09: MUSIC
Martin R. Johnson: Powder-monkey For Luigi
He arrived from Italy in 1952. 20 years old with “Just enough English to get by.” Started work at the reservoir in 1955. Was nationalised in Williamstown in 1956. I arrived outside his house one sunny afternoon in 1992. I …
Posted in 09: MUSIC Leave a commentSarah French: Midnight Cowboy*
You do your dreaming on Greyhound buses do all your dreaming between destinations In the New York smog will follow you like a hangover you'll buy a postcard to catch a view hustle women with hard-baked skin by asking directions …
Posted in 09: MUSIC Leave a commentAdam Ford: A Rare Talent
The ability to recognise samples, to pinpoint the source of a sound the slides from left to right speaker under the drum track, under the bass, weaving between the snare and the hi-hat and is gone in an instant, the …
Michael Farrell: Walking Through the Blue Gate
Walking through, in/out: my son a shadow? His mind marks the boundaries, he sees only mercy. Out of my quiet yard and body – a threat to nothings. Confusion fails and a clear truth emerges from my thigh… In my …
Eric Dando: Beat
tap dancing vaudevillians gypsy wagoned in crop circles decked out with thumpers and tweeters and sub-woofers pumping out the hits of the 70s snake charming smoke signals through the windows of combi vans staging puppet shows for the community come …
Martin Crawley: Jelly-drunk by 11pm
The only thing I drank was stout beer. I drank it compulsively, I called it my 'milk'. Now I've had 3 bottles and it feels ok so I'll go for some more. I ran pell-mell to the bottle-o! With each …
Posted in 09: MUSIC Comments OffAngela Costi: Grey Sundays and Unanswered Prayers
Συννεφιασμενη Κυριακη μοιαζειζ με την καρδια μου* α. It took one song, the song of grey Sundays and unanswered prayers a bottle of whiskey and two shots of Koumandaria, sweeter than whiskey but the deeper diver, a plate …
Posted in 09: MUSIC Comments OffTom Clark: Tramz
Maibee dhai point aor wai hoem flangkt biiy erlen u gauntlet uv lantenz and maibee noebul beests hou greet us winsing and groening yet kwiiyetur dhan rain aar onvoiz: good mauning good kreetcur, wel met! Dhats wot ii wont tou …
Pam Brown: Patti Smith Was Right
these cold, known objects are not very likeable – aluminium frames & curved glass with optical tricks – but I am 'at ease' at this show, there are some nice little-grin ideas – like television screening outside on the suburban …
Ivy Alvarez: Catalogue: Life as Tableware
accessorise with simple, elegant shapes choose muted bones, the subtle variations of sin harvested from the last century the alluring sparkle of toenails and teeth and the reflective qualities of glazed eyes mix well with hair shorn from a passive …
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