The Constant Gardener

2005-11-14 Thread Towntrick
The Constant Gardener lasted about 6 hours after Ralph Fiennes died. when Sandy and Tessa are talking in Sandy’s office, the cricket ball on his desk vanishes, then reappears in a different location. the moon is so staged. even the scarab loitering on Sandy’s loin-cloth. whose idea was it, this

Re: From Godzilla Mozarella Browser Diction

2005-10-24 Thread Towntrick
no, mailto:pour!JusUS%KriST(co.)[EMAIL PROTECTED].

From Godzilla Mozarella Browser Diction

2005-10-24 Thread Towntrick
(for J!K) spectrum photography porcelain out the distinguished insect drift ye plastid with eloquent brain burger hybrid material vladimir murky sharpened kind prick ovary fish causing uniform bromeliad regiment down fellow button placket between hill crest of pink slip mark rice, lizards on subj

In Memoriam J.P.

2005-10-17 Thread Towntrick
In Memoriam J.P. a rounding the corner an infant bent in a a thick sheathe of scab & pus scuffling a forlornly really drew my eye & then b Jean-Pierre’s moustache ludicrously blasted b piss at the Chancellor’s wife so fast that c she didn’t have a chance to shut her gob c Glug, Glug, Glug, Glug, s

I Hate Hippies (Sonnet)

2005-10-12 Thread Towntrick
I Hate Hippies “no, no, no, I say, our children are not our future; we are. the biggest mistake of the radical 60s is the current insistence on the generation model - that 60s radicals began what another generation can learn from, can carry on, can critique. the world is a displaced continuum,

FW: The British at epoetry 2005

2005-10-03 Thread Towntrick
- Original Message - From: "Elizabeth James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 1:41 AM Subject: The British at epoetry 2005 > An MA degree in Poetic Practice was set up two or three years ago at > Royal Holloway, University of London; it's directed

Wryting at e-Poetry

2005-10-03 Thread Towntrick
I am just back from fragments of the London e-Poetry conference & thought I’d mention some stuff relating to people on this list. I missed a session which included a paper on Alan Sondheim. I had one or two second-hand accounts – diaspora, saturation, it all sounded hopeful – I wonder if Maria

Helen Bridwell interview (part II)

2005-09-19 Thread Towntrick
HELEN BRIDWELL INTERVIEW (part II)   13 September 2005   Q: We were talking about influences.  Tell me about August Highland and his movements.   Oh of course I could tell you about him for the sake of argument.  I can still rattle off bits of the manifesto.  “I and three others met in a mother-

Axl Prose interview

2005-09-19 Thread Towntrick
AXL PROSE INTERVIEW   20 September 2005   What’s your poetry like?   I am back from the war and boy am I full of caterpillar!  Spurt my piston vapour enthusiastically on the poisonous window and great abruptly gathering hence where impression discrimination true exfoliate sentiment latter!  The p

Helen Bridwell interview (part III)

2005-09-19 Thread Towntrick
HELEN BRIDWELL INTERVIEW (part III)   13 September 2005   Q: But you have scripts in circulation, right?   No.   Q: There isn’t a film called Heaven’s Gait?   I have written several poems which purport at one level to be screenplays.  I classify them as contrived found poems, like the ones we d

Helen Bridwell interview (part I)

2005-09-19 Thread Towntrick
HELEN BRIDWELL INTERVIEW (part I)   13 September 2005   Q: Edwin Morgan has a terrific poem called ‘Interview’, which is really an interview with a sound poet.  When the sound poet is asked about his favourite sound, there is silence.  What is your favourite sound?   First thanks so much for doin

Re[ply all]: Nowist Communique #7

2005-08-20 Thread Towntrick
Heh, been a while since I done one of them.  Sorry people.   Jow

Re: Nowist Communique #7

2005-08-20 Thread Towntrick
Justin,   FUCK!!  Oh FUCK, I just noticed a FUCKING MISTAKE in the BAD PRESS AD!  We're TOTALLY FUCKED!!  I LEFT OUT "Anonymous" from the LIST OF FUCKING CONTRIBUTORS to 2.0!!!   Best, Jow

Re: Bad Press Version 2

2005-08-13 Thread Towntrick
Sorry.  Everything wiped clean during seconds of grand unveiling.  Sud's Law.  It's not quite back, but the G-string facilities are fistfuls-ready: http://badpress.infinology.net.   Jow   On 15/04/43 you wrote: << Explain this: my friend knows, and dislikes, a man who was trying to circumsize the

Bad Press Version 2

2005-08-12 Thread Towntrick
Explain this: my friend knows, and dislikes, a man who was trying to circumsize the Jewish beach with about 50 metres of fishing wire. True story. He was also trying to smuggle hashish to Spain by fishing for sardines, gutting them, putting it in their innards, stitching them up and releasing

Re: you

2005-08-10 Thread Towntrick
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From SKODA (last in series)

2005-08-04 Thread Towntrick
Cut off the front of Christmas cards to make cards for writing thank you notes. Just make sure you don’t send someone their own mutilated card! Kids watching too much TV? Pump unpleasant odours into the television room, then hold his head and chant down it, "dice cuds metropolis Sasperilla Forest

From SKODA

2005-08-04 Thread Towntrick
If a recipe book keeps flapping to the wrong page, put a large glass dish over it as a paperweight.  If the énqoji are inell up nuldemc, and you pool ié nejor umr iépn, pull uiloog on the béabq for a lennlo while.  If a piece of tupperware still bears a strong scent (such as garlic), wash it thor

From SKODA

2005-08-04 Thread Towntrick
Photography stores charge extra to put a neat white border around your prints. Simply make a giant white wooden structure and position it around whatever you’re photographing. The next time your car oil gets changed, pour the old oil into a bucket and add some sand. Keep your garden tools in ther

From SKODA

2005-08-04 Thread Towntrick
The corner by our road was covered in graffiti and repainted innumerable times. Finally, we got the children of the neighbourhood to paint a mural for world peace. It hasn’t been touched since.  Jam éan ép sjétm iacuj? Iqen em iéxo jocaluj iacuj!  I . . . end up throwing out a lot of perfectly se

From SKODA

2005-07-23 Thread Towntrick
  Don’t waste water in the mornings waiting for it to warm. Begin with all the things you would normally use cold water for, e.g. shaving and brushing your teeth, using the first offering from hot water tap. If you buy rubbish bags joined up in a long chain, you can put them all in your bin at th

From SKODA

2005-07-23 Thread Towntrick
  Does everybody know the trick for testing if an egg is fresh? Stick it in a bowl of cold, salted water. Fresh eggs sink, rotten ones float.  Ants dislike goggojxemn. After they’ve stolen and eaten a crumb of your food, éppoj them a tiny, ant-size xemn.  Aglet is the name for the bit of plastic

From SKODA

2005-07-23 Thread Towntrick
Offices have distinct service lines, ié tqw mén qéxoi? To jegom u néxuné, nestle it with some uggloi under a sétl. Chilling salad ingredients. Pell ag nqo buj in the mornings and on chilly days, and you’ll save a bit of cash by getting the cooler, more condensed petrol.  Cé né u xaieb éj yeroé i

From SKODA

2005-07-23 Thread Towntrick
A cereal box at the back of a kitchen cupboard is a great place for yulausloi than a bedside table drawer - unless your burglar is a regular wryting reader . . .  Marker pens that have been accidentally dried out can be "rehydrated" by reggemc nqoej negi in water for about thirty seconds, putting

From SKODA

2005-07-16 Thread Towntrick
If you can manage it, think way in advance and shop for next Christmas during these post-Christmas sales. It’ll save in the long run. If writing thank-you notes is proving tough for younger kids, they could always draw or paint a picture of themselves enjoying their gift. So many virus warnin

From SKODA

2005-07-16 Thread Towntrick
Make sure your loos are well-stocked with tissues, cotton swabs and the poem. These emergency back-ups can save embarrassment if the paper products run out at the wrong time.  Nqow ujo inumremc ujéamr em nqo cujrom.  Have a bowl full of condoms and lubricants in the front hallway - helps avoi

From SKODA

2005-07-13 Thread Towntrick
If your child gets chewing gum stuck in his or her hair, don’t simply cut off the offending lzbd - kill the child!   Dogs who have only been in a car to go to the vet develop "car phobia." Take your puppy on a few short car rides to somewhere he, she or it can run around and play. We learnt this

From SKODA

2005-07-13 Thread Towntrick
Roujw me - if you’re in a terrible pinch, a tiny squirt of Puejw Liquid can substitute for shampoo. Just don’t make a habit of it, or it might clean all the hair off your head! If stained clothing just won’t come clean, as a last ditch effort you can try dying the whole garment with whateve

From SKODA

2005-07-12 Thread Towntrick
While a man is in your home checking the meter, why not charge him rent? If you’re storing a tomato-based sauce in tupperware, make sure you soak the containers in cold water for uséan nom xemanoi before you use them - it will help to avoid that nasty jéaco discolouration! “If your mobile p

From SKODA

2005-07-12 Thread Towntrick
If you’ve got your guti really smelly, wash them with a bit of toothpaste. Minty fresh!  Did you know that the iron is one of the most expensive appliances to run in your home? A clothes dryer may pay for itself in the long run, because if you remember to fold or hang up blznqoi as soon as t

Koda 1

2005-06-27 Thread Towntrick
Koda 1   KA-KELA-DO-WAP SCOOP-DO-WAP-BE!S-C-A-T D-A-T-E!   wap-ba-nama-be yaba-do-ka do-yaba-do-beebin do-fara-scoop ka-da-nama-be-da-fara-be be-saya-ka-bedo-ila-ila-do-fara-ai-be-scoop be-deet-be-fara-wap-ka doowah-da-ila dum-ka ka-da wap-yeh-do-wap yaba-be scoop-ba-scoop-fara’wap yeh-do-deet-be

Kyle Storm Best-Chetwynde Interview

2005-06-26 Thread Towntrick
Kyle Storm Best-Chetwynde Interview27 February 2005   TR: How does the label “experimentalist poetry” suit you?   That’s a great first question because a lot of people say their stuff is experimentalist and what they really mean is modernist, it’s a well-documented bag of tricks, you’re not going

THE SCIENCE OF A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

2005-05-23 Thread Towntrick
The Science of A Brief History of Time     1. Set a baker to catch a baker  2. Set a tailor to catch a tailor  3. Set a butcher to catch a butcher  4. Set a postman to catch a postman  5. Set a nanny to catch a nanny   In other words I love you in other words I like you in other words you’re my f

SELF-FORGIVING FRAGMENT

2005-05-08 Thread Towntrick
SELF-FORGIVING FRAGMENT   (((O! the tabloid moon's piety,"YOU'D opt out of an octopus" (YES, tense, without admitting    tinnitus roams my halo's glow & hiss)    a supple avacado kitten    admonishes thee, for society,from his shit-bastard Pearch,all "round the twist," 'n'"left in the lurch" 

Dogging

2005-05-01 Thread Towntrick
DOGGING   * [the soothe] My   another would be luminous in turbulence, what price, gravy,      elf-black,   everything seems forms,    I a-wandering floating, bird hath tongue,      tree hath tongue   by aeons   You see, we didn't say "translate a vale of dreams."   * [Lovers' Lane]: lots of acti

Bad Press Serials V1.X is out in the open

2005-04-08 Thread Towntrick
"He's Asked For Size 10 Arial On This One & It Goes Over The Edge A Bit But If It's Size 10 Arial He Wants It's Size 10 Arial He's Getting #1: Drew Milne, Tim Morris, Axl Prose, Keston Sutherland, John Wilkinson, Andrew Zurcher, Anonymous, staples, bar graphs, survey, choad. Language fitting li