Bob Holman

Appearance on Cross Cultural Poetics, hosted by Leonard Schwartz, December 8, 2003

Complete Reading (22:04): MP3

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, October 17, 2002

1. "Praise Poem: Elizabeth Murray" (2:22): MP3
2. "Bridget Riley Poem" (0:58): MP3
3. "Big Praise; Big Poem for Big Sir and Jack Kerouac" (3:56): MP3
4. "Poems from Short Fuse" (5:13): MP3
5. "How Kora was Born as Sung by Papa Suso to Bob Holman" (3:39): MP3
6. "Whatever I Was Thinking Of" (7:03): MP3

In With The Out Crowd

1. Sung to the Tune of "The Weary Road" (0:51): MP3
2. We Are the Dinosaur (Holman/Kramer-Ricci) (3:54): MP3
3. For Jorge Brandon (Holman/Spedding) (6:55): MP3
4. The Death of Poetry (6:52): MP3
5. Impossible Rap (The Other Thought) (7:21): MP3
6. Fire:Friend or Foe? (Holman/Ricci) (5:02): MP3
7. Later for Now (Holman/Spedding) (1:56): MP3
8. Forgotten Melody (The Poet and Peasant Overture) (2:59): MP3
9. Cowboy Heaven (3:16): MP3
10. Poetry By Number (1:53): MP3
11. Levitatin' In Levittown (Holman/Spedding) (4:30): MP3
12. I'd Rather Be Crazy Than Stupid (So How Come I'm Crazy for You?) (Holman/Neuwirth) (5:12): MP3
13. That's Why (Holman/Spedding) (3:46): MP3
14. Storyline (7:46): MP3
15. Perfect Harmony (Holman/Neuwirth) (1:36): MP3
16. After Li Po (0:47): MP3

Produced by Hal Willner

Bob Holman - poems/voice....Hal Willner - samples/needle-drops....Chris Spedding - guitar/bass....Wayne Kramer - guitar/bass....Bob Neuwirth - guitar/banjo/percussion....Brock Avery - drums....Ken Deifik - harmonica....Vito Ricci - sequencer....Tim Gennert - bass....Jenni Muldaur - voice....Bill Adler - sine qua non

cover art: Carroll Dunham

Also of Interest:

• She Never Called Me Back (2:01): MP3
• PoemTalk #7, featuring Holman's discussion of Jerome Rothenberg's "A Paradise of Poets"
• A 40th Anniversary Celebration of Technicians of the Sacred, at the Bowery Poetry Club, September 14, 2008

Appearance on Cross Cultural Poetics, hosted by Leonard Schwartz

Episode #98 (29:15): MP3 (27MB)

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