A first post should have been more pretentious than this, but

It is a fact universally acknowledged (mainly because it is also a fact universally advertized, by me) that I shall be infesting The City (which one? duh) between the first and the twelfth of the coming month, or effectively between the second and the eleventh. Now I'd love to do something by way of performance poetry while I'm there- not in a public way, of course, but a small gig, (in the verdant lawns of JU, maybe? wink, wink), and so I'm looking for musicians, especially guitarists (preferably of the accoustic variety, but electric guitarists are also welcome), percussionists and violinists. If you happen to be any of these, or know people who are and might be interested in investing some of their time in this ungainful employment, do holler to me at arka(dot)o1(at)gmail(dot)com. I'm also looking for others who might be interested in reading (or, as I like to call it, 'performing' the poems).
To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, I've done something similar here in Bangalore, where I was the only one reading with a group of musicians- voice, guitar, violin and a twenty litre water jar in lieu of a mrudangam. We did Neruda (combined with this song called "aaj jaane ki zid naa karo"), Yeats with a stylized adapatation of the theme from "tu hi re", dylan thomas with nusrat, etc. However, that was more of a textual, conventional recitation blended with music. This time, I'm looking at something a little more experimental- to break, if necessary and possible, the ' literal' meaning of the texts and explore their purely aural nature- to play around with sounds and see what emerges. So, for instance, one could have keats done to death metal. For some of the pieces, I want the poem to set the mood for the music, the 'usual' way, but for the others, I want to take my cue from the music. Hope that's not too confusing.
The poets I have in mind for this time are:
Dylan Thomas
Neruda
Ginsberg (especially 'howl')
More 'classical' stuff like Grecian Urn
Prufrock (although, if we mess this one up, it might incur the wrath of certain un-hirsuite bureaucrats)
ee cummings
Langston Hughes

These I can think of off-hand. Do feel free to come up with more. This would not require too much rehearsing, so if we set the discussion rolling now, through e-mail etc., and we get going from the second, perhaps we can do this on the ninth or tenth? And anyone know of any interesting performance spaces apart from the JU lawns? crossword, perhaps. And oh, I completely forgot about a rehearsal space- my own house is tiny and will not suffice. Time to show some large hearted calcuttan generosity.
Also, my phone numbers (here) are: 09243122682, and 08056995562. If you are rich, or have rich parents, do feel free to holler. Don't leave foul imprecations if you land on my voice mail (which will most likely be the case, especially on the mobile, because it's switched off most of the time)- just leave your name, number, and the best time to call you back, and I shall get in touch.
In Calcutta, I'll be accessible at 24368232 and 9831731422.
Do start firing in the mail, then.