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Catching Fire Anthology

“Catching Fire” Anthology Launch
January 31 at Beyond Baroque
and on YouTube at 3:00 pm.

 

Doors Open: 2:30 PM

Readings: 3:00 PM.

 

Poets and writers explore the devastation of the cataclysmic 2025 fires in Los Angeles, California, penetrating the unfathomable despair of losing everything, exposing the struggle with the ensuing grief, and, through it all, summoning the courage to rise again.

 

Fueled by dry conditions and relentless Santa Ana winds rushing over the landscape with speeds upwards of 100 miles per hour, everything bending to the will of the wind, the spark of Los Angeles’s January 2025 fires exploded into an unprecedented gut-wrenching apocalypse.

 

In this superbly curated collection, edited by award-winning L.A. poets S.A. Griffin and Richard Modiano, contemporary poets and writers from L.A. and beyond explore the intense horror of devastating loss, the helplessness of watching from across the country, the grief in the aftermath, and the resolve to rise again together from the ashes.

 

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Doors Open: 2:30 PM I Readings: 3:00 PM. Poets and writers explore the devastation of the cataclysmic 2025 fires in Los Angeles, California, penetrating the unfathomable despair of losing everything, exposing the struggle with the ensuing grief, and, through it all, summoning the courage to rise again.
Fueled by dry conditions and relentless Santa Ana winds rushing over the landscape with speeds upwards of 100 miles per hour, everything bending to the will of the wind, the spark of Los Angeles’s January 2025 fires exploded into an unprecedented gut wrenching apocalypse.

In this superbly curated collection, edited by award-winning L.A. poets S.A. Griffin and Richard Modiano, contemporary poets and writers from L.A. and beyond explore the intense horror of devastating loss, the helplessness of watching from across the country, the grief in the aftermath, and the resolve to rise again together from the ashes.

Contributors include: Susan Auerbach, Lin Nelson Benedek, Mary Anne Berry, Michelle Bitting, Laurel Ann Bogen, Lynne Bronstein, Jeffrey Bryant, Mona Jean Cedar, Teresa Mei Chuc, Jeanette Clough, Brendan Constantine, Iris De Anda, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Rich Ferguson, Kathleen Florence, Land Flowers, Kat Georges, S.A. Griffin, Spencer L. Griffin, Susan Hayden, Steve Hochman, jerry the priest, La Rombé, Tom Laichas, Rick Lupert, Suzanne Lummis, Phoebe MacAdams, Sarah Maclay, kamla maya, Holaday Mason, Ellyn Maybe, Richard Modiano, Bill Mohr, Chris Morris, K.R. Morrison, Majid Naficy, Jim Natal, Harry E. Northup, Cynthia Perello, Puma Perl, Kennon B. Raines, Nicca Ray, Riot Renwick, Marilyn N. Robertson, Beth Ruscio, Cathie Sandstrom, Dan Saucedo, Maryrose Smyth, Mike Sonksen, A.K. Toney, David L. Ulin, jimmy vega, Pam Ward, Dig Wayne, Hilda Weiss, Jessica M. Wilson, Gail Wronsky, and Z.

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Happy New Year Donald!

Happy Holidays 2026

Behold

At first sight, Dr. Trumpenstein shrinks away from the MAGA monster that he had created in his own image. Like so many demigods before him, however, the doctor could not control his offspring and, like Kronos, he’s afraid he will be castrated. Thus the good doctor hastens to open the door into summer in the hopes of escaping to a better world, one with joy and happiness for all.

To everyone on the other side, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year.

Illustration by Theodor von Holst adorns the frontispiece of the 1831 edition of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

This is Harley Lond’s curated guide to long-form musical performances (excluding classical and jazz) released over a span of some 75 years. This list is coordinated to an Amazon Playlist, which can be found here. Included are some 72 songs offering 12 hours of listening enjoyment … to blow your mind.

1952

• Duke Ellington – Take the ‘A’ Train – (Ellington Uptown, 1952; release March 1953)<'i? 

1962

• Dick Dale and the Deltones – Miserlou Twist (Surfers’ Choice, 1962)<'i? 

1965

• Bob Dylan – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Highway 61 Revisited, August 30, 1965)<'i? 
• Bob Dylan – Desolation Row (Highway 61 Revisited, August 30, 1965)<'i? 

1966

• The Rolling Stones – Goin’ Home (Aftermath, April 15, 1966 – UK)<'i? 
• Bob Dylan – Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Blonde on Blonde, June 20, 1966)<'i? 
• Paul Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (East-West, August 1, 1966)<'i? 
• Love – Revelation (Da Capo, November 1966)<'i? 

1967

• The Doors – Light My Fire (The Doors, January 4, 1967)<'i? 
• The Doors – The End (The Doors, January 4, 1967)<'i? 
• The Velvet Underground – Heroin (The Velvet Underground and Nico, March 12, 1967)<'i? 
• Grateful Dead – Viola Lee Blues (The Grateful Dead, March 17, 1967)<'i? 
• Country Joe and the Fish – Section 43 (Electric Music for the Mind and Body, May 11, 1967)<'i? 
• Beatles – A Day in the Life (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, May 26, 1967)<'i? 
• Vanilla Fudge – You Keep Me Hangin’ On (Extended Hollywood Mix) – (Vanilla Fudge June 2, 1967)<'i? 
• Pink Floyd – Interstellar Overdrive (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, August 4, 1967)<'i? 
• Pink Floyd – Astronmy Domine (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, August 4, 1967) (Ummagumma live version, November 7, 1969)<'i? 
• Love – You Set the Scene (Forever Changes, November 1, 1967)<'i? 
• Jefferson Airplane – Spare Chaynge (After Bathing at Baxters, November 27, 1967)<'i? 
• The Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come Today (The Time Has Come, extended version, November 1967)<'i? 
• Rolling Stones – 2000 Light Years from Home (Their Satanic Majesties Request, December 8, 1967)<'i? 

1968

• Blue Cheer – Doctor Please (Vincebus Eruptum, January 16, 1968)<'i? 
• Spirit – Mechanical World (Spirit, January 22, 1968)<'i? 
• Spirit – Elijah (Spirit, January 22, 1968)<'i? 
• The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray (White Light/White Heat, January 30, 1968)<'i? 
• Quicksilver Messenger Service – Gold and Silver (Quicksilver Messenger Service, May 1968)<'i? 
• Quicksilver Messenger Service – The Fool (Quicksilver Messenger Service, May 1968)<'i? 
• Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, June 14, 1968)<'i? 
• Cream – Spoonful (Wheels of Fire, June 14, 1968)<'i? 
• Pink Floyd – Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (A Saucerful of Secrets, June 29, 1968, UK)<'i? 
• Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets (A Saucerful of Secrets, June 29, 1968, UK)<'i? 
• Grateful Dead – That’s It for the Other One (Anthem of the Sun, July 18, 1968)<'i? 
• Super Session – His Holy Modal Majesty (Super Session, July 22, 1968)(Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield)<'i? 
• Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Chile (Electic Lady Land, October 16, 1968)<'i? 
• Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Electic Lady Land, October 16, 1968)<'i? 

1969

• Led Zeppelin – Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin, January 13, 1969)<'i? 
• Led Zeppelin – How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin, January 13, 1969)<'i? 
• Quicksilver Messenger Service – Who Do You Love Suite (Happy Trails, March 17, 1969; recorded at the Fillmore East and Fillmore West, November 1968)<'i? 
• Neil Young – Cowgirl in the Sand (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, May 14, 1969)<'i? 
• Blind Faith – Do What You Like (Blind Faith, August 9, 1969)<'i? 
• Santana – Soul Sacrifice (Live at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, August 16, 1969)<'i? 
• Frank Zappa – Willie the Pimp (Hot Rats, October 10, 1969)<'i? 
• Pink Floyd – Careful with That Axe, Eugene (December 6, 1968) (Ummagumma live version, November 7, 1969)<'i? 
• Grateful Dead – Dark Star (Live/Dead, Recorded February 27, 1969, at Fillmore West, released November 10, 1969)<'i? 

1970

• Colosseum – The Grass Is Greener, (The Grass is Greener, January 1970, US only)<'i? 
• Black Sabbath – Warning (Black Sabbath, February 13, 1970)<'i? 
• Jimi Hendrix – Machine Gun (Band of Gypsys, 1970, recorded January 1, 1970, Fillmore East; released March 25, 1970)<'i? 
• Soft Machine – Facelift (Third, June 6, 1970)<'i? 
• Traffic – Glad (John Barleycorn Must Die, July 1, 1970)<'i? 
• Spooky Tooth – I am the Walrus (The Last Puff – July 3, 1970)<'i? 
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – I Heard It Through the Grapvine (Cosmo’s Factory, July 16, 1970)<'i? 

1971

• The Doors – L.A. Woman (L.A. Woman, April 19, 1971)<'i? 
• The Allman Brothers Band – Whipping Post (The Allman Brothers Band, November 4, 1969; live version on At Fillmore East, July 6, 1971)<'i? 
• The Who – Baba O’Riley (Who’s Next, August 2, 1971)<'i? 
• Hawkwind – Master of the Universe (In Search of Space, October 8, 1971)<'i? 
• Pink Floyd – Echos (Meddle, November 5, 1971)<'i? 
• Traffic – The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Traffic November 26, 1971)<'i? 

1972

• Deep Purple – Highway Star (Machine Head, March 25, 1972)<'i? 
• Khan – Space Shanty (June 2, 1972)<'i? 
• Can – Pinch – Ege Bamyasi (November 29, 1972)<'i? 

1973

• Blue Oyster Cult – Screaming Diz-Busters (Tyranny and Mutation, February 11, 1973)<'i? 
• Gong – Flying Teapot (Flying Teapot, May 25, 1973)<'i? 
• Golden Earring – Radar Love (Moontan, October 26, 1973)<'i? 
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Karn Evil 9 (Brain Salad Surgery, November 19, 1973)<'i? 

1974

• King Crimson – Starless (Red, October 6, 1974)<'i? 
• Kraftwerk – Autobahn (Autobahn, November, 1974)<'i? 

1976

• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama (Second Helping, June 24, 1974) (live version, recorded at Atlanta’s Fox Theater and included on the album One More From The Road, late 1976)<'i? 
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird (Pronounced ‘Leh-‘nerd ‘Skin-‘nerd, August 13, 1973)(live version, recorded at Atlanta’s Fox Theater and included on the album One More From The Road, late 1976)<'i? 
• Gong – Chandra (Shamal, February 13, 1976)<'i? 

1986

• Sonic Youth – Madonna, Sean, and Me (EVOL, May 1986)<'i? 

2002

• New Order – Elegia (Retro box set, 2002; this 17.30 extended version was originally edited down to fit on the band’s 1985 album Low-Life)<'i? 

2004

• Wilco – Spiders (Kidsmoke)(A Ghost is Born, June 22, 2004)<'i? 

Longer Is Better: Prog Rock, Jams, and Rock Concertos

This is Harley Lond’s curated guide to long-form musical performances (excluding classical and jazz) released over a span of some 75 years. This list is coordinated to an Amazon Playlist, which can be found here. Included are some 72 songs offering 12 hours of listening enjoyment … to blow your mind.

1952

• Duke Ellington – Take the ‘A’ Train – (Ellington Uptown, 1952; release March 1953)

1962

• Dick Dale and the Deltones – Miserlou Twist (Surfers’ Choice, 1962)

1965

• Bob Dylan – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Highway 61 Revisited, August 30, 1965)
• Bob Dylan – Desolation Row (Highway 61 Revisited, August 30, 1965)

1966

• The Rolling Stones – Goin’ Home (Aftermath, April 15, 1966 – UK)
• Bob Dylan – Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Blonde on Blonde, June 20, 1966)
• Paul Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (East-West, August 1, 1966)
• Love – Revelation (Da Capo, November 1966)

1967

• The Doors – Light My Fire (The Doors, January 4, 1967)
• The Doors – The End (The Doors, January 4, 1967)
• The Velvet Underground – Heroin (The Velvet Underground and Nico, March 12, 1967)
• Grateful Dead – Viola Lee Blues (The Grateful Dead, March 17, 1967)
• Country Joe and the Fish – Section 43 (Electric Music for the Mind and Body, May 11, 1967)
• Beatles – A Day in the Life (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, May 26, 1967)
• Vanilla Fudge – You Keep Me Hangin’ On (Extended Hollywood Mix) – (Vanilla Fudge June 2, 1967)
• Pink Floyd – Interstellar Overdrive (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, August 4, 1967)
• Pink Floyd – Astronmy Domine (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, August 4, 1967) (Ummagumma live version, November 7, 1969)
• Love – You Set the Scene (Forever Changes, November 1, 1967)
• Jefferson Airplane – Spare Chaynge (After Bathing at Baxters, November 27, 1967)
• The Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come Today (The Time Has Come, extended version, November 1967)
• Rolling Stones – 2000 Light Years from Home (Their Satanic Majesties Request, December 8, 1967)

1968

• Blue Cheer – Doctor Please (Vincebus Eruptum, January 16, 1968)
• Spirit – Mechanical World (Spirit, January 22, 1968)
• Spirit – Elijah (Spirit, January 22, 1968)
• The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray (White Light/White Heat, January 30, 1968)
• Quicksilver Messenger Service – Gold and Silver (Quicksilver Messenger Service, May 1968)
• Quicksilver Messenger Service – The Fool (Quicksilver Messenger Service, May 1968)
• Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, June 14, 1968)
• Cream – Spoonful (Wheels of Fire, June 14, 1968)
• Pink Floyd – Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (A Saucerful of Secrets, June 29, 1968, UK)
• Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets (A Saucerful of Secrets, June 29, 1968, UK)
• Grateful Dead – That’s It for the Other One (Anthem of the Sun, July 18, 1968)
• Super Session – His Holy Modal Majesty (Super Session, July 22, 1968)(Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield)
• Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Chile (Electic Lady Land, October 16, 1968)
• Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Electic Lady Land, October 16, 1968)

1969

• Led Zeppelin – Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin, January 13, 1969)
• Led Zeppelin – How Many More Times (Led Zeppelin, January 13, 1969)
• Quicksilver Messenger Service – Who Do You Love Suite (Happy Trails, March 17, 1969; recorded at the Fillmore East and Fillmore West, November 1968)
• Neil Young – Cowgirl in the Sand (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, May 14, 1969)
• Blind Faith – Do What You Like (Blind Faith, August 9, 1969)
• Santana – Soul Sacrifice (Live at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, August 16, 1969)
• Frank Zappa – Willie the Pimp (Hot Rats, October 10, 1969)
• Pink Floyd – Careful with That Axe, Eugene (December 6, 1968) (Ummagumma live version, November 7, 1969)
• Grateful Dead – Dark Star (Live/Dead, Recorded February 27, 1969, at Fillmore West, released November 10, 1969)

1970

• Colosseum – The Grass Is Greener, (The Grass is Greener, January 1970, US only)
• Black Sabbath – Warning (Black Sabbath, February 13, 1970)
• Jimi Hendrix – Machine Gun (Band of Gypsys, 1970, recorded January 1, 1970, Fillmore East; released March 25, 1970)
• Soft Machine – Facelift (Third, June 6, 1970)
• Traffic – Glad (John Barleycorn Must Die, July 1, 1970)
• Spooky Tooth – I am the Walrus (The Last Puff – July 3, 1970)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – I Heard It Through the Grapvine (Cosmo’s Factory, July 16, 1970)

1971

• The Doors – L.A. Woman (L.A. Woman, April 19, 1971)
• The Allman Brothers Band – Whipping Post (The Allman Brothers Band, November 4, 1969; live version on At Fillmore East, July 6, 1971)
• The Who – Baba O’Riley (Who’s Next, August 2, 1971)
• Hawkwind – Master of the Universe (In Search of Space, October 8, 1971)
• Pink Floyd – Echos (Meddle, November 5, 1971)
• Traffic – The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Traffic November 26, 1971)

1972

• Deep Purple – Highway Star (Machine Head, March 25, 1972)
• Khan – Space Shanty (June 2, 1972)
• Can – Pinch – Ege Bamyasi (November 29, 1972)

1973

• Blue Oyster Cult – Screaming Diz-Busters (Tyranny and Mutation, February 11, 1973)
• Gong – Flying Teapot (Flying Teapot, May 25, 1973)
• Golden Earring – Radar Love (Moontan, October 26, 1973)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Karn Evil 9 (Brain Salad Surgery, November 19, 1973)

1974

• King Crimson – Starless (Red, October 6, 1974)
• Kraftwerk – Autobahn (Autobahn, November, 1974)

1976

• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama (Second Helping, June 24, 1974) (live version, recorded at Atlanta’s Fox Theater and included on the album One More From The Road, late 1976)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird (Pronounced ‘Leh-‘nerd ‘Skin-‘nerd, August 13, 1973)(live version, recorded at Atlanta’s Fox Theater and included on the album One More From The Road, late 1976)
• Gong – Chandra (Shamal, February 13, 1976)

1986

• Sonic Youth – Madonna, Sean, and Me (EVOL, May 1986)

2002

• New Order – Elegia (Retro box set, 2002; this 17.30 extended version was originally edited down to fit on the band’s 1985 album Low-Life)

2004

• Wilco – Spiders (Kidsmoke)(A Ghost is Born, June 22, 2004)

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