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Press Releases / News

• Frank Messina Signs Book Deal 8/1/08 (New)

• Frank is the featured Poet at Insomniacathon 2008 4/2/08

• THE RECORD: Interview with Frank Messina 10/7/07

• WIKINEWS Interview with Frank Messina: 10/3/07

• CALGARY HERALD: 9/30/07

• NEW YORK TIMES front page article on Frank Messina: 9/29/07

• CBS EARLY SHOW: 7AM EST, National Edition 10/1/07

• SNY TV Features Frank Messina 6/12/07

• Spring Tour 2007 Announced 3/1/07

• Link to Vid Clip of Frank on SNY-TV Mets Weekly 9/15/06

• SPORTS NET NEW YORK to air Messina / METS Poetry Special 8/16/06

• Frank Helps WFAN Raise $2.5 Million for Kids 6/20/06

• Frank Messina appears in historical film documentary, FREEDOM 12/1/05

• Frank's father, Frank Messina Sr., died: 8/23/05

• 6/6/05: FRANK PERFORMING

• 11/1/04: FRANK MESSINA / DAVID AMRAM CD INFO
• 10/1/04: OCTOPOET appearing by popular demand
• 3/1/04:   Octopoet Returns
• 2/01/04: Frank teams with John Popper, Stir Fried
• 9/15/03: Barnes & Noble carries "Disorderly Conduct"
• 4/19/03: Spoken Motion 10 Anniversay Concert
• 2/28/03: Despite War Talk, Hate-Mail and Turbulent Times, Messina and Ron Whitehead Hit the Road

POETRY:

• Poems written by Frank Messina
• Mets-Related Poems and Prose
• 9/11 related poetry written by Frank Messina

NEWS ARTICLES/REVIEWS (too many to mention but here's a start)

• THE RECORD: Interview with Frank Messina 10/7/07
• WIKINEWS Interview with Frank Messina: 10/3/07
• CALGARY HERALD article: 9/30/07
• NEW YORK TIMES front page article on Frank Messina: 9/29/07
• Billboard Magazine's Frank Messina page
• Disorderly Conduct reviewed by Jim Beckerman 7/14/02(web)
• Disorderly Conduct reviewed by Jim Beckerman 7/14/02 (hard copy)
• Disorderly Conduct reviewed by Zoe Artemis 2002
• Octopoet live show review (Jambands.com) 6/29/99
• Review of S.O.U.P. Festival, Lexington, KY 10/30/98
• Central Park Ginsberg Memorial Reading review 7/21/98
• Arts Weekly, 11/18/95

INTERNATIONAL MESSINA STUFF:

• Japanese Messina Site
• De Dichters Uit Epibreren (Dutch)
• Profiel: Onderstaand Programma (Dutch)

MESSINA / OCTOPOET / SPOKEN MOTION RELATED:

• Frank on top 20 Spoken Word Radio Chart
• FrankMessina.com
• Messina, Burroughs, Bukowski, Ginsberg, Whitehead, etc
• Frank on 20th Century Poets List
• Larry McDonald's myspace page
• Wes Jensen's Website
• Bob Sushko's Website
• Elliot Levin's Website

Multi-Media Gallery:

(Windows Media, Real Audio Player or iTunes required)

Audio:

• Sample Messina audio clips at iTunes
• Sample Messina / Amram audio clips at iTunes
• Sample Messina audio clips at cdBaby.com
• Sample Messina / Amram audio at cdBaby.com
• "Psycho Chick" (mp3 ) 2.8M

Video:

Vid Clip of Messina featured on SNY-TV Mets Weekly

Messina Heckled by Terrorist Sympathiser

Frank Messina & Spoken Motion, 10th Anniversary

Octopoet, 10/2/04, Scott Murawski guitar solo

Octopoet, 10/2/04, guest Mike Gordon solos

Photo:

Photo: Live Concert and Miscellaneous

• Paintings by Frank Messina
• 3/28/06, Synchronicity Art Gallery, Evansville, IN. (by Jeremy Hogan)
• Frank Messina Art Show Poster
• Frank rocks "Psycho Chick"
• Frank with Bruce Willis (photo by Mikey Borgata)
• Frank with Rudy Giuliani
• Frank with John Ventimiglia (The Sopranos)
• Frank with actor James McCaffrey (at 9/11 Benefit)
• Frank reads at 9/11 tribute, Exchange Plaza, Jersey City, NJ
• (fan pic of the month)
• more with Max Creek
• yes, another pic
• and yet another pic with Max Creek
• Frank on stage with John Popper
• Joe Isgro
• Joe Igro and Bob Sushko

• Larry McDonald
• Larry and Wes Jensen
• Larry with Brian Jackson
• Spoken Motion
• No Cameras Backstage Please, haha
• Frank with Malaika Barriffe
• 5/24/03, Memorial Day Concert (by Tape Fairie)
• Messina with Max Creek and Jeff Pevar
• Frank reads "You Will Not Break Me" w/Max Creek 11/23/01

• Painting of Frank Messina (by Gianluca Bianchino)
• The Lone American Poet (by Wilma Sullivan)
• Contemplating Ground Zero
• "Live at The Ristra Lounge"
• Joe Isgro and Paul Thorbs
• Joe Isgro and Wes Jensen lurking around Amsterdam
• SpoMo circa 1994
• SpoMo circa 1994

• Frank and Melvin Seals backstage (Jerry Garcia Band)
• On Stage with JGB at the Dead Goat, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 9/11 Memorial
• Book Release Party: Frank signs books
• Frank warming up at the Waldorf
• Frank on BBC Radio, Newcastle, England (by Tony Whittle)
• Messina swamped by Dutch media, Amsterdam, NL

• Deep inside the "rhythm vacuum"
• Spoken Motion poses for a shot in Den Haag
• Frank with Max Creek at Globe Theatre (by Sean X. Cummings)
• Backstage with Fishbowl (by Chris Felver)
• Larry McDonald in NYC (by Teri Bloom)
• Live at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (by Gina Saulle)
• Frank at the Gathering of the Vibes '99
• ALAN DUGAN, Frank's early mentor and co-conspirator

 

Frank Fan Fun: (pics and poems for and about Frank)

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• The Mets Poet spotted at Shea
• Another Mets Poet pic
• Frank clowning w/ disenfranchised youths in The Village
• "evil" fans in Edinburgh, Scotland
• Messina accosted by Judy
• "Frank Messina" (a poem by Tara Sufiana)
• "Messina" (a poem by Dean McClain)

Friends/Fellow Warriors

• Rob Fried Remembered
• Help Victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• Larry McDonald's myspace page
• Tyrone Cotton
• Pee Wee Reese
• Benevento-Russo Duo
• Way of the Groove
• Jaco Pastorius
• Jorge Sylvester

• Johnny Cash
• Hal Sirowitz
• Dawn Lorentz
• Chuck Berry
• Chanda Rule

• Brian Jackson
• Dub is A Weapon
• Gil Scott-Heron
• Mark Egan (legendary bassist)
• Zoe Artemis
• Chesterwhite
• Nuyorican Poets Cafe

• David Amram
• Jerry Garcia
• Tom Constanten
• Jackie Sheeler
• Sonic Youth
• Ron Whitehead
• Stonegate Gardens
• Poetz.com

• DJ Logic
• Max Creek
• Jeff Pevar
• Levon Helm
• Erik Lawrence
• The Poets of Epibreren, The Netherlands

• Stir Fried
• Mike Gordon
• Blues Traveler
• Spin Doctors
• Lucy Woodward
• Melvin Seals
• Academy of American Poets
• Jackson Pollock Tribute Site

• Paul McDonald's Site of Spoken Word Propaganda
• MOBY
• Levi Asher's Beat Generation Website

• FDNY (official site of the New York City Fire Department)
• The Bravest Memorial
• Tribeca Film Festival
• The Leary Firefighters Foundation (Dennis Leary's org)
• Dennis McHugh, Ladder 13

• Crossing Border Festival (The great spoken word festival)
• City Lights Booksellers (Lawrence Ferlinghetti's own creation)
• Hozomeen Press
• Jack Kerouac Magazine

• ShakesBeer.com (serving the college community)
• Joe's Grill (for all your CD production needs)
• The New York Mets
• New Jersey Devils
• New Jersey Nets

Messina "Family" links

• Jo Dee Messina
• Jim Messina (Loggins & Messina)
• Coping.org
• Antonello da Messina (Italian Painter)

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