CerebralMix 2015-08-23: Poetry Series Ep 3 might be best called “The Theme and Variations” episode, or at least the first of them.
In this show you might notice that there are some songs that are appearing across episodes. You might also notice that some of the themes in the poetry selection are similar across episodes. This isn’t a mistake. I’ve long been interested in the theme and variation forms in classical music. And, in a respect, I sometimes try to find ways to introduce a macro level version of musical concepts into the show.
This is related to some theories that Frank Zappa had. The idea is that a song could become something different just by setting it in a different context. So, it’s not unusual to find different versions of a song on different albums of his. One of the biggest versions of this came out posthumously: Läther. It had originally been rejected by his record company, so he split it up into four albums (Live In New York, Studio Tan, Orchestral Favorites and Sleep Dirt). But after his death, the family trust was able to resurrect the original recordings, and release the album as it was intended to be released originally.
Now, that doesn’t mean that the four albums that were released in place of Läther are any less recordings than the original version. Instead, the four albums can be seen as variations on the original, or Läther can been seen as a variation on the four that were released in it’s place. However, you look at it, the listening experience between all of these albums is dramatically different because the contexts are different.
Over the next several shows, you might notice the variation of contexts of some of the tracks continues. I hope this will give you a different listening experience, and something to think about: how the poems relate to the songs, and how the songs are inter-related in different contexts between episodes.
Readings
All of the reading for this show (and the whole Poetry Series) is being taken from readings released by LibriVox. All of these readings are in the public domain, and can be found on the first ten volumes of their Short Poetry series of releases.
Listen Hear
Playlist
00:00 CerebralMix: Poetry Series Episode 3: Intro
00:00 Ralph Waldo Emerson: Brahma Pub Domain
00:01 E T I L E: Holy Water
00:06 The Secret Sound: Enter Into And Out
00:15 Stillborn Blues: Watching the empty screen
00:19 Ralph Waldo Emerson: Concord Hymn Pub Domain
00:20 Ars Sonor & Meklabor: An Ultimate Fight between…
00:24 Secrets Of The 45: Empty Season
00:29 Cousin Silas: The Empty Mall
00:40 Matthew Arnold: Dover Beach Pub Domain
00:42 Shsk’h: Mood Indigo
00:46 Wood Spider: Empty Home
00:51 Holy Balm: Hand Over Fire
00:56 CerebralMix: Poetry Series Episode 3: Pt 2
00:56 William Wordsworth: The Daffodils Pub Domain
00:57 jenny ruth barnes and ren walters: like a humble mutt
01:20 Emily Dickinson: The Chariot Pub Domain
01:21 Shredderghost: Figure Of Empty Repose
01:27 Lucette Bourdin: Through Empty Heaven
01:39 Mista 93: Night Drive On Empty Streets
01:44 Robert Frost: Fire and Ice Pub Domain
01:44 ombrelli sciolti: enter the dagon
01:49 SONA NYL: Truth has never been the answer
01:59 Sonornote & King imagine: Spell Empty Cans
02:04 CerebralMix: Poetry Series Episode 3: Pt 3
02:04 Edna St. Millay: Bluebeard Pub Domain
02:05 Napoleon Rigor Mortis: Enter The Core
02:09 The Fucked Up Beat: A Sea Shanty For Staten Island Ships/
02:12 Mirada: Truth in the Face of Adversity
02:22 Paul Bewsher: The Dawn Patrol Pub Domain
02:24 Re-Lab: Gently Love
02:28 The Truth About Frank: The Faust Re.Cycled (The Devils’ Bargain RMX)
02:33 June or July: An Observation part III (ft. J. Bliss)
02:39 G. M. Hopkins: As Kingfishers Catch Fire Pub Domain
02:40 EXIT project: Not Dark, Not Empty, But Nothing
02:45 Mastermind XS: Empty head
02:50 Chrome Sparks: Enter The Chrome Forest
02:55 we are not broken: standing proud in the rubble (VM mix)
02:58 CerebralMix: Poetry Series Episode 3: Outro
Supporters
As I write these notes this week, the broadcast version of this episode of CerebalMix has not aired. I do not know if we will have any supporters for this show. Hopefully I will be able to fill them in before the podcast version of the show is published.
