The Great Game
they called it
in the last years of the 19th Century.
The “Fin de Siecle” time
when the sun never set
on the British Empire,
the fierce Waziristan of Rudyard Kipling
at the center of the “Game”
the center
of the struggle between
Russia and Great Britain.
Lord Durand drew a line
along a map delineating
British India from Afghanistan.
Drew a line thru tribal areas
controlled by the tribes and jirgas
since Alexander.
Drew a line oblivious to the blood
and flag and language ties
on either side
of his scribbles on a map
in London
half a world away.
Mortimer Durand’s arbitrary line
created the no-man’s land
between the tectonic plates
of Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent
where al Qaeda - the base - still thrives.
Irredentist warriors
from the 10th Century
nurtured by the arrogance
of game players
sipping tea in the parlor
in honor of the Queen
10/30/08
Richard Krech
mercredi 1 septembre 2010
The Poetry Bomb - Project by S.A. Griffin
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1768073198/the-poetry-bomb
The Poetry Bomb is a former U.S. military practice bomb. The artifact will be completely converted into a beautiful object filled with poetry from around the world. When finished, it will have a primo paint job just as if it were a classic car, complete with pin-striping. It will also have a window or portal that will open and close making it possible to not only see inside of the piece, but to take poems out at performances to read out loud, and to add future submissions. Once converted, I will take The Poetry Bomb on tour across the United States, and then, who knows? Plan on beginning the tour in late April of 2010.
I am soliciting funds not only to create The Poetry Bomb, but also, to then take The Poetry Bomb on tour.
Everyone who contributes anything at all will be listed as a participant in the project as a part of The Bomb Squad on Facebook and in any subsequent documentation.
You can follow the progress of the project, help spread the word and get more specifics about submissions (everyone is welcome, everyone!) at the Facebook fan page, "The Poetry Bomb". Please, SUBMIT TO THE BOMB!
(*The short presentation film, "THE POETRY BOMB" is by Christopher Lockett, that's his music in the background too. Thanks Chris!)
Project location: Los Angeles, CA
See also on You Tube: How to build a poetry bomb :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZbps2kVoAQ&feature=channel
The Poetry Bomb is a former U.S. military practice bomb. The artifact will be completely converted into a beautiful object filled with poetry from around the world. When finished, it will have a primo paint job just as if it were a classic car, complete with pin-striping. It will also have a window or portal that will open and close making it possible to not only see inside of the piece, but to take poems out at performances to read out loud, and to add future submissions. Once converted, I will take The Poetry Bomb on tour across the United States, and then, who knows? Plan on beginning the tour in late April of 2010.
I am soliciting funds not only to create The Poetry Bomb, but also, to then take The Poetry Bomb on tour.
Everyone who contributes anything at all will be listed as a participant in the project as a part of The Bomb Squad on Facebook and in any subsequent documentation.
You can follow the progress of the project, help spread the word and get more specifics about submissions (everyone is welcome, everyone!) at the Facebook fan page, "The Poetry Bomb". Please, SUBMIT TO THE BOMB!
(*The short presentation film, "THE POETRY BOMB" is by Christopher Lockett, that's his music in the background too. Thanks Chris!)
Project location: Los Angeles, CA
See also on You Tube: How to build a poetry bomb :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZbps2kVoAQ&feature=channel
mardi 31 août 2010
MILK - A poetry magazine
A Poetry Magazine
Volume 1, Number1
Summer 2010
David Barker • Lisa Birman • Dave Donovan
Dan Fante • Nathan Graziano • Andrew Hilbert
Stephen Hines • Jordan Hurder • Justin Hyde
Richard Krech • Linda Lerner • Lyn Lifshin
Ellaraine Lockie • Gerald Locklin
Hosho McCreesh • Brian McGettrick
Brown Miller • Jack Moxie • Michael Phillips
Charles Plymell • M.P. Powers
William Taylor Jr • A.D. Winans
Price: $ 5
Chicago Tribune: Concert review: Iggy and the Stooges at the Riviera
On line at http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/08/concert-review-iggy-and-the-stooges-at-the-riviera.html
More on Iggy Pop, read an interview HERE: Iggy Pop interview: Playing with the Stooges is like being beaten up by a middle-aged gang
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/08/iggy-pop-interview.html
More on Iggy Pop, read an interview HERE: Iggy Pop interview: Playing with the Stooges is like being beaten up by a middle-aged gang
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/08/iggy-pop-interview.html
(From left) Mike Watt, Iggy Pop, Scott Asheton and James Williamson in London, May 3, 2010. (Courtesy of Columbia Records)
Mediapart: Harvey Pekar
Harvey Pekar, scénarist of «American Splendor», passed away on July 12th 2010.
See in Mediapart the article "Pekar-Crumb, une épopée des petites vies" by Vincent Truffy at http://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-idees/270810/pekar-crumb-une-epopee-des-petites-vies
The book "Harv & Bob", scenario by Harvey Pekar, drawings by Robert Crumb, has just been published at the editions Cornelius.
See the video "Harvey Pekar on Letterman ": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBr4NxujLvw&feature=related downloaded from http://www.ddy.com/dl29.html
See in Mediapart the article "Pekar-Crumb, une épopée des petites vies" by Vincent Truffy at http://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-idees/270810/pekar-crumb-une-epopee-des-petites-vies
The book "Harv & Bob", scenario by Harvey Pekar, drawings by Robert Crumb, has just been published at the editions Cornelius.
See the video "Harvey Pekar on Letterman ": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBr4NxujLvw&feature=related downloaded from http://www.ddy.com/dl29.html
samedi 28 août 2010
Los Angeles Times: Mike Watt fills in the spaces for the Stooges
The busy bassist, best known for his work with the Minutemen, says the time spent under Iggy Pop has been invaluable.
More at
SIGN OF THE TIMES by AD Winans
SIGN OF THE TIMES
By AD Winans
Market Street once
The queen of the city
Now a gaudy whore
Worn with time
I pass the Hamburger Palace
The home of the ninety-nine cent burger
Its doors closed down
Its windows streaked with grime
Inside streaks of mustard and ketchup
On the counter
A crushed soft drink cup
Lies in dirt
A paper napkin floating ghost like
In the wind
By AD Winans
Market Street once
The queen of the city
Now a gaudy whore
Worn with time
I pass the Hamburger Palace
The home of the ninety-nine cent burger
Its doors closed down
Its windows streaked with grime
Inside streaks of mustard and ketchup
On the counter
A crushed soft drink cup
Lies in dirt
A paper napkin floating ghost like
In the wind
THEY TOO MAY EMBRACE THE RATTLESNAKE by Charles Plymell
THEY TOO MAY EMBRACE THE RATTLESNAKE
By Charles Plymell
"The Time of Nobody and Nothing has come."
----Elliott Coleman
I know the shipwreck is out there & spacesuit above the sunflower
But I have no god to pray to before the deep dark sleep takes over
There might be a hologram at the edge of space indeed to hold
Old captains afraid to sail beyond the seas tangled in the ropes
I have only chance to pray to and long for the bodies in my bed
Displayed in desperation on the screen flickering cooperations
That have claimed like figurines my possibilities & weary dream
Nothingness has ever been more profound to the boy on a bike
Peddling into unknown possibilities all over and again each day
Oblivious to the eternal connection of love beyond the playmate
Carrying in him the basic traits of human politics and a history
Of cheating, lying, stealing all tattooed once more in the years
To come clinging like lichen to the seawreck'd hope of shore
If only displayed in artificial form as parasite, vamp, old whore
I've climbed that rigging and never fell but to the hype & prize
I've held on to the wheel alongside the road of progress like
The grass, the weeds always half beaten down & sorrowful
Dandelion pride under the feet of those who walk unawares.
By Charles Plymell
"The Time of Nobody and Nothing has come."
----Elliott Coleman
I know the shipwreck is out there & spacesuit above the sunflower
But I have no god to pray to before the deep dark sleep takes over
There might be a hologram at the edge of space indeed to hold
Old captains afraid to sail beyond the seas tangled in the ropes
I have only chance to pray to and long for the bodies in my bed
Displayed in desperation on the screen flickering cooperations
That have claimed like figurines my possibilities & weary dream
Nothingness has ever been more profound to the boy on a bike
Peddling into unknown possibilities all over and again each day
Oblivious to the eternal connection of love beyond the playmate
Carrying in him the basic traits of human politics and a history
Of cheating, lying, stealing all tattooed once more in the years
To come clinging like lichen to the seawreck'd hope of shore
If only displayed in artificial form as parasite, vamp, old whore
I've climbed that rigging and never fell but to the hype & prize
I've held on to the wheel alongside the road of progress like
The grass, the weeds always half beaten down & sorrowful
Dandelion pride under the feet of those who walk unawares.
He Also Took That Boat by Alma/Joe Ambrose
He Also Took That Boat by Alma/Joe Ambrose will be featured in a forthcoming British festival of music created by pioneering plastic artists - Be Glad For The Song Has No End. The track, favourably reviewed in Art Monthly, had its first outing earlier this year in the London gallery show, Dead Fingers Talk – The Tape Experiments of William S. Burroughs.
Be Glad For The Song Has No End - A Festival of Artists' Music is a day of live musical performances, film screenings and events, set across three uniquely constructed stages in the grounds of Wysing Arts Centre in rural Cambridgeshire, organised and arranged by artist/musician Andy Holden.
Throughout the day artists will perform their music on the two outdoor stages whilst a program of films and performance that explore music from a more documentary or anthropological perspective take place in the cinema stage.
Artists involved in the festival include Archie Bronson Outfit, Luke Fowler, Turner Prize winner Martin Creed, Bob and Roberta Smith, Grubby Mitts, Sam Belinfante, Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), and Jutta Koether. The festival is supported by Resonance 104.4FM, Lost Toys Records and The Wire magazine, and is made possible by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Arts Council England East. For further information on the festival, details of places to stay, transport, and to book tickets visit: www.wysingartscentre.org/news/ 201 + 44 1954 718 881
Be Glad For The Song Has No End - A Festival of Artists' Music is a day of live musical performances, film screenings and events, set across three uniquely constructed stages in the grounds of Wysing Arts Centre in rural Cambridgeshire, organised and arranged by artist/musician Andy Holden.
Throughout the day artists will perform their music on the two outdoor stages whilst a program of films and performance that explore music from a more documentary or anthropological perspective take place in the cinema stage.
Artists involved in the festival include Archie Bronson Outfit, Luke Fowler, Turner Prize winner Martin Creed, Bob and Roberta Smith, Grubby Mitts, Sam Belinfante, Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), and Jutta Koether. The festival is supported by Resonance 104.4FM, Lost Toys Records and The Wire magazine, and is made possible by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Arts Council England East. For further information on the festival, details of places to stay, transport, and to book tickets visit: www.wysingartscentre.org/news/ 201 + 44 1954 718 881
mercredi 25 août 2010
Nicolas CUSSAC: exposition du 1er au 19 septembre 2010
Nicolas CUSSAC
a le plaisir de vous inviter au vernissage
de l'exposition de ses peintures
SAMEDI 4 SEPTEMBRE - 11 h
CAPELLETA de CERET
rue Pierre Rameil
Exposition du Mercredi 1er
au Dimanche 19 Septembre 2010
Galerie en ligne dans Interzone Galleries
samedi 21 août 2010
Just married: Lorraine Belcher Chamberlain and S. Clay Wilson
Lorraine Belcher Chamberlain and S. Clay Wilson got married on August 10th 2010 !
Best wishes of happiness to them !
Best wishes of happiness to them !
More on S. Clay Wilson :
William Burroughs, Charley Plymell and James Grauerholz
Bill Burroughs, charley Plymell and James Grauerholz
"We had to do a special grocery shopping for Ginsberg, who spent most of the time at dinner talking about his special diet that had to be sugar free. They were both asked earlier on stage at Kansas University in Lawrence what their favorite line was in all literature. Bill answered, "Tomorrow,tomorrow tomorrow," and Allen answered "That in black ink my love may still shine bright." After dinner, we reflect and I thought Bill's lines were all too familiar to describe what one goes through trying to score, but of course it had greater connotations. Allen tried to remember and recite the sonnet his lines came from, but couldn't. I said it was easier if he started at the beginning and recited the whole sonnet which I began to do. About halfway through Bill started figiting with his hand in his pocket of his.38 Special. James put his hand on his shoulder to comfort him and whispered "let him finish". Bill wasn't known for liking poetry that much as such, especially my long recital. I laughed to myself while continuing the sonnet, imagining and old cowboy western movie I'd seen where the guy got on stage out in Nevada or somewhere reciting Shakespeare and a drunken cowboy pulled out his revolver to shoot as his feet. They were both impressed at my reciting the whole sonnet.
Soon the Kansas moon lit the sky and Bill was prowling around outside in his pyjamas while James and I talked under a Cottonwood tree. When we came back in, Allen was offered some desert with us, and he reminded us that he must not eat sugar. Bill had been showing off the famous skull from Mexico carved from sugar. I quipped, "At least Allen won't eat your skull!" That got a big chuckle from Bill, who replied in that flat St. Louis voice, "No. Ginsberg won't eat my skull."
That was the last dinner Bill and Allen would have together. It embodied the love that he would later write on his funuary card."
Charles Plymell, "SOME MOTHERS' SONS", http://www.cherryvalleyeditions.com/
Healing Crazy Minds: Master Musicians Of Joujouka & Morocco's Boujeloud Festival
Richie Troughton , August 18th, 2010 13:37
Following in the footsteps of Brian Jones and Timothy Leary, Richie Troughton heads to Morocco to experience the magical sounds of the Master Musicians of Joujouka
http://thequietus.com/articles/04829-healing-crazy-minds-master-musicians-of-joujouka-morocco-s-boujeloud-festival
jeudi 19 août 2010
Charles Plymell at Bitter End.
Charles Plymell reading JFK Jr. poem at Bitter End, NYC. after his plane crash.
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