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>An essay could also be written about poets' responses to "audience
>disturbance" -- their reactions to, and ways of dealing with, hecklers, dogs,
>small fry. I remember the late John Logan once asking a woman in the
>audience to "remove that squalling infant."
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>Anselm Hollo
Howdy Anselm
Believe it or not I've mentioned this (in passing) in an essay--or a note
really-- to appear soon. Or the small fry part of it anyway. Best
response I've ever seen, not to puff his head or anything, was cris cheek's
in Cork. Billy and Catherine's kids were just a little restless early on
in his performance. So ol' cris, he just goes and without missing a bleep
dedicates the entire thing to them, speaking their names, working them
right in. Seemed to work like a charm. Later he clicked on his CB radio
and used that a bit, broadcasting back into the room-----and when the show
was over they started dancing in a circle around its speaker: "Ashes
ashes, John Logan's gone home." True story, or most of it anyway.
Keith
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