I’ve finished gathering the 32 tracks for a 2-CD compilation we’re putting together to benefit
Callum Z. Robbins’ care fund. It’s called
For Callum & is kind of a joint effort between
The Cultural Society,
Catlick Records, &
Letterbox, though it’s really a joint effort between the contributors, engineers, producers, & manufacturers who have made their talents & services available to us. I thank them all for their help & support. Truly.
In any case, there’s not yet an official place to go for information about the CDs but I thought I should make preliminary mention of it here. Street date is 3/17/07 & it’ll cost $17.50 ppd. All proceeds will go to Cal’s fund. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line.
We’re also putting on a Cal-benefit show here in Mpls on 3/17/07. I’ll have more on that as the date nears.
Effing #6 is now available. Edited by Joseph Massey, it features poems by me,
Christopher Rizzo, Mairéad Byrne, Andrew Mister, Rae Armantrout, Shannon Tharp, Aaron Tieger, Thomas Devaney, Julie Doxsee, Sandra Simonds, Jess Mynes, & John Phillips.
I’m excited to be in such formidable company.
Hand-sewn with letterpress-printed covers. Click
here to order a copy.
K. turned me on to a show currently up at
Storefront for Art & Archtecture in NYC featuring ‘little’ architecture magazines from roughly 1960-1980. Anyone interested in alternative information channels, architecture, self-publishing, or a general idea of DIY should have a look.
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We were in NYC at the end of January. It was a terrific visit, marked not only by the usual delightful company of our friends (& wishing we had more time to see even
more friends) but also by a benefit show on 1/26 for Callum Robbins featuring
Ted Leo &
Medications; &
the Bad Plus at the Village Vanguard the following Sunday (thanks again, David). Great musics across the board.
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Michael Heller’s
Earth and Cave is now available from Dos Madres. It’s a combination reminiscence/journal about/from his time in Spain in the mid-1960s. For fans of &/or newcomers to his work it’s a necessity, a characteristically thoughtful, skilled, & conscientious book.
