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Hi, Lawrence, Sounds a marvelous post you have now----I'd love to hear your Blessed Gertrude; when will you record it and post it online? Our computers make it soooo easy. Thanks for the fillip of Wyatt, oh the joy! Best, and wishing you a renewed fund of project. Judy 2009/4/25 Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> > 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 > > All best > > > Lawrence > > 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 > > > On Fri, April 24, 2009 13:59, Barry Alpert wrote: > > Welcome back to Poetryetc, Lawrence. And congratulations on the position > > at Goldsmiths, an art college which I didn't quite realize was part of > the > > University of > > London. You've started me thinking about which of their faculty and > > graduates I follow as a critic. > > > > Barry Alpert > > > > > > > > On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:12:48 +0100, Lawrence Upton wrote: > > > > > > > > > > they send to me which some time did me cheat > > > > > > L > > > > > > On Thu, April 23, 2009 01:35, Alison Croggon wrote: > > > >> 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. > >> > > > > -- > > Lawrence Upton > > AHRC Creative Research Fellow > > Dept of Music > > Goldsmiths, University of London > > > > > > > -- > Lawrence Upton > AHRC Creative Research Fellow > Dept of Music > Goldsmiths, University of London >