Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Poetic Obituaries: [Tuli] Kupferberg remained a poet, too,

and his collaboration with Robert Bashlow, 1001 Ways to Beat the Draft, became his most famous work. It was a literal, if absurd, listing of actions that might save you from conscription to the army. "Say you're crazy", "Marry your mother" and "Get elected the Supreme Soviet" were among the titbits of advice.

The Fugs were at the height of their powers in the later 1960s and released several albums, but faded from view, only to reform in 1985 with Kupferberg and [Ed] Sanders still at the helm.

from The Guardian: Tuli Kupferberg obituary

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