Ahadada Books is pleased to present a tasty sample of Mark Sptizer reading from his latest, Age of the Demon Tools — although, the poem, “Unholy Millenial Litany”, which clocks in at 7:29, is more of a meal!

This book is worth reading [listening to] if only for the poem “Unholy Millenial Litany” and its blastsome truths. —Ed Sanders, literary icon

You can access it via Ahadada Radio by clicking below:

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Age of the Demon Tools’ sell sheet is available here. Feel free to print off, post up and pass around! Would be much appreciated! Click here to download!

More information on Mark’s book may be found by clicking here.

Stay tuned for more, everyone! And enjoy!

In response to a mailing including Jesse Glasss’ Trimorphic Protennoia, Ralph Lichtensteiger spontaneously put together two sound recordings. What he calls ‘a sound window’ — as he samples sounds as they come in through his window and refactors them through software.

So chech out ‘A sound window for Jesse Glass’. Writes Lichtensteiger in his Diary:

I spontaneously did these two sound pieces called Listening I & II [for Jesse Glass] after the arraival of your surprise package containing Trimorphic Protennoia and your wonderful poetry readings. Ambient sound recordings: capturing the sound through the window of my library, in combination with sounds generated via software [CellSynth 1.7, MetaSynth 4.0] © 2007 by musique trouvé…

Click here for Lichtensteiger’s sound pieces. Remember to click PLAY on both players simultaneously for full effect.

Ralph Lichtensteiger was born in Switzerland in 1962. The rest is impossible to explain. I suggest you try to find out yourself at his site!

Via Daniel Bradley’s blog, I discovered this fine collection of 2006 Poetry Readings in Buffalo (at the Big Orbit Gallery), hosted by everybody’s favourite all-american Kevin Thurston and sponsored by Just Buffalo Literary Center which are now being hosted by House Press.

Missed ‘em the first time around? Catch ‘em here.

Daniel Bradley provides a little context on his reading with Gustave Morin:

Included is gustave morin and i reading from last fall (scroll to the bottom of the page) this actual isn’t the famed torched village anthology portion of the evening . . . that was held in the parking lot where things can burn, but the reading is pretty good, sound is great and there is even audience participation

We sat next to Gustave Morin, Rob Read, and Daniel Bradley at last month’s Small Press Book Fair in Buffalo. We didn’t see them light anything on fire.

Although, if I recall correctly John W MacDonald had some evidence of the guys burning Ottawa down here.

Writes Gustave Morin in MacDonald’s comment stream:

There is for me something beautiful in the ephemeral nature of firecrackers that i will always love.

Well anyway — check out the readings courteosy of House Press:

Spring 2006 Readings
Kemeny Babineau (16:50)
Rob Read (18:03)
John Barlow (26:46)
Justin Sirois (18:18)
Lauren Bender (27:00)
CA Conrad (20:12)
Buck Downs (27:31)

Fall 2006 Readings
Amy King (27:15)
Daniel F. Bradley (35:29)
Gustave Morin (34:19)
James Hart III (11:18)
Mark Truscott (14:28)
Angela Rawlings(19:52)

More from Jesse and I soon!

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• 1. Room Spaces, Michael J. Schumacher, CD1> t1) Room Piece XI, CD2> t1) Piece in 3 Parks, t2) Still, t3) Untitled, t4) Still, recorded at Diapason Gallery, NYC, XI Records
• 2. Spoken words by Jesse Glass, Dec – Jan, 06/07, t1) for Ralph Lichtensteiger, t2) Hospital Singing, t3) Mourn Him, t4) Museum, t5) Oh Japanese Poh! Etz, t6) Pantoum, t7) SEZ, t8) This Only (Teku Teku), t9) Untitled Sequence, t10) Down, Chiba-ken, Japan