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Kenneth Goldsmith

Appearing on Close Listening with Charles Bernstein, April 13, 2004

Complete reading (1:10:00): MP3

PoemTalk #33, Discussing Sharon Mesmer's "I Accidentally Ate Some Chicken and Now I'm in Love with Harry Whittington"

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

PoemTalk #6, Discussing a Jaap Blonk sound poem

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

"I Look to Theory Only When I Realize That Somebody Has Dedicated Their Entire Life to a Question I Have Only Fleetingly Considered"

Keynote lecture at the Frieze Festival, May 11, 2014

What Oozed Through the Staircase: A Winter Afternoon of Surrealist Writing and Music, Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 26, 2014

(with Tracie Morris and Marina Rosenfeld)

  1. Hans Bellmar, from "What Oozed Through the Staircase" (1:48): MP3
  2. Andre Breton, from "Manifesto of Surrealism" (2:35): MP3
  3. Robert Desnos, "Awakenings" and "Ideal Mistress" (3:21): MP3
  4. Joyce Mansour, "Poemshots" (1:57): MP3
  5. Salvador Dali, "The Great Masturbator" (1:46): MP3
  6. Mina Loy, "Auto-Facial-Construction" (4:14): MP3
  7. Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, "Equinox" (0:56): MP3
  8. Amiri Baraka, Excerpt of Scene II from Dutchman (with Tracie Morris) (3:31): MP3
  9. Surrealist Game (with Tracie Morris) (2:14): YouTube

Complete program (57:57): MP3

Aha Moment: Kenneth Goldsmith and John Cage, Studio 360, NPR, August 9, 2013

Complete recording (6:45): MP3

"My Career in Poetry, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institution," Poet Laureate Lecture, MoMA, NYC, March 20, 2013

Complete recording (1:33:40): MP3

Interview with Brooke Gladstone, On the Media, WNYC, March 8, 2013

Complete recording (8:39): MP3

"Did You Footnote?" on The Story with Dick Gordon, WUNC, September 13, 2012

Complete recording (11:56): MP3

Reading for Principal Hand Presents, L'Etage, Philadelphia, March 22, 2012

  1. introduction (1:04): MP3
  2. on The 1703 Weather Diary of Thomas Appletree (2:20): MP3
  3. excerpts from The 1703 Weather Diary of Thomas Appletree (15:17): MP3

Complete reading (18:44): MP3

Ropes Lecture Series in Digital Humanities, University of Cincinnati, February 2, 2012 (with Charles Bernstein)

Discussing Poetry Day at the White House on WFMU, May 18, 2011

Complete recording (37:56):
MP3

Singing Roland Barthes, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, September 11, 2009

  • Complete recording (32:24): MP3
  • Excerpt (4:26): MP3

Reading for Double Change, Paris, June 11, 2009

Audio available from Double Change archives.

Reading for Double Change, Paris, April 1, 2009

Audio available from Double Change archives.

from textsound Issue #2, Fall 2008

  • Sports (Part 1) (3:00:55): MP3
  • Sports (Part 2) (1:28:29): MP3

Ian Parkin Sings An Essay on Kenneth Goldsmith, 2007

Complete reading (22:57): MP3

Music: "Right Off" by Miles Davis

From Charles Bernstein's Portraits Series: Kenneth Goldsmith, June 5, 2007

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Kenny's Desire
We met for lunch on West 72nd Street, just a couple of blocks from where I grew up.
(mp4, 19 sec., 4.6 mb)


From The Kenny G Letters, recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, 2006

  1. The Special Story of "Miracles" by Kenny G (5:30): MP3
  2. Slobodan Milosevic and Kenny G (3:33): MP3

Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Theory

Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Sigmund Freud (15:27): MP3
Recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, NJ, June 21, 2006

Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Walter Benjamin (31:03): MP3
Music by Eyvind Kang
Recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, NJ, 2007

  • Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Ludwig Wittgenstein (for M.A. Numminen), Part 1 (15:04): MP3
  • Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Ludwig Wittgenstein (for M.A. Numminen), Part 2 (16:56): MP3
  • Music by Igor Stravinsky
  • Recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, 2005

Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Roland Barthes (13:05): MP3
Music by The Allman Brothers
Recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, 2006

Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Jean Baudrillard (3:12): MP3
Music by The Francis Lai
Recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, 2006

Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Jacques Derrida (10:44): MP3
Music by Anton Webern
Recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, 2006

Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Frederic Jameson (10:44): MP3
Music by John Coltrane
Recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, 2006

  • Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Theodor Adorno, Part 1 (3:46): MP3
  • Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Theodor Adorno Part 2, (2:14): MP3
  • Kenneth Goldsmith Sings Harry Potter (31:03): MP3
    Recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, NJ, July 7, 2007

    Reading Traffic, recorded the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, September 2006

    Complete reading (3:28:36): MP3

    Launch for Open Letter Issue: Kenneth Goldsmith and Conceptual Poetics at the Kelly Writers House, February 9, 2006

    A roundtable discussion with Barbara Cole, Al Filreis, Joshua Schuster and Kenneth Goldsmith.

    Complete recording (1:12:19): MP3

    Reading at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, February 23, 2006

    Complete reading, with introduction by Eric Lorberer (1:12:19): MP3

    Kenneth Goldsmith Reads Ludwig Wittgenstein's Culture and Value in German, a Language He Neither Speaks Nor Understands, recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, 2005

    1. 1914 (0:39): MP3
    2. 1929 (8:17): MP3
    3. 1930 (24:59): MP3
    4. 1937 (42:33): MP3
    5. 1938 (3:45): MP3
    6. 1939 (0:31): MP3
    7. 1940 (9:57): MP3
    8. 1941 (7:39): MP3
    9. Circa 1941-44 (0:22): MP3
    10. 1942 (6:04): MP3
    11. 1943 (1:52): MP3
    12. 1944 (3:21): MP3
    13. Circa 1944 (5:47): MP3
    14. Circa 1945 (2:10): MP3
    15. 1946 (44:50): MP3
    16. 1947 (39:41): MP3
    17. 1948 Part 1 (22:18): MP3
    18. 1948 Part 2 (41:16): MP3
    19. 1949 (27:34): MP3
    20. 1950 (15:56): MP3
    21. 1951 (1:25): MP3

    From Head Citations (The Figures, 2002), recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, 2005

    Eighteen Earrers (3:43): MP3

    The Last Acts of St. Fuck You, Recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, September 2005

    Text: Bern Porter

    Complete reading (8:00): MP3

    Reading The Weather, Recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, April 2005-May 2005

    Audio recordings:
    1. Winter (01:21:27): MP3
    2. Spring (01:10:49): MP3
    3. Summer (56:22): MP3
    4. Fall (01:11:57): MP3

    Text:
    The Weather (Make Now, Los Angeles, 2005)
    Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall

    Reading Fidget, Recorded at the WFMU studios, Jersey City, New Jersey, September 2004-March 2005

    1. 10:00 (15:22): MP3
    2. 11:00 (24:13): MP3
    3. 12:00 (23:12): MP3
    4. 13:00 (40:05): MP3
    5. 14:00 (22:24): MP3
    6. 15:00 (11:39): MP3
    7. 16:00 (13:41): MP3
    8. 17:00 (4:00): MP3
    9. 18:00 (2:36): MP3
    10. 19:00 (8:30): MP3
    11. 20:00 (6:49): MP3
    12. 21:00 (11:30): MP3
    13. 22:00 (12:05): MP3

    University of Pennsylvania Lunchtime Poets Series, recorded at the Kelly Writers House, November 4, 2004

    1. Introduction by Jennifer Snead (5:13): MP3
    2. Being Boring (23:31): MP3
    3. Q&A Discussion (16:38): MP3

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, April 13, 2004

    Introductions by Al Filreis and Charles Bernstein (6:27): MP3

    Complete Reading (46:38): MP3

    1. 10,196 (02:03): MP3
    2. The Ayatollah of rock and rollah (01:53): MP3
    3. Johnny Cash is Cooler than Henry Rollins (01:01): MP3
    4. Excerpt from Year (09:40): MP3
    5. Excerpts from radio show (08:00): MP3
    6. From Day (08:31): MP3
    7. Excerpts from Head Citation (03:36): MP3

    Q & A session (11:59): MP3

    WKCR (New York) interview, March 4, 2005

    Complete recording (32:36): MP3

    A conversation with Kenneth Goldsmith and Jena Osman

    A discussion with students in English 88, "Modern & Contemporary American Poetry," at the Kelly Writers House, hosted by Al Filreis, December 9, 2004.

    Summary and recordings

    Kenneth Goldsmith reads from Fidget

    RealVideo of the event

    Reading as part of The Line Reading Series at The Drawing Center, New York City, October 9, 2001

    Complete reading (24:48): MP3

    Charles Bernstein and Kenneth Goldsmith on WFMU - July 5, 2001

    Complete recording (1:02:43): MP3

    Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, September 21, 2000

    Complete reading here.

    Reading for Mills College Contemporary Writers Series, March 11, 2008

    1. Introduction (7:17): MP3
    2. Dear Kenny G (8:13): MP3
    3. All the News I (6:43): MP3
    4. All the News II: Senator (17:32): MP3
    5. And Bodily Discourse (4:02): MP3

    Complete Reading (58:43) MP3

    Reading and Interview on Ceptuetics Radio March 26, 2008

    Complete recording (30:49): MP3

    Hosted by Kareem Estefan. Goldsmith talks about his latest book, Sports, the new installment of his American "on the ones" trilogy (Make Now Press). Estefan and Goldsmith then wander through many topics related to his conceptual poetics: boredom, temporality, information management, peeling language off the page & pouring it into different forms.

    From Audioei 1 / OEI #26, 2006

    1. King's Song (0:32): MP3
    2. Preamble Swedish (4:29): MP3
    3. Du gamla (0:57): MP3

    Segue Series reading at The Ear Inn, New York, October 21, 1995

    • Complete recording (17:58): MP3

    Recorded Poems on Harry's House Vol 2 CD

    • Poem For Lisa Birman - Kenneth Goldsmith (4:49): MP3

    Also of interest:

    • Kenneth Goldsmith reads at the launch of Charles Bernstein's All the Whiskey in Heaven, March 28, 2010

    External Links

    Kenneth Goldsmith on PennSound Daily

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