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May 10, 2010: First Notes for a Walking Tour of Provence with Jonathan Gill on the 100th Anniversary of Ezra’s Walking Tour of Provence, Summer 2012
Notes for a Walking Tour of Provence with Jonathan Gill on the 100th Anniversary of Ezra’s Walking Tour of Provence, Summer 1912 “Pound admits to hesitating between two opposite models of travel writing—on the one hand, the ‘voyage of sentiment’ (in which the depaysement of foreign parts serves as a stimulus to ‘strange and exquisite emotions’),… Continue Reading »
Interview with Jim Cohn of the Museum of American Poetics, 2010
Randy Roark: Interview by Jim Cohn Randy Roark came to Boulder in November 1979 to apprentice with the poet Allen Ginsberg as he assembled his Collected Poems, and continued to work in various capacities with the poet until Ginsberg’s death in 1997. He has published over 40 volumes of original prose and poetry and art… Continue Reading »
“Sometimes You’re Lucky, Sometimes You’re Not: La Nouvelle Chanson Francaise 1997-2009”
Sometimes You’re Lucky, Sometimes You’re Not Nouvelle Chanson An Anthology of European Pop 1997-2009 The Liner Notes to a 6CD Set Collected by Randy Roark La Nouvelle Chanson Nouvelle Chanson (or Nouvelle Scene Francaise) describes a pop music movement beginning in France in the late Nineties, characterized by a return to the stylings and language… Continue Reading »
Randy on “Colorado Matters”
Click here to listen to Randy on “Colorado Matters” (Colorado Public Radio) speaking about the Naropa Audio Archive – 12,000 hours of recordings of teachers – established by Allen Ginsberg. Now in danger of audio degradation and eventual disintegration, hear how the archive is being rescued. Continue Reading »
Interview with Jeffrey Side of “The Argotist,” United Kingdom, 2006
An Interview for “Argotist” Literary Magazine, United Kingdom, December, 2006 Jeffrey Side has had poetry published in various magazines such as Poetry Salzburg Review, and on poetry web sites such as Poethia, nthposition, eratio, Ancient Heart, Blazevox, P.F.S. Post, hutt, ken*again, and CybpherAnthology. He has reviewed poetry for New Hope International, Stride, Acumen, and Shearsman…. Continue Reading »
August 17, 2006, “A History of the Band,” Liner Notes to a 10CD Set
CD1: A History of the Band, Volume I Further on Up the Road/Nineteen Years Old: These are the first recordings of the basic line-up of what become later become the Band (Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, and Rick Danko), recorded during some leftover time in the studio while still members of Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks…. Continue Reading »
July 16, 2006, A History of Richard Thompson: Liner notes to a 5CD set
A History of Richard Thompson CD1: A History of Fairport Convention: I don’t know the name of this song, but it’s obviously one of Ashley Hutchings’ “borrowings” from classic folk songs, in this case the Byrds’ “Renaissance Fayre.” I’m also not sure what year it’s from—I’m now thinking 1997, since it was recorded at Fairport’s… Continue Reading »
Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado, Spontaneous Talk on Allen Ginsberg, June 25, 2006
The following is a transcription of an impromptu talk given on the 50th anniversary of the publication of “Howl” at Naropa Institute. I’m an example of the apprenticeship program that Allen [Ginsberg] ran while he was here. It was a course that you could sign up for, you got credit for it, and met alone with Allen… Continue Reading »
On Publishing
On Publishing There was recently a panel discussion held on Publishing and the Poet at Naropa University. This is what I would have said if I was invited. Publishing is a constant goal of any writer. For an unpublished author, the desire is often a substitute for something else—a desire to be “good enough”… Continue Reading »
A Trip to Greece and Cyprus: An Exploration of Sacredness, Oracles, and the Power of Drumming with Layne Redmond, May 2005
This is a workbook I created for the women drummers traveling to Greece and Cyrpus with Layne Redmond to perform rituals at sites sacred to Aphrodite and Dionysos. I’ve taken out most references to the 91 illustrations in the original workbook. A Trip to Greece and Cyprus: Exploration of Sacredness, Oracles, and the Power of Drumming with Layne… Continue Reading »