new book by lee ranaldo - hello from the american desert
 

good afternoon all.

the silver wonder press is happy to announce the publication of our latest release, hello from the american desert.

A 40 page chapbook, this new collection contains writings by lee ranaldo from 2004-2007 which enlist spam received over the internet as a springboard for poetry.

the front cover & all inner illustrations were created by curt kirkwood (meat puppets).

This is a limited edition of 1000 copies, available for purchase online at:

www.silverwonderpress.com

thanks.

excellent. sounds good...

enlisting spam eh????? now theres the answer to why the sonic sharing section is a free for all for spambots... its been lee all along... the cad!

Would this be Baulliard influenced?

RN

he calls that "inSPAMration".
ha.
Thanks for the infos!

maybe tangentially, in that lee's readjusting the symbolic value of spam messages - deriving new meaning from them, repackaging them, etc. there's definitely a couple bits of self-referentiality in there as well.

pls note that i'm not any sort of expert and tend to read things from a fairly literalist perspective.

sweet. lee is great. and free.

Thanks! I just ordered my copy.

Sounds interesting and kind of funny. Reminds me of Joe Wenderoth's "Letters to Wendy's" (sort of diary that enlists Wendys costumer satisfaction comment cards for inspiration). Anyway, I want this book, man!

i, too, want, this, book.

thanks for the info.

somebody, please, buy, it, for, me.

thats cool. thanks for info.

Cheers guvner.

nice,thanks for info i just ordered mine

Anyway to order this without paypal/credit card?

Are there any scans of what a typical page from the book looks like? I'll prob. buy it either way, but I was just wondering.

I assume you mean a page with a piece of Lee's writing? 'Cos you can see the title page on that linked webpage.

If it's just examples of words that you're looking for, try here.

afraid not, sorry.

Nah, I mean a scan of a page or two from the new book.....ie is it just standard text of Lee's writing or is it possibly in collage form from the spams he received with a drawing on the opposite page??? I'm just interested in how the book is put togther (inside) from a visual aspect.

hi! lee's writing is in standard text - no collage work or anything. the drawings that curt did are not on the same pages as the writing - sometimes they're on the opposite page, but it's not a pattern throughout the book or anything. reasonably random. thanks.

Thanks for responding!!

lame.

this item is so OVERGROUND I can't even purchase it! You have to be approved by the elite financial system to buy it!