Avant-Garde All the Time

The Women of the Avant-Garde (part 2)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Sound clips from Gertrude Stein, Yoko Ono, Louise Lawler, Shelley Hirsch, Lauren Lesko, Forough Farrokhzad, Pauline Oliveros, and many more.

The Women of the Avant-Garde

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Sound clips from Kathy Acker, Laurie Anderson, Caroline Bergvall, Denise Levertov, Lydia Lunch, Patti Smith, Eileen Myles, and many more.

Continental Drift

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600

How the French avante-garde twisted up and bent language, featuring Rimbaud, Apollinaire, the space age poetry of Ilse Garnier, and more.

The Sounds of the UK

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0600

A wide-ranging survey of British sound poets and artists from the 1960s to the present, featuring Bob Cobbing, Neil Mills, Liliy Greenham, Chirstopher Logue, Ann Laplantine, and more.

Resident Voices

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Listening to the far out sounds of 1970's LA, featuring Chris Burden, Paul McCarthy, and the Kipper Kids, among others.

Punk Versions of Monkey Chants

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

And other ethnopoetic marvels, including speaking in tongues, throat singers, and sound poetry.

Protest Poetry With a Beat

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Hear Allen Ginsberg's hilarious "CIA Dope Calypso" and peak performances by Ezra Pound, Amiri Baraka and Abbie Hoffman.

Schwitters Happens

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0600

You really should listen to the numbers 1 through 100 . . . especially 79.

Best Decade Ever?

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Tellus's trove of '80s recordings, from ethnopoetics to Paul Bowles.

The First "Three-dimensional" Magazine?

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Aspen featured Warhol, the Velvets, and John Lennon twiddling the radio dial.

The World of Outsiders

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Kenneth Goldsmith shares some insane and profane sounds that lie between Avant-Garde and Outsider Art, including recordings by Jim Roche, Robin Kahn, and Sean Landers.

What did Patti Smith, Frank O'Hara, and Meredith Monk Have in Common?

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0600

The John Giorno Poetry Systems