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January 25, 2007

show notes, 25 january

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Words:
andrea gibson. see-through. when the bough breaks

andrea gibson. the moon is a kite. when the bough breaks

bob holman. Later for now. in with the out crowd

bob holman. sung to the tune of weary road. in with the out crowd

frank o’hara. ode to joy. voice of the poet

janet kuypers. how do I get there. www.janetkuypers.com/

janet kuypers. running your own demise. www.janetkuypers.com/

kurt kroncke. barney keyhole’s brainslap monkey. http://kronkaphone.blogspot.com/

kyi may kaung. love poem. rattapallax 11

marty mcconnell. sincerely, susan. rattapallax 13

patrick donnelly. an earful.

patrick donnelly. apologia pro vita sua.

philip gross. last days. rattapallax 13

sapphire. some different kind of books. rattapallax 11

sylvia plath. full fathom five. voice of the poet

the tape beatles. listen to the radio. the tape beatles

timothy liu. the desert fathers. rattapallax 11

Music:
daniel lentz. los tigres de marte. los tigres de marte. Cold blue
giya kanchell. simi. magnum ignotum. ecm
morton feldman. extensions 1 for violin and piano. new directions 2. columbia
morton feledman. structures for string quartet. new directions 2. columbia
steve peters. three short stories. from shelter. Cold blue

January 13, 2007

Multimedia from Rattapallax

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I’m enjoying previewing print, audio, and video media sent by the kind folks at Rattapallax. On their site you can read about the missionary zeal of publisher Ram Devineni and about the print journal/audio CD /DVD media. The print magazine is published twice yearly and the accompanying audio CD showcases between 35 and 40 poets. “The CD brings the book or magazine alive,” Devineni says. “I’m the first magazine or poetry publisher to do it and I’m surprised others haven’t done it. It’s such a simple and obvious idea.” The DVD offers a fusion between contemporary writing and film, with works by Anne Waldman and an international group of contributors.

January 11, 2007

show notes 11 january

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Words:
anne waldman. inspired writing,dream work. first thought, best thought

gerald locklin. beyond BF Skinner. albuzerxque v. 22. zerx 065

j bradley. letter to my unborn children. http://myspace.com/jbradley

jack kerouac. bowery blues. poetry for the beat generation

jenn mccreary. sheltered from a doctrine of signa. frequency audio journal

lane lucas. infinity. Allburzerxque. zerx 022

margaret walker. for my people. our souls have grown deep

steve dalachinsky. duets. incomplete directions

susan howe. From ‘speeches at the barriers’. Live at the Ear

tom raworth. meadow. no hard feelings

Music:
jim fox. the city the wind swept away. the city the wind swept away. Cold blue
loess. brumal. wind and water. N5MD
michael jon fink. a temperament for angels. a temperament for angels. Cold blue

The Book of Voices

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Check out The Book of Voices, “a living gallery of literature in text, spoken word, and multimedia; a literary collection lending context, a sense of place, and identity to aural poetry from artists throughout e-poets’ community. ” About 60 artists are represented. A collection of special chapters provides features on a given artist or a group of artists, as portraits into their lives. Chapters contain multiple samples of streaming media and typically include the original texts. Work also is indexed by shared culture–commonalities and diversities of spoken word among artists sharing heritage, geography, gender, or philosophy.

January 9, 2007

Call for submissions

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I received another fine spam today, and I reproduce it verbatim, below. I invite any and all spoken word artists to record themselves reading this text, and to send me an mp3. I will broadcast it on WordSalad. Promise. This is Art. John Cage would agree, hmmmm?

“Those of you following the Twelve Days of Box Office columns realize that it is relatively simple to use past behavior to anticipate future performance at this time of the year. With Charlotte’s Web, Eragon and Happy Feet closer to the back of the pack, Night at the Museum should have enough of the family audience to turn it into a real hit over the next two weekends.
“Tree mail is brought back and tells the tribe to get in their boat, row to the biggest island and climb to the highest point.
1 million in domestic re What will they be talking about as the best 48 hours on the football calendar unfold? No matter how unbiased a person doing a mock claims to be, they are only human. City combat is more streamlined as well, with bombardment absolutely crucial now.
“examines the mystery behind what happened to this revolutionary vehicle and is a timely documentary entry as gas supplies dwindle and politicians threaten war in countries where oil is stockpiled. So, for the curious, here are the New Year’s weekend multipliers for the top ten films playing in theaters six years ago.
“5 million for the weekend, with much more to come as we enter the holiday box office gravy train. Check back in few weeks or so to see if I’ve decided to return from the dead. Some use the title of Dickens’ book; some use Scrooge’s name for their title; and some are variations of one or both.
“All you should care about with regards to these two titles is their holdover from Monday to Tuesday. Weisberger’s fictional alter ego is recent Brown graduate Andrea Sachs.
“5 million opening weekend before flaming out. Obviously, that is not normal box office behavior.
“The combination of him acting in a Linklater production based on a Dick concept is a tantalizing proposition. Hartnett, perhaps the weakest link of the main actors acquits himself why and shows that he is quite capable of both leading a movie and showing a believable range of emotions. Diesel tried to use the original’s financial success as a springboard to a much higher payday. 7 million from Tuesday to Thursday. With a hard-boiled story like this, you know it can’t end well for everyone. He is the first man to hold such a position for my team whose name I could say without including curse words to punctuate my feelings. Reeves will be playing the part of Fred, a government agent trying to be a narc. All you should care about with regards to these two titles is their holdover from Monday to Tuesday.
“Great for the crime fans in your family!

January 6, 2007

Indiefeed and Ubuweb: great resources

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I’ve gotten lots of pleasure over the past months from two fantastic sources of audio poetry: the Indiefeed performance poetry podcast (good work, Mongo!) and Ubuweb, an audio archive of just about anything related to spoken work and poetry. I highly recommend both.

January 4, 2007

playlist 4 january

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Words:
ann lauterbach. from ‘opening day’. live at the ear

anne sexton. what’s that. voice of the poet

chris mccreary. labyrinths. frequency audio journal

elizabeth bishop. visits to st. elizabeths. voice of the poet

jack kerouac. american haikus. blues and haikus

janet kuypers. too far. sampler cd

kurt kroncke. tooth crusty finger wipes. kronkaphone

leslie scalapino. bum series. way

nikki giovanni. and year, this is a love poem. nikki giovanni poetry collection

robert creeley. heroes, for love.

tom devaney. the rat & the flowerpot. frequency audio journal

Music:
david darling. dawn. dark wood. ecm
gregory taylor. voiceband jilt _d. voiceband jilt. Cycling 74
jon hassell, brian eno. chemistry. possible musics. Editions eg
robert fripp & brian eno. wind on water, evening star. evening star. Editions eg

Poetry audio and video archives

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Check out this great resource: directories of Audio Poetry Archives and Anthologies and Poetry Shows and Video Archives, courtesty of our friends Bob Holman and Margery Snyder at About:Poetry. Their site offers a ton of other resources as well.

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