Short interview about the Blue Tape *

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Alan Sondheim

2014-11-18 23:25:10 UTC

Short interview about the Blue Tape *

http://aaroncutler.tumblr.com/post/102914166319/blue-tape

* Kathy Acker and myself 1974

- by Aaron Cutler

This doesn't take much time up.

Alan Sondheim

2014-11-19 00:38:49 UTC

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Thanks for this, for all I know, isolation is perhaps what everyone
feels...

Alan

Thank you for this, Alan. Yes, unless communally embedded the focus on one
or two of one's work is what one gets, at least while alive.Still, the
appreciation of your work is quite widespread though perhaps not in formal
media. It is a mystery to me why, as far as I am aware, you have never been
invited to perform at The Poetry Project, for instance. I think the New York
poetry community should embrace you.
I knew you admired Kathy Acker's work, but didn't know you collaborated and
once were personally involved.
Ciao,
Murat
Short interview about the Blue Tape *
http://aaroncutler.tumblr.com/post/102914166319/blue-tape
* Kathy Acker and myself 1974
- by Aaron Cutler
This doesn't take much time up.

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Jim Reith

2014-11-19 01:48:23 UTC

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Very interesting and enlightening article about the movie.Very cool also. Makes me curious about it in probably a voyeuristic manner. I have noticed that the sexual nature of some of your pieces has waned. I guess I never thought of you as married before Azure. it was an interesting insight into your work even back then. I have read many times about your work, but little really about your personal life through the years. I thought about you some today as I drove down to Mt Vernon NY to pick up some stuff. You have always seemed so comfortable in the cityscape and I am definitely not.

From: Alan Sondheim <***@PANIX.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:24 PM
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Short interview about the Blue Tape *

http://aaroncutler.tumblr.com/post/102914166319/blue-tape

* Kathy Acker and myself 1974

- by Aaron Cutler

This doesn't take much time up.

Alan Sondheim

2014-11-19 05:29:13 UTC

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If you look at http://www.alansondheim.org/biog.txt - my life is pretty
much up there, not entirely. The sexual content has waned but some has
gone underground as well for personal reasons. It's been unavoidable. I
was married several times before Azure, this time it has already been
close to sixteen years and is permanent.

I think I'm more comfortable in cities than in the countryside, but my
health comes from an interest in nature anywhere, today a red-tailed hawk
in Brooklyn, ginko leaves, polypores... I do feel best when we're away
from the city, it's all tangled, contradictory -

Alan

Post by Jim Reith
Very interesting and enlightening article about the movie.Very cool
also. Makes me curious about it in probably a voyeuristic manner. I have
noticed that the sexual nature of some of your pieces has waned. I guess
I never thought of you as married before Azure. it was an interesting
insight into your work even back then. I have read many times about your
work, but little really about your personal life through the years. I
thought about you some today as I drove down to Mt Vernon NY to pick up
some stuff. You have always seemed so comfortable in the cityscape and I
am definitely not.
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:24 PM
Subject: Short interview about the Blue Tape *
Short interview about the Blue Tape *
http://aaroncutler.tumblr.com/post/102914166319/blue-tape
* Kathy Acker and myself 1974
- by Aaron Cutler
This doesn't take much time up.

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Jim Reith

2014-11-19 09:41:17 UTC

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Life IS tangled and contradictory. Those are the best ones. I don't think I would want to live a calm and predictable one. Life is messy and it's the bumpy ride that is the most interesting. it just goes to point out that you can't extrapolate from a small (has CM really been 20 years?) window into someone's life.

From: Alan Sondheim <***@PANIX.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 10:41 PM
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If you look at http://www.alansondheim.org/biog.txt - my life is pretty
much up there, not entirely. The sexual content has waned but some has
gone underground as well for personal reasons. It's been unavoidable. I
was married several times before Azure, this time it has already been
close to sixteen years and is permanent.

I think I'm more comfortable in cities than in the countryside, but my
health comes from an interest in nature anywhere, today a red-tailed hawk
in Brooklyn, ginko leaves, polypores... I do feel best when we're away
from the city, it's all tangled, contradictory -

Alan

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Alan Sondheim

2014-11-19 13:33:20 UTC

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The tangling can of course lead to pain to others, and oneself, and
therein lies the rub, so many people are dysfunction - for myself, I
haven't been able to find stable employment (as a teacher or writer etc.)
at all... -

- Alan

Post by Jim Reith
Life IS tangled and contradictory. Those are the best ones. I don't
think I would want to live a calm and predictable one. Life is messy and
it's the bumpy ride that is the most interesting. it just goes to point
out that you can't extrapolate from a small (has CM really been 20
years?) window into someone's life.
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: Short interview about the Blue Tape *
If you look at http://www.alansondheim.org/biog.txt - my life is pretty
much up there, not entirely. The sexual content has waned but some has
gone underground as well for personal reasons. It's been unavoidable. I
was married several times before Azure, this time it has already been
close to sixteen years and is permanent.
I think I'm more comfortable in cities than in the countryside, but my
health comes from an interest in nature anywhere, today a red-tailed hawk
in Brooklyn, ginko leaves, polypores... I do feel best when we're away
from the city, it's all tangled, contradictory -
Alan

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Jim Reith

2014-11-19 13:40:40 UTC

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I can totally relate I haven't worked in computers in 6.5 years. The airplanes are building but it's tough havin9g people recognize it as a job and my schedule is always dynamic. Oh, dad will be home today, he can watch the grandkid.
From: Alan Sondheim <***@PANIX.COM>

The tangling can of course lead to pain to others, and oneself, and
therein lies the rub, so many people are dysfunction - for myself, I
haven't been able to find stable employment (as a teacher or writer etc.)
at all... -

- Alan

Alan Sondheim

2014-11-19 14:26:34 UTC

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that tends to be a real prejudice, I think, re grandparents, judging by
the ongoing portrayals on television...

Post by Jim Reith
I can totally relate I haven't worked in computers in 6.5 years. The airplanes are building but it's tough havin9g people recognize it as a job and my schedule is always dynamic. Oh, dad will be home today, he can watch the grandkid.
The tangling can of course lead to pain to others, and oneself, and
therein lies the rub, so many people are dysfunction - for myself, I
haven't been able to find stable employment (as a teacher or writer etc.)
at all... -
- Alan

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Jim Reith

2014-11-19 14:38:03 UTC

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some of it also is the act of saying "well if you don't watch him I'll have to pay someone". But I digress...

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that tends to be a real prejudice, I think, re grandparents, judging by
the ongoing portrayals on television...

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Alan Sondheim

2014-11-19 15:47:28 UTC

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some of it also then, a kind of emotional blackmail :-)

Post by Jim Reith
some of it also is the act of saying "well if you don't watch him I'll have to pay someone". But I digress...
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: Short interview about the Blue Tape *
that tends to be a real prejudice, I think, re grandparents, judging by
the ongoing portrayals on television...

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