Steve Dalachinsky

1-8-06
By Any Means (Gayle, Ali, Parker)
@ Soto Velez Center set 1 - Vision Club series

this is an historic concert with 2 packed sets @ 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. it is
the first time the band has played together in 10 years. the music is
riveting. Charles on alto and tenor. the group had disbanded for
several reasons after a brief stint as an avante-garde superpower. Yuko
& i pick up Rashied to go to gig . he thinks it's crazy to do a set so
early in the day. for him it's like the middle of the night. after set
1 he proclaimed that it wasn't so bad after all. and it wasn't.

ENGINES OFF PLEASE
(an epilogue)
 

1.
 
backed again   red  lit
backed up &  go
                              /  stop as 
         off/on   -   a red  candy  kiss
                                men broke free from pupeteer
                      children held to..........
 black hand / white enameled breath     slow drive along back tracks
              back tracked   uniformly          under   / to exi(s)t
    start flame anew & extinguish
                 the go-a-head trilling mournful tripp(l)
                              ing over the(m)self & opening like wing
   breaking air   ground breaking brakes off  a gelling(of) language(s)
                                them(e) lit trembled atoms of (f)light
      g  -  lor  -  ious  arrows   afire  crimson/blue alterers
 
                      we worship @ nothing more-or-less-than
the.... ladder
   pumpin up da occupancy    with / in a sea of  rolocs
 
          take me back  special rider   take  me back  
 
             backed again up-a-go   & lit long a headwear o' finest
infinest
                                                expansion afusi(o)n(')
                        an...........
 


2.
 
to retake the heart                by any means
to regain our strength           by any means
rewind the clock                   by any means
remain the song                    by any means
revamp the cords                  by any means
reveal the light                      by any means
reshape the durst                   by any means
 
redstrat nostop becool raindown reignover begunaringinof restart the
engine
by any means
hum resonating of assassinated  giftgiver
hittin us on our hardhattedheads
 
to be young & gifted 
to be old & gifted
black white yellow red blue pale dark juice & gifted
to rerun the meat      by any means
reconstitute our constitution(s)             by any means
restate the theme                         by any means
rework our lives     by any means
reward the giftgivers
by taking their gifts        (good gifts  bad  gifts)
to weep & forget.
 

3.
 
back here with all our laces tied together
in omni-versual thiiiis niiiissss
'n obliviousness & unflaggiiingniiisssss
flag tatooed to yer wrist
must remember to remember
remind us/selves ta re-  member
remain in focus
restrain from fuckus
resist the urge to purge
 
backed  again   redlit/ backupped & gostopped
                              off/on a red candied kiss
   men broke free from the puppeteer
                               ridin the rails toward wanders end.
 


set 2
              god bless the child  that's  got his  own




ajar & all that  -  for Thomas Chapin            steve dalachinsky


we   in the piano music
we play this impending dance
the dumb doom
they're putting you thru

movement reversed & inversion of marrow

dear sweet sax o phonist
present in rumi's open heart
the rumors spread
the sad & sorry plaintalk of recovery
the tool called miserable ego
& eager performance
petty anarchism
the powertrip of betrayals

(look at them up there where you should be)

to give you back your bones
your FULL life
to walk peaceful thru the tropics
you so love
topic of conversion & conversation
quickened & running the gauntlet
back  backwards
in disjunctive harmony
where music's ears
buzz
like headswelling fever mosquitoes

(look at them up there where you should be)

Thomas   my thought
with you tonight
in golgotham
CITY of Cities
shitty  down pat
we all sitting pretty
with our blurred images
& fading jokes

look at them up there -  LOOK AT THEM

this is the vision of Sodomizers & doctors
provisional gov'ts
this is our alternative to paradise
a goodnight kiss
& the curtains slowly closing
the curtains quickly pulled shut -

look at them up there look at 'em.