{"id":30034,"date":"2015-10-06T12:55:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T18:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=30034"},"modified":"2016-02-17T21:25:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T03:25:27","slug":"caldiero-channels-howl-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/caldiero-channels-howl-60\/","title":{"rendered":"Caldiero Channels “Howl” @ 60"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI saw the best minds of my generation\u201d (Janis, Jimi, Jim, Kurt, Amy, the kid who lived around the corner) \u201cdestroyed by madness,
\nstarving hysterical naked,
\ndragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking
\nfor an angry fix,
\nangelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly
\nconnection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,
\nwho poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up
\nsmoking
\nin the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating
\nacross the tops of cities contemplating jazz . . .\u201d<\/p>\n

Written by Allen Ginsberg and published in his 1956 collection Howl and Other Poems, \u201cHowl\u201d rings as relevant today as it did then. (It generated an obscenity trial, BTW.)<\/p>\n

Alex Caldiero has been performing the lengthy poem every five years for 20 years. Bookman Ken Sanders recalls: \u201cAlex and I collaborated on the 50th anniversary of \u201cHowl\u201d and it was a feature presentation of the old Great Salt Lake Book Festival and drew more than 1,000 folks to the library. Alex and I have teamed up with the Utah Humanities Council for the 55th and now the 60th performance of \u2018Howl.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Caldiero will perform the poem with jazz musicians and guest poets reciting their own work on Friday, Oct. 9 from 7 p.m. \u2013 9 p.m. at the Salt Lake City Public Library Auditorium, 210 E. 400 South. Admission is free.<\/p>\n

The iconic Utah poet refers to his recitation of \u201cHowl\u201d as \u201cchanneling.\u201d Says Sanders: \u201cGinsberg is the \u201c20th century Walt Whitman and \u2018Howl\u2019 is the modern \u2018Leaves of Grass.\u2019 Sonosopher Alex Caldiero is our spirit guide through the complexities of Howl.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n

Caldiero says he was a nervous wreck before his first public performance of \u201cHowl\u201d so he called Ginsberg \u201cto ask for his blessing. He chuckled. That was the only time we were ever to meet: voice-to-voice, sound-to-sound.\u201d This, he adds, \u201cseems apropos for a sonosopher.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sonosopher always sets up a makeshift altar at the foot of the stage, with a picture of Ginsberg and an offering of flowers. Caldiero explains that \u201cthis is an old Mediterranean custom to remember and pay homage to our beloved dead.\u201d The world lost Alan Ginsberg in 1997.<\/p>\n

Poster artwork is by Trent Call and a signed limited edition screen print will be for sale at the event for $35. Free \u201cHowl @ 60\u201d buttons will be given away while they last.<\/p>\n

Rumor is that this is the final time Caldiero will perform (or channel) \u201cHowl,\u201d though we were unable to confirm this with the \u201cspirit guide.\u201d Still, we suspect this is an event that is not to be missed.<\/p>\n

Catch it if you can.<\/p>\n

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Allen Ginsberg in 1979<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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