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(based on the first 19 links posted on my Facebook feed, March 2020)

Crisis events influence, and are influenced by, what is said or written; these texts in their turn will lead to new texts, even new genres, which will then co-create new discourses or reinforce/subvert existing ones; the discourses then may produce certain (un)intended non-discursive outcomes.

(from Antoon De Rycker and Zuraidah Mohd Don’s Discourse in crisis, crisis in discourse)

1

death drove home

sent a letter to the community

impossible to trace

2

and then grief, like a stumbling cheque forger,

comes tripping across the threshold

of my supermarket heart

3

a little music and soul

three months of free guitar lessons

you can learn in lockdown

4

it’s astounding

time is fleeting

madness takes its toll

5

coughed at or spit on

a long tradition of blaming

a mirror for society

6

the waves of the web

the places we must stay

three emoji roses

7

a barometer of humanity

language linked to memory

simple words repeated

8

I turned up in some harsh doomed city on another plane

at the end

I was holding my breath

9

wow! this looks delicious

but u didn’t make enough

for company

10

home

a social movement

a new campaign

11

incredible profiteering, corporate opportunism

daylight robbery

leaders swapping worst practices

12

*right fist punches electric guitar*

*wall of protestors link arms*

*a crow’s wings sweep*

13

the landlord's here to visit

but we can, you know we can

rent strike april 1st 2020

14

sweeping aid package

a staggering backing

to help bridge financial bottlenecks

15

to no surprise

a need to punish the poor

in the midst of a terrible crisis

16

in dire hours, art keeps us sane

offers free delivery

on the brink of disaster

17

a deep-purple bruise

uneasy-listening

new shades of glumness

18

semi-outdoor exhibit

the sunning rock macropod

a future bird

19

they all want to share your life

ain't that enough to make you want to hang on

hang on, hang on (hang on in there)

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Links:

1. Kilgannon, C 2020, ‘Brooklyn High School Principal, 36, Dies from Coronavirus’, The New York Times, 25 March, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/nyregion/coronavirus-death-brooklyn-school-principal.html

2. Ken Smeaton 2015, ‘Amanda Anastasi Shelton Lea Tribute’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/oS8HUYD0fSo (source text: Shelton Lea’s for joel, 1985).

3. Schatz, L 2020, ‘Montreux Jazz Festival Releases More Than 50 Full Sets from Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye: Watch’, Consequence of Sound, https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/03/montreux-jazz-festival-50-full-sets-concert-video/

4. Lex121100 2020, ‘Rocky Horror Time Warp’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/umj0gu5nEGs (source text: Richard O’Brien’s Time Warp, 1972)

5. Yoshiko, Kandil C 2020, ‘Asian Americans report over 650 racist acts over last week, new data says’, NBC News, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-americans-report-nearly-500-racist-acts-over-last-week-n1169821

6. ‘Britney Spears calls for wealth redistribution, general strike on Instagram’, 2020, The Week, https://theweek.com/speedreads/904391/britney-spears-calls-wealth-redistribution-general-strike-instagram

7. Heflin, A 2020, ‘In Conversation with Meredith Monk: MEMORY GAME’, Classical Post, https://classicalpost.com/read/2020/3/25/in-conversation-with-meredith-monk-memory-game

8. whateverentgroup 2011, ‘The Church — Tantalized’, Youtubehttps://youtu.be/4rsHbPF8HKs (source text: The Church’s Tantalized, 1985)

9. TheWolfePit 2016, ‘How to make Fried Rice — Vegetable Fried Rice - Chinese Recipe’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/AJkhXVGEOR4

10. Europe Must Act 2020, Action for Education, https://www.europemustact.org/

11. Haymarket Books 2020, ‘How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/5lxwLHRKaB0

12. Roadrunner Records 2009, ‘Sepultura — Refuse/Resist [OFFICIAL VIDEO]’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/6ODNxy3YOPU

13. Spencer Vik 2008, ‘Dead Kennedys — Let's Lynch The Landlord’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/aCiYmCVikjo (source text: Dead Kennedys’ Let’s Lynch the Landlord, 1980)

14. Brown, K 2020, ‘Germany Has Rolled Out a Staggering €50 Billion Aid Package For Small Businesses That Boosts Artists and Galleries — and Puts Other Countries to Shame’, artnet news, https://news.artnet.com/art-world/german-bailout-50-billion-1815396

15. de la Cretaz, B 2020, ‘Why Everyone Is Thanking Bernie Sanders Right Now — Even His Critics’, yahoo! lifestyle, https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/why-everyone-thanking-bernie-sanders-151432656.html

16. Law, B 2020, ‘In times of crisis, we turn to the arts. Now the arts is in crisis – and Scott Morrison is silent’, The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/mar/27/in-times-of-crisis-we-turn-to-the-arts-now-the-arts-is-in-crisis-and-the-federal-government-is-missing-in-action

17. Grow, K 2020, ‘‘The Ultimate Underdog F-ck-Up’: Rediscovering the Dark Beauty of Rowland S. Howard’, Rolling Stone, https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/rowland-s-howard-birthday-party-tribute-teenage-snuff-film-965358/

18. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Youtube Channel, Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGL4W-Vvt7ndk-XrPQ1im_A?fbclid=IwAR3L0XF55nehlRxhstwciyoUEuuHvt-qXEfbjH0n-5yHkx_O6UyhSzFZVkE

19. ubiquitoons 2012, ‘Mike James Kirkland - "Hang On In There"’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/QJH26Gj5-m8 (source text: Mike James Kirkland’s Hang on in There, 1972)

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Pascalle Burton is an Australian poet and performer with an interest in conceptual art and cultural theory. Her collection About the Author is Dead is available through Cordite Books.

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