bend of bay

The Next Place

apc — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:09 +0000

Every day means
we’re going to be next
the next place
instantly killing a teacher
a couple of hours later,
wearing a camouflage-netted helmet
conversations about how night fell.
Helicopter gunships devastated
the headquarters police,
the presidential security forces,
the navy, and a maintenance man.
They struck taking certain steps toward openness.
This difficult incident,
several young children.
Schoolgirls have no legs.
No place to hide.
They are for the next place
and the next place.

Glass / Wilson – Einstein on the Beach

apc — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:36:59 +0000

Good short introduction to the opera, with highlights. From the DVD, Absolute Wilson.

Candy Says

apc — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:30:01 +0000

In 2007, Lou Reed performed his 1973 album Berlin at St. Ann’s in Brooklyn. One of the encores was this stunning rendition of the Velvet Underground’s Candy Says, featuring Antony.

Compare to the orignal:

In Honor Of Bloomsday

apc — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:08:11 +0000

Scenes from 1967 film adaption of Ulysses by James Joyce, directed by Joseph Strick. After viewing, buy the book here and bendofbay will take anything we earn and use it in this program.

John Ashbery

apc — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:36:16 +0000

After #712 (for E.D.)

apc — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:33:46 +0000

We paused before a House that seemed

A Swelling of the Ground –

The Roof was scarcely visible –

The Cornice – in the Ground –

When is Emily going to

see

how

the light of day will

lead

her quickly, along the low

road

and

straight on to my house

where

we have dinner waiting for

her,

growing

colder while we await her

return.

Margaret Leng Tan

apc — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:03:22 +0000

Margaret Leng Tan plays In The Name Of The Holocaust by John Cage

Flat 2

apc — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:25:10 +0000

She Sang

apc — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:57:16 +0000

She sang in long thin lines.

Sang to her mother,

In long thin lines.

Nurse

apc — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:54:38 +0000

Memorize Poetry

apc — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:58:04 +0000

Memorizing poetry gives you a feel for the language, exercises the brain, entertains when your iPod is dead, and carries on a tradition that predates writing. If you just memorize two lines a day you will have a nice collection in a month or two.

Here is a place to find poems to memorize.

Late Picasso

apc — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:28:46 +0000

Others stand watching me
watching them

Other stand watching me
watching them

I believe in
reincarnation
because I have to

I believe in
reincarnation
in order to live.

The drawings are most impressive.
Are those prostitutes?

Watch me watching them

I believe in reincarnation because otherwise there is no reason to live.

More to do.

There is no other place I would rather be.
Things we come across – this is the only place to be – the only place anyone should ever wish or want to be.

I believe in reincarnation because I have to.
I believe in reincarnation,
to be in this best place to be
&
Picasso

Palm & Bench

apc — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:12:48 +0000

Ensure to Drink [nutrient supplement]

apc — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:03:28 +0000

I was given no solid food during the first two or three weeks, while sitting on the chair. I was only given Ensure and water to drink. At first the Ensure made me vomit, but this became less with time.

Main Elements of the Program

Arrest and Transfer

Continuous Solitary Confinement and Incommunicado Detention

Other Methods of Ill-treatment

Suffocation by water
Prolonged Stress Standing
Beatings by use of a collar
Beating and kicking
Confinement in a box
Prolonged nudity
Sleep deprivation and use of loud music
Exposure to cold temperature/cold water
Prolonged use of handcuffs and shackles
Threats
Forced shaving
Deprivation/restricted provision of solid food

Further elements of the detention regime

Ensure a nutrient supplement.

Talking Heads – Psycho Killer Evolves

apc — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:56:48 +0000

From a show at CBGB in 1975. A pure version.

From Wembly Arena, 1982.