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The New Now Sounds Of Today! (Songpoems By Twenty-One Contemporary Artists)

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The New Now Sounds Of Today! (Songpoems By Twenty-One Contemporary Artists) --- 2000-08-00

Songpoems written by visual artists. They composed the lyrics, and specified the musical genre and vocal style in which they wanted to hear them performed: 1 - in the style of a new-age Louis Prima. 2 - in the style of a male opera singer. 3 - in the style of Ice Cube. 4 - in the style of Britney Spears. 5 - in the style of Madelena Delani. 6 - in the style of Todd Rundgren. 7 - in the style of Petula Clark. 8 - in the style of Irving Berlin. 9 - in the style of Patsy Cline. 10 - in the style of Willie Nelson. 11 - in the style of George Jones & Tammy Wynette. 12 - in the style of Iggy Pop. 13 - in the style of Emmylou Harris. 14 - in the style of Laurie Anderson 15 - in the style of Gary Numan. 16 - in the style of Laura Nyro. 17 - in the style of Johnny Cash. 18 - in the style of Linda Ronstadt doing Gilbert & Sullivan. 19 - in the style of Rage Against The Machine. 20 - in the style of Bob Dylan. 21 - in the style of Johnny Rotten, mutating to Elvis. Songs © 2000 The Foundation for Advanced Critical Studies, Inc. Lyrics © 2000 by the respective artists, except for "Pull My Daisy" © 1961 Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Neal Cassady. Hand-letterpress printed at Independent Projects Press, Sedona, Arizona. Cardboard wrap-around sleeve, protective cardboard innersleeve and fold-out sheet with the credits. Numbered edition of 2000 copies.