Side A and Side B are inverted and bound tête-bêche style. United States dime is imbedded on the cover of side A. In slipcase. Concept & design by David Breskin. The accompanying spoken word CDs feature the author reading his ghazals, the texts of which are printed in this book. Side A : For Dave Hickey. Side B : For Kareem Rashad Sultan Kahn, February 12, 1987-August 6, 2007, in memoriam.
Contents:
Side A : for Dave Hickey -- Side B : for Kareem Rashad Sultan Kahn, February 12, 1987-August 6, 2007, in memoriam.
Summary:
A trialogue between the paintings of Ruscha, the music of Cline and the poetry of Breskin. Pictures in the book are from Ruscha's "Silhouettes" and "Cityscapes;" music and ghazals are on the cd-roms. Book is bound dos à dos, with sides A and B.A dime is imbedded on the cover of side A. "Dirty Baby" is a collaboration between the paintings of Ed Ruscha, the music of Nels Cline, and the poems of David Breskin. The title comes from the idea that when different forms mate, the resulting offspring is no purebred but rather a wonderfully dirty and lovable mutt. The book is divided into two "sides" in the manner of a vinyl record: Side A offers a time-lapse history of Western Civilization; Side B charts the American misadventure in Iraq. The 66 Ruscha pictures in the book are drawn from two rarely seen bodies of work, the "Silhouettes" and the "Cityscapes," in which Ruscha uses "censor strips" in place of the words which normally occupy a prominent place in his pictures. Throughout, Breskin's lyrical verses, using the ancient Arabic form of the ghazal, serve as powerful companions to Ruscha's gorgeously reproduced paintings. To this mix, Cline adds more than an hour-and-a-half of new music for a large ensemble: by turns rhapsodic and edgy, heartfelt and raucous, it ranges from acoustic impressionism to dense, dark electronica. Includes four CDs, two of music and two of spoken-voice poetry.
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