y're wise beyond yr years, kasper.
Andrew
On 24/05/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I did enjoy it, & if you find someone who likes EVERYTHING about 2.5,
> doubt them. this was varied
>
> KS
>
> On 24/05/07, Bob Marcacci <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > i asked for it, eh...
> >
> > sounds like you enjoyed the ride and that's what we try to give you... if
> > you went and looked for some of this stuff on the internet, even better...
> >
> > --
> > Bob Marcacci
> >
> > Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of
> > thoughts on the unthinking.
> > - John Maynard Keynes
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 23:28:35 +0300
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: Re: i-outlaw 2.5 featuring Charles Bernstein
> > >
> > > well. (listened to the end this time)
> > >
> > > the way the (episode? edition? thing) begins is irritating, with the
> > > voices. I liked the music, though it went on for so long it made me
> > > wonder if it was going to just be a music exposé.
> > >
> > > Bernstein:
> > > dug the first poem he read a lot, & your intro worked well.
> > > (poly-referential sounds questionable, as though a poem could mean
> > > anything at all)
> > > sirens went off for me at the 1999-France-reading poem; a piece where
> > > the speaker just says "I am a (adj.) poet" over & over? got to admire
> > > his balls ("Maybe some other time.."), & it was entertaining: mainly
> > > because, for all the insider-puns/references, he read it fucking well
> > > & made fun of himself. it would't've taken much to make me hate it
> > > though, & Charles is one of very few people who can pull something
> > > like that off at all.
> > > the words 'poet' & 'poem' occur a little too often for [my] taste.
> > >
> > > the sound poem was great fun for the first minute or so (not least
> > > because I've just been reading up on phonetics & phonology), then it
> > > annoyed the hell out of me.
> > > Ren Powell's poem was good, & her reading was OK (though she has
> > > trouble saying 'shit' without the footnote 'ooh a bad word' tone).
> > > Luis Valadez was ridiculous. not in a good way.
> > > Bernier was very good, & her reading fit the text.
> > > Mohammad was ridiculous, in a REALLY good way. ('washed-up oshkosh
> > > broth' oh man)
> > > Amber Nelson's poem, as well as reading, was bad.
> > > the robotic sequence was very fun. Radiohead's "fitter happier", Lite.
> > > it also made a little fun of the starkness of Nelson's reading, I
> > > found, or of reading poetry aloud (badly) in general.
> > > Schroeder's piece didn't mean much at all to me personally, but he read it
> > > well.
> > > (way to go on pronouncing Pérez' name Bob! heh) her poem was good, at
> > > last some vivid imagery; it borders on prosaic in a nice way (rare). &
> > > a + for the word 'bougainvilla', taught to me by Sam Beam.
> > > Rzepka's piece was poetry?? what? interesting, in the way slicing
> > > one's own tongue is interesting.
> > > haha, Tim Martin was super. best reading of the whole bunch.
> > > seriously. sympathetic as hell.
> > > more confetti?? first blossoms, now rain. please. Compton's reading is
> > > bad. shame, the poem seemed ok (not great, ok).
> > >
> > >
> > > anyway thanks. don't often get to hear spoken (english) poetry here.
> > > congrats on the, um, issue. :)
> > >
> > > KS
> > >
> > >
> > > On 23/05/07, Bob Marcacci <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >> thanks for listening, Kasp... i'm more curious about what you hated...
> > >> heh... happy to provoke such strong feelings, though...
> > >>
> > >> all music is original for each show, made by the producer Josh Hinck...
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Bob Marcacci
> > >>
> > >> Silent gratitude isn't very much use to anyone.
> > >> - Gertrude B. Stein
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> From: kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>
> > >>> Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >>> Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 10:41:55 +0300
> > >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >>> Subject: Re: i-outlaw 2.5 featuring Charles Bernstein
> > >>>
> > >>> (hm, could've said all this in one message)
> > >>>
> > >>> the electronica sounds good, like some things I listen to. I wonder
> > >>> where they're from
> > >>>
> > >>> On 23/05/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>>> AND K. Silem Mohammad, outstanding
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 23/05/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>>>> Amy Bernier I really liked
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On 23/05/07, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>>>>> actually I hated some of it, disliked a lot of it; but damn if it
> > >>>>>> doesn't intrigue.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> KS
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> On 22/05/07, Bob Marcacci <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>>>>>> Aussie, Canadian and Finn ears welcome. Listen to i-outlaw
> > >>>>>>> <http://i-outlaw.blogspot.com/> also featuring fine poetry by:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> - Ren Powell
> > >>>>>>> - Luis H. Valadez
> > >>>>>>> - Amy Bernier
> > >>>>>>> - K. Silem Mohammad
> > >>>>>>> - Amber Nelson
> > >>>>>>> - Steven Schroeder
> > >>>>>>> - Emmy Pérez
> > >>>>>>> - Erik Rzepka
> > >>>>>>> - Tim Martin
> > >>>>>>> - Shanna Compton
> > >>
> >
>
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Andrew
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