just wanted to say that i'm here...i got into town late wednesday night after driving for 20 straight hours from Boulder to Concord...i didn't stop for breakfast, lunch or dinner though i had trail mix and apples...i stopped to pee twice though not at rest areas but on the side of the highway...i became extremely delerious as i approched Reno...i remember flipping off Reno and shouting "eat shit Reno!!!"...i'm not sure why, though i remember blowing a kiss to Sacramento and shouting "it's Sacramento!!!"...i'm pretty sure i know why...
B. "Branbo" Brown and A. "A-dub/ White Male Poet" Warren are making me dinner tonight...i think i'll bring them some wine and give them lot's of kisses...
Francois, i think i'm going to go skate around this afternoon...meet me at Woodside Elementary?
Jun 30, 2006
Jun 26, 2006
gyeah...
"ekrem: thanks for mentioning matt damon. armand c. sounds perfect as the matt damon of the po-scene ... well, not so much anymore, with that Captain Kirk business."
on the fly poem for G.M....
Is There Any Difference Between Treakers And Cranksters?
for Gina Myers
"I'm a dangerous man with six different spellings"
lead me back to Walnut Creek or
writing those whom you love are often feverish
send them to class and hope for his
sweating chest made him cold
at the jeep he hallucinated three
or five history teachers humping on about
Nasa for a few glamourless seconds
about the bag or a lightbulb
hollowed out in love despite
his unreasonable love for Stargate SG-1
and the blue leaves he watched in the
backyard for comfort as
he stole tiny plastic viles of air
to fill with "Paz" in his pocket
and someone maybe told me his dad
owned a gun store as smoke like
cotton filled his fan and smelled
like a sweet refinery outside of town
...currently listening to Blondie Parellel Lines...
for Gina Myers
"I'm a dangerous man with six different spellings"
lead me back to Walnut Creek or
writing those whom you love are often feverish
send them to class and hope for his
sweating chest made him cold
at the jeep he hallucinated three
or five history teachers humping on about
Nasa for a few glamourless seconds
about the bag or a lightbulb
hollowed out in love despite
his unreasonable love for Stargate SG-1
and the blue leaves he watched in the
backyard for comfort as
he stole tiny plastic viles of air
to fill with "Paz" in his pocket
and someone maybe told me his dad
owned a gun store as smoke like
cotton filled his fan and smelled
like a sweet refinery outside of town
...currently listening to Blondie Parellel Lines...
"a bag of items, for you Bill Murray" —The GZA...or, my hed...it hoits...
i wrote a poem this morning...
Wake up in the mornin' and i raise my weary head
i've got an old coat for a pillow
and the earth as last night's bed
don't know where i'm goin'
only God knows where i've been
i'm a devil on the run, a six gun lover
a candle in the wind
i'm goin' down in a blaze of glory
Wake up in the mornin' and i raise my weary head
i've got an old coat for a pillow
and the earth as last night's bed
don't know where i'm goin'
only God knows where i've been
i'm a devil on the run, a six gun lover
a candle in the wind
i'm goin' down in a blaze of glory
...
just had one of those great nights at the bar where you meet really cute girls at the bar...leave bar with girls...go have adventures with girls...girls names are Annie and Jacque...and then at the end of the night (right now!) their names are Anne and Jessie, and my name is Josh...
so it goes!!!
...currently listening to my body saying it's really tired and should get some sleep...
oh yeah, the 8-ball says i'm going to die in Utah...
so it goes!!!
...currently listening to my body saying it's really tired and should get some sleep...
oh yeah, the 8-ball says i'm going to die in Utah...
Jun 25, 2006
herm to the herm...
this afternoon, did i really hear Roger Ebert compare Larry Clark's new flick Wassup Rockers to Ferris Bueller's Day Off?!!!
and what's up with Edward Norton being the new voice over spokesperson for Miller Lite?!!!
watched The Italian Job and Finding Neverland and Jeepers Creepers 2...loved the first two, liked the latter...
...currently listening to So Called Artists Paint By Numbers Songs...
and what's up with Edward Norton being the new voice over spokesperson for Miller Lite?!!!
watched The Italian Job and Finding Neverland and Jeepers Creepers 2...loved the first two, liked the latter...
...currently listening to So Called Artists Paint By Numbers Songs...
faux-hawk stage/ brother and sister at S. Gevirtz's house stage...
currently drinking tasty margaritas stage...
...currently listening to Radiohead Pablo Honey...
and speaking of chapbooks...
I'm sending out this note to request review copies of any chapbooks
published within the last year.
I write a new chapbook review column for Rain Taxi, the second of which
appears in the summer 2006 issue, and features: Pritts; Loden; Elmslie;
Hell/Shapiro; Cole; Schultz; and Nowak.
Please send to:
Noah Eli Gordon
195 Jackson ST #35
Denver, CO 80206
published within the last year.
I write a new chapbook review column for Rain Taxi, the second of which
appears in the summer 2006 issue, and features: Pritts; Loden; Elmslie;
Hell/Shapiro; Cole; Schultz; and Nowak.
Please send to:
Noah Eli Gordon
195 Jackson ST #35
Denver, CO 80206
i'm moving home!
heading out at aprox. 4:30 am on wednesday morning, should be back in town by mid-friday...
back to the Bay Area! bye Boulder!
my new addy is
John Sakkis
967 San Simeon Dr.
Concord, CA 94518
...currently listening to Presage Outer Perimeter...
back to the Bay Area! bye Boulder!
my new addy is
John Sakkis
967 San Simeon Dr.
Concord, CA 94518
...currently listening to Presage Outer Perimeter...
Jun 24, 2006
i was a 10th level wizard...or, magic missiles in the hizz...
...currently listening to The Buzzcocks Operators Manual...
hey Francois, as they say in French "it's on motherfucker!!!" or Toulouse Lautrec vs. Yankee Doodle Dandie...
i, John "merk-the-jerk" Sakkis declare war on Francois "your baby's mama" Luong for the heart and photography of Miss Claire...granted Francois has the better hair (awesome hair!) but i've got the guns! though if i was Claire i'd go for Fox Mulder...
sousaphone!!!
...currently listening to Prefuse 73 One Word Extinguisher
sousaphone!!!
...currently listening to Prefuse 73 One Word Extinguisher
Jun 23, 2006
Jun 22, 2006
...
in the key of Kerri check out the new "Books Read" link at the lefthand sidebar...
picked up Alan Gilbert's Another Future Poetry And Art In A Postmodern Twilight...
...currently listening to Del The Funky Homosapien No Need For Alarm...
"boo boo head boo boo heads"
—Del
picked up Alan Gilbert's Another Future Poetry And Art In A Postmodern Twilight...
...currently listening to Del The Funky Homosapien No Need For Alarm...
"boo boo head boo boo heads"
—Del
woot wooter!
"If you are a John Sakkis fan you will find a rich catalog of John Sakkis Books right here."
kick ass! evidently i've written a gaggle of books, enough to warrant a "rich catalog"...i guess they're available on the internet...
...currently listening to Odd Nosdam No More Wig For Ohio...
kick ass! evidently i've written a gaggle of books, enough to warrant a "rich catalog"...i guess they're available on the internet...
...currently listening to Odd Nosdam No More Wig For Ohio...
blog...
Kerri just left for Rettalack workshop. i'm drinking a Pabst. no netflix in the mail today. heading home on wednesday.
...currently listening to Odd Nosdam No More Wig For Ohio...
the homie Kate Pringle...
hi Kate!
...currently listening to Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks...
i declare today Magie Day...
cause i'm a sappy ma' fucker...by the way, neither Magie or i 'ride the yellow bus,' though sometimes we both 'get dumb'...
an archived memory from Magie:
"FROM JOHN:
'don't like' is too stong...i DO like you...you're just incredibly annoying sometimes..."
an archived memory from Magie:
"FROM JOHN:
'don't like' is too stong...i DO like you...you're just incredibly annoying sometimes..."
whatever.
so, Brandon Brown claims he has a new blog...YOU DECIDE!
...currently listening to The Notwist Neon Golden...
...currently listening to The Notwist Neon Golden...
...
here's to Elza-Rob (Elizabeth Robinson)!!!
E.R. passed on her new book Under That Silky Roof (Burning Deck) tonight after a fabulous dinner at her place...
hey Elizabeth and Ken, you guys are the best...
love,
John
...currently listening to N.E.R.D. nerd...
E.R. passed on her new book Under That Silky Roof (Burning Deck) tonight after a fabulous dinner at her place...
hey Elizabeth and Ken, you guys are the best...
love,
John
...currently listening to N.E.R.D. nerd...
Jun 21, 2006
wed...
woke up this morning with a stomach ache...i ate half a watermelon last night before bed...
going to take Kerri up the Rattle Snake Gulch Trail (RSGT) this afternoon...RSGT is like my Niagara Falls, my default visitor's attraction...and for good reason, it's fucking amazing...rock formations like nowhere else on earth, violent, mean rock formations, jagged, salient, abusive rock formations, green, blue and red rock formations...and then at the top of the trail is the Continental Divide Overlook...
a great reading last night with Eleni Sikelianos, Joan Retallack, Elizabeth Robinson and Tonya Foster...especially into Robinson's new calligraphic poems...Eleni read from The California Poem as well as some newer work from The Body Clock...Retallack read from her Post-Apollo book Memoir which i enjoyed though was hard to hear as she was the last reader in a 2 hour event...Foster read a long poem ("sort of") about New Orleans which i liked...
read:
Batman Anarky- Alan Grant (DC)
Elsewhere- Gary Sullivan
Analfabeto/ An Alphabet- Ellen Baxt (Dusie)
Dusky- Jocelyn Saidenberg (Belladonna)
RecollecTed- Jared Hayes (Dusie)
...currently listening to DJ Spooky Necropolis...
going to take Kerri up the Rattle Snake Gulch Trail (RSGT) this afternoon...RSGT is like my Niagara Falls, my default visitor's attraction...and for good reason, it's fucking amazing...rock formations like nowhere else on earth, violent, mean rock formations, jagged, salient, abusive rock formations, green, blue and red rock formations...and then at the top of the trail is the Continental Divide Overlook...
a great reading last night with Eleni Sikelianos, Joan Retallack, Elizabeth Robinson and Tonya Foster...especially into Robinson's new calligraphic poems...Eleni read from The California Poem as well as some newer work from The Body Clock...Retallack read from her Post-Apollo book Memoir which i enjoyed though was hard to hear as she was the last reader in a 2 hour event...Foster read a long poem ("sort of") about New Orleans which i liked...
read:
Batman Anarky- Alan Grant (DC)
Elsewhere- Gary Sullivan
Analfabeto/ An Alphabet- Ellen Baxt (Dusie)
Dusky- Jocelyn Saidenberg (Belladonna)
RecollecTed- Jared Hayes (Dusie)
...currently listening to DJ Spooky Necropolis...
Jun 20, 2006
from my boy Daniel...
Ever loving Family & Friends,
As you all may know, I am a Vet of the green machine, known as the United States Marine Corps. I have also sacrificed blood, sweat, and tears for this artificially stamped "War to free the people of Iraq". Now days, I spend most of my time serving as a voice for my brothers and sisters in harms way. I understand it is not their duty to analyze and understand the reasons why they have been taken from their families, here in the States, to give so called freedom to the people of Iraq. The one and only subject they should be focused on is how to stay alive. Earlier today I caught a splash of harsh reality.
While I was at work, a co-worker informed me of the death of her cousin in Iraq that was a Soldier. This hit close to home because the fallen soldier, not to be named, was from Pittsburg. A small city close to where I live in Concord. My co-worker gave me the privilege to read the generic, copy and pasted, letter that was sent to her mourning Grandmother. When I read the letter that was printed with the House seal, my stomach turn four times fold after very word that was read. It was amazing to read the choice of words of my beloved concerned Government. I lost my barring when I read the second paragraph. It mentioned the reasons why this Soldier sacrificed his life. It read regarding his death, making the ultimate sacrifice defending our country's freedom & security, and our American values". Is this true?
I will leave it up to you to decide. All I ask is for you to think. You do not have to agree with me by any means. Please think!! Did this man, brother, fellow American give his life for "defending our freedom & security, and American values"? I thought we went to war for "Iraqi Freedom", Iraqi security, and Iraqi values. Or is it a little closer to expanding and maintaining American economic freedom and security, by forcing our American Christian values?
With this in thought, today was a sad day of reality for me, yet again. I read something once that got the gears rolling in my head. "If war is the answer, then we are asking the wring question". What is the question we are asking? What kind of answers are we giving? Let me know what you think.
Rest in Peace to all the recent fallen Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Airmen, husbands, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters family members, and friends that have past in this conflict. You will be missed and loved. Bless you all!
Daniel Pascual
"Sergeant of Marines"
Jun 19, 2006
"dumpin' em in ditches" —Spice 1
key word "ditch (es)"
so yeah, i skipped on the Laughing Goat Lewis MacAdams and Michael Price reading...too many creepy crawly "open mike'rs" for my taste (or patience)...unfortunatly the bounce meant that i couldn't catch the bound to be interesting screening of Lewis MacAdams and Richard Lerner's film "What Happend To Kerouac?"...we all have to make sacrifices though, no?
tomorrow morning going to attend the Panel: Ecology with Lewis MacAdams, Michael McClure and Eleni Sikelianos...
currently listening to Ziyia From The Mountains...
so yeah, i skipped on the Laughing Goat Lewis MacAdams and Michael Price reading...too many creepy crawly "open mike'rs" for my taste (or patience)...unfortunatly the bounce meant that i couldn't catch the bound to be interesting screening of Lewis MacAdams and Richard Lerner's film "What Happend To Kerouac?"...we all have to make sacrifices though, no?
tomorrow morning going to attend the Panel: Ecology with Lewis MacAdams, Michael McClure and Eleni Sikelianos...
currently listening to Ziyia From The Mountains...
Joe Cooper es mi favorito!!!
and how could he not be?! just look at the guy!!!
Kerri (Sonnenberg) arrived this morning, got her settled in then took her to campus...
...we just got back from a nice lunch at the Boulder Cafe...i had a Gorgonzola salad, she had some kind of vegie wrap with cucumber sauce...we both had water...she's in class with Joan Rettallack until 6:30, then off to the bar with us!
E-Rob (Elizabeth Robinson) gave an interesting talk this afternoon called "Ecology of Beauty"...topics included: irony vs. beauty in contemporary poetry, Wallace Stevens and George Albon, Retallack, Duncan on Olson, SF community etc etc...
...currently listening to Ziyia Travels With Karagiozis (just came in the mail!!!)
Kerri (Sonnenberg) arrived this morning, got her settled in then took her to campus...
...we just got back from a nice lunch at the Boulder Cafe...i had a Gorgonzola salad, she had some kind of vegie wrap with cucumber sauce...we both had water...she's in class with Joan Rettallack until 6:30, then off to the bar with us!
E-Rob (Elizabeth Robinson) gave an interesting talk this afternoon called "Ecology of Beauty"...topics included: irony vs. beauty in contemporary poetry, Wallace Stevens and George Albon, Retallack, Duncan on Olson, SF community etc etc...
...currently listening to Ziyia Travels With Karagiozis (just came in the mail!!!)
Jun 18, 2006
Tears From Heaven or STOP "collaborate and listen"...
if anyone has seen Adam Venter, holler at me...
read Holiday In Tikrit- Keith Tuma & jUStin !katKO (Critical Documents) (i liked, anaphora erasure with a splash of government censoring-stylings) (thanks for sending jUStin)
in the mail, Elsewhere #2- Gary Sullivan (haven't read yet, looks amazing though, thanks for sending Gary)
i saw Akilah Oliver last night, i thought she was still in NYC, i'm glad she's back so i can say goodbye proper...super good news for Akilah, Coffee House has picked up her poetry manuscript for publication sometime in the near future (we hope!)...and then look for an Akilah Oliver Belladonna chap later this summer...the lovely lovely Akilah...
i hate the American World Cup announcers catch phrase "showed up"...as in, "so Stan, do you think the Americans will show up today for the match" or, "Yeah Mike, the Mexican team really showed up today" or, "Brazil shows up everytime they play, that's why they're the best team in the world"...i want to punch them in the throat when they say that...
...currently listening to a mash up of the France South Korea match and Anticon Presents Music For The Advancement Of Hip Hop...
read Holiday In Tikrit- Keith Tuma & jUStin !katKO (Critical Documents) (i liked, anaphora erasure with a splash of government censoring-stylings) (thanks for sending jUStin)
in the mail, Elsewhere #2- Gary Sullivan (haven't read yet, looks amazing though, thanks for sending Gary)
i saw Akilah Oliver last night, i thought she was still in NYC, i'm glad she's back so i can say goodbye proper...super good news for Akilah, Coffee House has picked up her poetry manuscript for publication sometime in the near future (we hope!)...and then look for an Akilah Oliver Belladonna chap later this summer...the lovely lovely Akilah...
i hate the American World Cup announcers catch phrase "showed up"...as in, "so Stan, do you think the Americans will show up today for the match" or, "Yeah Mike, the Mexican team really showed up today" or, "Brazil shows up everytime they play, that's why they're the best team in the world"...i want to punch them in the throat when they say that...
...currently listening to a mash up of the France South Korea match and Anticon Presents Music For The Advancement Of Hip Hop...
Jun 17, 2006
Jun 16, 2006
Hot Whiskey reading #2 (a L. Moriarty-style "paparazzi" reading report...)
Noah Eli Gordon and Sara Veglahn
Kate Sloan Fiffer
Abbey Pleviak
me!
i might add, i've recieved a bunch of goodies in the mail over the last week or so...
1. RecollecTed- Jared Hayes (Dusie)
2. My Spaceship- ed. by Mark Lamoureux (Cy Gist Press)
3. Hot Whiskey Presents- reading #2 chapbook, ed. Michael Koshkin and Jen Rogers (Hot Whiskey)
4. That We Come To A Consensus- Noah Eli Gordon and Sara Veglahn (Ugly Duckling Presse) (thanks for the handoff Noah!!!)
5. The Frequencies a poem- Noah Eli Gordon (Tougher Disguises) (thanks for the handoff Noah!!!)
6. The Area Of Sound Called The Subtone (Ahsahta Press) (thanks for the handoff Noah!!!)
7. Tract- Jon Leon (Dusie)
8. Laws- Jen Hofer (Dusie)
9. Dispatch- Marci Nelligan (Dusie)
10. Been Raw Diction- David. B Goldstein (Dusie)
11. Holiday In Tikrit- Keith Tuma and jUStin !katKO (Critical Documents)
12. photo of ass pin -girl from Denver
13. Dusky- Jocelyn Saidenberg (Belladonna)
...currently listening to Sonic Youth Murray Street...(anyone want to see SY with me in Sacto later this year?)
Kate Sloan Fiffer
Abbey Pleviak
me!
i might add, i've recieved a bunch of goodies in the mail over the last week or so...
1. RecollecTed- Jared Hayes (Dusie)
2. My Spaceship- ed. by Mark Lamoureux (Cy Gist Press)
3. Hot Whiskey Presents- reading #2 chapbook, ed. Michael Koshkin and Jen Rogers (Hot Whiskey)
4. That We Come To A Consensus- Noah Eli Gordon and Sara Veglahn (Ugly Duckling Presse) (thanks for the handoff Noah!!!)
5. The Frequencies a poem- Noah Eli Gordon (Tougher Disguises) (thanks for the handoff Noah!!!)
6. The Area Of Sound Called The Subtone (Ahsahta Press) (thanks for the handoff Noah!!!)
7. Tract- Jon Leon (Dusie)
8. Laws- Jen Hofer (Dusie)
9. Dispatch- Marci Nelligan (Dusie)
10. Been Raw Diction- David. B Goldstein (Dusie)
11. Holiday In Tikrit- Keith Tuma and jUStin !katKO (Critical Documents)
12. photo of ass pin -girl from Denver
13. Dusky- Jocelyn Saidenberg (Belladonna)
...currently listening to Sonic Youth Murray Street...(anyone want to see SY with me in Sacto later this year?)
House Of Raging Women...
"i just dropped my Bic lighter on my privates!!!"
—J. Sakkis
"soccer...ha! look at that, there's more going on in the stands than on the field..."
—Random man at the bar sitting next to me during the Angola/ Mexico game
"those fucking liberals, like when they made not wearing your seatbelt a capital offence"
—Random man at the bar sitting next to me during the Angola/ Mexico game
"like, 'diversity' means what they want it, fuck it! i'm a fuckin' smoker"
—Random man at the bar sitting next to me during the Angola/ Mexico game (in reference to the new "smoking ban in bars" law recently passed in CO...)
...currently listening to Murs Murs Rules The World...
—J. Sakkis
"soccer...ha! look at that, there's more going on in the stands than on the field..."
—Random man at the bar sitting next to me during the Angola/ Mexico game
"those fucking liberals, like when they made not wearing your seatbelt a capital offence"
—Random man at the bar sitting next to me during the Angola/ Mexico game
"like, 'diversity' means what they want it, fuck it! i'm a fuckin' smoker"
—Random man at the bar sitting next to me during the Angola/ Mexico game (in reference to the new "smoking ban in bars" law recently passed in CO...)
...currently listening to Murs Murs Rules The World...
Taxt!
one of my favorite people in San Francisco, Suzanne Stein, oi oi!!!, latest issue of BOTH BOTH...oi oi!!! has started a chapbook press Taxt Press ...
peepers.
just finished season 4 of Oz...kaboom!
...currently listening to Tom Waits Mule Variations...
peepers.
just finished season 4 of Oz...kaboom!
...currently listening to Tom Waits Mule Variations...
Jun 15, 2006
um...
um, John Ashbery just "friended" me on myspace...
Hot Whiskey reading report (photos) coming tomorrow...
and then the Jared Hayes/ Reed Bye/ Ted Berrigan "crankster" conversation at the corner bar...oh man!
...currently listening to The Doors Morrison Hotel...
Hot Whiskey reading report (photos) coming tomorrow...
and then the Jared Hayes/ Reed Bye/ Ted Berrigan "crankster" conversation at the corner bar...oh man!
...currently listening to The Doors Morrison Hotel...
come see me read tonight with...
Hot Whiskey Reading Series ..2: A Celebration of Small Press Editors
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Abbey Pleviak (Wyrd Tree)
John Sakkis (Both Both)
Kate Sloan Fiffer (Wyrd Tree)
Noah Eli Gordon (Braincase)
7:30pm at Trident Coffeeshop (in the backyard)
Pearl Street and 10th-ish Boulder, CO
Bring a flask and take a load off!
Jun 14, 2006
the wifey...
just found out that she's 1/2 Turkish! i'm not joking...somehow Rania (sister) only learned of this today...this whole time we thought she was full Egyptian-(American)...go figure!
yes, the bikini pic is a TOTAL objectification of my gal (so what? i'm allowed)...and yes, i've posted the bar picture of the two of us like, a million times...(GAWD i'm boring!)...
it's probably 197 degrees out today in Boulder...i've put my head under the cold shower stream (a la Do The Right Thing) probably 6 times this afternoon, at least...
...currently listening to Air Moon Safari...
yes, the bikini pic is a TOTAL objectification of my gal (so what? i'm allowed)...and yes, i've posted the bar picture of the two of us like, a million times...(GAWD i'm boring!)...
it's probably 197 degrees out today in Boulder...i've put my head under the cold shower stream (a la Do The Right Thing) probably 6 times this afternoon, at least...
...currently listening to Air Moon Safari...
Bombay Gin #32 ordering information...
may seem a bit pricy for an university lit. mag but i think it's worth it...it's a big book (over 353 pgs.) filled with amazing work...thanks for your support!
"For now please have people mail book orders to:
Bombay Gin
Attn: Book Orders
Naropa University
2130 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80302
Or drop them by to me or email: swall@naropa.edu with Bombay Gin book order in the subject.
The book is $14. Plus $4 shipping and handling for one book, $6 shipping for 2-4 books."
...currently listening to Cat Power Moon Pix...
"For now please have people mail book orders to:
Bombay Gin
Attn: Book Orders
Naropa University
2130 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80302
Or drop them by to me or email: swall@naropa.edu with Bombay Gin book order in the subject.
The book is $14. Plus $4 shipping and handling for one book, $6 shipping for 2-4 books."
...currently listening to Cat Power Moon Pix...
Bombay Gin #32 is here!
as some of you know i served as translation editor for
Bombay Gin #32...it's been a great year of reading/
soliciting/ selecting/ editing and publishing...so,
Bombay Gin #32 is here!...here's the list of the
translation contributions...
1. Etel Adnan (essay on translation)
2. Nyuyen Thi Hoang Bac translated by Linh Dinh
3. Zhang Er translated by Rachel Levitsky
4. Seyhan Erozcelik translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat
5. Laura Solorzano translated by Jen Hofer
6. Daniil Kharms translated by Matvei Yankelevich
7. Daniil Kharms translated by Eugene Ostashevsky
8. Abdallah Zrika translated by Pierre Joris
9. Shimon Ballas translated by Ammiel Alcalay and Oz
Shelach
10. Augusto de Campos translated by Samuel Knights
11. Benjamin Hollander and Brandon Brown (epistolary
exchange)
12. Mahmoud Darwish translated by Rick London and
Omnia Amin
13. Rachel Blau DuPlessis translated into Greek by
Demosthenes Agrafiotis (i edited a section called "In
Other Words" where poets/translators from other
countries translated American poets into their own
languages)
14. Georg Trakl translated by Andrew Joron
15. Daniil Kharms translated by Thomas Epstein and
Eugene Ostashevsky
16. Amelia Rosselli translated by Jenifer Scappettone
17. CA Conrad translated into German by Holger
18. Jaqueline Risset translated by Norma Cole
19. Venus Khoury-Ghata translated by Norma Cole
20. Kalidasa translated by Henry Schliff
21. K. Silem Mohammad translated into Italian by
Gherardo Bortolotti
22. Jean Grosjean translated by Keith Waldrop
23. Ernst Jandl translated by Rosemarie Waldrop
24. Barbara Kohler translated by Rosemarie Waldrop
25. Friedrich Holderlin translated by Maxine Chernoff
and Paul Hoover
26. Brandon Brown (essay on translation)
27. Tamura Ryuichi translated by Luke Kearns
28. Chet Wiener (essay on translation)
29. Heinrich Heine translated by Jerome Rothenberg
i wish i could direct anyone interested in purchasing
a copy to our website but it still hasn't been
updated because we're lame...as soon as it is i'll post the address...
Bombay Gin #32...it's been a great year of reading/
soliciting/ selecting/ editing and publishing...so,
Bombay Gin #32 is here!...here's the list of the
translation contributions...
1. Etel Adnan (essay on translation)
2. Nyuyen Thi Hoang Bac translated by Linh Dinh
3. Zhang Er translated by Rachel Levitsky
4. Seyhan Erozcelik translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat
5. Laura Solorzano translated by Jen Hofer
6. Daniil Kharms translated by Matvei Yankelevich
7. Daniil Kharms translated by Eugene Ostashevsky
8. Abdallah Zrika translated by Pierre Joris
9. Shimon Ballas translated by Ammiel Alcalay and Oz
Shelach
10. Augusto de Campos translated by Samuel Knights
11. Benjamin Hollander and Brandon Brown (epistolary
exchange)
12. Mahmoud Darwish translated by Rick London and
Omnia Amin
13. Rachel Blau DuPlessis translated into Greek by
Demosthenes Agrafiotis (i edited a section called "In
Other Words" where poets/translators from other
countries translated American poets into their own
languages)
14. Georg Trakl translated by Andrew Joron
15. Daniil Kharms translated by Thomas Epstein and
Eugene Ostashevsky
16. Amelia Rosselli translated by Jenifer Scappettone
17. CA Conrad translated into German by Holger
18. Jaqueline Risset translated by Norma Cole
19. Venus Khoury-Ghata translated by Norma Cole
20. Kalidasa translated by Henry Schliff
21. K. Silem Mohammad translated into Italian by
Gherardo Bortolotti
22. Jean Grosjean translated by Keith Waldrop
23. Ernst Jandl translated by Rosemarie Waldrop
24. Barbara Kohler translated by Rosemarie Waldrop
25. Friedrich Holderlin translated by Maxine Chernoff
and Paul Hoover
26. Brandon Brown (essay on translation)
27. Tamura Ryuichi translated by Luke Kearns
28. Chet Wiener (essay on translation)
29. Heinrich Heine translated by Jerome Rothenberg
i wish i could direct anyone interested in purchasing
a copy to our website but it still hasn't been
updated because we're lame...as soon as it is i'll post the address...
giant is to shrimp as myspace is to secret shows...
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...currently listening to DJ Spooky Modern Mantra...
Sign up with MySpace Secret shows now! You'll always be the first to know about secret shows by your favorite bands in your hometown. Trust us, you'll wanna be there."
...currently listening to DJ Spooky Modern Mantra...
Jun 13, 2006
...
currently thinking about doing something really stupid...
...currently listening to Deerhoof Milk Man...
...currently listening to Deerhoof Milk Man...
John Greiner...
Kansas City's finest at his recent show in SF...
don't you just love it when you can honestly say to yourself "he's not only one of my best friends, i'm also truely one of his biggest fans..."?
...currently listening to Beck Midnite Vultures...(an album i don't really like, except for "Peaches And Cream")
...currently listening to Beck Midnite Vultures...(an album i don't really like, except for "Peaches And Cream")
Jun 12, 2006
some little bittle poems...(after some Jameson, so, forgive...)
for Brandon Brown
at the Tobe
on deck like
slangin' mac and cheese
to the hippies
slangin' foodies
at the Mission
for Armand C.
you call yourself "farm
clown" as if your pants
weren't fresh enough
for San Francisco
for Jessica Smith
a game we play
as kids, hop
hop scotch
Ba-Gok kids in
a raver crew from
Concord, CA
for Francois Luong
why Sweden
why South Korea
the World Cup does
doubles on the NBA
for Michael Koshkin
without your computer
i'd be in the galleys
without your cat
i'd be green
for Jared Hayes
when you throw
the ball at my face
i go "Whoop" like
a catcher caught
yellow
for Alli Warren
BB makes me feel
warm inside
when he cooks for you
(awwww)
for James Sakkis
Pontic! kid
gone wild
for Magie Kalifalla
someone told me
Doric means Egypt
and your mom's humas
means husband
for Angelos Sakkis
getting slapped in the face
by your wife
in L.A.
was an eye-opener
for David
for SnowLion Apartments
everytime i do laundry
women in bathing suits ask
how i'm doing
for Naropa University
clean
the
fuck
up!
at the Tobe
on deck like
slangin' mac and cheese
to the hippies
slangin' foodies
at the Mission
for Armand C.
you call yourself "farm
clown" as if your pants
weren't fresh enough
for San Francisco
for Jessica Smith
a game we play
as kids, hop
hop scotch
Ba-Gok kids in
a raver crew from
Concord, CA
for Francois Luong
why Sweden
why South Korea
the World Cup does
doubles on the NBA
for Michael Koshkin
without your computer
i'd be in the galleys
without your cat
i'd be green
for Jared Hayes
when you throw
the ball at my face
i go "Whoop" like
a catcher caught
yellow
for Alli Warren
BB makes me feel
warm inside
when he cooks for you
(awwww)
for James Sakkis
Pontic! kid
gone wild
for Magie Kalifalla
someone told me
Doric means Egypt
and your mom's humas
means husband
for Angelos Sakkis
getting slapped in the face
by your wife
in L.A.
was an eye-opener
for David
for SnowLion Apartments
everytime i do laundry
women in bathing suits ask
how i'm doing
for Naropa University
clean
the
fuck
up!
Pontiaka...
The main instrument used in Pontic music is the "kemenche" ("lyra" in modern Greek), a bottle-shaped, 3-stringed fiddle played in the upright position. Traditionally, other instruments used are the "tulum" (a double chanter bagpipe with no drone that is also played in other parts of Eastern Turkey and Georgia); the "davul" (a double-headed drum); and occasionally, the "zurna" (double reed oboe) and more rarely a flute. Modern Pontic bands use keyboards, guitar, drums and sometimes clarinet and violin - but always the "kemenche" as well.
Most of the music is based around the dance; but there are also songs that are sung or played in the "moiralogia" or "epitrapezio" free rhythm style.
The oldest known Pontic dance is probably the "serra" or "pyrrikheos", a pyrrhic dance that is described by Xenophon in the 4th century B.C. A mens' war dance, it is sometimes danced with knives or short swords similar to the Caucasian kinjal.
The most commonly used mode is the Phrygian/Ushak type, although Hijaz is also used and recently the Western minor scale is being played in many songs. Both the instrumental and vocal styles are heavily ornamented and in many cases instruments will try to mimic other instrumental styles e.g. kemenche playing in tulum style. The melodic range of many of the songs, especially the older ones, is a fifth or less. The music is played around shifting centres, the most common being {I, III, II, VII, I} {I, IV, VII, I} {I, VI, VII, I}. Some of the older melodies will centre on the second and the seventh below only hitting the tonic on the last note of the verse or occasionally, never resolving to the tonic but constantly switching between second and seventh.
The older style singing is very glottal Caucasus and Persian influenced but this is being lost. Some dances such as Shairanitsa, Kots, Sarigouz, and Lechina are unique in that they have only one melody. Others are imported such as the Russian "Kazaska" and "Tash" a 6/8 dance from the Caucasus, a variant of the originially Daghestani but now pan Caucasian dance Lezginka.
Pontic music - with ancient rhythms and sung in Pontic Greek (a mixture of Ancient and Byzantine Greek, Ottoman Turkish, as well as some Persian and Caucasian words) - has influenced and been influenced by other cultures of the area. For example, the music of the Caucasian Laz peoples in Turkey is very similar - same instruments and styles, but with not as many dance forms and much less decorated ornaments. In comparison, the Laz kemenche is slightly thinner than the Pontic instrument and is sometimes called "zil kemence" by Pontic musicians. This thin kemenche was also the only one played by Pontic Greeks before 1922, the thicker version that is played now was created in Greece after the Exchange .
There are variations in musical style and instrumentation within the Pontic area. The kemenche and tulum are prevalent in the Eastern regions around Trabzon, Of, Surmene and Giresun while Western Pontos especially Ak Dag Maden is stylistically closer to local Turkish music with the Halay being common. Kars, in the east is known for clarinet and accordian styles.
As well, there is the "kemane", a sort of large kemenche with four main and four sympathetic strings, similar but with fewer strings than that played in the Cappadocia region of Turkey by the Karamanli Christians. Some of the Karamanli argued against being transferred to Greece in 1923, saying although they were Orthodox Christians they were not of Greek lineage but descended from the pre-Byzantine indigenous population. They speak their own language, Karamanlidika, written with Greek characters but loosely based on Turkish, yet when they were transferred to Greece they were settled within the Pontic community.
There is a relationship between Pontic music and that of Iran, the Caucasus and Central Asia. For example, the Kochari melody can be found in the Caucasus, in Iranian and Kurdish areas and as far east as Pakistan and Afghanistan. In many of these areas, even the name is the same. As well several of the rhythms and melodies of other Pontic songs and dances are found in Afghanistan (especially the North) and Uzbekistan and Central Asia in general. Numerous other 5/8 and 7/8 melodies played by Pontic musicians can also be found in Iranian areas. Several Dipat rhythm melodies can be found in Bektashi/Alevi communities in Turkey.
Recently, - due to its high energy - Pontic music has also influenced the music of southern Yugoslavia and even other parts of Greece itself. Today, a large proportion of Greek singers of all styles are Pontic in origin.
...currently listening to Ziyia From The Mountains To The Islands...(Ziyia is a Greek Folk group from Albany (Bay Area), they're probably the most talented group of Greek Folk musicians in the US...their song "Ta Daoulia Kroun" being the Pontic beat!)
Most of the music is based around the dance; but there are also songs that are sung or played in the "moiralogia" or "epitrapezio" free rhythm style.
The oldest known Pontic dance is probably the "serra" or "pyrrikheos", a pyrrhic dance that is described by Xenophon in the 4th century B.C. A mens' war dance, it is sometimes danced with knives or short swords similar to the Caucasian kinjal.
The most commonly used mode is the Phrygian/Ushak type, although Hijaz is also used and recently the Western minor scale is being played in many songs. Both the instrumental and vocal styles are heavily ornamented and in many cases instruments will try to mimic other instrumental styles e.g. kemenche playing in tulum style. The melodic range of many of the songs, especially the older ones, is a fifth or less. The music is played around shifting centres, the most common being {I, III, II, VII, I} {I, IV, VII, I} {I, VI, VII, I}. Some of the older melodies will centre on the second and the seventh below only hitting the tonic on the last note of the verse or occasionally, never resolving to the tonic but constantly switching between second and seventh.
The older style singing is very glottal Caucasus and Persian influenced but this is being lost. Some dances such as Shairanitsa, Kots, Sarigouz, and Lechina are unique in that they have only one melody. Others are imported such as the Russian "Kazaska" and "Tash" a 6/8 dance from the Caucasus, a variant of the originially Daghestani but now pan Caucasian dance Lezginka.
Pontic music - with ancient rhythms and sung in Pontic Greek (a mixture of Ancient and Byzantine Greek, Ottoman Turkish, as well as some Persian and Caucasian words) - has influenced and been influenced by other cultures of the area. For example, the music of the Caucasian Laz peoples in Turkey is very similar - same instruments and styles, but with not as many dance forms and much less decorated ornaments. In comparison, the Laz kemenche is slightly thinner than the Pontic instrument and is sometimes called "zil kemence" by Pontic musicians. This thin kemenche was also the only one played by Pontic Greeks before 1922, the thicker version that is played now was created in Greece after the Exchange .
There are variations in musical style and instrumentation within the Pontic area. The kemenche and tulum are prevalent in the Eastern regions around Trabzon, Of, Surmene and Giresun while Western Pontos especially Ak Dag Maden is stylistically closer to local Turkish music with the Halay being common. Kars, in the east is known for clarinet and accordian styles.
As well, there is the "kemane", a sort of large kemenche with four main and four sympathetic strings, similar but with fewer strings than that played in the Cappadocia region of Turkey by the Karamanli Christians. Some of the Karamanli argued against being transferred to Greece in 1923, saying although they were Orthodox Christians they were not of Greek lineage but descended from the pre-Byzantine indigenous population. They speak their own language, Karamanlidika, written with Greek characters but loosely based on Turkish, yet when they were transferred to Greece they were settled within the Pontic community.
There is a relationship between Pontic music and that of Iran, the Caucasus and Central Asia. For example, the Kochari melody can be found in the Caucasus, in Iranian and Kurdish areas and as far east as Pakistan and Afghanistan. In many of these areas, even the name is the same. As well several of the rhythms and melodies of other Pontic songs and dances are found in Afghanistan (especially the North) and Uzbekistan and Central Asia in general. Numerous other 5/8 and 7/8 melodies played by Pontic musicians can also be found in Iranian areas. Several Dipat rhythm melodies can be found in Bektashi/Alevi communities in Turkey.
Recently, - due to its high energy - Pontic music has also influenced the music of southern Yugoslavia and even other parts of Greece itself. Today, a large proportion of Greek singers of all styles are Pontic in origin.
...currently listening to Ziyia From The Mountains To The Islands...(Ziyia is a Greek Folk group from Albany (Bay Area), they're probably the most talented group of Greek Folk musicians in the US...their song "Ta Daoulia Kroun" being the Pontic beat!)
full on Pontic-style Greek dancing...
just think of the heaviest, most insane drumming you could possibly imagine under what sounds like a screeching bagpipe (i can't remember what the instrument is actually called but my brother and sister are both national gold medal Greek dancers (FDF) and they describe it as a goat carcass...literally...the instrument is a dried up goat carcass! the sounds are made pneumatically from the stomach of the dried animal!!! with a Greek (male) baritone vocalist probably out of his mind on ouzo and hash singing about the woes of his village...then you've got a feel for what the Pontic style is...Pontic makes me crazy, seriously, it shits on ANY hip hop beat...bam bam BOOM BOOM BOOM TAP TAP bam bam BOOM BOOM BOOM TAP TAP TSK TSK TSK TSK bam bam bam bam bam BOOM BOOM BOOM TAP TAP TSK TSK TSK TSK TSK...heaven!
Ekrem...
just wanted to give a shout out to Ekrem Serdar Berk who i've been having a most interesting conversation with for the last couple of hours (comment boxing and email)...Ekrem is a Turk, i'm a Greek-American...not that that should matter but for some it does, for Ekrem and i it also does, but in the most productive sort of way...topics included: Greek/ Turkish foods (the scandal!), Greek gyros/ Turkish gyros (our collective frustration with finding either/ or), Murat Nemet-Nejat, Siarita Kouka/ Demosthenes Agrafiotis, antagonism among our cultures, tsatsiki sauce, Turkish/ Greek coffee (decidedly Turkish, come on now...), our parents/ where they're from/ how that affects their outlook on things political, translator's symposiums, folk music, feta cheese (yes!), raki or ouzo (the conundrum), the historical movements of purifying the Greek language of Turkish influence (called Kethurevisa)/ purifying the Turkish language of Greek influence (or is it just Western influence?), Cyprus etc etc...
i really want to share a drink with Ekrem...Yamas (Greek for cheers!) and Serefe (Turkish for to honor!)...
yamas/ serefe,
xo-john
...currently listening to Frederic Chopin Masters Of Classical Music Vol. 8...wishing i were listening to some Pontic Greek folk music...Pontic is drum heavy (the hyphy'est of Greek folk music) that shares more than a little in common with traditional Turkish folk music...in fact, the picture of me and my brother with our arms up, shoulders thrust forward, is the traditional Pontic style of dance...
i really want to share a drink with Ekrem...Yamas (Greek for cheers!) and Serefe (Turkish for to honor!)...
yamas/ serefe,
xo-john
...currently listening to Frederic Chopin Masters Of Classical Music Vol. 8...wishing i were listening to some Pontic Greek folk music...Pontic is drum heavy (the hyphy'est of Greek folk music) that shares more than a little in common with traditional Turkish folk music...in fact, the picture of me and my brother with our arms up, shoulders thrust forward, is the traditional Pontic style of dance...
"whoa-oh, KCMO, whoa-oh, KCMO!!!" -Tech 9
well, not so much 'whoa-oh KCMO' as whoa-oh Moe-OH...
makin' Jack Collom jealous and shit...
...currently listening to Ludwig van Beethoven Masters Of Classical Music Vol. 3...
...currently listening to Ludwig van Beethoven Masters Of Classical Music Vol. 3...
me and my little brova at the top of the Rattle Snake Gulch Trail...
...currently listening to Giuseppe Verdi Masters Of Classical Music Vol. 10...
hey Dan Hoy...
thanks for sending Soft Targets! it's gorgeous, and enormous...it's gornormous!
...currently listening to Sole Mansbestfriend...
...currently listening to Sole Mansbestfriend...
my friend Armand in gorgeous!
Armand is the guy all the way on the right...this is probably one of the coolest pictures i've ever seen of him...beautiful!
currently at work on a Ginsberg tape from '82...boo!
currently at work on a Ginsberg tape from '82...boo!
Jun 11, 2006
what i had for dinner...a tragedy...
oh, and i watched disc 2 season 4 of Oz...
and then i watched Mexico wreck shop on Iran...boo!
...currently listening to The Grouch Making Perfect Sense...(what's up Corey!) (side note (itty bitty name drop moment): Grouch aka Corey
"if i had a flat tire you'd probably pass/ and if you stopped i'd better watch my ass"
—Grouch
new blogs!
and then another one, Mr. Jon Leon just alerted me to his blog...
currently watching the Iran/ Mexico match...never thought i'd say this but, GO IRAN!!!
currently watching the Iran/ Mexico match...never thought i'd say this but, GO IRAN!!!
Jun 10, 2006
and then...
...currently listening to Mystik Journeymen Magic...
new blog...
...currently listening to Mad Season Mad Season...
Jun 9, 2006
poem to the mask...
To My Pity I Owe Decadence
for the John Sakkis mask
her, the paler skin of his body
her, from tower to deep cellar
Lessa sat rebelliously down on the fur-covered wall seat
the tray on the low table in front of her
she would not waste future opportunities
she was the yellow of tempting winter fruit
'we're going to compose a poem!'
the moment the idea becomes indigenous
we are meat, bread, a pitcher of KLAH
we are imagined, a fragile rebellion in the deep throat
by Anatra di Battimento
translated by Michael Koshkin
ps. the "John Sakkis" mask was going to be worn by an unnamed poet at graduation as he streaked the stage...fortunately for my parents that idea was scrapped...
...currently listening to The Ramones Loud, Fast Ramones...
one of the reasons i'm going to miss boulder...
is because it's 80 out right now and pouring rain...none of that in the Bay...
looking at the "we're the kids in the Bay Area, oi oi!!!" posts and realizing it's all coming to an end...my stay in Boulder that is...a little sad but so so so so SO going to be happy to get back to all my delicious friends...you're all beautiful and amazing and i've missed you more than you can imagine (hi BB!)...and ongoing, the series that is...i can only upload the photos at work, fast computer...so, a few more to come...
going to order a huge pizza and watch American Psycho...
...currently listening to The Ramones Loud, Fast Ramones...
looking at the "we're the kids in the Bay Area, oi oi!!!" posts and realizing it's all coming to an end...my stay in Boulder that is...a little sad but so so so so SO going to be happy to get back to all my delicious friends...you're all beautiful and amazing and i've missed you more than you can imagine (hi BB!)...and ongoing, the series that is...i can only upload the photos at work, fast computer...so, a few more to come...
going to order a huge pizza and watch American Psycho...
...currently listening to The Ramones Loud, Fast Ramones...
Rizzo in the Hizzo...
and then check out Chris's dismantling of Silliman's reading of the new Cy Gist anthology, My Spaceship...
...currently listening to Trip Hop Mix Lot's And Lot's And Lot's And...
...currently listening to Trip Hop Mix Lot's And Lot's And Lot's And...
May BB...
okay folkers! the May issue of BOTH BOTH is printed and ready to mail tomorrow...
May issue features wonderful new work from Suzanne Stein (one of the Bay Area kids, oi oi!!!) and Michael Koshkin (translating Anatra di Battimento) with special cover art from Anthony Dines...look for it in your mailboxes in the coming days...
this afternoon after printing BB Michael and Jen began work on the cover for Hot Whiskey mag #2...i've always wondered what the silk-screen process entailed and today i found out...let me say this (no spoilers though), #2's cover is the beat! beautiful, meticulous attention to detail which we've come to expect from ALL Hot Whiskey endeavors with a twitch of sardonic humor aimed maybe at all of us "post-avants"...it's going to be a fun issue that will undoubtadly sellout fast so order your copy while they're still around...
also purchased from Michael and Jen, Joseph Massey's Bramble and Anselm Palatore's The Squalicum Harbor Suite...at $5 a pop i felt like i was ripping them off...i went ahead and gave them $20 asking that they just send what ever two projects come out next...those projects probably being Anne Waldman's new chap (i saw the proof today, looks fantastic) and Hot Whiskey mag #2...can't wait to get my greedy hands (and nose, with respect to the mag) on them...
yesterday read:
A Poem- Cheryl Quimba (Dusie) (little tiny tiny booky book)
The Metal Sunset of Tomorrow's Asending Dissension- Jules Boykoff (Dusie) (a title worthy of M.C. Esher)
In The Quells- Christopther Rizzo (Dusie) (maybe my favorite Dusie chap thus far, gorgeous design to boot!)
thanks to Mr. Thurston (Mr. Thrust On!) i may be reading in Buffalo later this year...details are sketchy (no details really) but i was invited which i'm super excited about...Brandon Brown, wanna take a trip to Buffalo with me?
dream: Jessica Smith, Martin (Jessica's man), Francois Luong and me on a yacht in the French Riviera...Martin was playing me all these hip-hop beats that he'd recently produced...they were really good, i was like "holy shit Martin! i didn't know you produced?!" he responded "totally, producing is my life..." lot's and lot's more but the details are sketchy...by the way, i've never met any of these people (in person)...i like the fact that my subconscious mind has made up personalities and voices for two dimensional representations (blogger photos and text)...i think that rocks...
good news for me (and maybe you depending on who you are)...i'm moving back to the Yay Area later this month (a full two months earlier than planned)...should be back in C-Town by June 29th...Brandon is going to make me dinner, you should come over, he's sort of the best chef in the world...go read his brand new blog "Fuck You, I'm A Chef!!!" for proof...
...currently listening to Various Artists Lost In Translation...
May issue features wonderful new work from Suzanne Stein (one of the Bay Area kids, oi oi!!!) and Michael Koshkin (translating Anatra di Battimento) with special cover art from Anthony Dines...look for it in your mailboxes in the coming days...
this afternoon after printing BB Michael and Jen began work on the cover for Hot Whiskey mag #2...i've always wondered what the silk-screen process entailed and today i found out...let me say this (no spoilers though), #2's cover is the beat! beautiful, meticulous attention to detail which we've come to expect from ALL Hot Whiskey endeavors with a twitch of sardonic humor aimed maybe at all of us "post-avants"...it's going to be a fun issue that will undoubtadly sellout fast so order your copy while they're still around...
also purchased from Michael and Jen, Joseph Massey's Bramble and Anselm Palatore's The Squalicum Harbor Suite...at $5 a pop i felt like i was ripping them off...i went ahead and gave them $20 asking that they just send what ever two projects come out next...those projects probably being Anne Waldman's new chap (i saw the proof today, looks fantastic) and Hot Whiskey mag #2...can't wait to get my greedy hands (and nose, with respect to the mag) on them...
yesterday read:
A Poem- Cheryl Quimba (Dusie) (little tiny tiny booky book)
The Metal Sunset of Tomorrow's Asending Dissension- Jules Boykoff (Dusie) (a title worthy of M.C. Esher)
In The Quells- Christopther Rizzo (Dusie) (maybe my favorite Dusie chap thus far, gorgeous design to boot!)
thanks to Mr. Thurston (Mr. Thrust On!) i may be reading in Buffalo later this year...details are sketchy (no details really) but i was invited which i'm super excited about...Brandon Brown, wanna take a trip to Buffalo with me?
dream: Jessica Smith, Martin (Jessica's man), Francois Luong and me on a yacht in the French Riviera...Martin was playing me all these hip-hop beats that he'd recently produced...they were really good, i was like "holy shit Martin! i didn't know you produced?!" he responded "totally, producing is my life..." lot's and lot's more but the details are sketchy...by the way, i've never met any of these people (in person)...i like the fact that my subconscious mind has made up personalities and voices for two dimensional representations (blogger photos and text)...i think that rocks...
good news for me (and maybe you depending on who you are)...i'm moving back to the Yay Area later this month (a full two months earlier than planned)...should be back in C-Town by June 29th...Brandon is going to make me dinner, you should come over, he's sort of the best chef in the world...go read his brand new blog "Fuck You, I'm A Chef!!!" for proof...
...currently listening to Various Artists Lost In Translation...
Jun 8, 2006
i like Laura Moriarty's...
poetry-camera-kids as "The digital paparazzi"...
about to head over to Koshkin's to print the May BOTH BOTH...should be mailing in the coming days...
...currently listening to DJ Shadow Live In Austin Texas...
about to head over to Koshkin's to print the May BOTH BOTH...should be mailing in the coming days...
...currently listening to DJ Shadow Live In Austin Texas...
Jun 7, 2006
...
a Palmer poem from The Danish Notebook is stuck in my head...
i don't own The Danish Notebook...
like a song stuck in my head i hardly know any of the lines...
so, in my head the poem goes something like this
..................sun.......
green................sunset
.............at the tip...............
women..................
.........................................
sun.......................
..............the owl...............
in the sunset....................
..........................gathering
.......beach........................
..........................sun........
before sunset..................
...currently listening to Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin III...
i don't own The Danish Notebook...
like a song stuck in my head i hardly know any of the lines...
so, in my head the poem goes something like this
..................sun.......
green................sunset
.............at the tip...............
women..................
.........................................
sun.......................
..............the owl...............
in the sunset....................
..........................gathering
.......beach........................
..........................sun........
before sunset..................
...currently listening to Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin III...
Jun 6, 2006
hella stuff...
okay, no time as it is, family in residence, perked and what not etc...
but a couple things:
i'm perked, my brother and sister are currently visiting me in boulder, i have less than 25 days left in Boulder...hooray for me! you know?!
a few things i've read in the last couple days:
1. Flies On The Ceiling- Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books) (the next best thing to BEING the Hernandez brothers would be SUCKING the Hernandez brothers' collective dicks...i'm most def. on the jock...can't get over how great these comics are...swoon)
2. Ishmael Among The Bushes- William Allegrezza (Dusie) (can i call him Bill?...anyway, a beautiful little perplexing chap that makes me want to say "the beat!")
3. Each In Neither- Michael Slosek (House Press) (thanks for sending Michael! a minimalist expose into the heart of what it is to be a "ghost in the hole" or to be "moved from things/ saved from blinding"...i love this book...i want to bite this book)
4. Signed Faun As A Waiting- Paul Klinger (Dusie) (erasure as crab-scratch a la The Invisible Scratch Pickles)
5. Life Of The Party- Mary Fleener (Fantagraphics Books) (cocaine-ho with doodle talent gone wild!!! fun LA (LALA land) stories from the post-hippie POV...good time all around)
currently listening to Sole Learning To Walk...
but a couple things:
i'm perked, my brother and sister are currently visiting me in boulder, i have less than 25 days left in Boulder...hooray for me! you know?!
a few things i've read in the last couple days:
1. Flies On The Ceiling- Los Bros Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books) (the next best thing to BEING the Hernandez brothers would be SUCKING the Hernandez brothers' collective dicks...i'm most def. on the jock...can't get over how great these comics are...swoon)
2. Ishmael Among The Bushes- William Allegrezza (Dusie) (can i call him Bill?...anyway, a beautiful little perplexing chap that makes me want to say "the beat!")
3. Each In Neither- Michael Slosek (House Press) (thanks for sending Michael! a minimalist expose into the heart of what it is to be a "ghost in the hole" or to be "moved from things/ saved from blinding"...i love this book...i want to bite this book)
4. Signed Faun As A Waiting- Paul Klinger (Dusie) (erasure as crab-scratch a la The Invisible Scratch Pickles)
5. Life Of The Party- Mary Fleener (Fantagraphics Books) (cocaine-ho with doodle talent gone wild!!! fun LA (LALA land) stories from the post-hippie POV...good time all around)
currently listening to Sole Learning To Walk...
Jun 5, 2006
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