<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer &#187; Racter</title>
	<atom:link href="http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/tag/racter/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://elizabethkennedybayer.com</link>
	<description>composer/blogger</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:34:41 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Racter Songs</title>
		<link>http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/602-racter-songs/</link>
		<comments>http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/602-racter-songs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ekbayer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/?p=602</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night Josh Hill (who needs to get a website!) presented a song cycle with text from The Policeman&#8217;s Beard is Half Constructed, a book of prose written by a computer program in the early 80s. 
The following texts were presented: 
More than iron, more than lead, more than gold I need electricity.
I need it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night Josh Hill (who needs to get a website!) presented a song cycle with text from <em><a href="http://www.ubu.com/historical/racter/index.html">The Policeman&#8217;s Beard is Half Constructed</a></em>, a book of prose written by a computer program in the early 80s. </p>
<p>The following texts were presented: </p>
<p><em>More than iron, more than lead, more than gold I need electricity.<br />
I need it more than I need lamb or pork or lettuce or cucumber.<br />
I need it for my dreams.</p>
<p>He is quiet. He is Paul, the man I chant about, and he is<br />
quiet because his pants are very long. His pants are long<br />
and his vest is short. He sings at morning and at night,<br />
Is this not comical and unfortunate? I fantasize that Paul<br />
is both happy and unhappy, and I think that he sings because<br />
his pants are long. And his vest indubitably is short.</em></p>
<p>And here are some of my favorites:</p>
<p><em>I gave a man a coat. I gave a woman a brassiere.<br />
I gave myself and electric current. We all were<br />
happy and full of delight. Take the coat from the<br />
man and remove the brassiere from the woman and take<br />
the electric current from me and we will be sad<br />
and full of anguish.</p>
<p>Bills sings to Sarah. Sarah sings to Bill. Perhaps they<br />
will do dangerous things together. They may eat lamb or stroke<br />
each other. They may chant of their difficulties and their<br />
happiness. They have love but they also have typewriters.<br />
That is interesting.<br />
</em></p>
<p>I find the whole thing- and the song cycle- amazing.</p>
<a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Felizabethkennedybayer.com%2F602-racter-songs%2F&amp;linkname=Racter%20Songs"><img src="http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_120_16.png" width="120" height="16" alt="Share/Save/Bookmark"/></a>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/602-racter-songs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
