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Friday, February 15, 2008

Boredom is counter-revolutionary

Interviewed literary sensations The Brutalists for Dogmatika.



Some choice cuts below:

"The poetry of the likes of Lou Reed, or John Lydon, of James Chance is as important to me as any of the other "poets" you might think of. Establishment poetry is so fucking stale now, fusty and boring. No wonder people are turned off." - Tony O'Neill

"Our critics think we are misogynists, idiots, uneducated, uncouth, and guttural. But that's okay with me, because every poetry movement in history has had exactly the same problem with the poetry establishment." - Adelle Stripe

"I'm wary of any cliques, groups or movements. I just hope people realise that we're doing this because we're inspired to. We're self-funding the work, self-editing. We distribute the books ourselves, stuff the envelopes, do all the design work – this is a label of love in much the same way that William Blake or Billy Childish clearly love(d) their work too." - Ben Myers.