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The changing of the blog 2 Jun 2008 | 03:06 am
The short of it: This blog is finished. The new version is here: http://commutiny.wordpress.com The long of it: I've been blogging intermittently since 1999. The first incarnation was a home-made HTM...
Aural June 29 May 2008 | 04:32 am
Toronto, how incredible is this?! Jaap Blonk with Robin Minard Isabel Bader Theatre June 4 Kronos Quartet with Tanya Tagaq Isabel Bader Theatre June 12/13 Laurie Anderson Danforth Music Hall June 1...
Reading this Tuesday 18 May 2008 | 12:21 pm
Ciara Adams and I will perform some old slumberish work, as well as some newer echological texts, at Plasticine Poetry Series (The Central, 603 Markham St., Toronto, 8pm). Other readers include Andrea...
New Monk 17 May 2008 | 04:46 am
Meredith Monk's new CD, Impermanence, is out. NPR interview here. So much of what she does rhythmically and vocally on this album relates to where I'm playing with sound-poem drafts for echology and d...
Adventures in Belgium: Brussels 15 May 2008 | 11:56 pm
After Ghent, I spent a few days in Brussels hanging out with YA novelist Leila Rasheed, whose debut Chips, Beans, and Limousines: The Fantastic Diary of Bathsheba Clarice de Trop! is quite clever, del...
Adventures in Belgium: Post-Zaoem Snapshots 6 May 2008 | 08:00 pm
Merendree: Out of the city, into rural Belgium. We wound our way through cobblestone roads and cowfields to an art gallery for the visual poetry exhibit Woord en Beeld, including work by Helen White (...
Adventures in Belgium: Maja and a.raw Improvise Flemish 6 May 2008 | 07:55 pm
Our first attempt at an improvised duet (using a Flemish grammar book) picks up midway once we suss the other's sensibilities. Hopefully we'll have more opportunities to play in the future!
Surrender strange matters 6 May 2008 | 01:45 am
“I see that it’s important that we surrender ourselves and expose ourselves to things that we don’t necessarily understand, that through innocent, impassioned excitement we can’t help share.” – Lisa G...
Adventures in Belgium: Zaoem, Day Two 5 May 2008 | 03:32 am
April 26th was an enchanted day for a poetry reading: warm weather, bright sky, lots of sleep, and savoury pannekoeken with Leila. Following an afternoon stroll, I prepped for the evening's performanc...
Adventures in Belgium: eduard escoffet @ Zaoem 5 May 2008 | 03:11 am
eduard escoffet performs at the Zaoem Polypoetry Festival in Ghent, Belgium.