Or maybe something like Neil Young's upcoming CD.
But the audience, & not just for poetry, is so fragmented now that
maybe it can't happen for that reason alone...
Doug
On 23-Apr-06, at 5:18 AM, Ian Irvine wrote:
> Given the changes to the mass media we might find that our
> generation's 'Howl' presents itself in an unexpected form - perhaps
> one of those 'e-cards' (poetry/image as per Vallum online) that do the
> rounds ... like those dreadful 'half eaten chocolate bunny' pic I I
> received last week - and from diverse international senders. A Flash
> protest poem/or song that says it all and people email to their
> friends? Or perhaps it will take the form of a 'fluxus' style online
> poetry 'event' tapped into by people/poets/artists etc. all over the
> world who are concerned about Neo-Liberal/Neo-Con attempts at
> species/interspecies meltdown ... and rippling out over communication
> channels ... Or a Documentary like the Aussie one on US soldiers and
> their musical tastes.
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