tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post2375360061007230305..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: Ah Sunflower, Weary of Time: Issa's Sunday Service, #92Issa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-85128619437198246122011-03-01T07:43:39.267-05:002011-03-01T07:43:39.267-05:00Lyle:
Thanks for the recollection. I saw Ginsber...Lyle:<br /><br />Thanks for the recollection. I saw Ginsberg a couple of times myself. Most memorably in the mid-80s at one of the 1st Geraldine Dodge gatherings. Full harmonium, his guitar player just so joyful. He could do exactly what you describe: evoke a Nixon and a Manson and make everyone feel alright. I always felt that this kind of thing was Buddhism in action, embracing the all and having everyone around be accepting of that.<br /><br />Must say, Ed Sanders of the Fugs was there, too, and he famously sang and played his piano tie. Another bit of joy.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-9822808773011581332011-02-28T23:02:16.184-05:002011-02-28T23:02:16.184-05:00The reading of William Blake that is forever burne...The reading of William Blake that is forever burned into my memory was hearing Allen Ginsberg, during a reading he did (Minneapolis, sometime winter 1970-71, Guthrie Theatre, a large packed house, Ginsberg standing near the center of the room on the theatre's projected stage), playing his harmonium (I think the instrument was), alternating poems (his own) and chants and a few of Blake's Innocence and Experience songs.<br /><br />Don't remember the title offhand, it's the Blake poem (in Songs) that begins, or anyway includes the lines "Little lamb/Full of joy" (and I may have punctuation and line break and caps & lower a little off here) --<br /><br />Ginsberg sang the song, and then began riffing variations on Blake's refrain, "Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year" (again may not have the exact words in memory) --<br /><br />Ginsberg singing, a bright jaunty little piece of tune, "Merrily, merrily, we welcome in the family," and began naming all manner of families as he repeated the refrain over and over --<br /><br />And at one point in the progression he sang "Merrily, merrily, we welcome Nixon's family," followed by "Merrily, merrily, we welcome Manson's family." And the room let out a brief wild cheer.<br /><br />I doubt if many in the room were cheering Charles Manson as such; rather, I think saying, in effect, yeah, if we're going to welcome Nixon the million-killer, we can welcome Manson too.<br /><br />Quite a remarkable conjuration, starting from a simple sensual celebrational lyric.Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-31452753586206738832011-02-28T15:20:27.383-05:002011-02-28T15:20:27.383-05:00Thanks, realeyz ...Thanks, realeyz ...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-52620313756420975582011-02-28T14:00:35.251-05:002011-02-28T14:00:35.251-05:00Tuli Kupferberg deconstructing mainstream media (R...Tuli Kupferberg deconstructing mainstream media (Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated) for Paper Tiger TV<br /><br />http://www.realeyz.tv/search.php?search=tuli+kupferbergUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841346564098997763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-91305426714201174812011-02-27T11:58:43.517-05:002011-02-27T11:58:43.517-05:00Charles:
The songs are something of an artifact o...Charles:<br /><br />The songs are something of an artifact of the times (60s) they were recorded - there is also a timeless quality in that they lean more to poetry than folk/rock. Obviously not for everyone, but I do hope you get something out of it.<br /><br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-22027498449279457152011-02-27T11:22:15.886-05:002011-02-27T11:22:15.886-05:00I'm gonna listen to these. I'm not very f...I'm gonna listen to these. I'm not very familiar with the "Fugs."Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-70562676451901606642011-02-27T10:01:20.891-05:002011-02-27T10:01:20.891-05:00Received a separate communication that made mentio...Received a separate communication that made mention of Greg Brown's beautiful recording of "Ah Sunflower" with a link to it, so here it is:<br /><br />http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Ah+Sun+flower/3oFGQk?src=5Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-67276794979467678322011-02-27T10:00:32.937-05:002011-02-27T10:00:32.937-05:00Kokkie-san, oh, yes, rise and fall it did, pentago...Kokkie-san, oh, yes, rise and fall it did, pentagon and moon ... <br /><br />I think the reason the button was orange cause that was the color ... could be wrong on that though ...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-62809094552842559232011-02-27T09:46:47.404-05:002011-02-27T09:46:47.404-05:00was at that Pentagon March!
SOME performance/Thea...was at that Pentagon March!<br /><br />SOME performance/Theater...<br /><br />guided by the 'attitude' of the Beatles yogi/guru/'teacher" (I forget his name : The Yoganda Mishmash Yogi..<br /><br />"we the people'' put our collective "minds" together<br />changed the color of the pentagon (purple? pink?)<br /><br />and levitated the pentagonal shaped Pentagon up-up-&-awaaayyyyyyy....<br /><br />50 years later it crash-landed on Bagdad !<br /><br />full moon<br />rising / falling<br />simultaneously <br /><br />Kokkie-sanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com