tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post1292640804862060907..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: MIAF 2008Alison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-72351801280816562002008-07-18T15:24:00.000+10:002008-07-18T15:24:00.000+10:00CK- I thought her performance opening for Bob in M...CK- I thought her performance opening for Bob in Melbourne at least was great. And I didn't go in there a huge fan of Ms Smith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-73744565694277857972008-07-16T15:59:00.000+10:002008-07-16T15:59:00.000+10:00Alison - for fascinating Ginsberg-listening experi...Alison - for fascinating Ginsberg-listening experiences I'd also recommend his recordings of the Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience, if you haven't heard already. The whole recording's online at http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Ginsberg-Blake.html<BR/><BR/>It does look like a really exciting festival! Too much to take in at once...<BR/><BR/>NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-42648068063544323992008-07-16T14:17:00.000+10:002008-07-16T14:17:00.000+10:00I'm just hungover from a combination of a lacklust...I'm just hungover from a combination of a lacklustre support spot for the still lustrous Bob Dylan at the Rod Laver Arena a few years ago, and some bad experiences at the HOWL! festival in 2004. But you never know. I'd love to see her kick arse.<BR/><BR/>CKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-52378661296915181542008-07-16T12:39:00.000+10:002008-07-16T12:39:00.000+10:00Hi Chris - Yep, it's something. Don't be too hasty...Hi Chris - Yep, it's something. Don't be too hasty to dismiss the "babyboomer" East Village stuff though, it traces a noble lineage from Rimbaud on. And I just this hour listened to a recording of Ginsberg reading Kaddish, my favourite poem of his and surely one of the great acts of grace of the past century, and am still shaken. Whatever is made of it now, that 50s and 60s surge of creative Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-16178677824803505002008-07-16T11:24:00.000+10:002008-07-16T11:24:00.000+10:00Wow. What a festival. Looks like it'll up there wi...Wow. What a festival. Looks like it'll up there with Kristy's first in 2005. So much to get excited about. An incredibly well-thought out mix of local, national and international. Lone Twin and Suitcase Royale? Inspired. Panther's international festival debut - great vision. Back to Back back in a theatre!? Helen Herbertson, David Pledger, local shows which have benefited from lengthy developmentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com