Black Robert Journal Issue 2

I have new poems up at Black Robert Journal, Issue 2.

Meow Meow Performs Laurie Anderson

Meow Meow performs Laurie Anderson's "The Dream Before." (Unfortunately, the video only gives selections of the song, which is one of my favorite songs.)

The Stone Roses

I'll admit it: I never really listed to the Stone Roses. I've heard a few tracks over the years, but I've never heard their self-titled album all the way through. What can I say? I'm an American. What American has listened to the Stone Roses?

Anyway, I've decided to, at long last, give their first album a listen. Let's thank the internet for this, the entirety of The Stone Roses:

The Stone Roses |MTV Music

I Wanna Be Adored

The Stone Roses |MTV Music

She Bangs the Drums


Waterfall


Don't Stop


Bye Bye Badman


Elizabeth My Dear


(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister


Made of Stone


Shoot you Down


This Is the One


I Am the Resurrection

And An Extra Song:

The Stone Roses |MTV Music

Fools Gold

The Idea of the Alien in Jack Spicer's Dictated Books

Wow. I just found something wild.

Excited about Kevin Killian and Peter Gizzi's new collection of Jack Spicer's poetry, I've been reading everything on Spicer that I can find--Spicer's poems and writing about Spicer's poetry. During one of my searches for writing about Spicer, I found a very large PDF file.

The file comes from Simon Fraser University. Apparently, when John Granger was there in 1982, he wrote his Master's thesis on Jack Spicer. Robin Blaser was part of the committee, and someone took the time to scan all 172 pages of the thesis for digital documentation.

I haven't read the text yet, but I'm delighted and excited, since it's so difficult to find critical writing on Spicer. If you're interested, the file can be found here.