1. Macadamia Nut 3:50
2, Can't Keep This Space Clear (Canto 41 Probe again 3:17
3. Hubbub (Canto 30 Supposing we could) 4:12
4. Golgonooza (Canto 7 The program of the scatter'd poem) 9:10
5. Arousal (Canto 68 Redcrosse Knight tangled) 2:40
6. Welder’s Girl 4:11
7. Canto 5 This morning 5:20
8. Wind Gauge 5:13
9. Night Out 6:16
10. Edward the Teller 3:25
11, Open My Eyes 4:59
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT "OPEN MY EYES"
WILLIAM STAFFORD:
The humor came through...and the variety.... All over again I was made aware of how far mere print is from the full richness of audio. OPEN MY EYES is the full language experience enhanced by sound and electronic techniques. We learn possibilities for much fuller experiences than we are used to.
CYNTHIA COTTS, EDITOR, THE VILLAGE VOICE:
While Ellis's lyrics launch a vision romantic and spacey as Blake's, his meticulous formal compositions land the tape clean in the 80's...the surprise here is not that an academic who publishes in university reviews has conceptually rendered the ecstasy of electronics and Tao, but that such a seemingly retro vision can still liberate consciousness-- if briefly-- from its scheming to find the next rush.
CHRISTINA ROSS, RUMSON, NEW JERSEY:
My three children each wanted a copy...it has been fun because these songs or poems are one place where our taste in music seems to fuse!
NATHANIEL HART, PROFESSOR, U. OF MINNESOTA:
It was just what I needed. Terrific stuff! I was roaring with laughter at the jibes, the wit, the cleverness of it all, and stomping my feet to the goodÔ €% Ô musical rhythms.
JIM ELLEDGE, ASSISTANT EDITOR, POETRY:
Seems to me you've successfully hybridized Lewis Carroll and Frank Zappa-- two of the greats-- while remaining, at the same time, yourself and more accessible to audiences than either are.
DAVID SWARTZ, WRITER, WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY:
"To quote a master-- 'The hallmark of a great technique in love and art is the delightful betrayal of everything one expects.' Your OPEN MY EYES does just that, and it does more. It opens up a whole new genre in the realm of art and it does that less as an experiment and more as a completed fact.
FRANCINE STERLE, POET, IRON, MINNESOTA:
"You bring together an engaging experimental verse with some wonderful jazz. The vehicle that connects them is a wild imagination. Rarely have I enjoyed the fusion of poetry andmusic as much..."
BLAINE MOUNT, EAGLE ROCK AUDIO CASSETTE, LOS ANGELES:
"Thanks for the superior music...your production is so well thought out and good as they make them."
WILLIAM STAFFORD:
The humor came through...and the variety.... All over again I was made aware of how far mere print is from the full richness of audio. OPEN MY EYES is the full language experience enhanced by sound and electronic techniques. We learn possibilities for much fuller experiences than we are used to.
CYNTHIA COTTS, EDITOR, THE VILLAGE VOICE:
While Ellis's lyrics launch a vision romantic and spacey as Blake's, his meticulous formal compositions land the tape clean in the 80's...the surprise here is not that an academic who publishes in university reviews has conceptually rendered the ecstasy of electronics and Tao, but that such a seemingly retro vision can still liberate consciousness-- if briefly-- from its scheming to find the next rush.
CHRISTINA ROSS, RUMSON, NEW JERSEY:
My three children each wanted a copy...it has been fun because these songs or poems are one place where our taste in music seems to fuse!
NATHANIEL HART, PROFESSOR, U. OF MINNESOTA:
It was just what I needed. Terrific stuff! I was roaring with laughter at the jibes, the wit, the cleverness of it all, and stomping my feet to the goodÔ €% Ô musical rhythms.
JIM ELLEDGE, ASSISTANT EDITOR, POETRY:
Seems to me you've successfully hybridized Lewis Carroll and Frank Zappa-- two of the greats-- while remaining, at the same time, yourself and more accessible to audiences than either are.
DAVID SWARTZ, WRITER, WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY:
"To quote a master-- 'The hallmark of a great technique in love and art is the delightful betrayal of everything one expects.' Your OPEN MY EYES does just that, and it does more. It opens up a whole new genre in the realm of art and it does that less as an experiment and more as a completed fact.
FRANCINE STERLE, POET, IRON, MINNESOTA:
"You bring together an engaging experimental verse with some wonderful jazz. The vehicle that connects them is a wild imagination. Rarely have I enjoyed the fusion of poetry andmusic as much..."
BLAINE MOUNT, EAGLE ROCK AUDIO CASSETTE, LOS ANGELES:
"Thanks for the superior music...your production is so well thought out and good as they make them."