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Some over the weekend questions:
COMING OF AGE
Where can we find a poem written by RMc? About his daughters' different stages in
life? Ending in her marriage? Would appreciate any help you can give, thanks. John Warren
I remember reading a cycle of poems written by Rod and published in Woman’s Own
magazine back in the seventies. Where can I find a copy? Has it been published in a book?
Lauren, Kent, England
Dear Lauren & John. The Cycle of poems you both speak about was entitled "The
Unfolding World of A Child" and was written for and serialized in Women’s Own
Magazine. Later under the title Coming of Age, I used several of the poems in the London
Edition of "Moment To Moment", they were dropped from the book after the first
edition when I decided to take it a different direction.
Over the years I’ve thought about including them in another work or maybe as part of
an omnibus. Thanks for the interest. Rod
MAIL ORDER, AT LAST & THAT INCLUDES "THE SEA"
Rod, Mark here in Oklahoma, So tell me, when will you be offering CD’s and
records over the net for mail order? I have listened to your music for over 20 years, you
have had a wonderful effect on my world views, I hope to hear more in the future. Mark
Hi, I am wondering if there are copies of The Sea LP still available or if the LP has been
transferred to CD and is available in that format.Thanks, Doug Clinkenbeard
Dear Mark & Doug. Yes & Yes. As some of you know, a young man named Dwight
Michael’s has started an experiment; He wants to see if Stanyan Mail Order can be
made to work again. So from now till Christmas he’s selected a dozen or so items from
The Stanyan Catalog and is selling them by mail. Wonder of wonders he has all three
configurations on "The Sea", Compact Disc, Cassette & LP. Nothing yet on
"The Earth" & "The Sky" but for a complete listing of books &
discs available and the prices, check out the home page. This tryout is only scheduled to
run through the first of January, but if there is sufficient interest in may become a
permanent fixture,
LONESOME CITIES
Dear Rod, First, let me tell you what sheer delight it was to discover that Lonesome
Cities had been "put back together" on CD. Pieces of that project in collections
were a tease at best and, at worst, part of a dismembered body. The project was and now IS
wonderful! Thank you. Dave Herbst
Dear Dave, Yes & No. "Lonesome Cities" has been put back together all right,
but not exactly as it was in the first place. Let me explain - turns out the Master Tapes
have been at Warner Bros. Records all these years. What was released on CD a couple of
years back and is now also available through the catalogue is a temporary master from the
Stanyan Basement. Who had to point this out to me? A couple of knowledgeable young men who
frequent tara’s RM Message Board. Good news is it’s complete, just some
alternate takes, the price is right & there’s an unlisted bonus track at the end
from one of my piano quartets. The original Lonesome Cities with many bonus tracks will be
released in the future. I’ll get to a couple of the other albums you asked about,
Dave, in a later column. Rod
- RM
11/23/98 |
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Brooks Atkinson o
William Blake o Rita Mae Brown o Ethel Ennis o Alexander Godunov o Berry Gordon Jr. o
Gloria Grahame o Cliff Graubart o Ed Harris o Gary Hart o Jose Iturbi o Hope Lange o Claude Levi-Strauss o Jean-Baptiste Lully o
Randy Newman o Anton Rubinstein o Oda Slobodskaya o Paul Schaffer o Anna Nicole Smith o Jon Stewart |
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On deceit: once a
philanthropist, twice a fool.
Gentleness is proof of dignity.
Cease to struggle and you cease to live.
Those of us that turned out sound should look across our
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The ‘I’ inside me
asks a single question
one that starts out ‘Why ?’
I can’t remember how
to finish off the sentence.
The tomcat I call Tom
goes by eying me.
What does that intelligent animal
of grace and independence see ?
Does he see dawns so perfect
that I may never know them,
evenings ending not in struggle
but in peace
even alone, in peace ?
God, I am so hungry
I need to eat and drink
love at last
I wouldn’t ask that much
I need a week
a half week
a day
some little time shared
some time not left alone.
I need to wrap my limbs around
a trunk that’s strong
but one that melts beneath me.
I pray this autumn won’t overtake me
here alone
and that I might finish off
the question that starts out ‘Why ?’
You’ve known me to be truthful sometimes
believe me now.
- From "Celebrations of the Heart", 1975 |
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