XENITH

“Rebellion (Lies)” by Arcade Fire, “Stop Touching Me” by Optiganally Yours.

Why hello my fellow Xenithites.
I post this with the hope that we can give the old poetry contest another try. I have decided that I will run it this time, and believe me, I will track you down if I think you would be a good contestant and you haven’t entered yet.
It will go like [...]

Hello, kittens. I’m announcing this eleven days in advance to give you fair warning.
For May I have chosen the lovely and delightful Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson: a novel in verse.
From the back of the book:
Geryon, a young boy who is also a winged red monster, reveals the volcanic terrain of his [...]

“We Shall Not Be Moved” sung by Mavis Staples; “Oh Freedom” sung by Mary D. Williams.
–Please let me know if songs don’t work for you. If it becomes clear that something’s playing only for me I’ll make a different selection. You know, one that you can listen to.

Priest ascends sky on helium balloons.
Man found burning alive in woods.

An excerpt from Philip Glass’s 1976 opera Einstein on the Beach; “History of Sycorax” by Michael Nyman, 1991.

“Vamos (Live)” by The Pixies; “Jealous of Your Cigarette” by Hawksley Workman; “Expensive Shit” by Fela Kuti.

You’re locked a room with the Pope, Osama Bin Laden and Lee Harvey Oswald, and given a gun with one bullet: what’s your first move? “I’d give it to Oswald. I’ll bet he only likes to shoot historical figures.”

1. PORTAL - Still Alive
2. MFE / JONATHAN COULTON - Triumph (”Still Alive” remix)
3. MARK MARTUCCI - Waltz No. 1
4. MARK MARTUCCI - Hedwig’s Theme
5. RAY CHARLES - What’d I Say
6. TRAIN - What’d I Say
7. JULIE FEENEY - Wind Out of My Sails
8. CLEM SNIDE - Something Beautiful
9. CLEM SNIDE - Joan Jett of [...]

Two versions of Papageno’s aria “Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja” (”The birdcatcher am I”), from Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflote:
First, a traditional version, the details of which are sadly unknown to me. Next, a jazz version fron 1964, “Samba Papageno” by Gershon Kingsley.