A Review of the Radio...so far (part one)

I slipped over into the page the poet calls "Radio City of Legends" and listened, as dispassionately as I could, to the contents.

Here's my breakdown:

The Show:
So far, he has two sessions: Dec 3 with Dave Taub and Dec 10 with Larry Jaffe. The former is a bit longer, and has some nice touches, including the poet deconstructing his poem "from out of the city" from whence these programs (available not only at City of Legends Radio, but also at the iTunes musci store under Podcasts) got their name. It, unfortunately, lacks interactivity, and I would've liked a clearer recording of Dave Taub. The latter show, with Larry Jaffe, is a bit shorter, with some interaction between the poets, and features some great works by Jaffe, as well as a single, short reading from DeVault.

The Books:
He talks about the evolution of five of his eight books, notably absent are "PanthEon", "from out of the city" and "101 Great Love Poems". For the others he gives us insight and some nice readings of selected works from each. My favorite? "Love Gods of a Forgotten Religion" just to hear him read "Reborn" without tripping over his tongue. That poem is laced with so many verbal runs and alliterative monsters I am amazed it can be spoken aloud without one's head exploding.

The Muses:
So far he has only profiled three: Psyche, The Goldenheart and Alisha. Despite the gravitas of the myth that is the Goldenheart, I preferred his session about Alisha. It is obvious he still has a bad case of her.

I'll check back in later and talk about his singles, including "Glass Roses" and "Diogenes" and also the contributions made so far by Dan McTaggart and Nordette Adams.