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Love, Death & Poetry
BEST OF DENVER
Best Spoken Word CD of
2005
--Westword
with special guest
Andrea Gibson
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Featuring:
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SETH, poetry, percussion
Bob Peek, guitar
Edward Marshall, bass
Scott Seeber, drums
Ivan Huber, guitar |
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Andrea Gibson, poetry,
voices
Andy O' Leary, bass
Zachary Gotlin, keyboards
Angelina Casola, voices
Tupper Cullum, vocal |
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| REVIEW Art Compost & the Word Mechanics Dare to be Different
In a marketplace clogged with cookie-cutter combos lacking all
but the most superficial signs of individuality, Art Compost and the
Word Mechanics dare to be different. As Love, Death and Poetry's
title implies, the group, led by SETH, a veteran of Denver's
spoken-word scene, merges music with poetics to diverting effect.
In the wrong hands, this concept could have been insufferably
pretentious--and listeners who like their imagery pithy may lump the
CD's twelve-minute-plus title cut into this category. For the
most part, though, the juxtaposition of SETH's language and
evocative soundscapes constructed by the likes of guitarist Bob Peek,
drummer Scott Seeber and bassist Edward Marshall is striking. As a
bonus, some numbers demonstrate a dark sense of humor--among them
"Mother of All Truths," an apparent reference to the JonBenet
Ramsey case that kicks off with the line "The word on the street is:
Santa did it!"
--Michael Roberts, Westword
December 2, 2004
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Excerpts from Love, Death &
Poetry:
Grafitti
Jabberwocky
Mother of All Truths
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