Philip Glass - Abdulmajid [“Heroes” Symphony] | jt1674

 As well as and following the last batch of ten Bowie tracks from Tripping Mantras come this from Philip Glass - Heroes Symphony!

#philip glass#david bowie#abdulmajid#heroes symphony

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Philip Glass plays Bowie/Eno - Warszawa [Low] | jt1674

 . . . so might sign off for the day with this one 

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Philip Glass - Mishima Closing | Multiphonic Saxophone Quartet (Minimal Music/Film Music)

 We haven’t had any Philip Glass for a while either . . . . . . 

Philip Glass - Mishima Closing | Multiphonic Saxophone Quartet 

Philip Glass - KOYAANISQATSI a film soundtrack from Godfrey Reggio

 A wonderful ex-colleague turned me onto this film and with it’s music and mind blowing visuals we loved this when it came out . . . . . . thanks Micha!

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KOYAANISQATSI : Godfrey Reggio / Philip Glass

 

Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance premiered in Santa Fe, NM on 28 April 1982.

In 1972, 30-year-old Godfrey Reggio began making a number of “advertising” spots sponsored by the ACLU for the Albuquerque, New Mexico viewing area, focusing on “invasions of privacy and the use of technology to control behavior.” The spots were so popular that people called the TV stations asking when they would be shown again. After the campaign ended Reggio tried to raise more money to begin another project, but failed. He was then convinced by his cinematographer Ron Fricke that they could use the remaining $40,000 to make a film.

After quickly exhausting their budget (resulting in about 20 minutes of edited film), Fricke moved to Los Angeles and worked as a waiter while trying to get jobs in Hollywood. Reggio continued to try and raise funds and the 2 began working together in 1976, traveling around the country and filming when and where they could.

In 1981, Reggio met Francis Ford Coppola who was so impressed with the footage that he saw, he offered to attach his name to the project in order to secure theatrical distribution. Reggio turned down offers from larger studios in order to have greater control of distribution and went with Island Alive (started by Chris Blackwell of Island Records), and Koyaanisqatsi was the company’s first release.

The film received significant critical praise and was a surprise financial success, due to support from college campus theatres and art house screenings.

Michael Nesmith’s Pacific Arts Video initially released Koyaanisqatsi on VHS and laserdisc.

Koyaanisqatsi also brought wider attention to Philip Glass, whose soundtrack for the film was released on Island Records in 1983.

My old friend and colleague, artist Micha Lewin introduced me to this extraordinary work and I watched the whole thing several times in that year and several times since (always a go to for a certain kind of mood) Miche had a sister who I think knew Godfrey and she had early or advance knowledge about it as memory serves but I am forever in her debt . . . . . 

POETRY |at ZERO G| ALLEN GINSBERG - HOWL & OTHER POEMS

 ALLEN GINSBERG

HOWL

AND OTHER POEMS

(feat. Philip Glass, Lenny Kaye, Paul McCartney)

and others

Bob and Allen at Kerouac’s grave 1975

Through a precocious interest in Jack Kerouac, then Ginsberg and Burroughs (I think I have read everything but certainly all the Kerouac and also own most of the Burroughs) I heard the Ginsberg voice through my treasured copy of ‘Howl’ with an early bargain bin album and along with early Brautigan albums and an obsession with trying to find the Beats reading aloud. So there comes these superb examples from Zero G Sounds who lately have posted several and the top one was the ‘Howl’ album but then there is this ‘Ballad of The Skeletons’ too featuring Macca, Philip Glass and Lenny Kaye amongst others which is perhaps surprisingly listenable

If you are interested you could do a whole lot worse than download these. 

Allen Ginsberg ‘Howl and other poems’ 1959 - ZeroGSounds

Allen Ginsberg wrote his epic poem “Howl” in mid-‘50s San Francisco and Berkeley, and the rest is literary history. The work, first read in public in 1955 and published in 1956 before emerging victorious in a 1957 court ruling that it was not obscene, has been hailed as one of the most important poems of the 20th century, and it inspired a wave of Beat poetry.

Ginsberg ‘Ballad of The Skeletons’ feat. Philip Glass, Lenny Kaye and Paul McCartney 2019 Zerosounds

Allen Ginsberg understood as well as anyone that, in the latter half of the 20th century, rock & roll would be the medium through which poetry and social commentary would reach the young and hungry masses. He eagerly hopped a ride on the bandwagon, collaborating with Dylan, the Clash, and Cornershop; setting William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience" to music; and teaching "Eleanor Rigby" to his English classes at Brooklyn College. The boxed set "Holy Soul Jellyroll" proves that Ginsberg made himself, by sheer force of will, a highly effective though hardly conventional singer/songwriter. Apparently, however, he saved the best for last. 

but there are others too and this links to one worthy of enquiry . . . . . . . . . 

Allen Ginsberg - Lion For Real - ZeroGSounds

Recorded in the late '80s, "The Lion for Real" consists primarily of brief poems set to avant-jazz. Producer Hal Willner has assembled a group that at various times features Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell and Arto Lindsay, and they skillfully navigate the emotional tones and wit in Ginsberg's poems. 

This doesn't contain any of Ginsberg's major works, but it's a welcome reminder of his irascible humour and mischievousness.             

Tracklist:                            

A1	Scribble
A2	Complaint Of The Skeleton To Time
A3	Xmas Gift
A4	To Aunt Rose
A5	The Lion For Real
A6	Refrain
A7	The Shrouded Stranger
A8	Gregory Corso's Story
B1	Cleveland, The Flats
B2	The End
B3	Stanzas: Written At Night In Radio City
B4	Sunset
B5	Hum Bom!
B6	Kral Majales
B7	Guru
B8	Ode To Failure

and Ginsberg reading (singing!) William Blake’s Songs of Innocence

Allen Ginsberg Reads William Blake - Zero Sounds

"Songs of Innocence and Experience" is an album by American beat poet and writer Allen Ginsberg, recorded at Apostolic Studios New York City in June & July 1969. For the recording, Ginsberg sang pieces from 18th-century English poet William Blake's illustrated poetry collection of the same name and set them to musical accompaniment, performed with a host of jazz musicians.

Tracklist:

A1a Introduction 2:10

A1b The Shepherd

A2 The Echoing Green 1:22

A3 The Lamb 1:10

A4 The Little Black Boy 3:00

A5 The Blossom 1:22

A6 The Chimney Sweeper 2:20

A7 The Little Boy Lost 1:06

A8a The Little Boy Found 1:24

A8b Laughing Song 1:24

A9 Holy Thursday 1:15

A10 Night 3:57

B1 Introduction 2:06

B2 Nurses Song 2:07

B3 The Sick Rose 1:35

B4 Ah! Sun-Flower 1:12

B5 The Garden Of Love 1:02

B6 London 1:55

B7 The Human Abstract 2:30

B8 To Tirzah 1:42

B9 The Grey Monk 4:06

really worth reading about and checking out for die hard fans