<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post115935247173398922..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115935247173398922/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if-instead-of-jazz-combo-kenneth.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115955068287406470</id><published>2006-09-29T13:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-29T13:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank all the gods for a spoken-word alternative t...</title><summary type='text'>Thank all the gods for a spoken-word alternative to hip-hop poetry slams!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The reason I stopped going to &quot;spoken word&quot; events was precisely because that style had so come to dominate things, there was never any room for anything else. It all ended up being johnny-one-note nights. And I say that as a musician/poet who has performed live spontaneous improvised music for poetry performers </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115935247173398922/comments/default/115955068287406470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115935247173398922/comments/default/115955068287406470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if-instead-of-jazz-combo-kenneth.html?showComment=1159550640000#c115955068287406470' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07399620147907002735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if-instead-of-jazz-combo-kenneth.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115935247173398922' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115935247173398922' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1119200278"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115941319196556004</id><published>2006-09-27T23:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-27T23:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the heads up, Ron. I&#39;m intrigued.  Spar...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for the heads up, Ron. I&#39;m intrigued.  Sparks sounds like a rare talent.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It sounds as if you have seen her perform, is that so?  I have never heard of her.  Where has she performed?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just by your write-up I would say she is doing important work, say by comparison to Jim Bherle and his ilk.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I appreciate anything to do with traditional music and culture and the way </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115935247173398922/comments/default/115941319196556004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115935247173398922/comments/default/115941319196556004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if-instead-of-jazz-combo-kenneth.html?showComment=1159413180000#c115941319196556004' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if-instead-of-jazz-combo-kenneth.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115935247173398922' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115935247173398922' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115939645349101963</id><published>2006-09-27T18:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-27T18:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m not sure Kenneth Rexroth read to/with jazz in ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m not sure Kenneth Rexroth read to/with jazz in the 1940s, as Ron suggests in the first sentence of his post.  I know Rexroth did it in the 1950s (I&#39;ve heard the recordings).  And -- I could be wrong, and I&#39;m away and can&#39;t check -- I think either in his autobiographical novel or somewhere else he claimed he&#39;d done jazz poetry readings in Chicago in the 1920s.  I just don&#39;t remember anything </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115935247173398922/comments/default/115939645349101963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115935247173398922/comments/default/115939645349101963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if-instead-of-jazz-combo-kenneth.html?showComment=1159396440000#c115939645349101963' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if-instead-of-jazz-combo-kenneth.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115935247173398922' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115935247173398922' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115937211187967711</id><published>2006-09-27T11:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-27T11:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nashville Public Radio did a good interview with h...</title><summary type='text'>Nashville Public Radio did a good interview with her &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://wpln.org/news/mp3-2006/pls/minton_sparks_011706.pls&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;link to MP3&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115935247173398922/comments/default/115937211187967711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115935247173398922/comments/default/115937211187967711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if-instead-of-jazz-combo-kenneth.html?showComment=1159372080000#c115937211187967711' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if-instead-of-jazz-combo-kenneth.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115935247173398922' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115935247173398922' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1915928048"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 27, 2006"/></entry></feed>