Introducing "Looking at the Floor," a collaboration project between the poet and author Spiel and the musician Jack Moss. This six-minute track of spoken word and music is a precise example of the power that results from two divergent artists sharing the same groove. —JP
spiel says, "at the ripened age of 64, i've finally adjusted to being referred to as 'crusty' and a 'curmudgeon'. my father used to tell a story about the first time he ever changed my diapers -- he claimed i looked up at him with defiance.
"at the heart of my work is the issue of conflict. i hold myself to no rigid rule as to how i will write (poetry is my specialty). yet i write nearly every day. and the bulk of it is about the darkness of the condition of man. it is the one predictability of my work: what editors and fellow poets have come to expect of me and what most naturally flows from me."
Jack Moss is a full-time dentist and the lead guitartist for "Yoko's Bitches." He's a composer, sound man, and twenty-year friend of Spiel. This is his first-time attempt at collaboration with the intent of weaving music to poetry.
Looking at the Floor: 4.8 megs
You will need an MP3 player to hear the poetry, such as the free Winamp.