Bob Holman

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

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

In With The Out Crowd

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

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





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