dearest hope-

from the epistles of amerigo mackeral:

audio:

http://blog.oilcannoise.com/audio/dearesthope.mp3

dear better judgement,

from the epistles of amerigo mackeral:

audio:

http://blog.oilcannoise.com/audio/betterjudgement.mp3

dear fiction --

http://blog.oilcannoise.com/audio/dearfiction.mp3

edgar oliver DVD release party -- 'the hermit & other poems'

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Edgar Oliver DVD release; 'the hermit & other poems'

straw2gold pictures & oilcan press invite you to a release party
at Zebulon
258 Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 8pm
to see an excerpt of the film by Robert O'Haire & Jeff Burns.

'the hermit & other poems' is written by & starring Edgar Oliver. It includes 'The Hermit', poems excerpted from 'a portrait of new york by a wanderer there' and 'mother was a hit run driver' from his play 'Motel Blue 19'.

Join the Edgar Oliver group on facebook.

Original music composed for the film by Michal Szostalo & performed by Daniel Levin. Art by Aaron Howard.

Edgar Oliver started performing in New York at the Pyramid in the mid-1980's alongside artists including Hapi Phace, Kembra Pfahler, Samoa and playwright Kestutis Nakas.

As a playwright, many of Oliver's plays have been staged at La MaMa and other downtown NYC theatres, including The Seven Year Vacation, The Poetry Killer, Hands in Wartime, Motel Blue 19 and Mosquito Succulence.

As a stage actor, he has performed in countless plays including Edward II with Cliplight Theater, Marc Palmieri's Carl the Second, Lipsynka's Dial M for Model and numerous productions at Axis including Trinity 5:29, A Glance at New York (Edinburgh Festival Fringe & NYC), Julius Caesar, USS Frankenstein, the Hospital series, Seven in One Blow, or the Brave Little Kid and the one-man show East 10th Street: Self Portrait with Empty House (written by Edgar & directed by Randy Sharp - Edinburgh Festival Fringe & NYC).

Edgar is also one of the most beloved storytellers at The Moth.

His film roles include That's Beautiful Frank, Henry May Long (directed by Axis' Randy Sharp) and Gentlemen Broncos (directed by Jared Hess). His published works include A Portrait of New York by a Wanderer There and Summer (published by oilcan press - oilcanpress.org); and The Man Who Loved Plants (published by Panther Books and available at Goodie.org).

the curvature of light: a book that never exists

days have been

days have been.
they drift & wiggle
into being.

days have been.
nights have followed.

days have been.
they drift & wiggle
shift & giggle.
days have been.
night's set in.

days have been.
in quick & slow
fast & low
high up the hill
far down below.

days have wind
to blow ye down.
night makes ye frown.

days have been.
a twining path.
a lurking path.
days have been.
nights have followed.

strangers carry weather maps in their pockets.

strangers carry weather maps in their pockets. drifting geometry of isothermals & such sully the borders. drifting lines of shifting topography of the skies. how wind works. how clouds move. the way weather works. the motion. air currents. like similar maps of currents in oceans or any large body of water.

currents and time play ideas across these pages. maps tell motion. even if weather's mostly a guess.

the notion of the motion of the skies. the whys of air. wind. rain. clouds. answers in the atmosphere.

isobars. directions. ideas. these sustaining winds bring as prizes. long journeys into night air.

these sustaining winds. these moving drafts. curtailing draughts. rafts in time & air.

these sustaining winds prevail throughout the limitless night. these things carry us. brought by wind. took by a gale.

a musical visit from tomislav butkovic

here are the results of tomislav's recent visit to the aquacade.


impossible love: a ballad

whistle me a recorder

thumb piano bells

thumb piano typewriter bells

whistle bells recorder

jew's harp duet

jew's harp duet

typewriter jew's harp duet






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if an atlas is an exit pps 26-27 [crossing the williamsburg bridge]

the snow lasts in the margins of architecture
the shade of buildings
the lee side of an abandoned vehicle
tops of train trestles & bridgework.

the snow wonders if it will be saved
by re-enforcements
or if it will sublimate
into the dry nothingness of cold winter air.

the sun insists its way through the clouds.
i will warm your atmosphere
for surely is it cold.

if an atlas is an exit pps 54-55

oceania and the pacific ocean

how can you make a national monument in the central pacific?
why don't we have a bridge connecting all our colonies & territories?
a physical line like a space elevator
or bait on a hook
at the end of the line.
windowpanes, pulleys & planks
a bridge over a river.
a line over a line.
a line connecting two islands.
look, that's real.
steadfast shall it hold
these islands together
a tether for a way to get there.

if an atlas is an exit: pps 42-43

some ideas fill the margins of pages of maps.
i enjoy the struggle to write while riding a bus.
a behemoth in motion. a line of bored people on wheels.
you got to have a way. even in asia.
hereabouts we have public transportation.

i dont really remember anything about the book.
except that i remember it all.
the nuances & the ideas.
the particulars are doggedly mysterious.