21 Jan 2012: TOMAS FORD live and naked, plus JOHN McBAIN

On 21 January Perth Poetry Club presents TOMÁS FORD in his spoken word mode... he probably won't be physically naked (although you can never be sure) but his performance is certain to be. Sure, he's launching a music album on the 27th with an enormous party at Amplifier -- but if you want to get really close to Tomás (and why wouldn't you) Perth Poetry Club is the place to see him. And, from the other metaphorical corner, we bring you Ourstralian rhymester, environmentalist and irreverent alcoholarian JOHN McBAIN. Plus open mike as always. It's gonna be fun. 2-4pm at The Moon.

From tomasford.com: As Tomás Ford’s road keeps forking off in new and unexpected directions, so too does the man himself - ever the mad scientist with a lightning storm of ideas. As an artist, Tomás Ford is driven to keep searching. To keep creating. As a performer, he is driven by the adrenalin and escapism that comes when Mr Hyde takes over.

As a kid John McBain read encyclopedias, greek mythology and comics before Mum let him buy his first books : 'Ned Kelly' and 'Hells Angels'. His 'writing' really started with cryptic crosswords, environmental submissions and real estate ads, and his poetry in Alice in 2000. Being a country bumpkin, John loves the simplicity of bush poetry. He's a greeny and hangs out with Aboriginals. Explains a lot, eh?