Emmett Williams | Poems 1950-2003

Emmett Williams

Poems 1950-2003

Berlin, Germany: Edition RZ, 2004

12” vinly picture disk

Edition size unknown

Released three years before his death in 2007, this LP features over thirty short spoken word performances ranging in length from a quarter of a minute, to three and a half. The recordings were made between 2000 to 2003. The Last French-Fried Potato was originally released as a 20-page booklet in the Something Else Press Great Bear Pamphlet series. 

“This tiny sampling of my poetic oeuvre is a very mixed bag, as they say; so much so that I’m inclined to call it a bag of tricks. To confuse matters, some of the poems were meant to be looked at rather than read aloud, and others were intended to be performed with sound effects and slide projections.”

- Emmett Williams

The End Of The World 0:17

Once Upon A Time   0:24

Good Evening, Herr Goethe… 0:16

Good Evening, Dear Friedrich… 0:16

For Marilyn Monroe 0:23

Ach Bun Was   0:24

The Moon Is Green / Der Mond Ist Grün 0:44

Oracle 1:34

The Last French-Fried Potato 0:17

I Think Therefore I Am 1:42

A Book About Eggs 0:47

Litany And Response For Alison Knowles I 1:41

Litany And Response For Alison Knowles II 0:48

A Selection From 5,000 New Ways 2:16

Duet 1:32

Do You Remember? 2:20

Triadic Landscapes   1:31

Rotapoems, Six Variations On A Poem By Dieter Roth From His Lyrical Collection "Scheisse" 3:29

For Diter Rot 0:34

A Fragment 3:23

Souvenir Portraits From The Passing Parade In Dreamland 1:16

Portraits Of The Artist With Holes In His Head 0:47

Portraits Of The Artist As Primitive Man 0:30

Portraits Of The Artist As Dowager Empresses 0:34

Portrait-Studies Of Wholesale Meat Distributors 1:10

A Portrait Gallery Of Snoopers And Snuffers 0:50

Performance Art 0:36

In Vino Veritats 0:15

Vergissmeinnichte 0:28

Aphrodisiacal Applesauce 3:46

A Broken Alphabet   1:33