Yes, Doug.
Spot on, I think.
It was written before the Savile report on Derry came out; but I thought
of it on the train yesterday - someone in The Guardian reminded us that
one senior soldier being terribly sincere now had, at the time, said
something along the lines of everyone shot on "bloody sunday" being a
terrorist.
Not that this *was about bloody sunday
And then there was Hanns Eisler - sorry if Ive said this - when HUAC
wanted him out of USA, who said he'd fled to USA to escape fascism, but
HUAC looked like fascists so he'd probably be safer in East Germany
Of course, it wasnt long before he was telling the east german authorities
they were fascists
one knows how he felt
Actually I'm rather giving myself the willies with this lot. I want it to
go on because I think there may be some value to it; but it'll be nice
when I stop... I havent WRITTEN much new stuff for some days. I made a new
work 8 channel work with John Drever, performed last week, and that was
graphically scored and studio developed and a 24 hour day just goes
nowhere
I'm getting back into it - this series - but am not yet sure if it's
revision or continuation. Revision certainly; but maybe no new stuff
L
On Thu, June 17, 2010 16:27, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> This is interesting for that passive voice that's really aggressive,
> Lawrence.
>
>
> Doug
> On 16-Jun-10, at 6:37 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>
>
>> Words are smashed down until they’re small enough
>> to be lifted in one hand and then thrown high up in a beautiful tight
>> curve to fall hard on the heads of or in between a crowd we do not like.
>> Not everyone approves.
>> I’d say, says an observer, each one there
>> is to some extent an utter wanker.
>>
>> Thoughts are filed and secreted till they’re sharp;
>> the darkness helps them cut up flesh easily. However that works. Bombs
>> full of bullshit are hurled at us by the police, in support of contracts
>> of employment from some git we’ve never spoken to who fucks male goats.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Lawrence Upton
>> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
>> Dept of Music
>> Goldsmiths, University of London
>>
>>
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> Latest books:
> Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> Wednesdays'
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10
> .html
>
>
> because I want to die
>
> writing Haiku
>
> or, better,
>
> long lines, clean and syllabic as knotted bamboo. Yes!
>
> Phyllis Webb
>
>
--
Bartender: You really think the world's gonna end?
Ford: Yes.
Bartender: Shouldn't we lie down? Put paper bags over our heads or something?
Ford: If you like.
Bartender: Would it help?
Ford: Not at all.
Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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