[i]Lee Ranaldo Pens Poetry Book Based on E-mail Spam
Spam e-mail: Some block it, some purge it completely, some giggle at its come-ons, and some (very few, we hope) delve right in, seeking the financial solvency only a plea from an ex-leader of a tiny nation can provide.
Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, however, mines his spam folder for fodder for his poetry. Hello From the American Desert, a 40-page collection of Ranaldo’s spam-inspired poetry, accompanied by artwork by the Meat Puppets’ Curt Kirkwood, is out now on Chicago imprint Silver Wonder Press .
Hello collects verse written between 2004 and the present in a chapbook limited to an edition of 1,000. This isn’t Lee’s first foray into the literary world, nor is it his first book of poetry, but it is his first to potentially include explicit instructions on how to score deep discounts on overseas prescriptions, so it oughta pay for itself after the second use.[/i]
Source Pitchfork, 14/11/2007