- Phil Kline and Ensemble
"Zippo Songs" and "Fear and Loathing" - Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 8 pm
- $23 adults, $19 students
"If I had a farm in Vietnam and a home in hell, I’d sell my farm and go home.” —Etched on a Zippo cigarette lighter by a U.S. soldier during the Vietnam War
Fear and Loathing, based on Hunter S. Thompson's "gonzo" classic and other works, is a song-journal of the American landscape examined with the clarity of x-ray eyes.
Listen to NPR Weekend Edition, July 10, 2004: "Zippo Songs' of Vietnam
Listen to audio clips from Zippo Songs: You've Never Lived, Been to Hell
Contemporary composer Phil Kline is “a true original” (New York Times) who
stretches the boundaries between avant-garde classical and ambient electronic
music. Kline teams with vocalists Theo Bleckmann and Wilbur Pauley to perform
two song-cycles, Zippo Songs and Fear and Loathing, combining acoustic
instrumentation, electronic experimentation, and provocative texts drawn from
two vibrant bodies of literature—the poems American soldiers scratched
on their Zippo cigarette lighters during the Vietnam War and the razor-edged,
hallucinatory works of “gonzo journalist” Hunter S. Thompson.
Roster of musicians: Theo Bleckmann, baritone voice; Wilbur Pauley, bass voice; Todd Reynolds, violin; Ha-Yang Kim , cello; Andrew Russo, piano; John Hadfield , percussion; Phil Kline, guitar.
Meet the Composer Lecture with Phil Kline: "Music and Social Responsibility": Saturday, April 12 at 12 pm; Amy E. Tarrant Gallery at the Flynn Center; FREE!
Acclaimed as one of the great modern independent composers, Phil Kline works with surprising sources—ranging from boom-boxes to cigarette lighters. In this special lunchtime lecture, Kline speaks about the historical responsibility of the artist as a social activist and reflects on the inspirations for his provocative new works.
Flynn Center/Fletcher Free Library Book Club
Come share your thoughts on books that inspired some of this season’s Flynn performances— then receive a discount on tickets to the related show! This spring’s book club will read selections from Adrian Piper's essays Out of Order, Out of Sight: Volume 1 (connection: Jason Moran’s Milestone Project, January 19), Chris Bohjalian’s 2006 novel Double Bind (connection: Bill Frisell’s Disfarmer Project, March 5), and Hunter S. Thompson’s masterpiece, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (connection Phil Kline’s Zippo Songs / Fear and Loathing).
Book Club Meeting Dates:
Selections from Out of Order, Out of Sight: Wednesday, January 9 at 7:30 pm (register by 11/25/07 if you need a book)
Double Blind: Wednesday, February 13 at 7:30 pm (register by 1/2/08 if you need a copy of the book)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Wednesday, April 9 at 7:30 pm (register by 2/27/08 if you need a copy of the book)
Fletcher Free Library, 235 College Street, Burlington • Registration accepted up to six weeks prior to each meeting if a copy of the book is needed, otherwise registration accepted up to three days prior to each meeting • Call the Fletcher Free Library for information and registration at 802-865-7211 •
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