Marcus Silcock

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While examining dildos and butt plugs and books on the female orgasm at Adam and Eve’s, I met a colon cleansing salesman. He claimed a lot for his kit. The… Read more.

A message from Aaron McCollough: Dear Kind Hearted Readers of GutCult: I’m pleased to announce the release of the Summer 2005 issue of GutCult (www.gutcult.com). I hope you will come… Read more.

This just in from Del Ray Cross: SHAMPOO issue 24, the FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA, is now hot off the shelf and ready for your shower. Rinse and repeat and… Read more.

Polyurethane vs. Ester 1. Greater stability in humid environments. Dampness promotes ester foam disintegration. 2. The different raw materials used to manufacture Polyurethane foam usually cost less than those used… Read more.

I know one of the arguments against avant garde (and post-avant) poetics is when it’s disjointed or fragmented or mucks with syntax it’s all surface or the poet is a… Read more.

You are Percy Bysshe Shelley! Famous for yourdreamy abstraction and your quirky verse,you’re the model “sensitive poet.” Avegetarian socialist with great personal charmand a definite way with the love poem,… Read more.

Doing a three step process with a new ms (with the tentative title of Narcoleptic Lawn). 1st step: Moleskin notes. Phrasings. collages, diagrams, and quotes 2nd step: organizing the notes,… Read more.

Electronic ink is a new material that will have far-reaching impact on how society receives its information. Electronic ink is a proprietary material that is processed into a film for… Read more.

Three Cheers for Patrick Hero(n), The Internationalist, Carrboro parks and Recreation, Open Eye Cafe etc. So amazing people at THE poetry Festival. Philip Nikolayev was funny and gorgeous. Lyric in… Read more.

Here’s a nice little write-up about the NC poetry scene by Ken Rumble. Although there is an inaccurate lumping of: Black Mountain poets, Randell Jarrell, UNC Greensboro’s MFA program, Jargon… Read more.

When does the use of advertising language, for example, simply reinforce the advertising culture? Or, to go back a bit, did our man Andy W. challenge the status of low/high… Read more.

This program looks amazing. Just what interests me: writing in the context of the arts (mixed media, performance etc.) check out the quicktime video: Performance Writing Read more.

Reading some great essays on Tom Raworth (Removed for Further Study from The Gig) and some really amazing performance/sound/shamanistic poems of Maggie O’Sullivan (Palace of Reptiles also from The Gig).… Read more.

Historians claim that the holiday of Mother’s Day emerged from the ancient festivals dedicated to mother goddess. In the ancient Greek empire, Rhea, the wife of Cronus, and mother of… Read more.

Just got back from Durham with some goodies. Picked up: 1) Ed Dorn’s Gunslinger Book III The Winterbook (Frontier Press) 2) Rodrigo Toscano’s The Disparities (Green Integer) 3) Theresa Hak… Read more.

Before I went home to Ireland last Christmas I had a recurring dream/nightmare that Ireland had been coopted by Las Vegas. All the green fields changed into a desert of… Read more.

I’ve been thinking over my thoughts about why writing matters. Publication and ego boosts and smoozing are all part of it. But perhaps, at least for me, not the core.… Read more.

Lee Ann Brown and Carl Martin read last night to wrap the 2005 Desert City reading series. Carl Martin read first: rich sounds, density, surrealist touches, a head well squared… Read more.

I am really fascinated by the intense relationship between Olson/Creeley and how they created an institution for the reception of their work. Not quite traditional marketing but perhaps marketing nonetheless.… Read more.

I am reading a book right now called _Career Moves_ by Libbie Rifkin. Rifkin analyzes the making of an American Avant Garde community via Creeley, Olson, Berrigan, and Zukofsky. I… Read more.

I am really amazed by the output of Clark Coolidge. I read Own Face, Alien Tatters and I just finished The Crystal Text. I loved these books so much I… Read more.

The soon to be knighted Sir Rumble braught Lisa Jarnot to my intro to poetry class yesterday. The class was standing room only (word got around) and most of the… Read more.

My friend Adam sent me this link (we need more of this reporting): Bedtime Story Read more.

This review really hit it for me. I recently read Maurice Scully’s _Livelihood_ and Geofrey Squires _Untitled and Other Poems_ is on deck (I love that baseball term. It is… Read more.

I’ve been reading Poetry On & Off The Page by Marjorie Perloff and I am really enjoying it. Perloff is so lucid and engaging. One of the essays in her… Read more.

Announcing the Second Carrboro (International) Poetry Festival May 21 & 22 The 2005 Carrboro Poetry Festival will feature readings from 40 poets during the two day event Saturday May 21… Read more.

some interesting experiments with s+7 in my intro to poetry class: intro to poetry Read more.

Lester sent a great link to a music video celebrating the wonders of America. Check it out: America You Must Go ON Lester also sent this quote: “Of course we… Read more.

This hot new journal sounds very very promising. A focused eclectic (much needed as opposed to so many unfocused eclectics like Fence etc.) Here’s the notice (and open call) from… Read more.

some really fresh cod and cold Stella last night at Fishbones. A nice little birthday celebration with some Greensboro buddies. My good friend Dan got me a gift certificate to… Read more.

The second airing of My Vocabulary this Sunday. Last week’s show was great. Some wonderful Robert Creeley poems and tributes. Check it out this Sunday. Here’s the message from one… Read more.

Wow. Tiffany surprised me with a 20gb ipod for my birthday today. I’ve never used an ipod. It’s charging right now. Can’t wait to load it up with some tunes… Read more.

so I am turning 31 tomorrow. it’s a strange number. the only significance being 10 years older than 21 (the age of drinking in the U.S.). In other news, I… Read more.

Patrick Heron sent this link to the Lucipo folks recently. A really well done music video. Here’s the synopsis: Protesting U.S. foreign policy, the Norwegian rap group Gatas Parlament created… Read more.

re-read _Pieces_ last night and it moved me greatly. There’s so much packed into the book. Philosophical meditation on the “I” and death and the world body. This book really… Read more.

I am excited to check out Stockholder’s work at the Weatherspoon. Just came across this brief interview and it perked (peaked) my interest: Klaus Ottmann: What are the most important… Read more.

A very intense dream the other night. don’t know if any of you out there ever feels a bit of despair over becoming wormfood, but lately the cycle has been… Read more.

In case you don’t know already there’s a great new mag in town. Adam Good (of DC poet fame) has organized a very impressive first issue. Editorial vision (this is… Read more.

I am laughing and gasping and all in all envious of Mayer’s Midwinter Day. The “NY School” has so much boundless and boldness. What generation is Bernadette Mayer anyway? She… Read more.

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great st. paddy’s day party last night. some pics of noses and mouths. soon I will get inside the ear. Read more.

The idea of audience and language has been on my mind for quite a few years (perhaps always but I talking consciously here). Quite a few of my professors over… Read more.

Chris Vitiello instigated a great discussion on the Lucipo listserv. He asked about our conception of open/closed text while composing/writing. His bloghas some fascinating talk of late (audience, plays etc.)… Read more.

Just picked up Medeski Martin and Wood’s Notes From The Underground. I am liking it a lot so far. What a range! I have found music without words works best… Read more.

Dry spells hurt. Resurrections are good (poetry doesn’t want immortality but ressurection) or insurrection? It’s good to plug back in. Listening to Jazz contemplating, dancing, and writing with IT. I… Read more.

If you like sound (birds, dialects, Princess Elizabeth talking to children during WWII) check outThe British Library Sound Archive Read more.

If you’re ever in Chapel Hill, NC you must visit The Bookshop. I have yet to find a better used bookshop for poetry. Turned in a small box of poetry… Read more.

Red Juice by Hoa Nguyen Originally uploaded by postpran. Handsome, well-made chap. Demotic and personal and eliptical and chiseled. Music that stays fresh all year. Lot’s of interesting poems about/around… Read more.

Etruscan Reader VI Originally uploaded by postpran. These Etruscan Readers really rock. I want them all! Read more.

tom raworth essays Originally uploaded by postpran. Ordering this soon from The Gig Editions. Read more.

tom raworth’s collected Originally uploaded by postpran. This is my true reading project. He is in my top five poets of all time. Read more.

lew daly’s nemesis Originally uploaded by postpran. about to try and read this Apex of the M fella again. I’ve read parts and put it away. Read more.

maggie o’sullivan’s palace of reptiles Originally uploaded by postpran. Can’t wait to get this in the mail Read more.

This article makes me want to re-read some Ashbery. I often give up on him. I didn’t make it through Three Poems or Flow Chart. There is so much Ashbery.… Read more.

1) when is the new commodified: a) at the moment of its conception b) when air enters its lungs c) after it leaves the hospital 2) which best describes your… Read more.

PART ONE: HOW TO RECLAIM AGENCY IN LANGUAGE? 1) break the language to see what’s underneath. Allow for paradox and competing representations. 2) speak clearly and efficiently. Less clouded than… Read more.

I taught a little Kamu Brathwaite in my intro to poetry class today. Mostly we listened to to Kamu Brathwaite on Leonard Schwartz’s Cross Cultural Poetics. I was especially fascinated… Read more.

My good friend Jake DeCola will be showing fifteen new sculptures in steel and bronze at the Durham Art Guild (120 Morris Street, Durham, NC) beginning this Thursday, February 24.… Read more.

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Cole Swensen and Joe Donahue Originally uploaded by postpran. Joe reads to Cole from his palm (reopen pic with a photo editing program. zoom/isolate Joe’s palm to read his poem) Read more.

Laura and kathryn Originally uploaded by postpran. At the Blue Door. Smiles all around. Read more.

Another very interesting reading last night at the Internationalist. Chris Vitiello projected live fish swimming on an overhead projector and slides and ran a text loop with a film projector.… Read more.

Ken Rumble’s Desert City Reading Series kicks ass! Here’s the annoucement from Mr. Rumble: Cole Swensen & Chris Vitiello This Saturday, February 19th Please spread far and wide……… Who: Cole… Read more.

while the energy of words are difficult to measure, I do find myself drawn toward the fast-paced, high energy performances of Miles Champion, Rod Smith, and most of all Tom… Read more.

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todd at the Irish monument in Philly Originally uploaded by postpran. Read more.

1) Ken Rumble dropped Tessa Joseph on her head three times. However, he is one hell of a swing dancer. Tessa didn’t mind. It was part of the dance. 2)… Read more.

fab time last night. fun lucipo (lucifer poetics) reading at the flea last night. Todd sold some Lucifer Poetics t-shirts. 3 sets of 3 readers with two breaks after… The… Read more.

Publishing venture to seek profit in poetry By Sheila Farr Seattle Times art critic Charlie Wright, son of art patrons Virginia and Bagley Wright, is starting a new venture. Seattleites… Read more.

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*** INSTITUTE FOR ANARCHIST STUDIES’ SOAPBOX SOCIAL *** Dear Friends and Supporters, old and new, The Institute for Anarchist Studies warmly invites you to our Soapbox Social, to be held… Read more.

Just finished reading Antidotes for an Alibi by Amy King. Lots of surprising twists and turns that often reminded me of Tomaz Salamun. Certainly there are a lot of young… Read more.

when people say personal in relation to poetry they often say: “the use of the personal” how can we know if the personal is using us? By this I mean… Read more.

( +speaking+) a voice reading neither film nor mirror. the lake a question. the gift a symbol. among the sparks. with thick eyes descending. fascination for fools. of dried apples.… Read more.

a good start to the semester. Some interesting and intelligent responses to Mallarme on the class blog. check it out: intro to poetry blog Read more.

II. SHEMSHAM “It is only a few who reach the edge of the world where its mirror /image begins” (Peter O’Leary) “shem was a sham and a low sham and… Read more.

Another great Desert City reading on Saturday. Poems by Marcos Canteli (read in Spanish then translated by Rachel Price into English). A very refreshing bestiary from Mr. Standard Schaefer. Great… Read more.

Standard Schaefer and Kathryn Standard read some great bestiary poems. In this pic, he is saying some very naughty things to poor wee Kathryn. Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

some bloody drink Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

patrick Heron LOOK INTO MY EYES!!!!! Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

three of the evenings readers/performers Rachel Price, Marcos Canteli, and Tanya Olson Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

the rumble Mr. Rumble's own private disco after some great desert city and blue door readings Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

at Belfast city hall the cold alters the relation between rain and puddle.the heart fills with hellium. voice a soggy pitch. in this place the pattern is meager but the… Read more.

I just received my copies of Backwards City Review. Some cool poems and comics (I haven’t looked at the fiction yet). Tony Tost does some complex sleep, Kent Jonhson does… Read more.

Most people are tired of paramilitaries. And the militaries. Us versus them everywhere. In Portadown. In Belfast. The murals are everywhere. How about a new story now. Read more.

I received some genuine sheepskin slippers in the mail today. I just wish it were cold around these parts. Ah well, it does make me feel cozy. It’ll be damp… Read more.

at the Buffs in Belfast. after twenty-four years. no ark for flood. no balm for ear. (liquid filling into liquid). horses on the telly. lust of memory. and the larynx… Read more.

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Picked up some Peter Riley while I was in London. Haven’t read much of him except Untitled Sequence (a chapbook from Wild Honey Press) It’s strange being back. It took… Read more.

Reading a little James Monaco for the class I will be teaching on film a week from today. He has a little chart. The spectrum from least abstraction to most:… Read more.

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strange being back in America. Got back late last night. My body says it’s 1:38AM and I want to sleep, but must push through the jet lag. Great time in… Read more.

leaving in 1 hour to fly to Boston then on to Dublin. 5 hour layover in the Boston airport however. Printed out Silliman’s Demo and Rod Smith’s Protective Immediacy to… Read more.

never listened to Matmos before. really working me good this morning. sounds of old elizabeth with some serious drums and creative electronica (an eerie base giving me the chills) These… Read more.