Avant-Garde All the Time

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Driven by Sound Tracks

2011-01-1129:46

An audio tour of films featuring Vito Acconci, Erik Satie, Vicki Bennett, Karl Holmquist, and more from the UbuWeb archive.

The Sound of Silence

2010-09-0720:10

Samples from from Craig Dworkin's UbuWeb paper “Unheard Music,” featuring John Cage, Steve Reich, Mieko Shiomi, Yves Klein, and more.

Almost Completely Understanding

2010-07-2321:33

Audio interpretations of Gertrude Stein from the UbuWeb archives. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Sounds of Fluxus

2010-06-0224:05

Yoko Ono flushing toilets, La Monte Young’s “Theater of Eternal Music,” Larry Miller’s baby crying, Alison Knowles onion skin music and loads more. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

UbuWeb Interviews

2010-03-2342:07

Gertrude Stein at the Algonquin, William Carlos Williams trying to remember “The Red Wheelbarrow,” Salvador Dali on his phallic moustache, Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Derrida, and scads more from the archive. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

The Women of the Avant-Garde (part 2)

2009-11-2425:33

Sound clips from Gertrude Stein, Yoko Ono, Louise Lawler, Shelley Hirsch, Lauren Lesko, Forugh Farrokhzad, Pauline Oliveros, and many more.

The Women of the Avant-Garde

2009-10-1925:21

Sound clips from Kathy Acker, Laurie Anderson, Caroline Bergvall, Denise Levertov, Lydia Lunch, Patti Smith, Eileen Myles, and many more.

Continental Drift

2009-08-1920:481

How the French avante-garde twisted up and bent language, featuring Rimbaud, Apollinaire, the space age poetry of Ilse Garnier, and more.

The Sounds of the UK

2009-07-2222:33

A wide-ranging survey of British sound poets and artists from the 1960s to the present, featuring Bob Cobbing, Neil Mills, Liliy Greenham, Chirstopher Logue, Ann Laplantine, and more. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Resident Voices

2009-04-2818:33

Listening to the far out sounds of 1970's LA, featuring Chris Burden, Paul McCarthy, and the Kipper Kids, among others. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Punk Versions of Monkey Chants

2009-01-0613:51

And other ethnopoetic marvels, including speaking in tongues, throat singers, and sound poetry.

Protest Poetry With a Beat

2008-10-2116:28

Hear Allen Ginsberg's hilarious "CIA Dope Calypso" and peak performances by Ezra Pound, Amiri Baraka and Abbie Hoffman. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Schwitters Happens

2008-08-0117:26

You really should listen to the numbers 1 through 100 . . . especially 79. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Best Decade Ever?

2008-05-2714:00

Tellus's trove of '80s recordings, from ethnopoetics to Paul Bowles. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

The First "Three-dimensional" Magazine?

2008-02-1815:42

Aspen featured Warhol, the Velvets, and John Lennon twiddling the radio dial.

The World of Outsiders

2008-01-1815:28

Kenneth Goldsmith shares some insane and profane sounds that lie between Avant-Garde and Outsider Art, including recordings by Jim Roche, Robin Kahn, and Sean Landers. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

What did Patti Smith, Frank O'Hara, and Meredith Monk Have in Common?

2007-12-0517:12

The John Giorno Poetry Systems Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

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