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Poetry EP's

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Since reading the an interview with Ian Svenonius, I've had the following excerpt rolling around in my mind.

It's got me wondering if poetry has EP's and if anyone is collecting them. Self-published chapbooks. 'Zines. DeviantART. Bits and pieces spread about the web like scattered, amorphous patches of sunlight. I don't rightly know. 

30 years from now will anybody be scouring the bins looking for yours?


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I grew up in this era where there were institutionalized rockers and all the other groups bubbling up underneath. The narrative presented an ecosystem that made a lot of sense. And one of the positive things that the internet did was demolish that idea.
Now, you can’t make a case for Neil Young being singularly great because it’s been revealed that there were one thousand competitors making plaintive folk-rock who were just as powerful and prolific. Neil Young just had the muscle of Reprise, or whoever, behind him. And Neil Young is great!

Otis Redding is another great example. Atlantic were the hype masters and they controlled the narrative for the white audience of soul music. It was “The Big O!” But now, it’s revealed that there were apparently 500,000 amazing soul singles produced by people that nobody ever heard of. So 600,000 bands on the Internet is what’s always been happening.

When you’re in rock-and-roll, everyone is embittered. “It didn’t turn out how it was supposed to.” Even Pete Townshend is angry because he’s misunderstood. He got to sell 50 million records, or whatever, but nobody gets “Pinball Wizard.” That’s why I collect old 45 singles. When you see all these talented people who had better ideas and were completely ignored, it’s a reality check.

And now, even if you only sell 500 records, that’s actually really great. You should be really glad that anybody cares. The only reward to making a record is making the record, not if some intern writes about it.

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The burning of the Glasgow School of Art is a great loss to not only Scotland but also the broader human world. The architecture and design of Charles Rennie Mackintosh has had a profound impact on my aesthetic sense. The library at the school was very nearly a sacred space (it such exists) to me.

Please take a moment to read my poem: Construction Site, an approach to therapy

I would encourage everyone to learn at least something about Mackintosh and his work, better yet visit Scotland and see some of his architecture and furniture designs. (I recommend the Mackintosh Willow Tea Rooms in Glasgow. In particular, the room de luxe at www.willowtearooms.co.uk/the-w… )

Be well.

-THA
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Fresh. Clean.

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To whom it may concern,

I've begun cleaning up my DA page.

No. I'm not having an existential crisis,
just managing my digital footprint.
I appreciate your concern.

Thank you for stopping by.

-THA
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