some films of murnau

2006-03-21 Thread John Lowther
some films of murnau * scowling stage right to ennui at the fourth wall foot mascara attitudinal scream spins the woman by the stove as fists eyes eyes fists pinhole shrink waiting by the beach along she comes as plaid the whip of wind in comes the man with more mascara sees you. the mist of part

_text placement instruction_

2006-03-21 Thread John Lowther
_text placement instruction_ "autotelic" on a junked car

[starting again with]

2006-03-20 Thread John Lowther
starting again with the promise of the nest one not infested speech moonlight for fuck's sake beings clothed chessboard pattern able arrangements dissed reprovals like integuments doubling back mom dialectical image bank slip stiffed so i torched it dominance be littler but it doesn't go dim in

Re: master slave dialectic ~

2006-03-17 Thread John Lowther
why ask is what i wondered as if someone cited early older text that featured the word "gay" as joyful etc and was asked "you gay?" On Friday, March 17, 2006, at 08:04 PM, david divizio wrote: nor balck... just drutha... D^ --- Steve Dalachinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: you black?

Re: boiled peanuts

2006-02-22 Thread John Lowther
ooh. i do love my boiled peanuts. playing the regional card tho, i wonder if i cd push this thru? On Wednesday, February 22, 2006, at 06:07 PM, Michael Rothenberg wrote: Boiled Peanuts

Re: quick suggestions

2006-02-22 Thread John Lowther
dark vegetables is pretty fun but of course that is historically or problem with names we generate zillions and they are often hilarious but no one really wants them to stick thanks alan for your suggestions i wonder why rime job is too male we all have uh, rimes right? the more explanatory apg

quick suggestions

2006-02-22 Thread John Lowther
we here in the atlanta poets group are facing a terrible decision. we must name our new collectively edited magazine. we had planned to call it lemniscata but as time has gone by that name has started to bother me and some of the rest of the group too. so we've decided that this time we would

pt 3 The End of the Internet

2006-02-10 Thread John Lowther
Our Digital Destiny It was former FCC chairman Michael Powell, with the support of then-commissioner and current chair Kevin Martin, who permitted phone and cable giants to have greater control over broadband. Powell and his GOP majority eliminated longstanding regulatory safeguards requiring phon

pt 1 The End of the Internet

2006-02-10 Thread John Lowther
The End of the Internet By Jeffrey Chester, The Nation Posted on February 6, 2006, Printed on February 9, 2006 http://www.alternet.org/story/31753/ The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminat

pt 2 The End of the Internet

2006-02-10 Thread John Lowther
Net Neutrality To ward off the prospect of virtual toll booths on the information highway, some new media companies and public-interest groups are calling for new federal policies requiring "network neutrality" on the Internet. Common Cause, Amazon, Google, Free Press, Media Access Project and Con

Re: Google Makes The Best Poetry

2006-02-07 Thread John Lowther
sandy B, mr. AND try this http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/lucipo it gives an overview of the list history (maybe a bit out of date) and link to the archives which are easy to use and allows for subscription. no babies were sacrificed in the making of this email. jlo

Re: Google Makes The Best Poetry

2006-02-07 Thread John Lowther
hi alan, list this piece was fun. gabe gudding posted it to lucipo where the great flarf thread lives on in ever new guises. presently there is a spirited defense of the notion that flarf or google-generated poems are isomorphic with the unprocessed search results of google, and thus(?) reflect

Re: essay critical of google/poetry

2006-02-03 Thread John Lowther
On Friday, February 3, 2006, at 01:43 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: Re: Flarf - still not having read the essay (I've been sick, getting ready to leave for Geneva, and w/ constant headaches), what on earth diff. does it make where/what the source is? If it reads of interest, welcome it! sorry yr not

Re: essay critical of google/poetry

2006-02-03 Thread John Lowther
sorry clot biscuit i'll do better next time, call me luther johndross perhaps in pursuit karmic balance? it wdnt be the first time hi allen yr right about the moralism of that article. also some of the criticisms on lucipo whether front list or backchannel to me (as i now the flarf defender in

Re: essay critical of google/poetry

2006-02-03 Thread John Lowther
On Friday, February 3, 2006, at 04:54 AM, Lanny Quarles wrote: There is a current field of research about the mental pleasure human brains receive from rejecting information, especially in political concepts, instead of networking out in fuzzy assimilables. Larry, could you give a pointer in thi

breaking fast: essay critical of google/poetry

2006-02-03 Thread John Lowther
On Friday, February 3, 2006, at 03:03 AM, Alan Sondheim wrote: I think languages change in a sense absolutely; the fact that 'breakfast' meant 'breaking fast' etc. is probably far more irrelevant than we'd like to believe. happy birthday alan this caught my eye. i see the opposite assumption g

essay critical of google/poetry

2006-02-02 Thread John Lowther
essay in jacket magazine, targets flarf and other "google-sculpting" poetry techniques. might be of interest to some here. i'm still mulling over some of the arguments & would be curious to hear what anyone on this list thinks about the piece. http://jacketmagazine.com/29/hoy-flarf.html

FEDERAL JUDGE GIVES THE GO-AHEAD TO KURTZ CASE

2006-02-02 Thread John Lowther
FEDERAL JUDGE GIVES THE GO-AHEAD TO KURTZ CASE Motion to dismiss charges "premature' By Dan Herbeck News Staff Reporter 1/13/2006 Prosecution of Steven Kurtz has caused artists' outcry. A criminal case that has upset many people in the art world will continue to move forward in federal cou

Re: Little Play, 1 Act, 3 scenes.

2006-01-26 Thread John Lowther
L aND: One word. Bob BrueckL: If only I could never be there enough. Lewis LaCook: for Mary. John Lowther: I am, I am, I'm, I am, I am, I'm, my true love, anyhow that's me. But I am up for what comes. Lucio Agra: Gorgeous

Re: introduction

2006-01-19 Thread John Lowther
hello Alan well, assuming i get in, it will be at the concrete campus of GA state university -- downtown ATL. I think btw you'll find a lot of good work here - there's not always that much discussion but the quality of that presented seems always of great interest. too bad, i like discussion.

Re: introduction

2006-01-19 Thread John Lowther
thanks Sheila i see you are still writing a lot & getting published everywhere i trust this means that you are well kind regards JLo

introduction

2006-01-19 Thread John Lowther
i am John Lowther i just signed on to this list it was recommended to me i am a poet in atlanta ga part of the atlanta poets group (apg) for going on 9 years now i edit a small press called 3rdness (a charles peirce reference) used to edit a magazine called 108 which i hope to get restarted in