INTRODUCING…
THE BUCKET OF UNUSED IDEAS
a true first in the world of words
...
THE BUCKET
over seven hundred unseen
ideas, phrases, poems, couplets,
jokes, one-liners, verses, choruses,
stories, ditties, questions, riddles
and ideas again
...
digital and randomised
one piece after the other
at random
in a number and variety so huge
as to escape category
...
THE BUCKET
an exhilarating concatenation of original notions
a high heap of powder kept dry for decades
and that rare thing...
a whole new medium in the realm of literature?
...
THE BUCKET
lyrical, poetic, comedic
historical, personal
literal, ironic
wordy, terse, verbatim
political, hard, sentimental
punchy, oblique,
silly, chunky, dumb
and more
...
...
on this Substack
paying subscribers will find a link to the Bucket
you will also find a Covernote
and, eventually,
a number of writings about The Bucket
and Jem
...
yet we would much prefer it if you
immerse yourself in The Bucket
before you come up for air
and, maybe, delve into the Covernote
...
...
so here we go
THE BUCKET
40 years in the writing
20 years in the assembling
8 years in the conception
...
here we go
into the unknown
for nothing like this has ever been done before
a colossal number of pieces
with no end, no beginning
no order
no story
no narrative
no theme
no through-line
no unifying concept
no comparison
...
from a wandering writer who has published nothing
while making a living performing their writings
for well over twenty years
...
...
you are of course encouraged to share
share
and share again
for Jem is not famous
we have little in the way of resources
its a whole new way of doing things
yet
its not bad
...
...
and so
here it is
that rare thing
a genuine first
all Jem’s eggs in one bucket
a high high heap of powder
his anti-publishing dogma
has scrupulously kept dry for decades
a one-and-only shot
a very full cannon
The Bucket
...
cheers
...
jem and nick and rebecca
...
...
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