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Moondog Rising “Bootleg”
November 7, 2007 at 1:44 am · Filed under friends, musicology, social entrepreneurship
I was in the back of the church for most of the festival, so I don’t have very good video (or audio), but what I have, I offer to the public at large, with permission from Managarm and euPraxia.
A few things to think about:
- Most of the clips are from Moondog rounds (one melody repeated at different intervals by different voices and instruments)
- The percussion you hear (distorted though it might be) is all created by one man (Stefan Lakatos) on one single instrument (the trimba)
- Moondog wrote light-hearted, nonsensical poems for his madrigals. Two of the madrigals I caught here were composed by young composers who were inspired by Moondog’s style.
- At the end of the clips, I added a blurry photo of a sheet of couplets he sold to Robert Scotto on the corner of 54th & 6th Avenue for 10 cents.
“Wine Woman and Song”
by Moondog
Wine, woman and song are too,
too much for me.
I am contented with the latter two,
for women and my song are simply wine enough, you see.
“Draw Now, Ella” (A Palindrome)
by Marjorie Gere
Draw now, Ella.
Two Heras play.
Alps are how tall?
Ew. Onward.
“My Tiny Butterfly”
My tiny butterfly butters my bread;
My briney flutterby keeps me well fed.
Why should I mutter?
“You’re Makin’ Me So Hot”
by Jacob Barton
Would you please kindly stop? It hurts!
You’re making me so hot.
You’re burning off my legs.
Would you possibly know how that feels?
Show the least bit of empathy and
put down the magnifying glass, lest I fry!
To the Moondog and Back
November 5, 2007 at 1:26 am · Filed under singing, social entrepreneurship
I’m happy to report that Moondog Rising was a wonderful event with a lot of special moments. First, it was terrific to see Robin again after two years time. The last time we saw each other, we were in DC for the American Musicological Society’s Annual Meeting. A lot has happened since then and it was great to catch up.
I also met some interesting people connected with the whole Moondog project: Stefan Lakatos, the world’s only trimba player, Frank Gobel, co-executor of Moondog’s estate; and Robert Scotto, author of Moondog’s official biography, recently released. Also, a pleasant run-in with several Robinesque connections: Applehill festival participants, two close friends Anisa & Roderick from the Olympia area; and Adrian Morejon, bassoonist, founder of Sospiro Winds, and one of the co-leaders of euPraxia.
So many people doing so many wonderful things. It was great to brush shoulders with all of them.
And I even got to sing in one of Moondog’s madrigals. A real treat. I’ll post some pictures and video in coming days. Tomorrow morning at work should be interesting after the flight back to Chicago!
Headed to Moondog Heaven
October 27, 2007 at 11:59 pm · Filed under friends, social entrepreneurship
I’m really excited to see what my good friend Robin has been up to these last few years in NYC. She’s put together a festival to celebrate maverick composer Louis Hardin (1916-1999) and the recent release of his authorized biography. Way cool event to include a puppet show, concerts, and book signing. I’m very much looking forward to next weekend.
This festival will also be the first of many great things to come from her newest non-profit, eupraxia, a collective of artists with a cause who are working together to generate the funding they need to change the world.
I heart you, Robin Boomer. And all you artistic social entrepreneurs out there. I heart you.
