Creative Music Guild Presents
John Gross, Reed Wallsmith, Andre
St. James, & Tim DuRoche
Alberta Street Pub, Portland, OR
June 19, 2015
fluctuations heartbreak
everything shrinks
to recede into the bell
crying out for the still
wailing (for) nothing
alternating currents
stripe seduction
two-tone tenderness
falls in line
synchronized inhale
together we
let it out
parallel yet distinct
bubbling up
play a form
“the slow game baby”
bold announcement
of intent
single bell chime
solitary thought crime
breathy spirals
brush pirouette
repetitive escape valve
forgive this swing
grated circularity
pull to and fro
the sorrow
the overseer
lover jilted
disrespected
turn away
threaded
muscularity
intoxicating
support
step unanticipated
conversing with the air
blowing through cilia
measured whisper
barely registers
like thumb
like cloth
drawn across
taut skin
http://www.timduroche.com/
Creative Music Guild Presents
Rich Halley, Michael Vlatkovich,
Clyde Reed, & Carson Halley
“CREATING STRUCTURE” Album Release
Alberta Street Pub, Portland, OR
June 19, 2015
“with that, we’re gonna start”
a conversation
round a dinner table
overlapping throughlines
both harmonic and dissonant
steady and stilted
time is malleable
yet fully framed
turns out that frame
is liquid
runs through and over
returns to the sand
lead, follow, rush
evaporate
intensely concentrated
high energy constructs
dance with life
refuse to lie still
hum w energy
molecular
in its ubiquity
don’t quit
ramp it
up – STOP
crawl
up and meander
drift
and slide
keep
it hot
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| Michael Vlatkovich, Carson Halley, Clyde Reed, and Rich Halley by Robert Pyle |
“dead of winter”
retroactive liar thrum
nearness of an idea
unspoken unaccepted
wipe a running tear
radiant and clear
both there and here
unkown
and serious
about
the mark that
lingers
the
pain that festers
leaving
heavy scars in its wake
see it (again)
we will dispute
once again
finish me
entrance me
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retroactive retraction
find our way into it
little bursts of air
overcome by proximity
add time
subtract grudge
move forward
a millimeter
break steel
she came
life about
finish
the cold
accept that
circumstances
have changed
symbolic gesture
tough time w that
just play
away forward
orderly shattering
systematic
dissolution
sanitary decay
we just breeze
that way
“the semblance of stealth”
a thousand march uphill
and finally ascend
like heaven Poppa
just as I always pictured it
lion smashes head on rocks
where’s the wisdom in that?
father time express
better catch it quick
round and round
assurance
resignation
“duo poly”
you don’t even know what that means
it means two of many
and you will now see what that means
two sway
meanness
to display
pulse
exhale spit
do
it all again
http://richhalley.com/
