Draft talk:Ken Champion

My dad's CV

He's provided his CV, which I'm citing in my article. The CV is not currently available online or in a collection: I can make that happen. Meamwhile, I can paste some or all of the document here, as suggested in the guide on citing unpublished documents. tobych (talk) 19:21, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

The CV won't be useful because it isn't independent of the subject and therefor won't be considered reliable. Bobby Cohn (talk) 21:29, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Sources

Here are some sources I've found that mention a poet by the name of Ken Champion, but they're all just brief name drops, not in-depth coverage:

• Hawkins, David (Apr 2007). "This Poem is Sponsored by... Poems in the Face of Corporate Power Edited by Claire Fauset, Corporate Watch, £8.99". REVIEWS: Books & culture. The Ecologist. Vol. 37, no. 3. Bideford, United Kingdom: Resurgence Trust / Ecosystems Limited. p. 65. ISSN 0261-3131. ProQuest 234936139. Offerings by [...], Ken Champion and [...] also succeed in being amusing and thought-provoking
• Davis, Clive (May 6, 2006). "Top Five; Jazz : 5: UP THE OCTAVE: POLAR BEAR, TROMBONE POETRY WITH SPECIAL GUEST KEN CHAMPION". Sounds. TheKnowledge. No. 68693 (London / East England ed.). London, England: The Times. p. 31. Factiva T000000020060510e25600093. Gale A145547193, IF0502977045.
• "Saturday Review: Events". The Guardian. London, England. Oct 2, 2004. p. 39. Friday: Poetry and music: Roddy Lumsden will be reading from his new collection, Mischief Nights ; with Ken Champion, Sarah Kobrinsky and other local poets.
• "Festival to put the spotlight on poetic talents". Essex Chronicle Series. Northcliffe Newspapers Group Limited. p. 12. Factiva ESSCHR0020110922e79m0002t. Gale A267704804 (via Financial Times Ltd.'s Europe Intelligence Wire). Performers appearing are [...], along with Essex poets [...], Ken Champion and [...].
• "Poetry festival's day of celebration". 5–6 October 2011. Factiva BREGAZ0020111005e7a50000v (Brentwood Gazette, Northcliffe Newspapers Group Limited, 5 October 2011, p. 5), ESSCHR0020111006e7a600009 (Essex Chronicle Series, Northcliffe Newspapers Group Limited, 6 October 2011, p. 5). Gale A268953960 (Europe Intelligence Wire, 6 October 2011, Financial Times Ltd.). The afternoon's activities conclude with poetry from [...], Ken Champion and [...].{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
• Holdsworth, Rachel (29 January 2013). "London Book And Poetry Events: 30 January-5 February". Londonist. Monday 4 February: [...] Alan Price reads at More Poetry at the Coffee Shop with Ken Champion and Juli Jana (7.45pm, £1).
  • This links to: "LONDON E1: More Poetry at the Coffee Shop". Events | Poetry readings. The Poetry Library. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Alan Price at Ken Champion & Juli Jana's MORE POETRY at THE COFFEE SHOP
• Holdsworth, Rachel (6 July 2011). "Book Grocer: 6-12 July". Londonist. Thursday: [...] John Citizen hosts Tall Lighthouse at the Poetry Cafe, with Ruth Wiggins, Ken Champion, Maggie Sullivan and Chris Gutkind (8pm, £6 / £5).
  • This links to https://poetrysociety.org.uk/events/event/1665/, which is dead and doesn't seem to be in any major archives
• Holdsworth, Rachel (13 October 2010). "Book Grocer: 13-19 October". Londonist. Gale A239303959. Monday: [...] Ken Champion and Juli Jana present Jocelyn Page at More Poetry in London Bridge (7.30pm, free).
  • This links to: "LONDON SE1: More Poetry". Events | Poetry readings. The Poetry Library. 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-10-18. Ken Champion & Juli Jana's: MORE POETRY
• Holdsworth, Rachel (12 January 2011). "Book Grocer: 12-18 January". Londonist. Gale A246259607. Monday: [...] Helen Ivory and Martin Figuera guest at More Poetry at the Mug House, with Ken Champion and Juli Jana (7.30pm, free).
  • This links to: "LONDON SE1: More Poetry". Events | Poetry readings. The Poetry Library. 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Ken Champion and Juli Jana's regular poetry night. With guest poets Helen Ivory and Martin Figuera, plus open mic with singer-songwriter Bernadette Reed.
• Holdsworth, Rachel (15 September 2010). "Book Grocer: 15-21 September". Londonist. Gale 237127610. Monday: [...] Ken Champion and Juli Jana bring More Poetry to Mug House in London Bridge (7.30pm, free).
  • This links to http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/events/readings/?id=5450, which is also dead and unarchived
• "Essex Poetry Festival underway". Chelmsford Weekly News. 2 October 2011. Factiva NQTLD00020111002e7a20005l. Essex poets Stuart Bowditch, Ken Champion, and Suzanne Conway will close the afternoon session.
• Tobin, Edmund (7 September 2009). "EPPING FOREST: Poetry Festival kicks off". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Factiva NQTV000020090907e597000jk. Loughton Library, in Traps Hill, will be joining in the literary festivities on Saturday, October 10 when poet Ken Champion will hold a workshop on what makes good poetry.

I also found some poems by him (or perhaps someone with the same name); some have a very short biography attached, which can provide information for the article, but not notability:

• Champion, Ken (Spring 2004). "Social Scientist". African American Review. 38 (1). Saint Louis, United States: Saint Louis University / Division on Black American Literature and Culture of the Modern Language Association / Johns Hopkins University Press / Indiana State University: 147. doi:10.2307/1512238. eISSN 1945-6182. ISSN 1062-4783. JSTOR 1512238. EBSCOhost 13141472. ProQuest 209800928.
• Champion, Ken (Spring 2004). "First Day Back". African American Review. 38 (1). Saint Louis, United States: Saint Louis University / Division on Black American Literature and Culture of the Modern Language Association / Johns Hopkins University Press / Indiana State University: 148. doi:10.2307/1512238. eISSN 1945-6182. ISSN 1062-4783. JSTOR 1512238. EBSCOhost 13141475. ProQuest 209804220.
• Champion, Ken (May 12, 1972). "Flight To The Incandescence". The Colonnade. Vol. 47, no. 9. [Milledgeville], GA, [United States]: Georgia College. p. 3 – via Internet Archive.
• Champion, Ken (May 12, 1972). "Rocks And Waves / Sun And Sand". The Colonnade. Vol. 47, no. 9. [Milledgeville], GA, [United States]: Georgia College. p. 3. Internet Archive 19720512 – via Internet Archive.
  • See also: "[colophon; titled "Colonnade"]". The Colonnade. Vol. [47], no. 3. [Milledgeville], GA, [United States]: Georgia College. November 11, 1971. p. 2. Internet Archive 19711111 – via Internet Archive. Literary Editor: Ken Champion
• "Rewind" in two different anthologies:
  • Killingray, Heather, ed. (2004). A Sight to Share: An Anthology of Poetic Verse. Peterborough, Great Britain: POETRY NOW. p. 35. ISBN 1-84460-786-0.
  • Burns, James Roderick, ed. (2005). Miracle & Clockwork: the best of Other Poetry Series Two. Newcastle upon Tyne / Durham: Other Poetry Editions. p. 157. ISBN 0-9551749-0 2.
• Champion, Ken (2009). "Domestic". In Bauling, Dawn; Goodyer, Ronnie (eds.). and again last night... Stoney Stanton, Leicester, Great Britain, U.K.: Indigo Dreams Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-9561991-8-8.
• Champion, Ken (2009). "Love I Guess". In Bauling, Dawn; Goodyer, Ronnie (eds.). and again last night... Stoney Stanton, Leicester, Great Britain, U.K.: Indigo Dreams Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-9561991-8-8.

I also found various sources mentioning a musician (or perhaps even multiple different musicians?) by the same name; not sure if they're the same person:

• Brinn, David (Feb 5, 2002). "Low-fi, DIY music". Arts. Jerusalem Post (Daily ed.). Jerusalem, Israel. p. 9. ProQuest 319360155, 1446166744. two of the players in O'Rourke's crack band are Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and Ken Champion
• "Monday's concerts : Bob Wayne, The Lawrence Peters Outfit, Kent Rose with Ken Champion". Bars & Music. RedEye. Chicago, IL, United States: Chicago Tribune. August 22, 2011. p. 22. Internet Archive redeye-chicago-magazine-20110822. ProQuest 1951912294.
• Orzeck, Kurt (Aug 2003). "(Somg)". Thrasher. High Speed Productions, Inc. p. 180. Gale A104329316. After laying down his initial ideas, Callahan typically calls together a cast of friends to fill out the lineup; for Supper, he corralled Dirty Three drummer Jim White, pedal steel player Ken Champion and others.
• Moe, Doug (Feb 24, 2005). "`LAST SHOW' FOR '50S-STYLE DR. BOP". The Capital Times. Madison, WI. p. 2A. Gale 129257017. Riegel, Ken Champion, the guitarist, Larry Robertson, the keyboard player, and Ned Engelhart, the bass player, signed on to play the Gritty. [...] CAPTION(S): Mike Riegel (left), who died Monday, was Dr. Bop. And the Headliners were Bob Kenison, Al "The White Raven" Craven, Ken Champion and Ned Engelhart.
• Guarino, Mark (Aug 6, 1999). "Brave Combo set to grace FitzGeralds with alternative polka". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, IL: Paddock Publications. p. 4. Gale A68861605. Chicago's own brand of the Buckeroos this year are fiddle player John Rice, pedal steel player Ken Champion, guitarist Drew Carson, bassist Brian Hilligoss and drummer Dan Massey.
• Moe, Doug (Apr 13, 2005). "DR. BOP HEADLINES ONCE AGAIN". The Capital Times. Madison, WI. p. 2A. Gale A131464598. Saturday night, Engelhart and the other original members - Ken Champion, Al Craven, Bob Kenison - gathered at the Gritty with other band members, close friends and fans to remember Riegel.
• Moe, Doug (Feb 14, 2014). "The Wisconsin State Journal Doug Moe column". WI State Journal. Madison, WI. Gale A358628278. The original Dr. Bop members were Riegel, Ken Champion, Larry Robertson and Ned Engelhart.
• "Dan Whitaker and The Shinebenders Live at outdoor party on 2008-09-06" (sound). Ken Champion on pedal steel guitar. Wadsworth, IL – via Internet Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• "Dan Whitaker and The Shinebenders Live at Abbey Pub on 2009-04-10" (sound). Ken Champion on pedal steel. Chicago, IL – via Internet Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• Glennon, Sean (July 31, 2003). "Troubling, wry and painful - not painstaking". The Line. The Journal News. White Plains / Westchester, NY, United States. p. 30G. Gale A106147458. ProQuest 442532530. The disc, which presents (Smog) at its most countrified since 1997's "Red Apple Falls," finds Callahan fronting a six-piece band of standout musicians that includes pedal-steel ace Ken Champion, brilliant drummer Jim White (of Australia's Dirty Three), and backing vocalist Sarabeth Tucek, whose sweet, hopeful tones provide a welcome balance to Callahan's weary low tenor.
• Eng, Monica (August 15, 1997). "Local musicians shine in birthday salute to Owens (Country review)". Section 5: Tempo. Chicago Tribune. Vol. 151, no. 227. Chicago, Ill. p. 2. ISSN 1085-6706. ProQuest 2278449419. Kent Rose, who also served as a cornball MC, started the show with a fine version of "Above and Beyond" backed by the swinging Buckaroo house band, featuring John Rice, Brian Hilligoss, Drew Carson, Ken Champion, Bill Shaefer, and Tom Thady.
• Slater-Wurtzebach, Sandy (30 July 1999). "TicketBooth". Chicago Tribune. p. E26. Buck Owens Birthday Tribute: Nick Bachman, Eddie Blazonczyk Sr. and Jr., Drew Carson, Ken Champion, Otis Clay, Ralph Covert, Tyrone Davis, Anne Fermin, Mary Furlong, Brian Hilligoss, Kelly Hogan, Jon Langford, Dan Massey, Chris Mills, Nora O'Connor, Peter Quinn, John Rice, Kent Rose, The Sentimental Oriental, John Siegle, Sones de Mexico, Tom Thady, Nicholas Tremulis, Gary Yerkins, 8 p.m. Aug. 10 ($10 advance, $12 door) at Schubas, Box office and schubas.com [note: I'm transcribing this from a poor-quality image, so there may be typos]
• "d.There's an air of stasis about the latest batch of songs from Bill Callahan (who is. / (SMOG) SUPPER Domino". The Independent. London. 4 April 2003. p. 15. Factiva ind0000020030404dz440000h, ind0000020030404dz44000gs. The settings range from the desultory alt.country of "Feather By Feather", where the whine of Ken Champion's pedal steel guitar [...]

I also found mentions of people of other professions with the same name, such as:

• Chess coach: Tait, Simon (July 5, 1986). "Youth checks in". Chess. The Times. No. 62501. London, England. p. 13. Gale IF0503052858.
• Actor: Vancheri, Barbara (May 3, 2013). "Film Notes: Sizemore headed here to star in new movie, 'Mob Priest'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, PA. Gale A328482137. Gavin Rapp and Ron Hankison, who shared directing duties on "Since I Don't Have You," are starting this new project, "Mob Priest" also featuring Ken Champion, Sean Derry, Kristin Spatafore, Buster Maxwell, Tim Yurkewicz and Zack Meekins.
• Various sources about a businessperson/administrator in Eugene, Oregon
• Various sources about a bariatric surgeon in Marietta and Atlanta in Georgia

I also found some other random stuff:

• "Supplemental 25 - Another one from the Rio". Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast (Podcast). 2015-08-20 – via Internet Archive. In Vegas, you can see Wayne Newton, showgirls and Celine Dion. If you go to the Rio when Creation's Star Trek convention is in town, you'll catch John Ray and Ken Champion. If you're really lucky, you might even catch Ken Ray and John Champion from Mission Log. Important updates, cool new features plus your questions when John and Ken play a room at the Rio, again.
• "The Ken Champion Christmas Special 2" (video). Blanket Fort Media. 2016-12-23.
• Champion, Ken (October 1980). "D.I.Y. GRAMOPHONE BADGES". The Hillandale News. No. 116. The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society. p. 97. Internet Archive HillandaleNews116.
• Champion, Ken (June 1978). "Shaving Blue Amberols Internally". The Hillandale News. No. 102. p. 66. Internet Archive HillandaleNews102.
• "And, from Ken Champion...". The Hillandale News. No. 117. The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society. November 1980. pp. 135, 138. Internet Archive HillandaleNews117.
• Gardner, M.L. (June 1971). "Hereford branch meeting". The Hillandale News. No. 61. The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society. p. 27. Internet Archive HillandaleNews61. The informal part of the evening featured the usual chat, swapping and displaying of new acquisitions. Interesting machines making an appearance included [...]; Ken Champion brought along a GUINIPHONE, a miniature portable of the post-first W.W. period with an attractive folding horn, made of cardboard; Ken also showed us a Pathe disc machine with a roll-top and internal horn.

Note: I can try to find more sources if you'd like; this is just some of what I've found from basic searching of some of the databases I have access to.

BTW, the URL in a citation should provide information about the article or at least the specific issue the article is published in; it should not be the home page, or especially the donation page, of the publisher's website. If you'd like to provide these, a comment should be fine for that (see Help:Wikitext § Invisible text (comments) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hidden text). Especially if the article is print-only, please provide as detailed of a citation as you can; in particular, please include page numbers.

Solomon Ucko (talk) 10:18, 11 December 2024 (UTC)