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1. radiOM.org - William S. Burroughs Press Conference at the Berkeley Museum of Art, Nov. 12, 1974 [5.093% Popularity: 0.00000]

William S. Burroughs Press Conference at the Berkeley Museum of Art, Nov. 12, 1974 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 39 min Event Type: Interview At a press conference for an unidentified occasion, William S. Burroughs fields an array of questions and discusses his relationships with, or opinions of, Paul Bowles, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Jose Delgado, and Alfred Korzybski, among others. Burroughs also gives his opinions on the women's movement, contemporary (1974) politics (Watergate, etc.), governmental methods of civilian control, and the possibilities of revolution and rebellion in the contemporary era. There is also a fairly extensive discussion in the last ten minutes of the program on his writing process, including use of the cut-up method or collage writing and the relationship of his own writing to the science fiction genre. Genres: Literature ; Current Events Subject: Bowles, Paul ; Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 ; Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996 ; Delgado, Jose ; Korzybski, Alfred ; Burroughs,...

2. radiOM.org - John Cage at Crown Point Press [5.108% Popularity: 0.00000]

John Cage at Crown Point Press Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 104 min Event Type: Spoken Word Program Origin: KPFA A reading at Crown Point Press at the opening of John Cage's exhibit of etchings on April 18, 1982. This program includes an interview with Crown Point Press founder Kathan Brown, an excerpt from Cage's “Indeterminacy”, as well as live readings from Cage’s “Composition in Retrospect”, and “Diary: How to Improve the World, You'll Only Make Matters Worse” (Continued 1972 - 1982). Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Indeterminacy [excerpts] / John Cage & David Tudor Genres: Literature ; Modern Art Subject: Cage, John ; Coolidge, Clark, 1939- ; Literature, Experimental ; Art, Modern ; Etching ; Tales ; Musique concrète ; Music, concrete ; Aleatory music ; Chance operations ; Electro-acoustic ; Electronic music ; Poetry ; Cut-ups (Literary form) People: Amirkhanian, Charles ; Brown, Kathan ; Cage, John ; Tudor, David, 1926-1996 Recording Date: 4/18/1982 Part 2 of 2: Musical Selections: Compo...

3. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity New Works of Liam O'Gallagher (1971) [5.101% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: New Works of Liam O'Gallagher (1971) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 56 min Event Type: Spoken Word Program Origin: KPFA Three mutant, sci-fi, fantasies by San Francisco writer and visual artist Liam O'Gallagher. His concrete poetry and cut-up writings, often heralded a future of artificial intelligence, space migration, and expanding consciousness as is shown in these three works form the early 1970s. "2021" is a reply to Philip Geitzen's question concerning whether science fiction will be science fact in 2021. It was the soundtrack for a Geitzen video piece premiered at the Philo T. Farnsworth Memorial Event held at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco in June of 1971. "Super/Software" is a cut-up text which appears in O'Gallagher's "The Blue Planet Notebooks", published in 1972 by the San Francisco underground magazine, "Organ". "Past/Future Time" is a cut-up which includes material from a record found in an elevator at 205 West 57th. A record that could be a so-called “arti...

4. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity Für Augen und Ohren (”For Eyes and Ears”) [5.065% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: Für Augen und Ohren (”For Eyes and Ears”) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 122 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA This program begins with excerpts from a 1980 recording titled “Word of Mouth” which features prepared talks by artists given on the island of Ponape in the Pacific Ocean. You will hear segments by Laurie Anderson, Joan Jonas, William T. Wiley, & John Cage. From Micronesia, host Charles Amirkhanian then takes us to West Berlin to participate in “Für Augen und Ohren”, a spectacular exhibition of mechanical and electronic music making devices dating from the past four centuries. Curated by René Block for the Akademie der Kuenste, the exhibition included seven large gallery halls of sound sculpture, early electronic devices of the 1930s and 1940s, and sound environments, many of which Amirkhanian recorded during a walking tour of the event. Hear the sounds of the installations and the visiting public, with pieces by Laurie Anderson, Dick Higgins, Allan...

5. radiOM.org - A Reading by John Giorno & William Burroughs, Nov. 7, 1974 [5.086% Popularity: 0.00000]

A Reading by John Giorno & William Burroughs, Nov. 7, 1974 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 79 min Event Type: Spoken Word Program Origin: KPFA Charles Amirkhanian and Victor Bedoian introduce a live reading before an audience of over 1,000 at the Pauley Ballroom of U. C. Berkeley given by America's most noted writers, William S. Burroughs and John Giorno. Giorno (b. 1936) reads his newest work "Subduing Demons in America" and his "Suicide Sutra.” Burroughs reads excerpts from "Nova Express,” "The Wild Boys" and other works. Warning: Contains scatological phraseology and other obscenities Musical Selections: Subduing Demons in America (1974) (29:04) / John Giorno -- Suicide Sutra (ca. 1973) (7:56) / John Giorno -- Nova Express [excerpt] (c. 1964) (2:54) / William S. Burroughs -- Cities to the Red Night: Virus B-23 [a work in progress, finally published in 1981] (9:04) / William S. Burroughs -- The Wild Boys [excerpt] (c. 1971) (23:56) / William S. Burroughs Genres: Poetry ; Literature Subject: Poet...

6. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity Integral Instant (Four Situations) by Hammond Guthrie [5.086% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: Integral Instant (Four Situations) by Hammond Guthrie Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 61 min Event Type: Spoken Word Program Origin: KPFA An evening of experimental literature, poetry, and music by the San Francisco based writer and inter-media artist, Hammond Guthrie, in collaboration with his colleagues, Peter Cosgrove, Max Crosley, and others. This program includes a number of poems, written and performed in the style of the Beat Generation; a spattering of electronic music; and an experimental auditory collage of free association. This program is dedicated to Tristan Tzara and William S. Burroughs. Warning: Contains obscenities. (from KPFA Folio) Musical Selections: Introduction / Peter Cosgrove -- Treatise on a Bum (for Kerouac) / Hammond Guthrie -- Disintegration to Breath / Max Crosley & Hammond Guthrie -- Musical Intermission / Group Togetherness -- My Hemingway / Max Crosley -- Free Association Collage / Jeff Beach, Peter Cosgrove, Max Crosley, & Hammond Guthrie Performers...

7. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity John Cage (Special Edition, III of IV) [5.058% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: John Cage (Special Edition, III of IV) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 116 min Event Type: Interview and Music Program Origin: KPFA Additional Media Files (click to view) Charles Amirkhanian produced this special edition of his Ode To Gravity program for nationwide audiences over the NPR satellite. Amirkhanian plays a number of Cage’s compositions, including “Credo in Us” and “Roanji” as well as Cage reading from his Diary. Amirkhanian gives background on Cage, including the influence of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg and Buddhism on his music, leading into a summary of Cage's style. Cage discusses how he met filmmaker Oskar Fischinger through Galka Shire around 1935, which led him to composing music for percussion instruments. Cage relates this music to silence and Zen Buddhism, moving away from the usual motivation of "music as communication" towards "music as a means of sobering and quieting the mind, thus subjecting it to divine influences." Cage also discusses his "Credo in U...

8. radiOM.org - John Cage at the San Francisco Art Institute [5.095% Popularity: 0.00000]

John Cage at the San Francisco Art Institute Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 77 min Event Type: Lecture / Panel Discussion Program Origin: C Amirkhanian John Cage reading his composition "One 7" and answering questions from a capacity audience at the theater of the San Francisco Art Institute. “One 7” is approximately 30 minutes long and consists of brief vocalizations interspersed with long periods of silence. The questions from the audience range from inquiries about the process by which Cage composes, his lack of interest in pleasing an audience, his love of mushrooms, Buddhism, chance operations, and whether Cage can stand on his head. Musical Selections: One 7 / John Cage Genre: Poetry Subject: Cage, John ; Poetry ; Silence in literature ; Cut-ups (Literary form) ; Chance operations ; Aleatory music ; Zen Buddhism People: Cage, John Recording Date: 1/9/1991 Listen...

9. radiOM.org - A reading by Jan Herman [5.099% Popularity: 0.00000]

A reading by Jan Herman Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 24 min Event Type: Spoken Word Program Origin: KPFA In a program that was recorded on Feb. 13, 1970, Jan Herman reads from the 5th issue of his magazine “San Francisco Earthquake.” The title of this particular issue was “VDRSVP.” The reading includes works by Sinclair Beiles, Carl Solomon, Carl Weissner, Annie Rooney, and Jan Herman, chosen at random, and read here as if they were all part of the same piece. Jan Herman was at the time a publisher of avant-garde literature, who in addition to his magazine, also brought to print various pamphlets by Dick Higgins, Liam O'Gallagher, and William S. Burroughs under the Nova Broadcasting imprint. This particular reading serves as a classic example of the sort of cut-up literary style that was championed by such writers as William S. Burroughs, and which was quite popular in the late 1960s and 1970s. Genre: Literature Subject: Literature, Experimental ; Cut-ups (Literary form) People: Amirkhanian, Ch...

10. radiOM.org - Ode To Gravity The Dial-A-Poem Poets [5.069% Popularity: 0.00000]

Ode To Gravity: The Dial-A-Poem Poets Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 123 min Event Type: Spoken Word Program Origin: KPFA Amirkhanian introduces a program of poetry from the Dial-A-Poem exhibits organized by John Giorno at the Museum of Modern Art and other spaces. These poems were originally available to the general public via a special telephone number from the The Architectural League of New York. However due to some of the adult content contained in certain pieces the project was threatened with lawsuit’s from concerned, conservative parents and the telephone number was eventually disconnected. John Giorno then turned to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as a venue for his collaborative project. However the radical political content of many of the works caused a great deal of concern and despite strong support from the then current director, the show was eventually pulled. The show then moved to a number of different venues and many of the poems have since been published as an audio r...