Monday, July 4, 2011

TO BE NAMED AND OTHER WORKS OF POETIC LICENSE by David Madgalene, Toni Partington and Christopher J. Luna

From "To Be Named and Other Works of Poetic License":

The floods came just as the scientists said they would. And Atlanta, where at the height of the disco craze many years before Alicia Bridges had recorded “I love the night life”, was inundated like many other cities, and Jesus did not rescue the Christians or the Republicans or the oil-people or CNN or the rest of the media and they drowned just like the gays and whores and the druggies and the night-lifers and the democrats. The 27th clone of Alicia Bridges, just as beautiful as the first, stood on the same overpass where the original Alicia had once posed for an LP cover as Atlanta was consumed by the flood. ..

They had been warned—just as Geo. W. Bush & Condi Rice had been warned, and they did not listen. They said “If we pray hard enough, Jesus will hear our prayers and build the pipeline.” They said “Global warming is a fad,” in fact the farmer’s almanac predicted a 50-year global cooling trend. The true threat was masterminded by a madman who lived in a cave in the mountains of Pakistan, a madman they could never seem to fetch.  They heard the voice of God, and it said “Drill, baby, drill!” but how could they tell it was the voice of God, and not the voice of the Devil pretending to be God? The Devil can even appear as Jesus or the Mother Mary or whomever he wants to…the 27th clone of Alicia Bridges teared-up, and she couldn’t say she wasn’t crying out of self-pity. For even though she was a clone, Alicia-27 was not immortal, and she knew, that she, too, must drown and die.

 “CAN”T YOU FOOLS SEE? IT”S NOT ABOUT POLITICS! IT”S ABOUT MYTHOLOGY! IN THE FUTURE  THE POETS WILL BE WRITING ABOUT GEORGE W BUSH AND THE END OF THE WORLD WE KNEW!”

THE END OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE—TOGA PARTY!

“To Be Named and Other Works of Poetic License” is a one-of-a-kind, limited edition art book created collaboratively by poets David Madgalene, Toni Partington, and Christopher Luna. The 200+ page text is a series of poetic travelogues written during Christopher Luna’s yearly visits to California from 2005 to 2009. Each poem was written in collaboration with other people he visited or with whom he traveled. The cover of each book is an album cover that has been altered, painted, and/or collaged upon by all three artists. Other poets and artists who appear as characters or voices in the book include Michael McClure, Eric Padget, Eileen Elliott, Judy Irwin, Ed Coletti, and Mark Eckert.

Below you will find all 46 covers, as well as prices. Book covers that are no longer available are marked SOLD, and this list will be updated as more books are sold.

If you'd like to purchase a copy of "To Be Named," contact christopherjluna@gmail.com or tpartington@earthlink.net. In your email, please indicate which cover you prefer. Each copy of "To Be Named" includes a one-of-a-kind cover as well as the 200+ page poem, "To Be Named and Other Works of Poetic License."

TO BE NAMED AND OTHER WORKS OF POETIC LICENSE

BOOK COVERS


1. amor y poesia
SOLD


2. Leonard Cohen: Nashville Rebel
(for Dr. David James Randolph)
SOLD


 

3. Worship yourself no less not more than any other deity
(BACK COVER)
$40



4. GRAHAM CRACKER CENTRAL STATION
SOLD


5. One Hipper Little Kitty Than When She Started/SYLVIE VARTAN
$40


6. Beatles MCMLXXVI (or '76)
(For Andrew Mayer)
SOLD


7. The Secret of the Golden Pavilion
$40


8. the poet of the organ
$30



9. French Goes Oriental/ANYTHING GOES
(BACK COVER)
$40

10. The Whispering Organ Sound of
Brad Swanson goes Hawaiian
$30


11. SUZANNE CIANI
THE VELOCITY
OF
LOVE
$35


12. Was it you or him that made it hot?
Or was it just you being drunk or high? pops
$30


13. THAT SAN FRANCISCO BEAT!
SOLD


14. THE GREAT Temples That Faced Heaven
$40


15. I Lost My Parrot Blues (for Ed Coletti)
SOLD 


16. Hey Kids Let's Go Green with Al Martino
$40


17. How the Camel Got His Hump
$30


18. Beautiful Brides for Less
$30


19. Don't wear no fishnet stockings
$35


20. BONJOUR PARIS (for That Very Special Lady)
SOLD


21. Nero Fiddled While PARIS Burned
$35


22. The Stunted Penis Because It Is My Heart
$30


23. Havana at Midnight Really Gets Me Hot
$30


24. Apasionada: It's Hard on a Pimp 
$35

 

25. Redeeming Dubya
$30


26. ME FRANK YOU MIA
$40


27. DIXIE GIRL (You Ain't Gettin' None)
$40


28. Nightwings
$35


29. The Best of the Moms and Dads
$35


30. Gingerbread Boy and the Abyssinian Maid
$30


31. Desert Man: A Study in Apocalyptic High Fidelity Sound
$30


32. Stop "Freaking" Out
$30


33. Black Magic Woman
$40


34. Dark Lady
SOLD


35. Feed the Face
(FRONT COVER)
SOLD


35. Feed the Face
(BACK COVER)



36. Pink Champagne/For Babycita 
(FRONT COVER)
$30




37. A Mouthful of Fun
$30


38. Lena Goes Bat Vegas
$30


39. Ken Griffin at the Great Organ
Explains Why He Is Not George Duke
(For Michael McClure)
SOLD


40. Around the world Orgy with Bing!
$45


41. FAITH
$30



42. Alicia Bridges and the End of the American Empire
(BACK COVER)
$30


43. Nashville Dreams (For Michael Rothenberg)
SOLD


44. Marry Him
SOLD


45. Dory Previn Is My Favorite
SOLD


46. Living in the Past
SOLD

1 comment:

  1. I thought this is fitting of the mood. Chao!

    "Photography.

    Keep pouring me
    Drinks, I love
    This shit and the street
    Is like still life
    Captured in motion
    The colors bleed
    Thoughts- also
    I am a nobody I am
    A human garbage disposal."

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