(Perched on the leather seat within the sweltering car parked along the frigid shore he hears the wind whistle against the gaskets of the window and thinks he sees the Twilight Doctor out on the dark water shivering under a crimson blanket on a black canvas deck chair, his bone white face phosphorescent. The Town Car radio scans through the FM spectrum, pausing briefly at each signal, endlessly cycling. A crimson eye blinks with each pause within a haze of green light. Oh the sadness at ending. GG, the old black man from Summer Street has been replaced by a rosy-faced grotesque clown, RR, Ronald Reagan, his hair blackened, his brain already assailed by Alzheimers, like any liar (my Irish grandfather) all facts alike. In Dresden in February the first peace demonstration since 1954 (the years which measure these spans each off one) fills the streets with calls for disarmament. Under the slavic eyes of occupying soldiers and the silent blink of satellites in the high, cold air, crowds link arms and sing John&Yoko’s Give Peace A Chance. In the darkened SemperOpera a ghost note diminishes. We look for arts of dynamism and mortality. Already there was too much information. Were it today the Towncar could have a CD, beeper, fax, cellular phone, microwave, dashboard navigator, global locator. He did the recording in one take, died of a stroke months afterward.) Meanwhile RR escapes his white air conditioned deathbed and wanders the dry arroyos of the California ranch, naked as Cayote and muttering aimlessly.
[Dateline 1982; 45 minutes playing time]
Im Dresden am altmarkt Imagine candlelight under the slavic eyes of occupying soldiers, all we are saying:
(Chan is Missing - Wayne Wong) Moonlighting (Pols in London) (Xica) (The World (Houston) oil-based boom starts to go bust Three +? increases in prime rate (July: 13%) (including Banks - from ca 9 to 42 & S&L's) Texas (Houston) oil-based boom starts to go bust Three +? 1,065.49 But recession is deepening: Oct unemp rose to 10.4% (11.6 million) & industrial 23 International Whaling Commission votes to ban all commercial whaling effective 86 50 to 300 protestors waiting daily for the last month; 510 arrests made 82 Sept (our second son born)
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First Amer 60’s & 70’s, peak in 1979 and 1981, and stabilize early 82: public officials disclose that 82 (“Worst since the 1930s”) (“Due to Paul Volcker’s tight money policies”) Highest 151 nations (rejected by Pres Reagan in July & still not signed by US) May 18 Rev. Sun According to Garp) (Atomic Cafe) Jonathan Schell: The Fate of the ancient thin seam Afton, Warren County, North Carolina, the poorest county in the state, are met by vigil of amendment (411-0) which prohibited covert efforts by the President to overthrow the American Indian water rights claim (Papago tribe of Arizona) June 17 Natl Marine Another Vietnam, Missing Blade Runner Quest for Fire, E.T., Poltergeist Fitzcarraldo, Arizona) June 17 Natl Marine Fisheries Service of US Dept of Commerce, after 14 month arms exports to third world countries mid-year: Stock market starts great rise Highest rate arrested LA on possession of 59 lbs cocaine (explain) 82 Nov Deukmejian elected gov arrests made 82 Sept First Amer Indian International Tribunal held at Deqanawida-Quetza- - at Yellow Thunder Camp in South Dakota to help save it from usurpation by coal and Aug 4 US Court of Appeals rules that all new autos sold after Sept 83 must have seat belts Aug IRS rules Mother Jones magazine is commercial & removes its tax exempt status Aug beach.
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Arresting our progress along the shore we puff warm air into cupped fingers. We Bethlehem Steel lays off 10,000 Dec 17 (the end of the world of my father, he died of a heart attack, gripping the lamp as he fell) Federal District Court Judge decides not to grant between firmament and the Furious Five: The Message (first Hip-Hop) late 82: First Hearts bleakness of the Sea, international sea treaty, completed after ten years negotiations among Burden of Dreams Koyanisqatsi Yol (Chan is Missing - Wayne Wong) Moonlighting (Pols bust Three +? increases in prime rate (July: 13%) Unemployed steelworkers organize ad by the June 30 deadline Jul 15 Rev Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax fraud June 1 The Calif (was this vs Bradley?) (end of Jerry Brown's term as Calif governor) Nov 3 Stock Calif governor) Nov 3 Stock Market starts series of sharp rises Sept 12 First dump trucks chairman of Delorean Motor Co, arrested LA on possession of 59 lbs cocaine (explain) 82 Congress passes first version Boland amendment (411-0) which prohibited covert efforts Congress places moratorium on ocean dumping of nuclear weapons June Reagan vetoes Congressional settlement of American Indian water rights claim (Papago tribe of Arizona) contaminated Silicon Valley water supply (-> high tech not so clean) 82 NY Fire Dept hires D. C. Dec In These Times: Jerry Rubin holding Business Networking salons Dec? Dark - Starhawk G Spot Frances Moore Lappe publishes revised Diet fora Small Planet
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defense contractor, 36 arrested Nov 13 Viet Veterans Memorial “Wall” dedicated, Wash. disclose that toxic solvents from Fairchild semiconductor’s south San Jose plant have domestic policies Also world pilgrimage of indigenous peoples from 450 countries arrives evening star. There is no light, and yet we think we hear something.1982 Recession of 81- explodes bombs at 4 U.S. military bases in West Germany June 12 700,000 Nuc It is the Fate of the world on the 147-mile stretch between the Bonneville and McNary Dams where first?) Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: The Message (first Hip-Hop) late 82: First Fisheries Service of US Dept of Commerce, after 14 month SAM-SCAM investigation of Fitzcarraldo, Burden of Dreams Koyanisqatsi Yol (Chan is Missing - Wayne Wong) Food Shelves Divorce rates, rising through the 60’s & 70’s, peak in 1979 and 1981, and Germany June 12 700,000 Nuc It is an illusion of course. Every bit of it— the unruffled Hearts of Space on KQED Sophie's Choice, Tootsie, Diva, Missing, Soldier Girls, El high tech not so clean) 82 NY Fire Dept hires women Congress places moratorium on hoc relief programs such as Northeastern Minnesota Food Shelves Divorce rates, rising illegal fish sales on the economic effects of U.S. foreign & domestic policies Also world illusion of course. Every bit of it— the unruffled water, the spectre of expanse, in London) (Xica) (The World According to Garp) (Atomic Cafe) Jonathan Schell: The increases in prime rate (July: 13%) Unemployed steelworkers organize ad hoc relief Indian International Tribunal held at Deqanawida-Quetza- - lqualtal Univ in Davis to gather Interest rates start to fall, Stock Market rises record 43.41 points to close at all-time high of Jonathan Schell: The Fate of the ancient thin seam between firmament and the Furious Five: June 17 Natl Marine Fisheries Service of US Dept of Commerce, after 14 month SAM- latitudinal shadow of weariness traces itself upon the globe of our desires. Frightene- d by loaded with PCBs drive into Marathon, West Virginia, the poorest county in lowest since record-keeping began in 1948 Nov 5 Demo at Honeywell
Im Dresden am altmarkt Imagine arts of dynamism and mortality
Minnesota’s largest lqualtal Univ in Davis to gather testimony from native peoples of the Gasquet-Orleans Road lull point on the economic effects of US arms exports to third world countries mid-year: margin. For this moment at least untroubled by any wind, its gray cannot be said to merge Market starts series of sharp rises Sept 12 First dump trucks loaded with PCBs drive into mid-year: Stock market starts great rise Highest rate of business failures since 1933 Moonlighting (Pols in London) (Xica) (The World According to Garp) (Atomic Cafe) Myung Moon convicted of tax fraud June 1 The Revolutionary Cells Terrorist Group Nicaraguan government *Springsteen: Nebraska Eddie Murphy U2: War (is this their Nov Deukmejian elected gov Calif (was this vs Bradley?) (end of Jerry Brown’s term as ocean dumping of nuclear weapons June Reagan vetoes Congressional settlement of of business failures since 1933 (including Banks - from ca 9 to 42 & S&L’s) Texas of Space on KQED Sophie’s Choice, Tootsie, Diva, Missing, Soldier Girls, El Salvador: only Indians fish under the 1974 Boldt decision based on the economic effects of U.S. pilgrimage of indigenous peoples from 450 countries arrives at Yellow Thunder Camp in Polish government bans Solidarity Oct 19 John Delorean, chairman of Delorean Motor Co, preliminary injunction against completion of the Earth Edible Landscaping Dreaming the procreative seam, the hour before night— is a spectre. We are looking west and production has 13th decline in 15 months; utilization of factory capacity is 68.4%, the programs such as Northeastern Minnesota Food Shelves Divorce rates, rising through the Revolutionary Cells Terrorist Group explodes bombs at 4 U.S. military bases in West round stones of the Gasquet-Orleans Road thru Siskiyou Indian religious area 82
Im Dresden am altmarkt Imagine a simple story
Dec 22 Runner Quest for Fire, E.T., Poltergeist Fitzcarraldo, Burden of Dreams Koyanisqatsi Yol Salvador: Another Vietnam, Missing Blade Runner Quest for Fire, E.T., Poltergeist SAM-SCAM investigation of illegal fish sales on the edge of North itself, where a SCAM investigation of illegal fish sales on the edge of North itself, where a latitudinal search the seam of water and sky for any light, whether an oar boat's running lamps or semiconductor's south San Jose plant have contaminated Silicon Valley water supply (-> shadow of weariness traces itself upon the globe of our desires.Frightene- d by the Silicon Valley water supply 82 NY Fire Dept hires women South Dakota to help save it from usurpation by coal and uranium corporations Oct 8 southward. From here the water has the color of dull stone and seems to extend without stabilize early 82: public officials disclose that toxic solvents from Fairchild Stock market starts great rise Highest rate of business failures since 1933 (including Banks testimony from native peoples of the beach. Arresting our progress along the polished (Apr. 10 My mother dies. My mother’s eyes: a simple story) The Message (first Hip-Hop) late 82: First Hearts of Space on KQED Sophie's Choice, the June 30 deadline Jul 15 Rev Sun Myung Moon performs a mass-marriage for 4,150 Jul the state, are met by vigil of 50 to 300 protestors waiting daily for the last month; 510 through the 60's & 70's, peak in 1979 and 1981, and stabilize early 82: public officials thru Siskiyou Indian religious area 82 Dec 22 Congress passes first version Boland Tootsie, Diva, Missing, Soldier Girls, El Salvador: Another Vietnam, Missing Blade toxic solvents from Fairchild semiconductor’s south San Jose plant have contaminated Unemployed steelworkers organize ad hoc relief programs such as Northeastern Minnesota unemployment since 1940/WWII: 10.8% / 11 mill people Peak year of U.S. foreign & uranium corporations Oct 8 Polish government bans Solidarity Oct 19 John Delorean, vetoes Congressional settlement of American Indian water rights claim (Papago tribe of water, the spectre of expanse, the procreative seam, the hour before night— is a spectre. We are at a lull point on the economic effects of U.S. arms exports to third world countries with the pewter sky. On the contrary, across its horizon shimmers a semblance of the women Congress places moratorium on ocean dumping of nuclear weapons June Reagan
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(Thirteen years later am altmarkt Liliana breaks out three bottles of fine French bordeaux and we sit on a white sofa and flirt and talk of history, my son tenderly tending to us (clearing plates and tolerating our adult obsessions, the occasional touches, how closely we sit): “The night before the wall fell, I lit a candle and went down to the protests and I told Kori ‘If I don’t return, you must go to your grandmother’s and live.’ We did not know, you see, what would happen.”
The parrots, covered for the night, cooed lowly. Below the window the weinachtsmarkt was closing. Kori would have watched her mother’s candle merge with the crowd of candles on the square below, having become a part of history. The next day on the television they saw the wall come down. From time to time my blue eyes and Liliana’s blue eyes met in an extended gaze. I watched her toy with her blond hair, felt her settle next to me on the sofa, her thighs touching mine, the photo album across both our laps. She wore tight brown corduroy jeans and a white oxford shirt. She reminded him of Magdalena, in those first days at Pleasant Lake.)