Steve Benson

Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, April 4, 1979.

1. Oral commentary on translation (2:37)
2. Translations (0:58)
3. Translations 2 (0:53)
4. Translations 1A (1:16)
5. The Ex-Communist Manifesto (3:04)
6. Me the blue purple black a shot in the dark . . . (2:15)
7. An oral story about taking a walk the evening before (2:02)
8. Oral commentary on telling and commenting (1:21)
9. Non-Events (9:49)
10. A multidimensional reading of Vanity Mirrors (incomplete) (4:52)

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, April 28, 1984

Reading (Ends Prematurely) (49:54): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, May 25, 1985

Complete Reading (38:17): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, May 20, 1990

Complete Reading (48:17): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, February 8, 2003

Complete Reading (29:25): MP3

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, February 11, 2003

(1:27:42) MP3, RealAudio

Recordings wih the Splatter Trio, 1991

• Part One (32:36): MP3

"I Was an Absent Alien" (12/91), Air Passage" (2/91), "Inside of a Falling Brick" (2/91)

• Part Two (33:22): MP3

"Put Your Hand In Here" (8/91) live on KPFA show Mob Ecstasy (producer Ben Lindgren), with Gino Robair (percussion), Myles Boisen (guitars), Dave Barrett (saxophones)

"Steve Benson on His Own" b/w "The Other Side of Steve Benson" with cris cheek, 1976-1980

published by Widemouth Tapes (#8606)

• "Steve Benson on His Own" (39:18): MP3
• "The Other Side of Steve Benson" (46:20): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, February 14, 2009

Complete Reading (30:11): MP3

Also on PennSound

Alan Berheimer's Particle Arms (1982), which featured Benson as a performer.

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