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The New York launch of this book was held at Andrew Roth Gallery. The press release states that Jonathan Elley and his studio Browns "have forged an enviable reputation in both design and publishing: the book and exhibition...examines the influences that have informed and defined their graphic work. Reproduced are images and objects that have been culled from Ellery's or his colleague's idisosyncratic collections." Lawrence Weiner contributed a poster to the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes two sound poems by Baj from 1986 in the style of Parole in Liberta. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Marcus Boon, who edited this book writes, Giorno's late-1960s poems see him expanding the use of found materials, including pornographic and countercultural texts, as well as the use of repetition. Indeed, poems like "Capsule," "Give It to Me, Baby," and "Johnny Guitar" are among the most rock 'n' roll poems ever written, every bit as psychedelic and confrontational as The Stooges or Jefferson Airplane, and probably just as much the product of a wide-ranging armory of pharmaceuticals, which, as Giorno has repeatedly insisted, have the potential to open and expand the mind and bring bliss. Balling Buddha, a multicolor confection printed on pages in the six colors of the rainbow, rather than traditional black on white, introduced Giorno's signature split lines running down the center of each page-as a way of both reproducing the multitracking used in his sound poems and perturbing the linear flow of text on the page. Giorno observes that the split line "breaks the lineal flow....

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O'Gallagher prints a hilarious spoof of an interview of Andy Warhol in concrete poetry that is depicted with this record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.