March 10 - Live Poets Society

Poetry reading at 505 Idiolexicon show (Boxcar Theatre, San Francisco),


with Kenneth Goldsmith (aka Kenny G -- the DJ, not the sax player, a confusion played upon)


and Denise Newman, both of whom deliver amazing texts, the former often with found material ranging from hilariously poignant mis-sent letters to menacingly growling last- will-and-testament, the latter with emotively evocative word associations and re-assemblages.


I serve as modern mugging music sandwich,


with the complete live one-performer-version premiere of L.A. Stories, assisted by MacBook multitrack midi and multiple Mark multiphonics from Cubase and GarageBand, four stepladders, two speakers, coats/robes, hats/wig, and toys (recordings at markalburgerworks.blogspot.com, op. 50) --


with thanks to Elliot Harmon and company for putting the show together.


Previous to this, Kurt Weill for dictation in Theory,


first eight bars of The Ballad of Mack the Knife from The Threepenny Opera.

February 24 - Flying Luck

After very late night and driving rain, we take a flying run down to Berkeley Chamber Arts (would that the day were as pleasant as the picture) for our second rehearsal there and first shot at music for the next two Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse shows: April 19 The Red Horse and May 9 Black Horse / Gray Horse at St. Gregory of Nyssa's SF again (a bit of info at markalburgerevents.blogspot.com and more to come).


Harriet, Kat, and I go over San Rafael News and


some Kurt Weill Threepenny Opera (Polly's Lied, First Threepenny Finale, Jealosy Duet).

Record some Flying Out the Mouth excerpts, including

XIV. The Woman from the Sky



and III. Yonder in the North with Kat there, and V. All the Dark Birds and

VII. Flying Out the Mouth



with Harriet at home. Will also post at markalburgerworks.blogspot.com soon, plus mixes utilizing the original Native American songs.


The latter versions constitute part of a new piece, as of today:

Op. 155 FLYING MIXES (February 24, 2008)
I. Yonder in the North (Northern Plains Rabbit Dance)
II. All the Dark Birds (Navajo Ribbon Dance)
III. Flying Out the Mouth (Yurok Women's Brush Dance)
IV. The Woman From the Sky (Creek Gar Dance)
XV. Wind Song I-III (Seneca Alligator Dance)