Austin Poetry Slam

Matthew John Conley

2002 Team Member
2002 Austin Slam Champ
2003 Team Coach
2004 Team Coach

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Your Name: Matthew John Conley

Your Nickname: Anaconda

Born (place and year): Camden New Jersey 1969

Day Job: Walgreen's Photo Lab

Formative Childhood Experience: seeing Kiss at the Spectrum in 1978, original lineup, makeup, the whole deal. Judas Priest opened.

Your Interests include: dancing, acting, hockey, hip-hop, Thai food, Drive-By Poetry, cats

Last Book Read: Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey

Ambition: to win the National Poetry Slam as a member of the Austin Team

Recent Accomplishment: membership in the Tennessee Squires

Prized Possessions: my collection of Herb Alpert his Tijuana Brass vinyl, a pair of American Flag Converse, Virgin Mary toenail clippers, photo of me gettin nasty w/ the members of Nashville Pussy

When you started Slamming: on the 1994 Lollapalooza Tour

One-sentence description of your Slam style: show AND tell; can you hear my heart beat?

Influences (poetic and otherwise): Quakerism, Walt Whitman, Dr. Seuss, hard liquor

Favorite Slam Poet: Da Boogieman

Favorite Cartoon: Hong-Kong Phooey

Favorite Episode of M.A.S.H.: the practical jokes episode

E-Mail: mattconley69@hotmail.com

Matthew and the 1998 Albuquerque Team in action.

Another picture of Matthew and the 1998 lbuquerque Team in action.

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