday, April 3rd: Javawocky. We opened, as usual, with recitation of Jabberwocky, followed by various people with instruments who, as group, may or may not have had a name (thus described by themselves). After that, a guitar performance, followed by bass (pictured with artistic license and normally). Veena next, and then our percussive ruckus (from one side and then the other). Monty Python made an appearance with the Parrot Sketch (near and far). Between other things, there was a (mostly failed) attempt at four-person push-ups, and a more successful execution of a self-supported square of people lying on each others' knees. After planned acts, there were a couple rounds of improvisation. We finished up, as is our wont, with a reading of the magnetic poetry.

Saturday, March 6th: Javawocky - a small crowd, but (as usual) we had fun. The Jabberwocky started us off, followed by an excerpt from the Milagro Beanfield War (by John Nichols), then piano and penny-whistle. Next up was our drum circle (seen from three different angles). The percussives were followed by Prototype with drums, guitar, bass, and piano (looking left and right). Similar to the drum circle, we had a string circle - banjo, violin, veena, and two basses. Afterward, veena solo. (Between acts, the photographer admired the poise and majesty of the veena player's tenor recorder.) Then was some bass, and throughout the night there were magnetic poets. Second to last were drums, two basses, and trumpet jamming, and as usual we finished up with a reading of the magnetic poetry - this time with finger-snapping and rhythmic reading.

Monday, February 8th: TheJavawocky web site has topped twenty-six hundred hits (cumulatively, among all the pages), with over eight hundred on both the home page and the information page. For some reason, though, the Palmer Pink page has only forty-five hits. Anyway, thanks to our faithful surfers.

Saturday, February 7th: Javawocky! We had a different introductory MC, since our usual MC was Elsewhere, followed by the traditional recitation of Jabberwocky. Then we had a set by Lasting Factor: well-lit, bassist, guitarist, and vocalist under normal and snazzy green lighting, and the drummer. One of our regulars was absent, but sent some of his art. Then we heard the Wardens of the Tree Asylum, once with electrified cello, and once with bass After that, a solo bass performance. Next, the participatory percussives - angles one two and three. Following that, what used to be Vicious Fish but is now Oh-My-God-Rolling-On-The-Floor-Cheesecake, with a guitarist who went away and came back with penny whistles. After the X-Vicious-Fish, a bit of discourse encouraging exploration of the unknown, then an original piano piece. Guitar finished the musical acts, and we ended with the reading of the magnetic poetry. Also present (to observe, photograph, and interview) was Karen Harlin, a proponent of a community performing arts center "so that amateur artists can share their talent and points of view with the community." Her organization is Cultural Interchanges, and she would be happy to talk to anyone interested in realizing this project in the community; her e-mail is kharlin at culturalinterchanges dot com.

Saturday, January 3rd: Javawocky, the first of 2004. As usual, we started with some announcements from our MC, then Jabberwocky was recited. This time we had the band In Search of Phil (previously the Nameless Hobos), who played several numbers, including Happy Birthday to Yours Truly (webmaster and photographer). Then came a philosophical discourse which addressed universals - individuality and open mindedness (as among greatest goods), and purposelessness of war and humanity's impulse for it anyway. We had the traditional percussive participatory event (viewed from angles one and two). Next came a bit of Yeats ("The Second Coming"), a Hamlet recitation ("To Be Or Not To Be") by the same person, a piece performed on Veena, then bit more Hamlet in the form of a soliloquy from Richard III. After that, some jamming (saxophone, electrified veena, and piano), a satirical comedy, another bit of jamming, and finally the reading of the magnetic poetry.

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The next Javawocky will be

Saturday, October 2nd, 2004

from 7:30 to 10:00pm . The Javawocky as a whole can be reached at thejavawocky@yahoo.com, or you can sign or view our guestbook.