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Order this iTunes track from the poetry music CD Torture & Triumph ...Or order the entire CD set from iTunes:

Watch, from Mom’s Favorite Vase: ~3:59, from their last live concert This film is from the Internet Archive

Listen to this radio recording from WZRD Radio (in a 2 CD set)

Watch, from Mom’s Favorite Vase: This film is from the Internet Archive

Listen Live at the Cafe, now available in a 3 CD set

Watch, from Mom’s Favorite Vase: This 1:00 film is from the Internet Archive

This is on the CD Stop. Look. Listen to the Music, with songs from Mom’s Favorite Vase, Weeds & Flowers & the Second Axing for $6.22.

Watch, from Mom’s Favorite Vase: This 1:10 film is from the Internet Archive

Listen to this with the Second Axing (live at the Lake Demented Poets, Hendersonville 03/23/01 Watch this YouTube video live at Lake Dememted Poets 03/23/02 or Listen to this with the Second Axing (live at the Cafe, Chicago 11/04/03

Watch this video performed live at the performance art show A Night Of Firsts, 06/22/04 This film is from the Internet Archive

Watch this YouTube video 4:11, performed live at the performance art show A Night Of Firsts, 06/22/04

Listen to this original song from Mom’s Favorite Vase.

Watch this YouTube video 4:09, performed live for a CD recording, parts of the song What We Need In Life before the poem Fantastic Car Crash 05/19/07

Watch this YouTube video (3:31) Blue Design Studios

Watch the YouTube video (3:30) live 08/05/07 at Beach poets

Watch this YouTube video (3:58) performed live at the Galapagos Islands 12/24/07 to people from South America, Canada, the U.S., and Austria (on a boat)

Watch this YouTube video live 05/29/10 just before the Indy 500 (Indianipolic, IN)

Watch this YouTube video live 05/29/10 just after the Indy 500 (Indianipolic, IN) on the race track

Watch this YouTube video live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10

Watch this YouTube video of part four of the “40” show live at the Café in Chicago 06/22/10

Watch this YouTube video of pt. 4 of the “40” show from camera 2 @ the Café in Chicago 06/22/10

Watch the Full Video from camera #1 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.

Watch the Full Video from camera #2 as a downloadable mp4 file, live at the Café w/ this piece 06/22/10, from the Internet Archive.

Watch this YouTube video (3:51) live 06/24/10 at Timothy O’Toole’s Pub, guitar by John Yotko

Watch this YouTube video “London”, “I am Not a Pretty Girl”, and “What We Need In Life”, live 07/08/10 at Timothy O’Toole’s Pub, w/ Janet Kuypers voalcs & John Yotko guitar

Watch the YouTube video (3:35) live in Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10

Watch the full video of the full Death ‘n’ Rebirth 07/11/10 show at Beach Poets, from archive.org

download the free chapbook Death ‘n’ Rebirth with all of the writing in the live show

Watch this YouTube video (3:57, John Yotko on guitar) live 09/07/10 at Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing at Phyllis’ Musical Inn in Chicago

Watch this YouTube video of Wayne Allen Jones reading this 11/02/10, live at the Café in Chicago

Watch the YouTube video Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) live at Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest , in an outdoor Evanston IL feature 06/25/11

See the full YouTube video of Striking with Nature and Humanity at Trunk Fest, live 06/25/11, with this writing

Download the chapbook with this writing in Striking with Nature and Humanity

Watch this YouTube video live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago

Watch this YouTube video with the Edge Detection filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago

Watch this YouTube video with the Sepia Tone filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago

Watch this YouTube video with the Film Age (older) filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago

Watch this YouTube video with the Threshold filter, live 06/14/11 at the Café in Chicago

Watch this YouTube video live at Chicago’s Gallery Cabaret 06/29/11

Watch this YouTube video live in Severn Maryland (JK singing, JY guitar) 10/22/11

Watch this YouTube video live at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago, with John Yotko on guitar 12/18/11

Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers singinging this song at the open mike 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago

Watch the YouTube video of Kuypers singinging this Mm’s Favorite Vase song (tonight with the Second Axing) at the open mike 2/1/12 at Gallery Cabaret’s the Café Gallery in Chicago (w/ the Samsung cam)

Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 3 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Café Ballou, thru the Waiting4the Bus open mike 6/4/12

Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 3 of her poems (Never Did the Same, Before I Learned Better, Can’t Answer That One and Sorry Flowers) live in Chicago at Poetry “Love Letters” open mike 6/9/12 (Sony)

Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while nterspersing 3 of her poems (Never Did the Same, Before I Learned Better, Can’t Answer That One and Sorry Flowers) live in Chicago at Poetry “Love Letters” open mike 6/9/12 (Samsung)

Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Sony camera)

Watch this YouTube video of Kuypers singing What We Need in life (John on guitar) while interspersing 4 of her poems (Keep Them Apart, Got on the Road Again and Keep Driving) live in Chicago at Ruffled Feathers open mike 6/11/12 (from the Samsung camera)

See YouTube video of Kuypers performing this song (w/ John on guitar; original music by Warren Peterson) live 8/29/12 at the singer/songwriter night at the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago (from the Sony)

Watch this YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her Mom’s Favorite Vase song What we Need in Life (John on guitar) live in Chicago 8/28/13 (C) at her interview & reading

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers’ interview and her reading her “Periodic Table” poems live in her Chicago 8/28/13 feature Interview to Poetry at Poetry Saloon at Noon (in the Lerner Auditorium at the Sulzer Public Library), ending with this song

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her poem What we Need in Life in Nashville 10/26/13 in her Nashville Halloween feature

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her “Periodic Table” poems (and two original songs) live in her Chicago 10/20/13 feature Nashville Halloween feature, including this writing

Download this free chapbook of the Nashville Halloween feature, w/ Tag Team and Periodic Table poems in this show.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers sings her original song What we Need in Life acapella live 12/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers sings her original song What we Need in Life acapella live 12/18/13 at the open mic the Café Gallery in Chicago (S)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 8/2/14 Beast Women audition in Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Sony)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 8/2/14 Beast Women audition in Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Sony, edge detection)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Canon)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Canon, posterize)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing a mix of her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Sony)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers singing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash in her 9/21/14 Beast Women Rising show performance at Chicago’s the Den Theatre (Sony, edge detection)

what we need in life (a song) I don’t know where this highway’s taking me anymore        and I don’t know the right lines to say I don’t feel the things that you’re feeling             down deep inside of you        but I know this ain’t the way nothing ventured nothing gained nothing changes nothing stays the same but you go your way I go mine maybe one day we will find what we need in life what we need in life I watch the ashes from your cigarette             fall to the ground        and I think this fire will die down I think I now see what is happening here             between us        and I have to say good bye nothing ventured nothing gained nothing changes nothing stays the same so you go your way I go mine maybe one day we will find what we need in life what we need in life I can’t stay bitter and lonely and restless anymore        and I can’t be here with you I see the red in your eyes and it scares me half to death        and I’ll take this road alone nothing ventured nothing gained nothing changes nothing stays the same you go your way and I go mine maybe one day we will find what we need in life what we need in life Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash live 9/24/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (C)

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing her song What we Need in Life and her poem Fantastic Car Crash live 9/24/14 at Chicago’s open mic the Café Gallery (S)

See YouTube video of Kuypers singing this song What we Need in Life7/22/15 at the Café Gallery (which was filmed from the Canon fs200)

See YouTube video of Kuypers singing this song What we Need in Life7/22/15 at the Café Gallery (which was filmed from the Canon Power Shot)

See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a capella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped/saturated w/ sci-fi filter).

See YouTube video 9/11/15 of Janet Kuypers at the Chicago’s Roots Room reading her poems operation diligence and Looking fora Worthy Adversary, then singing her original song What we Need in Life, then reading her poem I dreamt about you last night, then covering the 1925 song (a cappella) Brother, Can you Spare a Dime, & finishing with her poem Under the Sea (Canon fs200, cropped & saturated).

See YouTube video (Cps) of Janet Kuypers singing her song What We Need In Life 12/13/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing poetry and song (with John on guitar) 12/13/15 at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (Canon Power Shot), with her song What We Need In Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash inside the song), X-rays and broken hearts, & the Burning.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 3 songs (with John on guitar) 12/27/15 at the Austin music open mic B.B. Rover’s (Nikon CoolPix S7000), with her songs What We Need In Life and Made Any Difference and the Feedback song Vintage Wine.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 3 songs (with John on guitar) 12/27/15 at the Austin music open mic B.B. Rover’s (Canon Power Shot), with her songs What We Need In Life and Made Any Difference and the Feedback song Vintage Wine.

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 4 songs (with John on guitar) 1/29/16 (C) at the Round Rock music open mic at the American Legion, covering Morrissey’s There is a Place in Hell for Me and my Friends, Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots are Made for Walking, the Chruch’s Under the Milky Way, & singing her MFV song What we Need in Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers performing 4 songs (with John on guitar) 1/29/16 (N) at the Round Rock music open mic at the American Legion, covering Morrissey’s There is a Place in Hell for Me and my Friends, Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots are Made for Walking, the Chruch’s Under the Milky Way, & singing her MFV song What we Need in Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash).

See YouTube video of Jane Kuypers (and John on guitar and some vocals) performing 7 songs 5/6/16 (C) at Round Rock’s American Legion, covering Depeche Mode’s Th Bottom Line (w/ altered wedding chorus lyrics), Peter Gabriel’s Washing of the Water, her MFV song My Love for You will Stay the Same, flowing straight into George Michael’s Waiting (Reprise), the Eurythmics’ I Need You, her MFV song What we Need in Life, & ending with her poem in The Second Axing song Made Any Difference.

See YouTube video of Jane Kuypers (and John on guitar and some vocals) performing 7 songs 5/6/16 (C) at Round Rock’s American Legion, covering Depeche Mode’s Th Bottom Line (w/ altered wedding chorus lyrics), Peter Gabriel’s Washing of the Water, her MFV song My Love for You will Stay the Same, flowing straight into George Michael’s Waiting (Reprise), the Eurythmics’ I Need You, her MFV song What we Need in Life, & ending with her poem in The Second Axing song Made Any Difference.

See YouTube video 7/8/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Things They Did To You, then sings her song What we Need in Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash inside) in the 2nd round at the Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/8/16 (filmed w/ a Canon Power Shot camera).

See YouTube video 7/8/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her poem The Things They Did To You, then sings her song What we Need in Life (with her poem Fantastic Car Crash inside) in the 2nd round at the Austin installment (at her house) of the Poetry Plus open mic 7/8/16 (filmed w/ a Sony camera).