FOGGED CLARITY FICTION Caitlin Horrocks Dylan Brock POETRY Scott Hightower Howie Good Ana Bozicevic Amy King Niels Hav Thax Douglas Dawn Schout VISUAL Patrick Gunderson Alexey Mamochkin Dominik Kruger POLEMICS Ryan McCarl AURAL White Pines INTERVIEWS Danielle Evans Amy King & Michael Tyrell Joseph Scott –For the entire issue, go to Fogged Clarity! ~~~~ ALSO,…
I Love This Prince … Will Oldham / Bonnie “Prince” Billy sings “I Am Goodbye” ~~~~ HOPE YOUR ROAD IS A LONG ONE Hope your road is a long one. Along the way, have some nuts and berries; they’re not obsolete. In my own hand, cashews, almonds, cranberries. Don’t be irritated by the vacant woman’s…
I’m not an existentialist but I know a prodding thing when I see one. Which is why Gina Myers’ sweet essay up at ColdFront today is timely — my students just read The Myth of Sisyphus and watched the films, “Woman In the Dunes” (Teshigahara adapted Kobe Abe’s book of the same title) and “The…
That no one wants to read the poem I wrote after Lidija Dimkovska? Finding it hard to believe, finding belief is hard … ~~~~~~ LIDIJA DIMKOVSKA HAS MADE A BOMB OF MY EYES Lidija Dimkovska has made a bomb of my eyes, pulled the pin and women become the new ramparts from which we watch…
Maddow on “The Gay” ~~~~~~~ Rachel Maddow On Lesbian Men and Women ~~~~~~~ Current Mood Tune ~~~~~~~ Men Define Feminism for Maddow ~~~~~~~ A Little Lovely Waits While You Wait ~~~~~~~ Maddow on They Don’t Say “GAY” Debates ~~~~~~
Amy King is in the throes of grading, writing, and other things. She’ll be back soon. In the meantime, enjoy a new video from the last Akron/Family album: And if you’re really bored, please visit this interview I did with half of the Akron/Family many moons ago — but be careful, the music early on…
[YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpteWcREVVA] NOT JUST FOR THE LADIES, THINKING GUYS DIG IT TOO! One of the few kick-ass feminist publications produced by and for a younger generation, here’s their mission: Mission We seek to be a fresh, revitalizing voice for feminism, one that welcomes complex arguments, showcases witty and whip-smart critiques of popular culture, and refuses to…
Take a break from the political scene with “Rocky Took a Lover” by Bell X1 (above video makes me happy) and a poem by Rika Lesser: Let’s throw it out the window How ever did we spend an entire evening re-bending that wire sculpture, only to toss it eighteen stories down? Poor contorted dancer, we…
One way to get poetry noticed … “Robert Burns’s poetry might have been dismissed as ‘sentimental doggerel’ by Jeremy Paxman but that hasn’t stopped diminutive I’m A Celebrity contestant David Gest and pop legend Michael Jackson from recording an album of the much-loved Scottish poet’s work. Gest’s spokesman said the album is a modern musical…
As an artist, Alanis Morissette just keeps maturing, unlike other pop idols of yore. Her admirable evolution as a person is somewhat evident in the history of her music. Recently, she took Fergi’s hit about lady lumps and ass, shit people mindlessly rock out to and mime in clubs, and slowed it down just enough…
The first ‘coming out’ book I ever read was Audre Lorde’s ZAMI: A New Spelling of My Name, billed as a “Biomythography,” a new genre created by Lorde. I read this book, checked out from a library, long before I ever encountered the more often rotated among young lesbians Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown.…
Next month, from Thurs. Sept. 18-Sun. Sept. 21, we’ll be putting on the second annual Welcome to Boog City poetry and music festival. It will feature performances from 49 poets, 13 musical acts, and one theater company over the four days. Among the highlights are: —a night devoted to Durham, N.C. small press minor/american; —a…
Read more SUN, SEPT. 21st @ 3:00 p.m.- Race and Poetry: Integrating the Experimental
Robert Earl Keen Kicks It White Trash-style — So many mixed feelings and memories … ~~~~~ And in honor of my escape from the Bible Belt and since it’s Sunday morning, a little Chocolate Jesus for ya’ — p.s. I like the BibleBeltBlogger.
Or rather, how about a music break? The Felice Brothers do it up live with “Frankie’s Gun.” If I had a pint and better speakers, I’d be dancing around the room right now: And here they are in Cornbury, slowing us down with the lovely “Her Eyes Dart Round” — The Felice Brothers are a…
Anne Sexton’s reading of “All My Pretty Ones” mixed with Peter Gabriel’s “Mercy Street – For Anne Sexton” (song link contains lyrics and lots of commentary) from the 1989 album “So”.
How about a little more of the Prince? Not only do I love this song, “Strange Form of Life”, I also love the video. This is one for listening and watching, maybe ten times, and then responding with a poem that you will send to Will Oldham. Or else, go on a long car ride…
Simply gorgeous. I also write briefly about Bonnie “Prince” Billy [aka Will Oldham aka The Palace Brothers] in “Fed You From the Blood of My Nose“. But mostly, you should just listen to the song twelve times. And then go out and sit in the grass with your lover. p.s. I also recently fell in…
When women criticize … I’ve been called hysterical and told to reign in my anger, get control, etc. Anger is not a legitimate emotion when it comes to debate, even if it isn’t detectable. Being passionate about a topic renders one hysterical, or so it would seem when the person debating doesn’t want to actually…
“We used to go over to the railroad track and play,” she said. “We’d take straight pins, lay them on the railroad track and make little alphabets out of them. We’d know just about the time when the train was either coming or going, and the train would run over the pins and mash them…
April 5, 2008 This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we’re setting up our giant radio antenna atop the historic Town Hall in New York City for three shows in April. This week’s special guests include, the phenomenon in boots and a hat, Brad Paisley, American film actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, poet Ron Padgett, and the…
This Recording Thanks to Jackie Clark for inviting me to participate in the ten part Poets Off Poetry series. My contribution, “Fed You From The Blood of My Nose: A Medley Melodic,” appears under the heading, “In Which Nearly Every Human Knows This Desire.” Lots of links to music you might enjoy, and I hope…
This blog has received regular hits for The Knife’s “Pass This On” ever since I posted it at the end of May 2007. Since then, the video was removed by Youtube or the subscriber who posted it. Today, I found it elsewhere on the site (w/ an annoying “Z” in the upper corner) and posted…
A little Sufjan Stevens to shoot you up, “For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti.” Press play, please.~~ But seriously, when was the last time you thought someone or something was beautiful? Just wonderin’ … This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 7 Responses to “[ . . . .…
I hope to make something this lovely one day. Listen to Iron and Wine’s new album, “The Shepherd’s Dog”, at Rolling Stone (scroll down a bit), read about it at Pitchfork, or watch the video below of Sam Beam performing “The Resurrection Fern” (click here to find out what one is). This entry was posted…
“I don’t classify myself–I let other do that. If you sing all the roles put in front of you, you are a tenor [as compared to a lyrice tenor or a light lyric tenor]. Punto [period.] If you are also an actor, or a good driver of your voice, if you have personality and a…
By Owen Pallett from Final Fantasy and The Arcade Fire. ~~ This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 at 11:31 pm 3 Responses to “Mariah Carey Revisited” Jim K. Says: August 30th, 2007 at 2:10 am ehmmmm… I’m awfully tempted to get that 4-track min-studio, or a sampler.. Fun! Amy King Says: September…
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