Posted by Lon C Ponschock [ 209.103.198.106 ] on July 10, 2005 at 23:32:45:
In Reply to: Spoken word posted by colinhester on June 28, 2005 at 14:31:43:
Dick (Sir Richard, Lord) Buckley was a contenporary of Lenny Bruce
in the early 60's. His work in what he called the "hipsomatic idiom"
is in my collection of spoken word recordings.
Information at fan websites is available through google and there
may be some P2P's or cds available.
I suppose you'd call Buckley a comedian but in the telling of his
stories as in those of the Boston native "Brother Blue" the hipster
jargon of the time is used to tell parables, stories of historical
figures and alegories in a language that makes you here the
telling of these fresh and in a new way.
Buckley may seem quaint today-- sort of like the Geneva Convention.
But in those days of first hearing the story of The Hip Einie or
"The Bad Rapping of the marquis De Sade-- King of the Bad Cats, well
it is a part of history.
it is a part of history because it is said that during the period of
Civil Rights and Black Power that Buckely met an untimely end.
It was never proved. But he died in the prime of life.
As recently as 10 years ago there was a one-man show tribute
done for the stage by a Los Angeles actor. Unfortunately there is
no film or tape that I know of that was made of this. At the
time there was a feature about it in the LA Times entertainment
magazine. That Buckley website has the info.
I've added these as I recall them because the spoken word story
tellers are important. I think it was in Arabian Nights where it
says, 'the stories are important because they tell us how to live.'
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