tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post4877023399995843882..comments2024-03-18T21:13:12.753-04:00Comments on Jacob Russell's Barking Dog: Notes on a Poetry ReadingJacob Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-27251134208703205012009-12-07T20:56:54.027-05:002009-12-07T20:56:54.027-05:00Steven,
You have the advantage of having both hear...Steven,<br />You have the advantage of having both heard Massey before and read his work. I don't pretend to offer anything close to critical judgement--purely my immedicate impressions on a first encounter.Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-20958403142116072402009-12-07T20:30:29.341-05:002009-12-07T20:30:29.341-05:00Thanks so much, Jacob, for this post. I was espec...Thanks so much, Jacob, for this post. I was especially curious about the Joseph Massey piece of the reading -- I'm nuts for his writing. And thanks for the link to the audio recording; it was tremendous to listen to the reading.<br /><br />As for the absence of direct representation of a human presence in Massey's poems, I'm thinking maybe if you read his book <i>Areas of Fog</i> Steven Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-37963770919835488322009-12-07T11:12:44.531-05:002009-12-07T11:12:44.531-05:00Gregory,
.let me add a word to that.. there's ...Gregory,<br />.let me add a word to that.. there's poetry that is written to stand alone on the page. Reading it aloud is a kind of interpretation--indeed, as you say--a score. While the latter is more like jazz--even when worked up before hand, it only comes alive in the jam, or the performanceJacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-61751597437780210892009-12-07T10:53:32.334-05:002009-12-07T10:53:32.334-05:00Anthony,
Ah, no.. he was rather soft spoken. Rant...Anthony,<br /><br />Ah, no.. he was rather soft spoken. Rant and rave IN the poems? Or before after and between? You're joking, right?Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-29983249240395674302009-12-07T00:25:02.812-05:002009-12-07T00:25:02.812-05:00Thanks for the spelling correction! I'll fix t...Thanks for the spelling correction! I'll fix that.<br /><br />All may be thought of as a musical score, but some work is conceived more as aural than written. Go to a reading by Ursula Ruker. and why then, are there groups of poets who identify themselves as 'spoken word?" On the other side, there is Language poetry that would be impossible to read outloud--so the distinction stands.Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-59634934099951782512009-12-07T00:05:28.004-05:002009-12-07T00:05:28.004-05:00Did Joe rant and rave and use a lot of curse words...Did Joe rant and rave and use a lot of curse words? Because if he didn't, you really didn't get a Joe Massey reading. Just sayin'.Anthony Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344532091414013818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631240246638798.post-63423986844018000782009-12-06T22:34:37.567-05:002009-12-06T22:34:37.567-05:00Intrigued that you defined "spoken word"...Intrigued that you defined "spoken word" as a separate category under which last night's reading didn't fall. I consider whatever is being read out loud to be a musical score. Even if the vocal rules and tricks, the performance of it all, is less subtler, or less spotlit.<br /><br />Also, it's *Marion* as opposed to *Marian*. I don't think she has a website/blog.Gregory Bemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554655407334513697noreply@blogger.com