One more published by underground poetry blog In Between Hangovers–“Liver on the Town” describes a motorcycle gang made up of various bodily innards. Or something like that. You can read it here.
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Video stills in Angry Old Man Magazine
New online poetry magazine Angry Old Man just released its first issue today using one of my video stills as cover art. It also includes four other samples of my visual poetry. AOM #1 is a large issue encompassing textual and visual experiments to expand the notion of writing and written messages. You can check it out here.
In Between Hangovers publishes “Deliver Me”
Underground poetry blog In Between Hangovers published another of my poems today; this time it’s “Deliver Me.” You can read the full text here.
Visual poem published in H&
H& is “an occasional journal of visual/concrete poetry and assorted other oddities.” Today, the vispo blog published another of the video stills from “Succubus Highway.” Although the text is distorted from the heavy video processing, the original reads “Wherever there are ruins/lies like flames/dance across time.” Full image available here.
Turntable ensemble STYLUS at Sonic Circuits 2017 this Sunday, 9/17
It’s time again for the annual Sonic Circuits, DC’s festival for experimental, improvised, and outside musics, held this year at Rhizome from Sept 15-17. That’s three nights of local, national, and international freak jams. Turntable ensemble Stylus will be performing a new work by band leader Jim Adams on Sunday, Sept 17. As one of the turntablists, I’ll be appearing with the group. The ensemble will be expanded with a guitar section and feature visual projections. If you’re into “difficult” music, don’t miss this!
This official word about the group (from the festival website) will describe it better than I could: “STYLUS is a Washington DC-based turntable ensemble that performs with multiple vintage classroom turntables as their instruments, using locked-groove + prepared vinyl to create a sound that is minimalist, pulse-like + hypnotic yet also dynamic + punctuated. STYLUS performers to date include mainstays of the Washington, D.C. avant-garde, free improvisation, modern composition, noise, + electronic music scene….STYLUS performers for the 2017 SCDC Festival are JS Adams, Jeff Bagato, Chester Hawkins, Janel Leppin, Ryan Martini, Gary Rouzer, Keith Sinzinger, Stéphane Récrosio, vinyl, Jeff Barsky, guitar, John Howard, guitar, Guillermo Pizarro, digital, Mei Mei Chang, visuals.”
“STYLUS will perform “(AT to ER) Apt to Err_Who am the Only One,” a new composition in collaboration with French lo-fi guitarist, Stéphane Récrosio (astatine / acetate z e r o), utilizing commissioned, limited-edition lathe acetates. The performance will include live infrared-video work from Mei Mei Chang and be dedicated to former STYLUS performer, Andrew McCarry (1984 – 2016) . STYLUS warmly embraces the modern compositional elements of turntablism + the contemporary sound-art of Christian Marclay + Philip Jeck. Other influences include such historic constructs as the Futurist manifesto L’arte dei Rumori, Dadaism, Automatism + Russian Constructivism along with Louis Braille, Samuel F.B. Morse, Milan Knížák’s Broken Music, the graphic scores of Cornelius Cardew + Fluxus performance, plus the prepared instrumentation + happenstance of John Cage.”
In Between Hangovers publishes “No Money in Heaven”
Underground poetry blog In Between Hangovers rolls ever onward. It just accepted a batch of my work, to be trickled out over the next few months. The first of these, “No Money in Heaven” went live today. You can read it here.
“Huck and Jim” and two other poems in Unlikely Stories
Electronic poetry magazine Unlikely Stories has been around since 1998. It’s currently in its fifth incarnation (Mark V). Today, the journal published three of my poems: “Huck and Jim,” “A Protest, A Demonstration,” and “People Get Ready.” You can read them here.
“The Inner Life of a Phantom” and “Night Fires” published in Poppy Road Review
Today, online poetry journal Poppy Road Review published two of my poems, “The Inner Life of a Phantom” and “Night Fires.” You can read them here.
“Another Absence” in Ex-Ex-Lit
Online poetry blog Experiential-Experimental-Literature released a big batch of poems today stretching the boundaries of the written word. Among them was my poem “Another Absence.” You can read it here.
“Hello Boys” and two other poems in Gold Wake Live
The first issue of online poetry journal Gold Wake Live had its official debut today. It includes three of my poems: “Hello Boys,” “Platypus on Mars,” and “Unemployed Nematodes Keep It Real.” You can read them here.
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