Debbie Jaffe and Hal McGee Simultaneous Poem 1983 Dada-Style Viscera
Channel: Hal McGee
Date: 08/08/2013

Debbie Jaffe and Hal McGee performing a simultaneous poem, AN OPERA FOR SPRIGS SPARROWS TOMATOES AND LIGHT-BULBS (McGee reads part one and Jaffe reads part  two), at the "Poetry For Monkeys" poetry reading event curated by David Mattingly and hosted by Rick Karcasheff in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, on August 6, 1983. Debbie Jaffe created the digital transfers from Jack Sexson's original VHS tape recordings. This was recorded during the same time period as the "60 Minutes Of Laughter" cassette. This recording along with many others from 30 years ago in 1983 were recently discovered or uncovered, and soon I will upload to YouTube many of these rare archival videos of poetry and musical events that were held at Rick Karcasheff's house. Debbie Jaffe and I owe a great debt to Karcasheff for introducing us to so much great experimental and underground music, the Aeon Distribution Catalog, mail art zines, and especially Daniel Plunkett's ND zine, and the whole great big world of homemade music and hometaperism!