tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690481404661891565.post8608694582631724681..comments2024-03-16T09:48:59.752-07:00Comments on Larry Kirwan of Black 47: Astral Weeks RevisitedBlack 47http://www.blogger.com/profile/05113384740594604412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690481404661891565.post-75125068528121422092009-04-13T12:44:00.000-07:002009-04-13T12:44:00.000-07:00hi larry,i attempted to post the following yesterd...hi larry,<BR/><BR/>i attempted to post the following yesterday. however, i failed. so, attempting to again.<BR/><BR/>gil<BR/><BR/>hi larry,<BR/><BR/>sorry to inject a self serving question at the end of your narrative. along the information super-highway, i'm a step to the left of road kill and often stumbling awkwardly about the tarmac.<BR/><BR/>van's music has been in my life since the mid-1960's. there are few whose art can be considered as authentic. we make much noise about "beat" writers and artists. van morrison crossed that terrain without hoisting it's flag or pledging allegiance. some foot prints are original. others are simply silhouettes cradled in the silhouettes of others. van's tracks will glow in the blackness for decades beyond our fading afterglow.<BR/><BR/>i was lead to your comments from your reference to poetry and jazz. i am a founding member of snowmonks. we improvise music to poetry. recently, we were picked up by a small record company. a single, "as subtle as possible" was released in november. "crimes against inhumanity" is targeted for release in may or june. <BR/><BR/>please check out our work at oldportrecords.com. click on the image of three guys and a gear. i'm the old one. there is a free download and access to the single as well.<BR/><BR/>if you can offer any guidance, introductions or other portals into a future that i'm exploring at an energetic 61, please forward them .... the other snowmonks are decades younger. i need to maintain their attention with brilliant discoveries. <BR/><BR/>peace.<BR/>gil helmick<BR/>gilhelmick@gmail.comgil helmickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845881681705330982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690481404661891565.post-33948857127489113842009-04-12T19:35:00.000-07:002009-04-12T19:35:00.000-07:00hi larry,sorry to inject a self serving question a...hi larry,<BR/><BR/>sorry to inject a self serving question at the end of your narrative. along the information super-highway, i'm a step to the left of road kill and often stumbling awkwardly about the tarmac.<BR/><BR/>van's music has been in my life since the mid-1960's. there are few whose art can be considered as authentic. we make much noise about "beat" writers and artists. van morrison crossed that terrain without hoisting it's flag or pledging allegiance. some foot prints are original. others are simply silhouettes cradled in the silhouettes of others. van's tracks will glow in the blackness for decades beyond our fading afterglow.<BR/><BR/>i was lead to your comments from your reference to poetry and jazz. i am a founding member of snowmonks. we improvise music to poetry. recently, we were picked up by a small record company. a single, "as subtle as possible" was released in november. "crimes against inhumanity" is targeted for release in may or june. <BR/><BR/>please check out our work at oldportrecords.com. click on the image of three guys and a gear. i'm the old one. there is a free download and access to the single as well.<BR/><BR/>if you can offer any guidance, introductions or other portals into a future that i'm exploring at an energetic 61, please forward them .... the other snowmonks are decades younger. i need to maintain their attention with brilliant discoveries. <BR/><BR/>peace.<BR/>gil helmick<BR/>gilhelmick@gmail.comgil helmickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845881681705330982noreply@blogger.com