Collectages

Since Pierre‘s commute to Albany is a little brutal this semester, I try to alleviate it by packing him lunch. I always loved packing food to take away, and when I worked in Manhattan I packed my lunch everyday. I also have very vivid memories from the time when I was  a child and we [...]

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THE DVD IS  OUT! On November 7, 2007, Joe Girardullo, Pierre Joris & myself had molto fun presenting Sax, Soup, Poetry & Voice a multimedia performance at the The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy N.Y. The original description of the show was: A Harvest Celebration with multimedia artist Nicole Peyrafitte, saxophonist Joe Giardullo & [...]

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Photo Joseph Mastantuono Waiting for the day to break & still in the sleep/wake up zone, this morning I am trying to count how many times I moved.  Probably about twenty times, some moves bigger that others. I will never catch up with Pierre who moved about thirty times. So, yes! We do have some [...]

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I am in Albany packing our house for our definitive move to Brooklyn. As I was packing my archives I found a batch of old menus from my family hotel that my mother had sent me a few years back. Coincidentally there was one for April 20th 1954. On the left my mother wrote a [...]

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I am very excited to announce the release of “Whisk! Don’t Churn!” my new cd with Michael Bisio. Correct me if I am wrong but I think this is the first recording that feature a duo for Crème Chantilly (whipped cream) and Double bass! Our first CD concert release is this coming Thursday at Justin’s [...]

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A toothache plus a little too much sweets and rich food over the holidays prompted this menu. My mouth is healing really well thanks to the care of Jerome Pindell, our family homeopath for 15 years and his referral to Sandra Senzon, a real Tooth Fairy, who is taking me on the path to save [...]

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Les Croquettes de Morue sur un Lit de Verdure Salt-cod cakes served with greens Le Chapon de Noêl aux Marrons Stuffed Christmas Capon with Chestnuts & Les “Racines” d’Hiver Braisées Braised Winter Root Vegetables La Crème Paysanne & Les Pescajous du Luchonnais This is a festive winter dinner menu I made several time. I wrote [...]

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Nymphéas Pour John & Wayne The sun has set too fast today. Can a water lily show me the way? An impression by Claude Monet Let Giverny bridge Albany. Wet paint into wet paint Emphasizes your qualities. The perception of your movements Belongs to les effets de soir. Your blue shadow is a landscape Your [...]

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Drawing Y.K. Wow! my last post was over a week ago and I didn’t get a chance to write anything since then. So let’s go back in time a little bit: The gig with Mike Bisio at Justin’s in Albany N.Y was a lot of fun and we couldn’t have had a better audience. If [...]

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Photo Dan Wilcox Thursday Michael Bisio -double bass- and I -voice & sounds- will be performing original works and contemporary poetry at Justin’s in Albany. Mike and I have collaborated since 2005. Over the years, thanks to Mike’s unconditional dedication to a very atypical artistic adventure, we have developed an ongoing and challenging conversation taking [...]

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