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Clara Engel

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About Me


like sea lions on a distant shore
bark their praises to a great sea god
i sing my song
make the inner as the outer, the inner 'i' is writhing in the belly of a great whale that swallowed the stars. clean as electricity and filthy as guts, my kingdom for the skin i traded at that starlit station for yours...
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Albums can be purchased online, at live shows, or at Zoinks!, an independent Toronto music/book store located at 1019 Bloor Street West. (East of Dufferin on the South side of Bloor): ZOINKS!
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Filming by Chris Jemmett, Suzanne Jemmett, Aaron Mirkin
I want to return to the link between poetry and magic. Both occupations involve an absolute commitment to a left-handed tradition. Both go against the rationale involved in most politics and the extension of ideologies to the world of business emporia. -Jeremy Reed.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/5/2005
Band Website: reverbnation.com/claraengel
Band Members: Clara Engel
Influences: jacques brel, werckmeister harmoniak, fatih akin, le confessional, arthur rimbaud, washington phillips, geeshie wiley, robert johnson, fovea hex, overheard conversations, long subway rides, the ape of naples, virginia woolf, marc almond, smokey robinson and the miracles, kurt cobain, chavela vargas, john tavener, pier paolo pasolini, gavin bryars, antony and the johnsons, anne carson, billie holiday, henryk gorecki, baby dee, jeremy reed, rilke, rilkean angels, dylan thomas, the irish rovers, today's special, bad reception, the idea of the circus, my agnostic upbringing, toronto, the eastern townships of quebec, the idea of russia and poland, old photographs, primo levi, paul celan, edgar allan poe, androgyny, les enfants du paradis, gender trouble, les enfants terribles, jean genet's poetry, meredith monk, maria callas, catherine deneuve movies, marlon brando, marlene dietrich, roland barthes, blind willie johnson, blind willie mctell, amalia rodrigues, nick drake, beauty, solitude, filth, terror, uncertainty, r.d. laing, james dean, robert lepage, cantorial music......

I sort of collect field recordings and old religious music from everywhere... so if you ever want to send me a present...
Sounds Like: Clara Engel.
Record Label: corps-morts
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

overwhelmed

i doubt that i will be blogging much for the next couple of weeks. i'll try to post something here and there, but i have so many things to organize before march 14th. i'm trying to practice everyday, ...
Posted by Clara Engel on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:11:00 PST

DEMAND IT...

I dont know how effective these are, I've seen them on a bunch of different artists' pages though, so I caved and made my own.Don't be shy.... please respond! I think it's a good...
Posted by Clara Engel on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:14:00 PST

moon in her belly by sxip shirey...

I'm blown away.http://www.myspace.com/sxipshirey ...
Posted by Clara Engel on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:57:00 PST

scratching

he felt the blade with what he thought were his hands, but they didn't belong to him in the end, he felt an indifference that was so profound it almost inspired awe, if awe and indifference were not s...
Posted by Clara Engel on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:19:00 PST

breakfast on pluto

thanks for the nice comments on my last blog :-)i'm feeling better, but i still can't sing at all. on an upbeat note, i've been contacting people and now i'm almost sure i'll be doing 2 shows in n.y. ...
Posted by Clara Engel on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:32:00 PST

blergh

well, it's a fine friday evening, and i am sick. i find it evil that i am a singer and that all colds always go straight to my respiratory system. i don't really know what to do with myself, i am too ...
Posted by Clara Engel on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:18:00 PST

Derek Jarmans Blue

BLUE : Text of a film by Derek Jarman (1942-1994)  You say to the boy open your eyes   When he opens his eyes and sees the light   You make him cry out. Saying&...
Posted by Clara Engel on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:18:00 PST

Twilight

If you get through the twilightYou'll live through the nightIf you keep off the memoriesYou'll make it all rightWhen the city goes slowerAnd the sunset's a ghostThat's the time when a blue moodCan bur...
Posted by Clara Engel on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:28:00 PST

tremendous.

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Posted by Clara Engel on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:50:00 PST

Silver: new work

a short film: bitter sainthood. a glassblown bird is singingon the horizonharsh voiced like a titanium angelhis silver throat indifferent to knivesand unmoved by the wind ...
Posted by Clara Engel on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:45:00 PST