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FEMINATRONIC SUNDAY MIX – THE POETRY OF E.E.CUMMINGS
It’s American Poetry month and The Sunday Mixes are all linked to the celebrations.
Last week was In Praise of Trees and this week is a celebration of the poetry of E.E.Cummings, beginning with this article –
SONNETS AND UNREALITIES – BJORK AND E E CUMMINGS
i will wade out
till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers
I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness
in the sleeping curves of my body
Shall enter fingers of smooth mastery
with chasteness of sea-girls
Will i complete the mystery
of my flesh
I will rise
After a thousand years
lipping
flowers
And set my teeth in the silver of the moon
it may not always be so; and i say
that if your lips,which i have loved,should touch
another’s,and your dear strong fingers clutch
his heart,as mine in time not far away;
if on another’s face your sweet hair lay
in such silence as i know,or such
great writhing words as,uttering overmuch,
stand helplessly before the spirit at bay;
if this should be,i say if this should be—
you of my heart,send me a little word;
that i may go unto him,and take his hands,
saying,Accept all happiness from me.
Then shall i turn my face,and hear one bird
sing terribly afar in the lost lands
FEMINATRONIC DISCOVERS – CANNED FIT
CANNED FIT – Christine Schörkhuber
Many thanks to A Closer Listen for pointing me in the right direction
FEMINATRONIC SUNDAY MIX – IN PRAISE OF TREES
Each week I have a Sunday Mix on Twitter and thought I would reproduce them here.
For the next couple of weeks the Sunday Mix is going to be loosely based on American Poetry Month and this week as it was a beautiful Easter Day here the mix is in praise of Trees.
FEMINATRONIC DISCOVERS – EXPERIMENTAL HOUSEWIFE
Thanks to Headphone Commute and Femmecult for pointing me towards this great mix from Experimental Housewife
NEWS FROM THE TWITTERSPHERE
Here’s some Sunday reading as part of the Pioneers of Electronic music season:
PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC – CHARLOTTE BEBE BARRON
One of my favourite films is Forbidden Planet and always loved the soundtrack. Well this is the female pioneer that created those wonderful soundscapes
THE BARRONS : FORGOTTEN PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC
SUSAN STONE – NPR MUSIC – 2005
THE FOLLOWING LIST OF WORKS BY CHARLOTTE BEBE BARRON IS FROM BARRY SCHRADER
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Heavenly Menagerie (1951-52) Tape
- Bells of Atlantis (1952) Film score
- For an Electronic Nervous System (1954) Tape
- Miramagic (1954) Film score
- Forbidden Planet (1956) Videotape or Laserdisc MGM/UA Home Video, 1991
- Jazz of Lights (1956) Film score
- Bridges-Go-Round (1958) one of two alternative soundtracks, the other composed by Teo Macero
- Crystal Growing (1959) Film score
- Music of Tomorrow (1960) Tape
- The Computer Age (1968) Film score
- Time Machine (1970) on Music from the Soundtrack of ‘Destination Moon’ and Other Themes, Cinema Records LP-8005
- Space Boy (1971) Tape; revised and used for film of same name, 1973
- More Than Human (1974) Film score
- Cannabis (1975) Film score
- The Circe Circuit (1982) Tape
- Elegy for a Dying Planet (1982) Tape
- New Age Synthesis II on Totally Wired (1986) Pennsylvania Public Radio Associates Cassette Series
- What’s the Big Hurry? (date unknown) from Sid Davis Productions
- “Mixed Emotions” by Bebe Barron (2000) CD
WEB FOCUS – EKHO – WOMEN IN SONIC ART
Celebrating the Work of Women within Sonic Art: an expanding archive promoting equality in the sonic field.
Daphne Oram And Delia Derbyshire: The BBC Radiophonic Workshop Gallery
As part of the Pioneers short season I am reposting some of the older articles as they are well worth another airing
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, one of the sound effects units of the BBC, was created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio, and was closed in March 1998. Daphne Oram was a true pioneer of electronic music and this great gallery of photographs gives some great insight into the work being done at BBC.
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop: http://whitefiles.org/rwg/index.html
Daphne Oram at the north-west end of Room 13.
Room 12. Delia edits a tape as Desmond stands in front of the Leevers-Rich 8-track and reads the script.
Delia at the controls of the desk in Room 12. The rotary control to the extreme bottom right is a ‘Glowpot’ gain control.
Daphne Oram demonstrating Radiophonic techniques on television by means of Brenell tape recorders and Jason oscillator.
Room 13 in 1958. Daphne Oram plays the Mijwiz, an Arabic twin-reeded double shepherd’s pipe.
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FEMINATRONIC PLAYLISTS ON SOUNDCLOUD # 2
I have been doing these for a while but haven’t got around to posting any here yet, so better late than never.
Thank you for listening.
Feminatronic 
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