Pascalle BurtonFOUND-19
(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)
death drove home
sent a letter to the community
impossible to trace
and then grief, like a stumbling cheque forger,
comes tripping across the threshold
of my supermarket heart
a little music and soul
three months of free guitar lessons
you can learn in lockdown
it’s astounding
time is fleeting
madness takes its toll
coughed at or spit on
a long tradition of blaming
a mirror for society
the waves of the web
the places we must stay
three emoji roses
a barometer of humanity
language linked to memory
simple words repeated
I turned up in some harsh doomed city on another plane
at the end
I was holding my breath
wow! this looks delicious
but u didn’t make enough
for company
home
a social movement
a new campaign
incredible profiteering, corporate opportunism
daylight robbery
leaders swapping worst practices
*right fist punches electric guitar*
*wall of protestors link arms*
*a crow’s wings sweep*
the landlord's here to visit
but we can, you know we can
rent strike april 1st 2020
sweeping aid package
a staggering backing
to help bridge financial bottlenecks
to no surprise
a need to punish the poor
in the midst of a terrible crisis
in dire hours, art keeps us sane
offers free delivery
on the brink of disaster
a deep-purple bruise
uneasy-listening
new shades of glumness
semi-outdoor exhibit
the sunning rock macropod
a future bird
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)
Links:
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
Ken Smeaton 2015, ‘Amanda Anastasi Shelton Lea Tribute’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/oS8HUYD0fSo (source text: Shelton Lea’s for joel, 1985).
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/
Lex121100 2020, ‘Rocky Horror Time Warp’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/umj0gu5nEGs (source text: Richard O’Brien’s Time Warp, 1972)
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
‘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
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
whateverentgroup 2011, ‘The Church — Tantalized’, Youtubehttps://youtu.be/4rsHbPF8HKs (source text: The Church’s Tantalized, 1985)
TheWolfePit 2016, ‘How to make Fried Rice — Vegetable Fried Rice - Chinese Recipe’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/AJkhXVGEOR4
Europe Must Act 2020, Action for Education, https://www.europemustact.org/
Haymarket Books 2020, ‘How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/5lxwLHRKaB0
Roadrunner Records 2009, ‘Sepultura — Refuse/Resist [OFFICIAL VIDEO]’, Youtube, https://youtu.be/6ODNxy3YOPU
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)
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
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
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
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/
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Youtube Channel, Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGL4W-Vvt7ndk-XrPQ1im_A?fbclid=IwAR3L0XF55nehlRxhstwciyoUEuuHvt-qXEfbjH0n-5yHkx_O6UyhSzFZVkE
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)
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.
She hopes everyone is staying safe and well.
You can learn more about and experience her incredible poetry on her website.