Jaap Blonk

Performing as part of A Tribute to Paul Dutton

The Supermarket, Toronto, Ontario, March 4, 2014

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PoemTalk #72, discussing Bob Cobbing's "Portrait of Robin Crozier", October 14, 2013

Listen to the complete recording and read program notes for the episode at Jacket2.

1. Introduction (4:27): MP3
2. The bells of the spririt (4:41): MP3
3. Letter sound images (1:53): MP3
4. Reverof zrem (2:37): MP3
5. Nightmare (5:02): MP3
6. The language of the underlands (4:12): MP3
7. Music made of rubber (8:47): MP3
8. Glassass (1:52): MP3
9. African talking drums (2:32): MP3
10. Short solo for the cheek synthesizer (4:14): MP3
11. Homage a a a (7:46): MP3
12. Q&A (8:37): MP3

PoemTalk #6, discussing a Blonk sound poem, May 4, 2008

Segue Series Reading at the Zinc Bar, New York City, November 9, 2013

Complete reading (45:45): MP3

1. Introduction (4:10): MP3
2. Sound (3:45): MP3
3. Seahorses and flying fish (2:23): MP3
4. The bells of the spirit (4:32): MP3
5. The fury of sneezing (2:15): MP3
6. Twelve (1:06): MP3
7. "Ur Sonata" backwards (2:15): MP3
8. Glassass (1:43): MP3
9. The underland drinking song (2:37): MP3
10. Underlands bebop (3:49): MP3
11. Rotic (4:01): MP3
12. Let's go out (3:43): MP3
13. African talking drums (2:28): MP3
14. Homage a a a (6:50): MP3

Reading at Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, October 14, 2013

• Complete recording (56:52): MP3

in collaboration with information as material and The Laurence Sterne Trust

filmed and edited by Aurora House in the Constantine Lecture Theatre at Teesside University

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1. Sound - Jaap Blonk (3:44): MP3
2. Seepferdchen und Flugfische (Seahorses and Flying Fish) - Hugo Ball, 1916 (2:38): MP3
3. Kolokol Uma (The Bells of the Spirit) - Velimir Khlebnikov, 1913 (4:27): MP3
4. Letterklankbeelden (Letter Sound Images) 1, 2 and 3 - Theo van Doesburg, 1921 (1:58): MP3
5. Wut des Niesens (Fury of Sneezing) - Kurt Schwitters, 1946 (0:45): MP3
6. Zwölf (Twelve) - Kurt Schwitters, 1922 (1:15): MP3
7. Erster Teil (First Movement) from Ursonate - Kurt Schwitters, 1922-32 (9:15): MP3
8. glasslass - Dick Higgins, 1970 (1:51): MP3
9. Alptraum (Nightmare) - Raoul Hausmann, 1946 (4:13): MP3
10. The Prime Minister 1 - Jaap Blonk (0:51): MP3
11. Muzikaret - Jaap Blonk (7:59): MP3
12. Cheek-a-Synth - Jaap Blonk (4:17): MP3
13. Hommage à A.A. - Jaap Blonk (7:16): MP3
14. The Prime Minister 2 - Jaap Blonk (1:41): MP3
15. Kulo Quasi - Jaap Blonk (2:19): MP3

complete audio recording (54:33): MP3

Alternating Currents Live, March 18, 2012

• Set 1 (39:10): MP3
• Set 2 (41:54): MP3

• complete reading (1:06:33): MP3

Interviewed by Gary Barwin and Gregory Betts at the Niagara Artists Centre, Ontario, Canada, May 24, 2011

from textsound Issue #3, Spring 2009

• AA60 (1:00): MP3

Reading at Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, November 11, 2004

1. Introduction by Al Filreis and Kenneth Goldsmith (5:11): MP3
2. Seahorses and Flying Fish (4:50): MP3
3. The Ringing of the Bells (4:42): MP3
4. Letter Sound Images (3:11): MP3
5. Sonata in Primordial Sound (9:51): MP3
6. What the President Will Say and Do (1:30): MP3
7. Let's Go Out (3:54): MP3

Recording Engineer: Chris Mustazza

"What the President Will Say and Do" is featured on PoemTalk Episode 6.

Jaap Blonk on UbuWeb

• May 7, 2008: "Poem Talk Episode #6: Jaap Blonk Sounds Off"

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