[events, the lost poems of Dorothy Parker sung to related contemporary pop recordings, ongoing]
Dorothy and Dylan: Singing Dorothy Parker’s “Invictus” poem to Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice” at the Les Figues Benefit Auction [December 2007].
Intro: “I am fascinated in Dorothy Parker because she had possibly a greater pop culture identity while she was still living and producing as a writer than a literary following. She was written into plays and into novels and into scripts just because of the persona her writing exuded, and I find it is impressive when one’s art takes on a character beyond itself and gets consumed by popular culture, when one can have a movie identity and be living at the same time [a.k.a. the ’07 Bob Dylan film]. So this is Dorothy’s poem “Invictus,” which means “unconquerable.” I am going to have a little bit of accompaniment with it…”
Dorothy and Bessie: Dorothy Parker’s “The Passionate Freudian To His Love” with Bessie Smith’s “Nobody Knows When You’re Down and Out” at Beyond Baroque [November 2007].
Dorothy and Holly Golightly: After singing Dorothy Parker’s poem, “The Passionate Screenwriter to his Love” while playing the melody of “Moon River” in the “The Queen Shoomaquan Show” at BetaLevel [January 2008].