enjoyed quote!
KS
On 24/08/06, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Patrick, reminded me of some words of Maurizio Kagel, on 'Ten Marches to
> Miss the Victory':
>
> "I wrote marches to accompany a politician's monologue, although my
> disposition is such that I don't have a great appetite for compositions of
> this kind. Basically, I did not feel able to write marches that could be
> used to WIN a victory.
>
> "Since the Geneva Convention, musicians (and nursing personnel) in uniform
> have not been permitted to carry weapons. But there seems to be a curious
> conspiracy of silence surrounding the fact that the acoustic tools of my
> trade are actually weapons in their own right. Music, after all, is able to
> take root effectively in the minds of those responsible for supervising
> warheads..."
>
> P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to
> > poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Patrick Mc Manus
> > Sent: 23 August 2006 11:50
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: snap^"^23/08/2006 11:48:51
> >
> > ALARM BELLS
> >
> > alarm bells rang
> > at the airport
> > guns were pointed
> > areas were cleared
> > buildings evacuated
> > sirens wailed
> > he was stopped
> > from boarding
> > the plane
> > his poems
> > were found to be
> > under the completely
> > banned category
> > of
> > Inflammatory,
> > Hazardous
> > and
> > Explosive
> > Materials.
> >
> >
> > Pmcmanus
> > raynesparklondonuk
> > n891
> >
> > backonline!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!touchwoods
> > 23/08/2006 11:48:51
> >
>
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