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Brant Lyon

It is ALWAYS a question of consciousness.

About Me

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Brant Lyon has--in increasing order of difficulty--eaten a guinea pig beside Macchu Picchu, climbed the Himalayas to catch a sunrise, driven a New York City cab, taught himself Arabic to open a cyber cafe near the great Pyramids, tickled the ivories at Carnegie Hall, and… written poetry for the past decade or so! He’s got some printed in Rattle, Lullwater Review, Medicinal Purposes, BigCityLit, and other journals, other of it anthologized in The Company We Keep (Poet Warrior 2003), and in his chapbook, Your Infidel Eyes (Poets Wear Prada 2006), now in its second printing. Brant otherwise conflates poetry with music, as a composer and performer, both in his peripatetic/sporadic ‘jazzoetry’ reading series, Hydrogen Jukebox, and in his newly released poemusic CD, Beauty Keeps Laying Its Sharp Knife Against Me (Logochrysalis 2008).

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/7/2008
Band Website: logochrysalis.com
Band Members: HAWLEY HUSSEY (poet) FRANK SIMONE (poet) DIANA GITESHA HERNANDEZ (poet) BRANT LYON (poet/composer/performer/producer) FARID BITAR (poet) ANNE CAMMON (poet, with ROB VOISEY composer/musician) ROBIN SMALL-McCARTHY (poet) J. ARMEN (audio engineer)
Influences: John McLaughlin, Donald Fagen, Thelonius Monk, Nina Simone, Carol Lipnik, Cheb Khaled, Bela Bartok, Gyorgi Ligeti, Edgard Varese, Jan Vermeer, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Benjamin R. Barber, Dane Rhudyar, Rob Hand
Sounds Like: Everybody and your mother's brother.
Record Label: Logochrysalis
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Great Outdoors Brings Us All Inside (Spirit)

Just been musing... a few thoughts...  How nice it is to nourish the spirit, rest the bod, clear the mind, and  have some "good clean fun", forsaking the big bad city and taking in the great...
Posted by Brant Lyon on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:47:00 PST

"I pledge allegiance...": Arm still tired from all the Independence Day flag waving?

Let's bring America back to its original vision!  That would be, I think, as a beacon of hope for all peoples, and a safe haven.  If America is to be a leader of the free world, th...
Posted by Brant Lyon on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:58:00 PST

Reflecting on the last show, preparing for the next...

Dear Dames and Knights of the Order of the Rose & Saber, Thank you, each and every one of you, from the bottom of my heart, for coming out to the Bowery Poetry Club last Sunday (May 11th) for the ...
Posted by Brant Lyon on Sat, 17 May 2008 12:33:00 PST