Questions in a World Withough Answers was a live performance art show held at The Cafe, at 5115 North Lincoln Ave. (just south of Foster) in Chicago, IL on October 5, 2004. This live show was conducted with a voice-altering effects mixing board, as Janet Kuypers read stories, poems and parts of poems. Background instrumentals from Laurie Anderson tracks were samples and piped in quietly in the background. Charlie Newman (the Host of Tuesday Night Poetry open mic The Cafe and radio host of the now defunct The Cafe Poetry Circus on WZRD, 88.3 FM) even stated after seeing this performance that “Janet Kuypers, QUEEN OF MULTIMEDIA, gave the best feature I’ve ever seen her give last Tuesday @ The Cafe. For real! A WOW!” If you missed this live performance, listen to or watch the show through the links below, view images, listen to studio recordings of this show, or even order a CD copy of this event. Additional links to tracks available for sale include ABC Shop • Chaos Music • eChoonz • Go Mobile • JB HiFi • Leading Edge Music • mp3.com Au • Rome • Smithfield Here’s your chance to download two versions of this 10/05/04 perofrmance art show Questions in a World Without Answers... Copies are only $6.22 American each, and if you’re interested, e-mail us for ordering information.

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Poems that were included in this conversational performance art show included:

Ouija board talk

Studio recording (1:11) and LIVE (2:31) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

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Squid

Studio recording (:39) and LIVE (:47) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (0:37)

The Original Writing (written in 1995)

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On The California Streets

Studio recording (:28) and LIVE (:48) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (48:53)

The Original Writing (written in 1997)

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from Right There, By Your Heart

Studio recording (8:14) and LIVE (1:32) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (7:56)

The Original Writing (written in 1992)

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Russians At A Garage Sale

Studio recording (1:04) and LIVE (1:22) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (0:56)

The Original Writing (written in 1996)

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All Men Have Secrets

Studio recording (:52) and LIVE (1:10) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (0:36)

The Original Writing (written in 1990)

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Content With Inferior Men

Studio recording (1:27) and LIVE (1:15) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (1:15)

The Original Writing (written in 1997)

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Burn It In

Studio recording (5:29) and LIVE (2:06) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (4:57)

The Original Writing (written in 1997)

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Private Lives One the elevated train, Chicago, Illinois

Studio recording (0:58) and LIVE (1:11) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (0:41)

The Original Writing (written in 1994)

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Private Lives Four the elevated train, Chicago, Illinois

Studio recording (1:03) and LIVE (:44) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (0:57)

The Original Writing (written in 1994)

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Scars 2000

Studio recording (4:13) and LIVE (:56) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (3:22)

The Original Writing (written in 2000)

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Travel Thrugh Space (Outer Space Talk)

written in 2004 for the show, the Studio recording (1:14) and LIVE (1:36) versions are on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

The Original Writing (written in 2004 for this show)

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After The Wreckage

Studio recording (1:47) and LIVE (1:21) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (1:28)

The Original Writing (written in 2000)

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People’s Lives Were At Stake

Studio recording (4:30) and LIVE (1:53) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (4:01)

The Original Writing (written in 2000)

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Political Talk

written in 2004 for the show, the Studio recording (4:10) and LIVE (4:02) versions areon CD 2 of the CD set Live:

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part of True Happiness in the New Millennium

Studio recording (4:47) and LIVE (:43) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (4:43)

The Original Writing (written in 1998)

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part of Communication

Studio recording (6:40) and LIVE (1:40) versions on CD 2 of the CD set Live:

vocals track: (6:21)

The Original Writing (written in 1997)

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Original images were used for this show,
but background sounds in this performance included samples
from instrumentals of Laurie Anderson songs, including:
baby doll
excellent birds
from the air
my compensation
oh superman
sharkey’s night (the version from Mister Heartbreak)
smoke rings
the day the devil
walking and falling
and white lily

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