Thursday, September 3, 2009

Billy the Kid

Featured Michael Ondaatje's Collected Works of Billy the Kid, a documentary poetic recreation of the Billy the Kid mythology, and bpNichol's The True Eventual Story of Billy the Kid, a fanciful phallic destruction of the myth. These texts were read side-by-side, for the most part accompanied by John Zorn's The Big Gundown, featuring his renditions of Ennio Morricone's movie themes.

Part 1
1. Poverty (Once Upon a Time in America) - John Zorn
2. Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington & His World Famous Orchestra
3. Three Steps Backward - New Town Animals
4. Naval Aviation in Art? - Frank Zappa
5. Letter from an Occupant - The New Pornographers
6. Giu Ba Festa (Duck You Sucker!) - John Zorn
7. Two-By-Four-And-A-Half - Thee Skabling
8. 125th Street Prophet - Woody Herman & His Orchestra
9. Just in Case You Wonder - The Ugly Ducklings

Part 2
1. Traffic Jam - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
2. Gaslight - The Ugly Ducklings
3. Peur Sur Ba Ville - John Zorn
4. I Wish You Would - The Ugly Ducklings
5. Swingin' At the Met - Les Brown & His Band of Renown
6. Once Upon a Time In the West - John Zorn
7. Furnace Room Lullaby - Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
8. My Little Red Book - The Ugly Ducklings

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