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John Bennett | Rug Burn
Rug Burn – Shard readings by John Bennett
vagabound productions
Cover Art: Scott Mayberry. Layout & Design: Jeff Cleveland & Scott Mayberry. All shards written and read by John Bennett.
All beats by Seed Verb except: The Audience, Seed & Mike Elkins; Choosing, Seed & Nervous; CIM, Nervous; Leeboy, Lee McCullough & [...]
Jeff Robinson Trio | Getting Fixed
An entire album solely devoted to the addict and his addiction. This is an Opera, a Junkie Jazz Opera that should be presented in film, on stage as well as discussed and dissected in the class room and the living room.
Misha Feigin | Abraham’s Bagel
Abraham’s Bagel is Misha Feigin’s second collection of poetry. He has received the Thomas Merton Prize for Poetry and was awarded the Al Smith Fellowship for Creative Nonfiction. His other books include Searching for Irina and The Last Word in Astronomy, both by Fleur Publishing.
Misha Feigin was born and raised in Moscow and known as [...]
Michael Adams | Steel Valley | Lummox Press
Winner of the 2007 Mark Fischer Poetry Prize awarded by the Telluride Writers’ Guild for the poem “Still, We Have the Birds.”
“Steel Valley is fine writing, epic and intimate.” — John Macker
Norbert Blei | Jim Spector | The Quiet Time: Door County in Winter
The Quiet Time: Door County in Winter. Readings from Norb Blei’s DOOR STEPS (The Days, The Seasons) Original music for guitar by Jim Spector.
Gerald Locklin (poems) & Beth Wilson (stories) | Modest Aspirations | Lummox Press
“The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Literature in English acknowledges that Gerald Locklin is ‘a central figure in the vitality of Los Angeles writing.’ That sentence may actually understate his importance.” — Gerald Haslam
John Bennett | Drive By | Shards & Poems
“John Bennett never f**ks around and has sensitive, frank, disturbing things to say… he fills in the chinks in poetry-culture where the mice and owls live.” — EXQUISITE CORPSE Magazine
John Yamrus | New And Selected Poems
“Yamrus gambles with an all or nothing gesture to make the poem and the language his own.” — Todd Moore
Down This Crooked Road | Modern Poetry From The Road Less Traveled
“Writing the infinite in plainspoken English… William Taylor Jr. wonderfully weaves everyday happenings with fluid sounds and clear visions along with that little something extra that can be read and savored time and again.”
Pris Campbell | Sea Trails
“A master at the construction of tightly woven narratives, her work is like the boat itself upon which the reader sails along beside her on this incredible journey.” — Carter Monroe
The Mark Weber Poetry Band | Music for Mixed Woodwinds, Poetry & Brass
Live at the Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, NM.
“The poetry was a perfect foil to a musical background, consequently a good time was had by all, a visual and audible treat.” — Kenny Davern
Todd Moore | The Riddle Of The Wooden Gun | Lummox Press
“Literary outlaw and maverick poet, Todd Moore is a leader of the new romantic, a visionary wordslinger cut from the same bloody cloth as Cormac McCarthy.” — S.A. Griffin
The Long Way Home | The Best Of the Little Red Book Series | 1998 – 2008
“If you own one of the Little Red Books, then you know what this series represents: good, solid poetry. If you don’t, here’s a chance to sample what’s available in this series.” — RD
RD Armstrong | Fire and Rain | Selected Poems 1993 – 2007 | Volume Two
“To not recommend the work of RD Armstrong to new readers would be sinful and sad, because here is a poet with a voice that will challenge even the most hard-ass critics of poetry.” — B. L. Kennedy
RD Armstrong | Fire and Rain | Selected Poems 1993 – 2007 | Volume One
“For Armstrong the Blues are not played, but lived – his poems are the observations of a life lived raw. He hides no sin, expects no redemption and asks no forgiveness…” — Bill Gainer – poet, editor and publisher
RD Armstrong | El Pagano And Other Twisted Tales
Tales from the dark side of the street, this is the first major collection of short stories by RD Armstrong ever published. Chock full of “noir” characters set in a “dime novel” world… If the reader is a fan of Bukowski’s stories or the work of Jim Thompson, then El Pagano is a must read.
RD Armstrong | On/Off The Beaten Path – The Road Poems | Lummox Press
“Move over road-ragers, I’ve got Tom Waits on the stereo and I’m headin’ out. See you in two weeks.” — RD Armstrong
Mera Wolf and Todd Moore Read at Acequia Booksellers
This reading occurred February 24, 2008 at Acequia Booksellers, Albuquerque, NM. There’s noise from traffic in the background.
Jessica Jones Quartet | Word
Lou Grassi, Tony Jones, Jessica Jones, Dayna Stephens | featuring Candace Jones
Jared Smith | Controlled By Ghosts
Readings by Jared Smith, with original music composed and performed by alternative jazz artist Lem Roby.
Connie Crothers Quintet | Live Outpost Performance Space Albuquerque, New Mexico
“From piece to piece the music moves smoothly from accurate melodies to intense interaction then soft and mysterious textures that allow poet Mark Weber’s poetry to come through.” — Francis Lo Kee , All About Jazz / New York
Jared Smith | Seven Minutes Before The Bombs Drop
Readings by Jared Smith, with original music composed and performed by David Michael Jackson and Andy Derryberry.
ALBUzerxQUE Volume 17 | Zerx 057
J A Deane , Lisa Gill, Chris Shultis, Mark Weber, Bing, Todd Moore & M Weber, Weber & Vlatkovich, Bayou Seco, Gerald Locklin, Connie Crothers, Richard Tabnik, CK Barlow, Field Recordings, Gene Frumkin.
ALBUzerxQUE Volume 7 | Zerx 037
Tony Cesarano, Fred Sturm, Gamelan Encantada, Janet Feder, Ray Zepeda, Katie Harlow, Chris Shultis, Jeff Bryan (aka JB), Out of Context, much more …. Master’d by Quincy.
The Mark Weber Poetry Band | Turtle Night
“Atmospheric landscape poetry. Music rating: infinity.”
– Mark Weber
Todd Moore and J.A. Deane | Dillinger
6 Years in the making this blows any other “spoken word” CD out of the water. With a 44 magnum.
Mark Weber | Bygone Tumbleweeds, Tarnation Of Smoke
This record is about memory. A train ran through my backyard in Cucamonga where I grew up.
The Mark Weber Poetry Band | Boundless Coalescence
Boundless Coalescene parts 1 – 12 poem atmospheres from before Time clicked in rendered upon structured improvisations collectively realized.
Live radio broadcast KUNM 19 July ‘98 Albuquerque.
Mark Weber | Time Zone Differential
During the mid-90’s, whenever I visited back home to Southern California, rather than hang with my old friends on some street corner we’d book studio time and hang out there instead, and make music.
Mark Weber | Beautemous Everlasting
After 20 years of writing narrative poetry I veered off into a style I call atmospheric / landscape poetry and this is the first examples of that. — Mark Weber
Mark Weber | Words and Stories
A person shouldn’t be permitted as much luck as I’ve had in this life. Luck I suppose is a perceptual thing.
