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THE L. A. BARDS

Hen House Studios {2003}
1 cut on CD hosting with the Baseball Reliquary 9 poets taking a swing at the national pastime, as celebrated in literature live at Pasadena Central Library

HEN HOUSE STUDIOS ANTHOLOGY VOLUME IV
{2002}
1 cut on compilation CD
Extreme Unction for James Douglas Morrison
with Ray Manzarek on Keyboards

HEN HOUSE STUDIOS ANTHOLOGY VOLUME II
{2002}
1 cut on compilation CD
Goodbye Music with
background music by
Jazz Fiction

NURSERY RHYME ASSASSIN
chapbook of new poems

EMERGENCY EXITS
(1970-1995)
Pulitzer Prize nominated volume of selected work

REVIEW -

Michael C Ford immortalizes and, in many instances, resurrects not only past popular iconic figure, but those neglected regions and landmarks from the Pacific Northwest to the shores of Lake Michigan, marking passages of time in America.
-Los Angeles Times

 

COTTONWOOD TRACT
a chapbook-length poem 1996

FIRE ESCAPES
SST Records & Tapes {1995}
Fourteen cuts on compact disc product

L.A. JOURNAL
Voyager {1993}
Epilogue on vocal soundtrack for laser disc project

INNINGS & QUARTERS
New Alliance {1992}
1 track of narrative sports talk on compilation CD

JAZZ SPEAK
New Alliance {1990}
2 cuts on compilation cassette

HOLLYWORD
Rhino Records {1989}
1 cut on compilation cassette

MOTEL CAFE
Blue Yonder Sounds {1988}
Recitations of original work on 25 LP vinyl tracks

LANGUAGE COMMANDO
New Alliance {1986}
Debut solo vinyl LP with 27 original tracks of poetry & prose

NEIGHBORHOOD RHYTHMS
Freeway Records {1985}
3 tracks on double compilation vinyl

ENGLISH AS A 2nd LANGUAGE
Freeway Records {1984}
2 tracks on double-pocket compilation vinyl

 
 


 
 
   
         

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