Ginsberg, Allen; Hawkins, Bobbie Louise; Taylor, Steven; Waldman, AnneA performance by Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, and Steven Taylor (July 13, 1987)

A performance by Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, and Steven Taylor. The recording includes: Ginsberg accompanied by Taylor performing "1948: A Western Ballad," Hawkins's "Middle-Aged Woman Stardust Rap," and Waldman accompanied by Taylor performing "Contra Chant." Also included is an untitled song performed by Taylor.

This item is part of the collection: Naropa Poetics Audio Archives

Author: Ginsberg, Allen; Hawkins, Bobbie Louise; Taylor, Steven; Waldman, Anne
Date: 1987-07-13 00:00:00
Recorded by: Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics
Keywords: New American Poetry; Beat Movement; political poetry; Buddhism; performance poetry; Naropa performance

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Reviewer: SergeM - - January 10, 2007
Subject: Songs, Music, and Poetics - set list

An enjoyable performance. Here's a set list, any corrections most welcome!

"Song, Music, and Poetics"
Bobbie Louise Hawkins - Anne Waldman
Allen Ginsberg - Steven Taylor
Naropa Institute
Boulder Theater
Boulder, CO
1987-07-13

01 Introduction of "Song, Music, and Poetics"

Bobbie Louise Hawkins
02 Bobbie Louise Hawkins
03 Monologue
04 Total Recall (excerpt)
05 Doing Psychology
06 Middle-Aged Woman Stardust

Anne Waldman
07 Introducing Anne Waldman
08 Contra Chant (+ Steven Taylor)
09 Buddhist Elegy
10 Forty Mays (poem by Bernadette Mayer)
11 Lethe (from Skin Meat Bones - 1985)
12 One Taste (from Iovis Vol. 2 - 1996)
13 Phone Call from Frank O'Hara
14 You're Like Ice (+ Steven Taylor)
15 Bardo Corridor (+ Steven Taylor) (from Fast Speaking Woman - 1975)

Steven Taylor
16 Introducing Steven Taylor
17 In the Cities Giant Candies
18 The Woman in the Moon
19 In the US Army

Allen Ginsberg
20 Introducing Allen Ginsberg
21 1948 â A Western Ballad (+ Steven Taylor)
22 Visiting Father and Friends
23 I Went to the Movie of Life
24 Jacket Blurb for book of poems by Nanao Sakaki written by Peter Orlovsky
25 On the Cremation of Chogyam Trungpa, Vidhyadhara
26 Europe! Who Knows? (+ Steven Taylor)
72:55

Recorded by: Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

Reviewer: Blank - - July 9, 2005
Subject: Cosmopolitan Greetings era Reading

A shining if somewhat typical later performance.

48:48: Ginsberg Intro- Bodhisattva Santa Claus
50:00: <strong>1948: A Western Ballad</strong> (with Steven Taylor, guitar, harmonies)
52:00: <strong>Visiting Father and Friends</strong>
55:27: <strong>I Went to the Movie of Life</strong>
1:04:50: <strong>Sakaki Book Blurb</strong> (my title)
1:05:50: <strong>On the Cremation of Chogyam Trungpa, Vidhyadhara</strong>
1:09:00; <strong>Europe! Who Knows?</strong> (a tender quiet version)