A Beautiful Noise. What does one think when they ponder beautiful noises? Choirs. The laughter of a small Dutch child. The sound of Jethro Tull being publicly whipped at Westminster Abbey. Yes, all beautiful noises. But none of those noises were present at the Brillbox on July 29th. Oh no, the noises there were far more beautiful. This was a Beautiful Noise and the Hodgepodge Society was there to listen to it all and it was indeed glorious.

Sir Joseph and Lord Robert try out thier new cell cans. The reception is awful but you can't argue with the savings when you're calling someone in your network. Click the pic for a closer view.

The Brillobox was alive and crackling with creative energy. We would later find out that it was nothing but exposed wiring that provided us with the electrical shocks, but we felt inspired either way. The evening's proceedings were put together by the talented Miss Sarah Claire and she did a remarkable job of assembling a lovely congolmerate of spoken word artists, poets, musicians, comedians and...the Hodgepodge Society. Joined by Sarah Claire and some local minstrels, it was the charge of the Hodgepodge Society to explain to the masses just what exactly poetry is.

Poetry, as it turns out, is not about roses being red or violets being blur or giggle-inducing tales about men named "Enis". Poetry is art. It's meant to move and inspire. It gets inside you and leaves a crude grafitti scrawled on your soul that says "Poetry wuz here." As the Hodgepodge Society explained the tenants of poetry (rhyming, rythm, emotional intensity, etc.), Miss Sarah Claire, the poetry advisor to the Hodgepodge Society, spun lyrical wonders so sublime the audience was touched and not in the arrestable offense way. The Hodgepodge Society had a magical evening and we look forward to spreading as many beautiful noises as we can. Now we have to hop a red eye to London. Jethro Tull awaits!