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Back to pretending to be a lamp standard now, I think
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On Sat, April 25, 2009 11:34, andrew burke wrote:
> Good to hear all about it, Lawrence. And in your witty style ... Andrew
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> 2009/4/25 Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Hi Each
>> I had posted before, you know. In the last 12 months
>> Xexoxial published a pamphlet of mine a while back and I rejoined the
>> list to be able to circulate the advertisement. I didn’t say much beyond
>> the advert – I didn’t say anything beyond it – and I suppose my
>> understated return was missed in the excitement everyone felt at the
>> prospect of being able to buy new work by me. It seemed right to rejoin
>> given that I had been included in the anthology. Yet for a variety of
>> reasons, I felt ok about lurking. It’s not really my style; but it’s
>> been interesting. I don’t know that I have had that much to say that’s
>> worth hearing. I have certainly been busy. Alison’s post though caught
>> me unawares. I read most of what you all write and every post she writes
>> because it is always pertinent and perceptive; but don’t tell her I said
>> so. It might not be good for her if she knew the degree of my
>> admiration! And on top of her voice, I heard Wyatt’s and that
>> extraordinary poem. So I shared my internal voices Oh the joys and
>> pitfalls of an always on connection. I sent it and then realised that I
>> had spoken when I had a cloth over my head and was supposed to be a lamp
>> standard. Oh well, so it goes, I thought; but it was nearly missed
>> again, it seems! No harm is done by my outing and I am delighted at the
>> warmth of the response. Thank you. Goldsmiths isn’t just an art college.
>> I think the demi gods who steer us
>> towards whatever it is would face a collapse of the London University
>> federation with a brave equanimity. They might not even play up as the
>> empire broke into Ptolemaic kingdoms; but they would play the game. It’s
>> true that Goldsmiths has contributed an artist pickled in money; and I
>> believe Ms V Westwood is one of ours, though I don’t have any of her
>> ensembles myself – nor any Hirsts on myt dressing room wall – but it’s
>> a moderately wide range of studies. Music is big. That’s where I am
>> located, Music. There’s English. I think it’s _and comparative
>> literature_. Psychology is huge. Media are getting a new building,
>> perhaps the last new building in Educational Christendom. There’s Drama;
>> I worked with them on
>> a celebration of 100 years since Marinetti’s manifesto. (It’s not that I
>> am much of a Futurist; they were more than silly like the rest of us;
>> and I am appalled by the militarism of little boys with some privilege.
>> But it
>> was an opportunity to perform in front of a rather large audience,
>> taking projected paintings by Carra as a jumping off point for vocal
>> improv; and I also performed Stein’s Completed Portrait of Picasso to
>> some hundreds of innocent victims. They took it well, which made
>> listening over and over to Blessed Gertrude for weeks till I got her
>> cadence or something of it more than worthwhile.) It’s an ok place to be.
>> As a man called out to me and my partner 20 years
>> ago in Rethimnon “come to me; I have many hats and sunglasses” – only in
>> this case it is a sound studio and very interesting people ready to
>> listen and talk. If there were a decent transport service it would be
>> ideal. I believe we have – if you’ll pardon the verb – Princess
>> Beatrice.
>> So I sit in my office. It’s a bit too warm for my taste; but there’s
>> room enough. It’s opposite the toilets and the sound of the paper towel
>> dispenser sometimes keeps me awake. It’s ok. Maybe sometimes one nudges
>> another and asks Who is he? and maybe they respond that they don’t know;
>> I just turned up last May and seem to have
>> keys. I am just hoping that the clowns in Downing Street will have got
>> the nicked money back by Spring 2011 when my fellowship ends so that I
>> can propose another project. If anyone has any fellowships starting
>> then, think of me. I work hard. Honest. I was listening to Heiner
>> Goebbels last night. More Blessed Gertrude. And
>> today, a new day has risen and, against the forecast I heard, it is
>> raining, so not a day for felling a sycamore in my overgrown garden. So
>> there is a purpose to life. Thus liberated from work, I had better go
>> out and get culture
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>> All best
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>>
>> Lawrence
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>> PS I recall Nathan Whiting. He read in London. 1970s. Amiable enough,
>> He
>> stood still to read but seemed to find the idea of writing without
>> running implausible. Comparison with Reznikoff interesting.
>> That's it
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>> On Fri, April 24, 2009 13:59, Barry Alpert wrote:
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>>> Welcome back to Poetryetc, Lawrence. And congratulations on the
>>> position at Goldsmiths, an art college which I didn't quite realize
>>> was part of
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>>> University of
>>> London. You've started me thinking about which of their faculty and
>>> graduates I follow as a critic.
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>>> Barry Alpert
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>>> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:12:48 +0100, Lawrence Upton wrote:
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>>> they send to me which some time did me cheat
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>>> L
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>>> On Thu, April 23, 2009 01:35, Alison Croggon wrote:
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>>>> They send them to me, promising all sorts of erectness and watches.
>>>> And I've never met a man called Alison. I don't think bots
>>>> distinguish gender.
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>>>
>>> --
>>> Lawrence Upton
>>> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
>>> Dept of Music
>>> Goldsmiths, University of London
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>> --
>> Lawrence Upton
>> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
>> Dept of Music
>> Goldsmiths, University of London
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> Andrew
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Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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