Papers for the Border

See https://pftbpodcast.com/2016/04/20/papers-for-the-border-episode-2-2/ for tracklist and notes.

Some Voices (00:00) Waudang 1 (00:26) “Howdy Doody” Theme (07:17) “Charlie Brown” Theme (07:45) “Vertigo” / “Psycho” Theme Medley (09:11) Fucshia (13:06) Triologue (17:28) Duologue (19:05) Solologue (19:49) Belem (20:36) Painted Desert (36:00) Live at the Metz’ Arsenal Part 2 (39:29) Quiet Money (46:26) The introductory chaos comes from R. Stevie Moore's second album, Delicate Tension. Recorded in 1978, but re-released at least twice and peppered with extra tracks over the decades. The first proper track, at about 00:25, is sacred flute music from New Guinea, recorded by Ragnar Johnson and assisted by Jessica Mayer. Wonderful folks, I'm sure. Robert Wyatt and his wife Alfreda Benge had some clout in getting these recordings released on Rounder in 1999. Digital mastering was done in July, 2015 and the revamped version of these recordings -- Sacred Flute Music from New Guinea-- will be out in mid-April on the Ideologic Organ label. Switching up rather radically, the following three tracks are from guitarist Gary Lucas, who has played with such wide-ranging artists as Captain Beefheart, Peter Hammill, and Jeff Buckley, as well as amassing an impressive body of solo work. These oddball takes on movie themes are from Lucas's album Cinefantastique. Next comes the track "Fuchsia" from the album Amaranth, by the trio who goes by the name Icepick -- Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, and Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten. Wooley plays trumpet, Corsano is on drums, and Haker-Flaten plays double-bass. Monofonous, 2016. The following three tracks also feature Nate Wooley, as well as Zeena Parkins and Vera Westera. The music and texts on this album are inspired by Charles Baudelaire and are the brainchild of composer Bojan Vuletic, who gave the trio of musicians ideas to work with and then reworked their playing into the final product. Partly composed, partly improvised. See here for more details regarding this fascinating record, fugitive beauté. The next two tracks are performances by the MMM Quartet - Fred Frith, Joelle Leandre, Alvin Curran and Urs Leimgruber, on guitar, double bass, piano, and sax, respectively. The first MMM track is titled "Belem" and is from the album Oakland/Lisboa. The second track, "Part 2" is the tail end of a concert given by the quartet from the album Live at Metz Arena. These tracks are separated by an intermission: "Painted Desert" is from the album The Pharaoh's Bee by ex-Pere Ubu member Allen Ravenstine. Ravenstine was the Ubu member responsible for upping the chaos ante by adding analog synthesizer noise to the proceedings. Quite unlike his contributions to Ubu, this album is full of gentle, meditative sounds, albeit not without a certain edge. More info here. Finally, "Quiet Money" by The Remote Viewers, from their latest album, November Sky. More info on The RVs here. I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I enjoyed compiling it!

1. The Strait ~ Geoff Leigh and Yumi Hara, from the album Upstream 2. Mud ~ Claudio Milano's Nicholodeon / InSonar project, from the album UKIYOE 3. Pure Intentions ~ Mountain Goats, from the album Protein Soure of the Future... Now! 4. Allurement 2 ~ Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M., & others, from the album Allurements of the Ellipsoid 5. Happy After Party Dance ~ Slugfield, from the album Slime Zone 6. Two Thousand Seasons ~ Mountain Goats, from the album Bitter Melon Farm 7. Election Day ~ Eugene Chadbourne, from the Various Artists album Music Made with Balloon and/or Needle See blog post at http://pftbpodcast.com for more details

Hello! I didn't know if I was going to do another PFTB podcast or not, but in the midst of nights of thunder and days of rain, at the end of the summer, I found myself entranced by the musician Ghédalia Tazartès, and wanted to share. So here's a sampling of his music. I won't talk about him (yet) -- I think it's better to just jump into his sonic world with both feet. Tracklist: 00:00: (I) ~ Repas Froid (2009) 18:45: Soul 3 ~ Hystérie Off Music (2007) 21:45: Merci Stephane ~ Tazartes (1987, reissued 2015) 28:30: Soul 2 ~ Hystérie Off Music (2007) 32:40: Elle Eut Des Étouffements Aux Premières Chaleurs Quand Les Poiriers Fleurirent ~ Tazartes (1987, reissued 2015) 41:15: Soul 1 ~ Hystérie Off Music (2007) 44:00: Une Éclipse Totale De Soleil I ~ Une Éclipse Totale De Soleil (1984, reissued 2015)

It's been a little over nine months since the last Papers for the Border podcast, but the end of the year is as good a reason as any to get back into the groove. All releases featured in this podcast are from albums released in 2014, but only a few of the tracks are actually from that year. PFTB is all about old wine in new bottles. For the tracklist and info please visit http://pftbpodcast.com

Hello again! At the outset of putting together the 18th episode, I knew I couldn’t reasonably expect listeners to sit through almost three hours of this business, but there was too much good stuff left on the cutting room floor, so I knew fairly early on that there would be a “bonus EP” of sorts. In the spirit of the other Haines-inspired title, I’m calling this one: What This Was Going to Supposed to Mean Here’s the tracklist, following the format of Episode 18, it’s just bare bones, with credits and other info directly following it. Please take a look at the previous blog post for more info on all the albums from which these tracks are culled. I won’t rehash info at the album level, only what’s unique and pertinent at the level of each individual track. Episode 18.1 Playlist (00:00) “Testing Testing” (03:00) “In a Landscape X” (06:16) “Art in Heaven” (08:50) “What Is Free to a Good Home (For Robert Wyatt)” (13:55) “Live on the Internet: A Diary (April 7)” (17:51) “Cellular Phone” (21:04) “In a Landscape XL” (23:47) “Third World Two Medley: She Was Showing Me / Boint Liver” (26:15) “Vocalise (For Jeanne Lee)” (45:23) “Paint Me!” (50:48) “Toy Epigrams” (53:42) “Today” (57:05) “In a Landscape XXXVI” (59:17) “What this Was Going to Supposed to Mean” (1:01:27) “This Dedication” Tracks 1, 3, 8, 14 and 15 are from the Darn It! album. Tracks 2, 7 and 13 were recorded by John Gallaher. Tracks 4, 10 and 12 are from Curlew’s A Beautiful Western Saddle album. Track 5 was recorded by Becca Klaver. Track 6 was from Karen Alkalay-Gut’s album Thin Lips. Track 9 was from the Joelle Leandre / Steve Dalachinsky album The Bill Has Been Paid. Track 11 was from the Bernadette Mayer reading captured on the Rattle up a Deer CD. All information given in the previous blog post applies here as well except for the following: Track 1 features the voices of Paul Haines’s sons, and the latter part of the track features guitar and bass from ex-”No Wave” pioneer and DNA member Tim Wright. Track 3 finds Derek Bailey playing guitar and reciting Haines’s poem. Track 8 features vocals by Mary Margaret O’Hara, Fernando Saunders on bass, and Gary Lucas on guitar. Gary also wrote the music. On track 14 you’ll hear saxophone from Evan Parker and vocals by Carmen Lundy. Finally, track 15 was written by, and features tenor sax from, John Tchicai, bass by Andy Gonzalez, and drums by Marvin Smith. Enjoy, and let Papers for the Border know what you think!

Poetry spoken and sung by writers and interpreters, and amazing music woven throughout. Go to http://wp.me/p20IIj-3H for full playlist information. Episode 18 Playlist (00:00) "Just When I Thought" / "Kitchen (Intro)" / "Just When I Thought" (01:08) "Let's Sit Right Down / The Passing" (05:09) "In a Landscape V" (07:46) "Route Doubt" (08:51) "Live on the Internet: A Diary (April 16)" (12:18) "TV" (15:31) "In a Landscape VI" (18:36) "Today" (20:52) "In a Landscape IV" (23:41) "Poem for Gretchen Ruth" (27:30) "Comes Through in the Call Hold" (40:27) "On the Way to Elsewhere and Here" (43:56) "Try to Remember" (47:17) "In a Landscape XII" (51:19) "Sweet and Low (the bill has been paid)" (56:35) "Martyrs" (61:21) "Ask Me If You Know" (64:26) "Human Weather Words" (69:00) "From 'Decade Zero'" (71:32) "Laundry, Food, and School Epigrams" (74:24) "Just When I Thought" (74:31) "On Stage" (79:18) "In a Landscape XIII"

From Dick Higgins to R. Stevie Moore and back again! Click here for for program information.

Featuring music by Horsebladder (Elaine Kahn); Emily Hay; Audrey Chen; Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (Jasmine Dreame Weaver)... 1. Pioneer ~ Horsebladder ~ Not I'll Not (00:00) 2. Lashe ~ Horsebladder ~ Not I'll Not (04:20) 3. Five Golden Rings ~ Horsebladder ~ Not I'll Not (09:25) 4. Liturgy of Sound ~ Emily Hay ~ Like Minds (11:40) 5. Call to Unarm ~ Emily Hay ~ Like Minds (17:21) 6. Glacial ~ Audrey Chen ~ Glacial (26:20) 7. Glass ~ Cabinet of Natural Curiosities ~ Searchlight Needles (48:55) 8. Fabulist Decay ~ Cabinet of Natural Curiosities ~ Searchlight Needles (1:00:20) Not I'll Not was released on the Ecstatic Peace label in Sept 2011; Like Minds was released on the pfMENTUM label in 2005; Glacial was self-released in (or at least recorded in) 2007; Searchlight Needles was released on the For Arbors / For Satellites label in 2011.

Four tracks clocking in at over 66 minutes! Podcast available in iTunes or by clicking here. (00:00) “Doo Rain” ~ Aki Onda, Michael Snow, Alan Licht ~ Five A’s, Two C’s, One D, One E, Two H’s, Three I’s, One K, Three L’s, One M, Two N’s, Two O’s, One S, One T, One W (Victo, 2008) (14:33) “Hwang Chin-Ee” ~ John Zorn* ~ New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands (Tzadik, 1997) (30:59) “Sixteen Waltzes in Seventeen Seconds” ~ Paul Flaherty, Chris Corsano, C. Spenser Yeh ~ A Rock in the Snow (Important, 2006) (43:38) “The Crackle of Forests” ~ Tim Hodgkinson ~  Sang (RER, 2000)   *Though credited to John Zorn, it should be noted that the text was written by Korean-American poet Myung Mi Kim, and narrated in Korean by Jung Hee Shin. Improvisational drumming by Joey Baron and Samm Bennett.

Music recorded, composed, performed by musicians affiliated with Mills College - thus the "Mills Scene." Papers for the Border #14 ~ The Mills Scene Tracklist (00:00) Intro (00:32) In a Hotel Room ~ Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi, Shahzad Ismaily ~Causing a Tiger (Victo, 2010) (01:44) announcements (04:49) No Funeral at All ~ Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi, Shahzad Ismaily ~Causing a Tiger (Victo, 2010) (06:42) A Swish of Nylon ~ Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi, Shahzad Ismaily ~Causing a Tiger (Victo, 2010) (13:52) Spells and Incantations ~ Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi, Shahzad Ismaily ~ Causing a Tiger (Victo, 2010) (15:57) Pour Albert ~ Cosa Brava ~ Ragged Atlas (Intakt, 2010) (20:33) The Letter ~ Cosa Brava ~ The Letter (Intakt, 2012) (24:15) Nobody Told Me ~ Cosa Brava ~ The Letter (Intakt, 2012) (28:20) Jitters ~ Cosa Brava ~ The Letter (Intakt, 2012) (33:34) Snake Eating Its Tail ~ Cosa Brava ~ Ragged Atlas (Intakt, 2010) (35:49) A Song About Love ~ Cosa Brava ~ Ragged Atlas (Intakt, 2010) (42:15) Postcard from the Back ~ Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, Stevie Wishart ~The Compass, Log, and Lead (Intakt, 2006) (46:07) For Nothing: I. — ~ Galax Quartet with Karen Clark ~ On Cold Mountain: Songs on Poems of Gary Snyder (Innova, 2011) {composed by Fred Frith} (48:00) For Nothing: II. — ~ Galax Quartet with Karen Clark ~ On Cold Mountain: Songs on Poems of Ga ry Snyder (Innova, 2011) {composed by Fred Frith} (52:24) For Nothing: III. — ~ Galax Quartet with Karen Clark ~ On Cold Mountain: Songs on Poems of Gary Snyder (Innova, 2011) {composed by Fred Frith} (56:51) “Part Two” ~ MMM Quartet ~ Live at the Metz’ Arsenal (Leo Records, 2012) {Fred Frith, Joelle Leandre, Alvin Curran, and Urs Leimgruber} (1:02:20) Scrive ~ Joelle Leandre & Barre Phillips ~ A l’improviste (Kadima Collective, 2008) (1:12:13) Theme ~ Zeena Parkins ~ Double Dupe Down (Tzadik, 2012) (1:17:14) Selina ~ Zeena Parkins ~ Double Dupe Down (Tzadik, 2012) (1:18:23) Anthem ~ Zeena Parkins ~ Double Dupe Down (Tzadik, 2012) (1:21:31) announcements (1:22:17) Still No Funeral At All ~ Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi, Shahzad Ismaily ~ Causing a Tiger (Victo, 2010)

The Poetry Episode! Anne Waldman with Steve Lacy! Clark Coolidge with Alvin Curran! Carla Harryman with Jon Raskin! FLARF! Susana Gardner, Aaron Belz, Ron Silliman, Leslie Scalapino, Jackson Mac Low, Hannah Weiner, Marcella Durand, David Antin, Heather Fuller, Jen Hofer! (starts at 00:00) “Ice” ~ Anne Waldman ~Live in Amsterdam 6.2.91 (Soyo Records) (starts at 02:26) ”Herso Mashup 1″ ~ Susana Gardner* (starts at 03:22) ”Good Directions” ~ Jen Hofer ~ Snake Hiss: A Transcendental Friend Audio Project (Transcendental Friend, 1999) (starts at 04:29) ”A Pile of Trees and an Actuary” ~ Aaron Belz* (starts at 05:33) ”Song for Asa” ~ Jon Raskin / Carla Harryman ~ Open Box(Tzadik, 2012) (starts at 11:14) Selections from Snips and War and Pee. ~ Rod Smith ~ Flarf Orchestra (Aerial/Edge, 2012)**  (starts at 19:54) ”I Loved My Father” ~ Katie Degentesh ~ Flarf Orchestra(Aerial/Edge, 2012)** (starts at 23:12) ”The Dog Fox” and selections from “The Gospel of Justin” ~ Michael Magee ~ Flarf Orchestra (Aerial/Edge, 2012)** (starts at 27:26)  ”Drew Gardner” ~ Rodney Koeneke  Flarf Orchestra(Aerial/Edge, 2012)** (starts at 32:06) “Open Box II” ~ Jon Raskin / Carla Harryman ~ Open Box(Tzadik, 2012) (starts at 42:54) “Fish Speech” ~ Jon Raskin / Carla Harryman ~ Open Box(Tzadik, 2012) (starts at 47:58) “from OZ” ~ Ron Silliman (starts at 53:55) “from Bum Series” ~ Leslie Scalapino (starts at 58:42) “from Spoke” ~ Hannah Weiner (12-14 from Live at the Ear(Elemenope Productions, 1994) (starts at 1:04:19) “Excerpt from Phoneme Dance in Memoriam John Cage” ~ Jackson Mac Low & Anne Tardos ~ All Poets Welcome (Univ. of California Press, 2003) (starts at 1:08:21) “Hunt” ~ Marcella Durand ~ Snake Hiss: A Transcendental Friend Audio Project (Transcendental Friend, 1999) (starts at 1:10:08) “Who Are My Friends?” ~ David Antin ~ All Poets Welcome(Univ. of California Press, 2003) (starts at 1:13:16) “from Pieces of an Hour (‘Dear John Cage’)” ~ Anne Waldman with Steve Lacy ~ Battery (Fast Speaking Music, 2003) (starts at 1:17:46) “Stereo” ~ Anne Waldman ~ Alchemical Elegy (Fast Speaking Music, 2001) (starts at 1:21:49) “Herso Mashup II” ~ Susana Gardner* (starts at 1:23:51) “Mine” ~ Alvin Curran with Clark Coolidge ~ Maritime Rites(New World Records, 2004) (starts at 1:35:00) “Mr. Fibitz” ~ Aaron Belz* (starts at 1:36:35) “Stricken” ~ Heather Fuller ~ Snake Hiss: A Transcendental Friend Audio Project (Transcendental Friend, 1999) *Recorded by the poets exclusively for Papers for the Border. ** Tracks 6-9, from the Flarf Orchestra CD, features music written and conducted by Drew Gardner. More information can be found here: http://www.aerialedge.com/DrewGardnerFlarfOrchestraCD.html Anne Waldman’s “Ice,” also known as “You’re Like Ice,” was published in her book Journals and Dreams (Stonehill Press, 1976). It’s part of a larger poem titled “In April.” “Pieces of an Hour” was originally published in IOVIS: All Is Full of Jove (Coffee House Press, 1992) and republished in The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment (Coffee House Press, 2011). “Stereo” was published in Marriage: A Sentence (Penguin, 2000). Susana Gardner’s pieces are from her recent book HERSO: An Heirship in Waves (Black Radish Books, 2011). Aaron Belz’s poems “A Pile of Trees and an Actuary” and “Mr. Fibitz” are from his book Lovely, Raspberry (Persea Books, 2010). Carla Harryman had this to say about “Song for Asa”: “Song for Asa” was published as a broadside in a very limited edition for a reading series in New Orleans. I believe it was also published in a very little magazine that came out Naropa, possibly in about 1999. Other than that it makes an appearance, broken up, in Gardener of Stars, a Novel. Harryman’s “Fish Speech” was published in Memory Play (O Books, 1994) and reprinted in 12 x 12: Conversations in 21st-Century Poetry and Poetics (University of Iowa Press, 2009). “Open Box II” is a selection from her book Open Box: Improvisations (Belladonna Books, 2007). The text of “Song for Asa” is sung by Aurora Josephson. Text for “Open Box II” is read by Carla Harryman and Jon Raskin. Text for “Fish Speech” is read by Aurora Josephson, Jon Raskin, and Roham Sheikhani. Rod Smith’s recording is comprised of  selections from two manuscripts: Snips and War and Pee. Katie Degentesh’s poem is from The Anger Scale (Combo Books, 2006). Ron Silliman’s “OZ” is a portion of his long workThe Alphabet (University of Alabama Press, 2008). Leslie Scalapino’s “bum series” can be found in her book Way (North Point Press, 1988). Hannah Weiner’s “Spoke” is from the book of the same name (Sun & Moon, 1984). Marcella Durand’s “Hunt” is unpublished. David Antin’s “Who Are My Friends?” was published in Selected Poems, 1963-1973 (Sun & Moon, 1991). “Mine” features Clark Coolidge reading from his book Mine: The One that Enters the Stories (The Figures, 1981; republished, 2004). From the CD liner notes: “Also heard is Arlan Coolidge, retired chairman of the Brown University Music Department, reminiscing about Block Island, Rhode Island, in 1918 and playing a portion of the popular 1917 song “Smiles” on the violin. This material is mixed with the foghorns of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, all three horns on Block Island, and the foghorn on the Block Island Ferry during its crossing.” Heather Fuller’s “Stricken” was published in her book perhaps this is a rescue fantasy (Edge Books, 1997).