Side B: Prompt #1

hooray for a new mix! the first prompt, as always, is the lyrics to the first song on the mix. the rest are a little more... elusive?

i love love love this first song... it's called "flat foot floogie". i have heard a few renditions of this song, but i gotta say the fats waller version is a personal favorite.

here are the lyrics to "flat foot floogie". as always, you are free to draw inspiration from this prompt in any way you choose. you can even analyze the song if you like... totally open-ended and such.

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check out the first edition of prompt response (side a!) if you're wondering what the hell this is all about!

general note: all responses to the prompts must be received by june 17th. i will be posting prompts until june 10th. you can submit them to promptresponse(AT)hotmail(PUT A DOT HERE)com!

prompt response: side a website has been launched!

all the prompts, the tracks that inspired them, and the responses that were submitted are posted on the prompt response: side a website! thanks so much to all who contributed to this inaugural edition of the prompt response project. Robert Lee Brewer, Jacob Charles, Noah Falck, Melinda Farrar, Jason O'Mara and Jenna Strauchen submitted drawings, photos, poems, stories, and music, and I couldn't be more grateful.

new prompts will be posted for side b from now until june 10th! keep your eyes peeled. responses must be received by june 17th! you can submit your work via email and i will be happy to take a look. the first batch of prompts will be posted this week!

cheers and many thanks to everyone supporting this project!

- k

Side A: Prompt #20

This is the last prompt for Side A!!!

Describe a morning after a night when you didn't go to sleep.


Okay, now... all 20 prompts have been posted for this mixCD. All responses are due April 21st to my email address which you have probably received on myspace or livejournal. In early May, the website will be unveiled with all the responses to the prompts and the tracklisting that inspired all this noise. Each of you participating will get a copy of the mix. Get to it!

Side A: Prompt #19

Using whatever medium you prefer, describe the people you feel closest to in this lifetime. You can use as many or as few adjectives as you like. What are some nicknames you use or little terms of endearment that you share?

Side A: Prompt #18

Fakin' it.

Use that in whatever context you like. And I hope you do.

Side A: Prompt #17

Scotland is for lovers!

Side A: Prompt #16

ex-loves, drunk-dialing, finding someone else after a breakup who is "safe" and "decent" while still thinking about your former wreck of a relationship wistfully... thinking to yourself you would no longer touch him or her with a ten-foot pole, but knowing if they came along you'd probably fall in love all over again and it would hurt like hell all over again.

the song that inspired this... i probably listened to it a million times last summer.

Side A: Prompt #15

take a look at this link, it is the inspiration for Prompt #15

Side A: Prompt #14

they're gonna get you!

Side A: Prompt #13

So you're laying in the sun, on an island, alone...

What does everything around you feel and sound like? What keeps you company? Will you ever go back home?

Side A: Prompt #12

What does she want me to do?

Side A: Prompt #11

This prompt deals with books. Favorite books, the smell of books, bookstore adventures, library capers, using books to steady a wonky table leg, etc... anything to do with books, really. Enjoy this one... this can take on many forms.

Remember to keep sending these to my email address, which - if you found this page - you more than likely have.

Side A: Prompt #10

Another prompt to tide you over until, say, tomorrow... when I probably post another one. Lemme just say this has been a blast. And I have had a great response (pun intended, of course) so far and appreciate all the excitement and interest. You guys have really made this worth doing, and I cannot wait until the first month's responses get posted, and each of you contributors get a mixCD in your hot little hands. I am giddy. Oh, I better not forget to post this prompt (the TENTH!):

morning, noon and night

Side A: Prompt #9

Describe the color of the moon.

Side A: Prompt #7 and Prompt #8

Another two-for-Tuesday, I suppose.

Prompt #7: ghosts & memories

Prompt #8: click to view the picture inspired by the song that inspired me to post this prompt

Side A: Prompt #6

Good luck with this one. And yes it is all one prompt.

I am pretty sure most of you can relate:

http://gesteland.genetics.utah.edu/members/andy/cubicle.jpg

This would be a fairly decent alternative:

http://istmove.berkeley.edu/pix/aquarium_cubicles.jpg

But I would rather be:

http://bromine.servlet.net/pictures/ninarios/JOHNBRYA.jpg

Side A: Prompt #5

I am so sorry that prompt #5 didn't come along very promptly. Here 'tis:

"Put your coat on"

You can use that line in a story or poem or create something having to do with or without coats. Again, whatever tickles your damn fancy.

Cheers!

Side A: Prompt #3 and Prompt #4

You know how those ridiculous radio stations have two-for-Tuesday type shit? Well, I caved and decided to post two prompts today. It's a beautiful day here on the shores of the Great Miami River, and I love love love the thought of people being all smiley and wide-eyed. Good times.

Prompt #3 is the number 3.

Oh yes. I went there. Take it however you like, and wrap it up in a homespun creative little package. What does the number 3 mean to you? Tell me. Take pictures of the number three on houses or manhole covers or dumpsters... these are just a few ideas. You can (and I encourage you) to go beyond that.

Prompt #4... a little more tricky, perhaps? Take some time to look at the link below and respond in whatever way you choose.

http://web.ecomplanet.com/SCHM8013/ServerContent/MyCustomImages/SCHM8013CustomImage0747005.jpg

Enjoy!

Side A: Prompt #2

A personal favorite, this prompt should muster up some good stories, photos and even scans of winning score sheets. Your inspiration for prompt #2 is simply this:

Scrabble.

Side A: Prompt #1

This first prompt includes lyrics for a song I truly love. It is called "Painter in Your Pocket" by Destroyer. If you are not familiar with the song, you are more than welcome to find it online and listen or you can respond simply by reading the lyrics. This is a very open-ended kind of thing.

Go here for the lyrics: http://www.deftone.com/destroyer/index.php?title=Painter_in_Your_Pocket

You know where to find me if you'd like to submit something. :]