![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 1 - Whalen, Philip First half of class 1 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses the American language as a system distinct from English. He focuses on poems of Wallace Stevens, particularly "The Bed of Old John Zoeller" and also discusses H.L. Mencken, Lew Welch, and his own family history. (Continues on 80p094.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, American modernis... Downloads: 93 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 1 - Part 1 - Whalen, Philip First half of class 1 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses the American language as a system distinct from English. He focuses on poems of Wallace Stevens, particularly "The Bed of Old John Zoeller" and also discusses H.L. Mencken, Lew Welch, and his own family history. (Continues on 80p094.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 308 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 1 - Part 2 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 1 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen continues his exploration of Wallace Stevens' life and work, focusing on Stevens' interaction with nature, and the unique qualities of nature. (Continued from 80p094.) Class 2 begins. (see 80p095.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 206 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 10 - Part 1 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 10 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "The Bridge", continuing the discussion from the previous meeting of the class and focusing on the literary and historical context of the poem. He also looks at the work of Lew Welch. (Continues on 80p110.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 198 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 10 - Part 2 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 10 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "The Bridge", continuing the discussion from the previous meeting of the class and focusing on the literary and historical context of the poem. He also looks at the work of Lew Welch. (Continued from 80p109.) Class 11 begins... Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 184 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 11 - Part 2 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 11 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen focuses on two later poems from Wallace Stevens, "To an Old Philosopher in Rome" and "The Rock", with digressions on Santayana and other Stevens poems. (Contineued from 80p110.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 179 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 12 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 12 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "The Broken Tower" and Lew Welch's "The Song Mount Tamalpais Sings", as well as Welch's prose and other topics. (Continues on 80p113.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, American modernist poetry, symbolism Downloads: 99 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 12 - Part 1 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 12 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "The Broken Tower" and Lew Welch's "The Song Mount Tamalpais Sings", as well as Welch's prose and other topics. (Continues on 80p113.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 100 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 12 - Part 2 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 12 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "The Broken Tower" and Lew Welch's "The Song Mount Tamalpais Sings", as well as Welch's prose and other topics. (Continued from 80p112.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 139 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 13 - Part 1 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 12 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen focuses on the similarities between the three poets discussed in the course: Wallace Stevens, Hart Crane, and Lew Welch and also discusses a variety of other topics. (Continues on 80p115.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 155 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 13 - Part 2 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 12 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen focuses on the similarities between the three poets discussed in the course: Wallace Stevens, Hart Crane, and Lew Welch and also discusses a variety of other topics. (Continued from 80p114.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 214 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 2 - Part 2 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 2 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens' short poems and the merits and shortcomings of literary biographies, focusing on Hart Crane, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Emily Dickinson, and Jack Kerouac. (Continued from 80p094.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 255 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 3 - Part 1 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 3 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen first discusses a poem by Lew Welch, his methods, and the intricacies of lichen. Much of the remaining portion of the lecture is devoted to Hart Crane's "A Pastoral." Whalen also touches on the work of Alan Watts, T. S. Eliot, William Blake, Robert Graves, and Virginia Woolf... Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 280 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 3 - Part 2 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 3 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen first discusses a poem by Lew Welch, his methods, and the intricacies of lichen. Much of the remaining portion of the lecture is devoted to Hart Crane's "A Pastoral." Whalen also touches on the work of Alan Watts, T. S. Eliot, William Blake, Robert Graves, and Virginia Woolf... Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 239 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 4 - Whalen, Philip Class 4 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens' poem "Sunday Morning," other Stevens poems, and the work of other authors including Dante Gabriel Rosetti, John Milton, Shakespeare, and Hart Crane. Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 438 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 5 - Part 1 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 5 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Lew Welch's poem "Wobbly Rock" with specific reference to letters to and from Welch and a lecture by Welch in "How I Work as a Poet." (Continues on 80p099.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 223 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 5 - Part 2 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 5 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Lew Welch's poem "Wobbly Rock" with specific reference to letters to and from Welch and a lecture by Welch in "How I Work as a Poet." (Continued from 80p098.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 138 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 6 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 6 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens's poem "Le monocle de mon oncle." Whalen also discusses several other poems by Stevens, including "Sunday Morning", and the nature of Stevens' correspondence. (Continued from 80p101.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, American modernist poetry, symbolism Downloads: 65 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 6 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 6 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens's poem "Le monocle de mon oncle." Whalen also discusses several other poems by Stevens, including "Sunday Morning", and the nature of Stevens's correspondence. (Continues on 80p102.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, American modernist poetry, symbolism Downloads: 40 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 6 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 6 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens's poem "Le monocle de mon oncle." Whalen also discusses several other poems by Stevens, including "Sunday Morning", and the nature of Stevens's correspondence. (Continues on 80p102.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, American modernist poetry, symbolism Downloads: 125 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[unknown]](/images/mediatype_unknown.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 6 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 6 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens's poem "Le monocle de mon oncle." Whalen also discusses several other poems by Stevens, including "Sunday Morning", and the nature of Stevens' correspondence. (Continued from 80p101.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, American modernist poetry, symbolism Downloads: 153 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 7 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 7 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen." (Continues on 80p104.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, American modernist poetry, symbolism Downloads: 573 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 7 - Part 1 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 7 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen." (Continues on 80p104.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 108 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 7 - Part 2 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 7 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen." (Continued from 80p103.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 161 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 8 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 8 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens's poem "Academic Discourse at Havana." Specific attention is given to French poets--Stephane Mallarme, Paul Valery, Andre Gide, and others--who influenced Stevens. (Continued from 80p105.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, American modernist poetry, symbolism Downloads: 55 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 8 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 8 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens's poem "Academic Discourse at Havana." Specific attention is given to French poets--Stephane Mallarme, Paul Valery, Andre Gide, and others--who influenced Stevens. (Continues on 80p106.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, American modernist poetry, symbolism Downloads: 163 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 8 - Part 1 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 8 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens's poem "Academic Discourse at Havana." Specific attention is given to French poets--Stephane Mallarme, Paul Valery, Andre Gide, and others--who influenced Stevens. (Continues on 80p106.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 150 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 8 - Part 2 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 8 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens's poem "Academic Discourse at Havana." Specific attention is given to French poets--Stephane Mallarme, Paul Valery, Andre Gide, and others--who influenced Stevens. (Continued from 80p105.) Keywords: New American Poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 140 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 9 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 9 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's life during the period in which "The Bridge" was composed, with an emphasis on the literary climate of the time. (Continued from 80p107.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, American modernist poetry, symbolism Downloads: 75 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 9 - Part 1 - Whalen, Philip First half of Class 9 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's life during the period in which "The Bridge" was composed, with an emphasis on the literary climate of the time. (Continues on 80p108.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 178 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | In the pressure tank, Class 9 - Part 2 - Whalen, Philip Second half of Class 9 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's life during the period in which "The Bridge" was composed, with an emphasis on the literary climate of the time. (Continued from 80p107.) Keywords: New American Poetry; West Coast poetry; Buddhism; symbolism; American Modernist poetry Downloads: 216 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Irene Aebi and Seve Lacy class, I sing the poets, July, 2001. - Aebi, Irene; Lacy, Steve First half of a class by Steve Lacy and Irene Aebi discussing how they choose poems to set to music and the process of setting the piece to music. Lacy and Aebi perform "I cut the curtains of deception." They teach the class the song, "I said to joy." The class learns and sings the song while Lacy plays the piano. Other songs include "I know the truth," "Song of the woods," "I live like a cuckoo," "The whisper," "The smiles," "Sketches," and "Prison song." (Continued on 01P092) Downloads: 164 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Irene Aebi and Steve Lacy class, Free jazz and improvisation, July, 2001. - Aebi, Irene; Lacy, Steve; Waldman, Anne Irene Aebi and Steve Lacy lecture on improvisation and collaboration in jazz. Lacy and Aebi discuss their musical background and the history of putting literature to jazz. The recording includes brief performances and ends with a question and answer session. Downloads: 630 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Irene Aebi and Steve Lacy class, I sing the poets, July, 2001. - Aebi, Irene; Lacy, Steve Second half of a class by Steve Lacy and Irene Aebi discussing how they choose poems to set to music and the process of setting the piece to music. Lacy and Aebi perform "I cut the curtains of deception." They teach the class the song, "I said to joy." The class learns and sings the song while Lacy plays the piano. Other songs include "I know the truth," "Song of the woods," "I live like a cuckoo," "The whisper," "The smiles," "Sketches," and "Prison song." (Continued from 01P093) Downloads: 158 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Irene Aebi and Steve Lacy class, Nine love songs, July, 2001. - Aebi, Irene; Lacy, Steve Second half of a class with Irene Aebi and Steve Lacy discussing the formation of the Art Song Trio and the series "Nine love songs." On this part, the discussion continues and focuses on the importance of practicing and performing on a regular basis in order to improve as an artist. (Continued from 01P095) Downloads: 217 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Irene Aebi and Steve Lacy class, Nine love songs, July, 2001. - Aebi, Irene; Lacy, Steve First half of a class with Irene Aebi and Steve Lacy discussing the formation of the Art Song Trio. There is discussion about the difficulties of writing music to accompany a poem. Lacy and Aebi illustrate this point using a series called "Nine love songs." A recording from the series titled "You want to know" is played. Several other recordings are played including "I'm out," "Remark," "In the great monotony," "To marry," and "Pine." (Continues on 01P094) Downloads: 335 Average rating: (0 review) |
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