It’s Lunchtime in the City — a performance poem by Roy Blumenthal

Categories art, music, poetry
It’s Lunchtime in the City — a performance poem by Roy Blumenthal

This is one of my favourite performance poems. I wrote it many years ago as part of the libretto for a Flamenco ballet that a work colleague of mine composed and choreographed. He asked me to put a story together. So I wrote a bunch of poems for it. The musical backing here has absolutely nothing to do with the original Flamenco backing. This one is a mashup of a piece of Creative Commons licensed free music that I found on the web. I’ve been…Continue Reading “It’s Lunchtime in the City — a performance poem by Roy Blumenthal” →

A conspiracy-theory night out with the South African leftwing poets and the American consulate staff

Categories buttons, creativity, poetry, politics
A conspiracy-theory night out with the South African leftwing poets and the American consulate staff

So now what exactly IS a conspiracy theory? When a whole bunch of seemingly random events all tie together with an underlying ‘obvious’ pattern, is that conspiracy? I’m in the middle of one. Here’s how it looks… 1. Roy makes a few inflammatory ‘anti George Bush-USA’ lapel badge designs. 2. States in his Flickr gallery that he hopes some of his buttons put him on the CIA hit list. 3. He starts a satirical group on Flickr titled, ‘BIN LADEN… IS THIS HIM?‘ He asks…Continue Reading “A conspiracy-theory night out with the South African leftwing poets and the American consulate staff” →