Halflife: Improvisations and Interviews, 1977-87

by Charles Wright

Book Overview

"I myself am interested in a kind of structural investigation of the line, an attempt at some kind of harmonics involving new patterns and new designs using a long image-freighted line (the odd marriage of Emily and Walt) that can carry information (and 'sincerity' and a lyric intensity at the same time. Not only will it sing, but it will tell time too. Or as Fats Domino once observed, 'I don't want to bury the lyrics, man; I want 'em to understand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472063847
• ISBN13: 9780472063840
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"