Re~issue of Viggo Mortensen poetry CD\'s?

[Ocean]

I noticed many of Viggo M\'s. poetry CD\'s are now out of print. I was wondering if anyone has heard if he plans to re~issue those titles?

Ebay features his Poetry CD\'s on occasion, however it\'s a mad rip off because his latest release, "Pandemoniumfromamerica" , which sells at his publishing house site percevalpress.com for $10. 00, has auctioned off for as much as $75.00 and bears the misleading label of "Rare", in the description.

It would be lovely to acquire all of his work without getting ripped off by unscrupulous sellers at sites like that.

Just a thought.  

Blessings and Peace,
Ocean

[Travis]

I might add the shameless plug that PFA is available here for just $10.00 as well. Viggo and I just finished Live at Beyond Baroque II another evening of readings that will be available soon. At the same time there are plans to repress LABB the first one to be available when  II is released. We are also in the middle of another Viggo CD with Buckethead, Henry and Me. I think this fall is a good ballpark for it\'s release. I\'m also going through the masters to all Viggo\'s CD\'s of  that are out of print to put together a collection of the best of that material to be released when the new CD of original material is released this fall.

[gkg]

hey, Viggo\'s a little young for a "best of" CD, no?  

i read somewhere that Viggo got something like 3 years worth of work ripped off.  that had to hurt deeply; i wish that person an appropriate karmic backlash.

new stuff in the fall - happy dance!  happy dance!

more Travis work too??  

[Chris DiCicco]

Yeah Viggo got ripped off, I Read that in GQ good on reissue yeah I think Viggo\'s to young to have a Best of but that my bag, just look at Elvis..er Dino Viggo ain\'t playin Vegas yet or is he?! Hidalgo were did he go.. thats whats going to happen to the actors from LotR\'s is there going to have this brush fire that people will want to take them for a loop..er a ride on a whim saying well you were good in this so why don\'t you be in my picture it can be set here but all in all not in Hollywood No No.. Or they\'ll get (erk ) Ripped off like Viggo becuse they\'er Recognized and or don\'t do something or repond to a fan, think well I\'m still Jo Blow from Cocomo Colarado in from the Snow no gives a hoot if I don\'t lock my Car or wear eye liner or play Bass when I\'m really a natural born Horn player so great Viggo Buckethead Henry and Travis are cutting a record.....Sorry for the weird Rant, it not me its the Other ( take your pick ).

Chris

[Chris DiCicco]

Bad Bad Clout.. Very bad sentence BOO Chris BOO

[Travis]

Not to worry Chris, I couldn\'t make heads or tales of your sentence any way. You do get credit for one of the longest sentences I\'ve ever attempted though. Perhaps I shouldn\'t have said "best of", the point I was making was Viggo has 4 out of print CD\'s people are always asking about. Viggo is not planning on reprinting them but is planning taking the best of them at least the best of them in my opinion and put out a new CD containing those selections.

[Chris DiCicco]

 .....

Chris

[Travis]

Chris, you may have gone to the other extreme in your last post.
I forgot to add this sentence  when commenting on your first post,
 ...

[gkg]

some people talk out of both sides of their mouth - i get the sense that chris talks out of both sides of his brain - and i like it.  i get fried trying to follow it, but that can be a fun trip.  

best of twitting was tongue in cheek - i tend to keep my tongue there a lot.  i like to think it keeps it out of worse trouble.  

i\'m really looking forward to the cds, all of \'em.  henry seems to be growing into a fine musician, then again, look at the genes and all the wonderful people he has around to nurture that.

so... any solo travis work down the pike or was that just a dream i had?  

[Travis]

So far the last two attempts at solo work have turned into Thanatopsis projects. I do have several things in the can I have been holding onto to that are supposed to be a solo projects but of coarse Buckets on it and Ramy\'s on it so...

[Chris DiCicco]

Ah Yeah sometimes i forget to end one though when I write, the thought processor ain\'t what it used to be maybe I should start just droneing and take out the (.) altogether and no I do not speak out out of both sides of my Brain (I hope not) but then agien that would explain my random personally craze, I spoke out as an artist of Art, Music and my love for the Written word I was very angered that Viggo got ripped off, I have an knowing fear of being ripped off (I\'ll date my self here ) remember the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cartoon back in the early 90\'s well I drew the toy company some pretty advaced pictures of what I would like to see and I think they stole them make them into Toys and the cartoons,but I was 10 er 11 so I did\'nt give a flying hoot about royaltys. (So) Viggo may be wandering around ( yournamehere ) bookstore and low comes across his works, stolen renamed, but lets hope not and just see....

Chris

Hopfully this is a tad bit better sentence wise I just have to remember this is not a slam for Poetry but I could dig up some relics from that time, but everyone would go away scratching his or her head sayin " whoe Crazy coot"

Chris

[gkg]

date yourself all you like chris - you\'re about the same age as my son... we\'re all over the chronological spectrum here.  

as for viggo\'s stuff that got ripped... since it seems there was much more crap that didn\'t get taken - only the stuff of true personal value - it feels like either personal violation or indeed a stranger who somehow knew the value of what they were taking.  my partner and i were talking about that last night - how the hell do you prove it was yours if you never made a copy?  why would you copy something so personal you never expected it to be gone?  karma may be the only why that f\'cker gets theirs, but i\'m sure some how some where they will.  just takes time some times.  

you\'re a generous soul, travis.  i\'ll accept something that has a little of bucket, a little of ramy - but i for one would like to hear and know more travis...

[naja]

 ;DTravis!, you rule, that is excellent news about the new&reissue Viggo cd\'s!
Be prepared to be flooded with orders when the time comes  
I have been grumbling and fuming privately for so long about greedy and unscrupulous people who put stuff on eBay for inflated prices (although, if people are silly enough to pay these prices, they might have a point, mightn\'t they?) I\'ve even consired tipping off people about the stuff available from you and PP, but unfortunately most of the sharks are smart enough to keep bidders\' identities private.
Anyway...my credit card is holding it\'s breath...please hurry up with compiling, mixing and releasing the stuff!

[oldfolkie]

Good to hear of these new projects, Travis. More readings from BB will be very welcome, I\'ve about worn through my original one so will probably want another copy of it too.  Although there\'s less wear on CD-2 of that set, somehow I just enjoyed Viggo-Exene-Tom on CD-1 better.  

Another Viggo & friends CD sounds great, too. Will join the many hoping that he either had copies or could revive the lost work. Very sad if it was personal journals though. Can\'t imagine needing to copy those I guess. Sickos who rip stuff like that...can\'t think of anything bad enough to say about them.  

A "best of" CD? Whoa, can  you convince him to make it a double CD? Because I know I\'m one of the ones who\'s bugged you before to know if he\'d re-press some of them! And since mp3.com went off-line there\'s no way to find Don\'t Tell Me What To Do other than the nefarious eBay. Dang, the man needs to get his product out there again! Maybe he wants to move on to new things, but there\'s a market for his earlier work that he could be reaching that\'d parlay into more interest in new projects!  ...ok, end of rant  

[Darlene]

Wonderful news!  Thanks Travis!  

And SINCE you guys are working on a new CD, would you mind passing on a request to Mr. Mortensen?  I absolutely loved the (for lack of a better word) chanting in \'They Ate Your Family\'....and wished the song would have been much longer.  

Soooooooo.....how about some more of that [glb]chantin\' stuff?[/glb]  

Thanks again and the best of luck to you!
Darlene