Comments for METROPOLIS http://metropolis.free-jazz.net on-line source for jazz, free jazz, improvised, innovative, adventurous and unheard music and dangerous poetry. We listen to music and read artists who don't even exist yet. This page belongs to the Metropolis media group. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:56:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on mark weber | the early lp’s of the free jazz scene in los angeles by de Freitas http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/mark-weber-the-early-lps-of-the-los-angeles-free-jazz-scene/reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-660 de Freitas Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:56:47 +0000 http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/?p=7875#comment-660 Hi, I just discovered this site knowing a lot of this guys and having almost all of this records (missing only MICHAEL PIERRE VLATKOVICH) i feel like involded l@ least as a big fan of the era. Thanks! It was very nice to read and for shure helpfull for all newcomers. Hi, I just discovered this site knowing a lot of this guys and having almost all of this records (missing only MICHAEL PIERRE VLATKOVICH) i feel like involded l@ least as a big fan of the era. Thanks! It was very nice to read and for shure helpfull for all newcomers.

]]> Comment on mark weber | the judson crews I know by Diana Huntress http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/mark-weber-the-judson-crews-i-know/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Diana Huntress Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:35:39 +0000 http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/?p=8011#comment-659 Hi Mark, You have a national treasure here! The toga photo doesn't ring a bell. Would be happy to share a few others with you if you will email me. Diana Hi Mark, You have a national treasure here! The toga photo doesn’t ring a bell. Would be happy to share a few others with you if you will email me.
Diana

]]> Comment on mark weber | billy higgins & shelly manne duet september 23, 1984 watts towers by Giacomo Catanzaro http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/mark-weber-billy-higgins-a-shelly-manne-duet-september-23-1984-watts-towers/reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Giacomo Catanzaro Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:41:19 +0000 http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/?p=7919#comment-658 That is interesting to see Shelly playing a Remo PTS set. I know he had Pearl's in the 70s and Leedy's in the 50s and 60s, but never knew about the Remo's. Does anyone know what other sets he used? Its hard for me to tell if he always used an 18" bass drum or did he sometimes use a 20"? That is interesting to see Shelly playing a Remo PTS set. I know he had Pearl’s in the 70s and Leedy’s in the 50s and 60s, but never knew about the Remo’s. Does anyone know what other sets he used? Its hard for me to tell if he always used an 18″ bass drum or did he sometimes use a 20″?

]]> Comment on mark weber | joe somoza and the other by Dottie Grossman http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/mark-weber-joe-somoza-and-the-other/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Dottie Grossman Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:33:04 +0000 http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/?p=8031#comment-657 His poems are terrific. Dotski His poems are terrific.

Dotski

]]> Comment on mark weber | joe somoza and the other by cc http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/mark-weber-joe-somoza-and-the-other/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-656 cc Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:19:09 +0000 http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/?p=8031#comment-656 Jill Somoza's new creations here are stunning and beautiful. Jill Somoza’s new creations here are stunning and beautiful.

]]> Comment on mark weber | joe somoza and the other by Todd Moore http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/mark-weber-joe-somoza-and-the-other/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-655 Todd Moore Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:49:58 +0000 http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/?p=8031#comment-655 Mark Weber has written the best essay on Joe Somoza that I know of. Somoza's poetry has somehow reached an american zen if there is such a thing. What I like best about it is that it is completely unpretentious. When Somoza goes out to his backyard, he is really going out into the universe. And, Mark Weber understands this maybe better than most because his poetry is grounded in what I like to call the dramatic particulars. He and Somoza are talking across a thousand back yards. Mark Weber has written the best essay on Joe Somoza that I know of. Somoza’s poetry has somehow reached an american zen if there is such a thing. What I like best about it is that it is completely unpretentious. When Somoza goes out to his backyard, he is really going out into the universe. And, Mark Weber understands this maybe better than most because his poetry is grounded in what I like to call the dramatic particulars. He and Somoza are talking across a thousand back yards.

]]> Comment on mark weber | joe somoza and the other by cc http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/mark-weber-joe-somoza-and-the-other/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-654 cc Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:30:38 +0000 http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/?p=8031#comment-654 Thank you, Mark, for following through here to a full and enlightening view into Joe Somoza' poetry, which I've been a fan for 14 years now and you described it in ways I hadn't thought of - "...gossamer"! I totally agree with your choice of words and am very grateful for your detailed view about Joe's poems. Thank you, Mark, for following through here to a full and enlightening view into Joe Somoza’ poetry, which I’ve been a fan for 14 years now and you described it in ways I hadn’t thought of – “…gossamer”! I totally agree with your choice of words and am very grateful for your detailed view about Joe’s poems.

]]> Comment on mark weber | pismo beach by David Meltzer http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/mark-weber-pismo-beach/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-651 David Meltzer Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:40:25 +0000 http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/?p=8024#comment-651 Mark was memory cloud dancing during my southern California days in exile from Brooklyn the full moonlit vision of grunions was in Malibu hanging out w/ surfers in a collective pad called Orgy Towers a month or so later I was living w/ Pete Jolly's ex-wife in Topanga after hanging out in her downtown Hollywood pad facing the freeway facing Hollywood Blvd (Jack Sheldon, Warne Marsh, Ronnie Ball, & a cast of many including Chet who dropped by to hit the head & exit much later w/out saying goodbye or hello) so much more like you we've been around more Mark
was memory cloud dancing
during my southern California days
in exile from Brooklyn
the full moonlit vision
of grunions was in Malibu
hanging out w/ surfers in a collective pad
called Orgy Towers
a month or so later
I was living w/ Pete Jolly’s ex-wife
in Topanga
after hanging out in her downtown Hollywood pad
facing the freeway facing
Hollywood Blvd
(Jack Sheldon, Warne Marsh, Ronnie Ball,
& a cast of many including Chet who
dropped by to hit the head
& exit much later w/out saying goodbye or hello)

so much more
like you
we’ve been around

more

]]> Comment on mark weber | pismo beach by Connie Crothers http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/mark-weber-pismo-beach/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Connie Crothers Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:01:41 +0000 http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/?p=8024#comment-650 This poem and the photo really gets to me. Resonates. Fog-bound towns... I grew up with them. I loved getting over to Half Moon Bay. In those years, no one really especially wanted to go there. It was not a destination. Mostly, it was because it was usually cold and fog-bound. Also, there was a strong undertow there, not much good for swimming, much less sun-bathing, just walking and dreaming. I had to watch my step so I wouldn't disturb one of the many large jelly fish that washed up on the beach. The kelp was often 30 feet long. Also dreamlike were the fields of artichokes, big thistles that didn't look edible on the stalk. There were shacks set back from the road, visible through the thick mists. This poem and the photo really gets to me. Resonates. Fog-bound towns… I grew up with them. I loved getting over to Half Moon Bay. In those years, no one really especially wanted to go there. It was not a destination. Mostly, it was because it was usually cold and fog-bound. Also, there was a strong undertow there, not much good for swimming, much less sun-bathing, just walking and dreaming. I had to watch my step so I wouldn’t disturb one of the many large jelly fish that washed up on the beach. The kelp was often 30 feet long. Also dreamlike were the fields of artichokes, big thistles that didn’t look edible on the stalk. There were shacks set back from the road, visible through the thick mists.

]]> Comment on mark weber | pismo beach by Dottie Grossman http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/mark-weber-pismo-beach/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Dottie Grossman Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:17:35 +0000 http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/?p=8024#comment-649 <blockquote>If I have a pal in Palos Verdes, what have I got in Pismo Beach. For twenty-five thousand dollars, what have I got in Pismo Beach? Green is my pal in Palos Verdes, hurricane-eyed and hot. Even if he leaves, there will be green consolation. Twenty-five thousand clams, that's what I've got in Pismo Beach. Twenty-five thousand blind and rock-blue clams, whistling in the dark at Pismo Beach.</blockquote>

If I have a pal in Palos Verdes,
what have I got in Pismo Beach.
For twenty-five thousand dollars,
what have I got in Pismo Beach?

Green is my pal in Palos Verdes,
hurricane-eyed and hot.
Even if he leaves,
there will be green consolation.

Twenty-five thousand clams,
that’s what I’ve got in Pismo Beach.
Twenty-five thousand blind
and rock-blue clams,
whistling in the dark at Pismo Beach.

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