The basis of a full-length documentary.
"Moondog is one of America’s great originals."Alan Rich, New York Magazine
Here is a revised edition of a book that celebrates one of the most improbable lives of the twentieth century: a blind and homeless man who became the most famous eccentric in New York and who, with enormous diligence, rose to prominence both in major label pop music recordings in addition to symphonic concerts of his compositions.
This edition of Moondog will soon be seen a as a feature documentary titled The Viking of 6th Avenue directed by Holly Elson and produced by Hard Working Movies.
Born Louis Thomas Hardin in 1916, Moondog first made an impression in the late 1940s when he became a mascot of The New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. His unique, melodic compositions were released on the Prestige jazz label. In the late 1960s the Viking-garbed Moondog was a pop music sensation on Columbia Records.
Moondog's compositional style influenced his former roommate Philip Glass, whose preface appears in the book. Moondog's work transcends labels and redefines the distinction between popular and high culture.
A wide-ranging compilation of Moondog recordings, which includes four Madrigals played by Philip Glass, Steven Reich, Jon Gibson, and Moondog himself, are offered as free downloads for every purchaser of this biography.

Moondog

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Scotto, Robert

Arts & Literature

Process

Poetry. "The volume is a condensed, chiseled little box of miraculously moving poems, more American in essence, in spite of their travel content. Like a Sufi, his writing is an excursion into the world of dualities and the myriad colours of the sky, the earth and the world we live in. It is a delight to see in this slim volume the vital vistas of the earth conjured in his ennobling images to cherish, preserve and celebrate the imagined secrets of our formidable voyages."--Yuyutsu Sharma "There is so much wisdom in Robert Scotto's new collection of poems, IMAGINED SECRETS: NEW POEMS. Consider this, from 'Wisdom': '...The advice / Of the old is like the winter's sun: / It brings some light, but little warmth.' 'Wisdom' notwithstanding, there is also warmth. In 'Serenade in Argentina,' Scotto writes to a life partner, 'I miss you even when you are near / because you are never near enough.' Like the Van Gogh of his 'VG,' Scotto suffers 'to perfection' in these poems, with 'vibrant ecstatic pain.' And it's with vibrant ecstatic pain that the poet experiences the impermanence of his time here on earth, a sense that the reader experiences working through this slim but densely packed volume."--Tim Tomlinson

Imagined Secrets: New Poems (Nirala)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Nirala Publications

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