An audio tour of films featuring Vito Acconci, Erik Satie, Vicki Bennett, Karl Holmquist, and more from the UbuWeb archive. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

An audio tour of films featuring Vito Acconci, Erik Satie, Vicki Bennett, Karl Holmquist, and more from the UbuWeb archive. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

Driven by Sound Tracks

Samples from from Craig Dworkin's UbuWeb paper “Unheard Music,” featuring John Cage, Steve Reich, Mieko Shiomi, Yves Klein, and more.

Samples from from Craig Dworkin's UbuWeb paper “Unheard Music,” featuring John Cage, Steve Reich, Mieko Shiomi, Yves Klein, and more.

The Sound of Silence

Audio interpretations of Gertrude Stein from the UbuWeb archives. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Audio interpretations of Gertrude Stein from the UbuWeb archives. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

Almost Completely Understanding

Yoko Ono flushing toilets, La Monte Young’s “Theater of Eternal Music,” Larry Miller’s baby crying, Alison Knowles onion skin music and loads more. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Yoko Ono flushing toilets, La Monte Young’s “Theater of Eternal Music,” Larry Miller’s baby crying, Alison Knowles onion skin music and loads more. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

Sounds of Fluxus

Gertrude Stein at the Algonquin, William Carlos Williams trying to remember “The Red Wheelbarrow,” Salvador Dali on his phallic moustache, Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Derrida, and scads more from the archive. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Gertrude Stein at the Algonquin, William Carlos Williams trying to remember “The Red Wheelbarrow,” Salvador Dali on his phallic moustache, Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Derrida, and scads more from the archive. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

UbuWeb Interviews

Sound clips from Gertrude Stein, Yoko Ono, Louise Lawler, Shelley Hirsch, Lauren Lesko, Forough Farrokhzad, Pauline Oliveros, and many more.

Sound clips from Gertrude Stein, Yoko Ono, Louise Lawler, Shelley Hirsch, Lauren Lesko, Forough Farrokhzad, Pauline Oliveros, and many more.

The Women of the Avant-Garde (part 2)

Sound clips from Kathy Acker, Laurie Anderson, Caroline Bergvall, Denise Levertov, Lydia Lunch, Patti Smith, Eileen Myles, and many more.

Sound clips from Kathy Acker, Laurie Anderson, Caroline Bergvall, Denise Levertov, Lydia Lunch, Patti Smith, Eileen Myles, and many more.

The Women of the Avant-Garde

How the French avante-garde twisted up and bent language, featuring Rimbaud, Apollinaire, the space age poetry of Ilse Garnier, and more. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

How the French avante-garde twisted up and bent language, featuring Rimbaud, Apollinaire, the space age poetry of Ilse Garnier, and more. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

Continental Drift

A wide-ranging survey of British sound poets and artists from the 1960s to the present, featuring Bob Cobbing, Neil Mills, Liliy Greenham, Chirstopher Logue, Ann Laplantine, and more. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

A wide-ranging survey of British sound poets and artists from the 1960s to the present, featuring Bob Cobbing, Neil Mills, Liliy Greenham, Chirstopher Logue, Ann Laplantine, and more. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

The Sounds of the UK

Listening to the far out sounds of 1970's LA, featuring Chris Burden, Paul McCarthy, and the Kipper Kids, among others. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Listening to the far out sounds of 1970's LA, featuring Chris Burden, Paul McCarthy, and the Kipper Kids, among others. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

Resident Voices

Poet Kenneth Goldsmith presents selections from UbuWeb, the learned and varietous online repository concerning concrete and sound poetry, experimental film, outsider art, and all things avant-garde.

And other ethnopoetic marvels, including speaking in tongues, throat singers, and sound poetry.

And other ethnopoetic marvels, including speaking in tongues, throat singers, and sound poetry.

Punk Versions of Monkey Chants

Hear Allen Ginsberg's hilarious "CIA Dope Calypso" and peak performances by Ezra Pound, Amiri Baraka and Abbie Hoffman. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Hear Allen Ginsberg's hilarious "CIA Dope Calypso" and peak performances by Ezra Pound, Amiri Baraka and Abbie Hoffman. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

Protest Poetry With a Beat

You really should listen to the numbers 1 through 100 . . . especially 79. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

You really should listen to the numbers 1 through 100 . . . especially 79. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

Schwitters Happens

Tellus's trove of '80s recordings, from ethnopoetics to Paul Bowles. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Tellus's trove of '80s recordings, from ethnopoetics to Paul Bowles. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

Best Decade Ever?

Aspen featured Warhol, the Velvets, and John Lennon twiddling the radio dial.

Aspen featured Warhol, the Velvets, and John Lennon twiddling the radio dial.

The First "Three-dimensional" Magazine?

Kenneth Goldsmith shares some insane and profane sounds that lie between Avant-Garde and Outsider Art, including recordings by Jim Roche, Robin Kahn, and Sean Landers. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Kenneth Goldsmith shares some insane and profane sounds that lie between Avant-Garde and Outsider Art, including recordings by Jim Roche, Robin Kahn, and Sean Landers. Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

The World of Outsiders

Patti Smith

Frank O'Hara

The John Giorno Poetry Systems Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

The John Giorno Poetry Systems Need a transcript of this episode? <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/transcript-request" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request a transcript here</a>.

What did Patti Smith, Frank O'Hara, and Meredith Monk Have in Common?

Kenneth is amazing. He is so knowledgeable of the subject. He presents incredibly interesting audio clips and does a good job at not letting things drag too long. I listen to this podcast in its entirety just about every year. I really wish they made new episodes :(

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