Wichita Vortex Sutra, by Allen Ginsberg

Wichita Vortex Sutra

by Allen Ginsberg

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1.	Allen Ginsberg, Christian Marclay, Stephan Smith, Art Baron - Turn Right Next Corner 02:52	info	buy track
2.	Allen Ginsberg, Lee Ranaldo - Thy Sins Are Forgiven, Wichita! 02:25	info	buy track
3.	Allen Ginsberg, Art Baron - Approaching Salina 02:16	info	buy track
4.	Allen Ginsberg, Michael Blair - Thrills of Fear 02:06	info	buy track
5.	Allen Ginsberg, Lee Ranaldo, Lenny Kaye, Elliot Sharp - II Face the Nation 03:45	info	buy track
6.	Allen Ginsberg, Marc Ribot, David Mansfield - A Black Horse Bends Its Head to the Stubble 01:41	info	buy track
7.	Allen Ginsberg, Elliot Sharp - Stop, and Eat More Flesh 03:20	info	buy track
8.	Allen Ginsberg, Lenny Pickett, Steve Shelley - N B C S U P A P I N S L I F E 04:11	info	buy track
9.	Allen Ginsberg, Lenny Kaye, David Mansfield - Here's Marysville 02:58	info	buy track
10.	Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass - I'm an Old Man Now, and a Lonesome Man in Kansas 07:16	info	buy track
11.	Allen Ginsberg, Christian Marclay, Art Baron, Hal Willner - Cars Passing Their Messages Along Country Crossroads 02:59	info	buy track
12.	Allen Ginsberg, Lee Ranaldo, Art Baron, Hal Willner, Christian Marclay - Future Speeding on Swift Wheels 07:01	info	buy track

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Recorded at the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church in New York City in 1994, WICHITA VORTEX SUTRA features Ginsberg and all star cast of extraordinary musicians including: Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith), Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Philip Glass, Marc Ribot, Arto Lindsay, Michael Blair (Elvis Costello, Tom Waits), Christian Marclay, David Mansfield (Bob Dylan), Artemis recording artist Stephan Smith and Elliot Sharp.

Produced by Hal Willner (Lou Reed, Marianne Faithfull), WICHITA VORTEX SUTRA is Ginsberg’s epic poem about the Vietnam War written in 1966. Willner remarked, “If one were to change a few names, locations, and statistics the poem could have been written today”.

Allen Ginsberg is the best known poet of the Beat Generation and one of the most esteemed American writers of the 20th century. He has published countless books of poetry and prose as well as compendiums of letters and journals. “Howl”, “Kaddish”, “Sunflower Sutra” and “America” comprise some of Ginsberg’s most famous poems. “Howl”, a radical critique of American culture became a manifesto to the Beat movement and one of the most famous poems written in the last century.

Ginsberg won numerous awards, including the National Book Award for The Fall ofAmerica: Poems of These States in 1973, the Woodbury Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. Although famously known as a poet, Ginsberg has also appeared on albums by John Lennon, The Clash, Leonard Cohen and The Fugs. In 1996, Ginsberg recorded his poem “The Ballad of the Skeletons” accompanied by music from Paul McCartney and Philip Glass. The accompanying video was in heavy rotation at MTV.

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released October 1, 2004

2004, Allen Ginsberg LLC

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Allen Ginsberg New York, New York

Renowned poet, world traveler, spiritual seeker, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human and civil rights, photographer and songwriter, political gadfly, teacher and co-founder of a poetics school. Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) defied simple classification.

Ginsberg parlayed his fame and network of connections into a modestly successful career in music. ... more

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