The Wisdom of Harry was an experimental electronic music ensemble from London, England. The group was formed by Peter Astor, formerly the singer/songwriter of Weather Prophets and The Loft, in 1997 and began doing remixes for musicians such as Cornelius and Andrew Weatherall. The band made two further albums for Matador. In 2000, House of Binary in which Astor pursued a combination of instrumental, electronic compositions and more lyric driven, song-based work. Coney Island Of Your Mind" (CD Single) (Matador Records, 2000). House of Binary (Matador, 2000). Torch Division (Matador, 2003).
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The Wisdom of Harry is primarily Peter Astor, formerly of The Loft, The Weather Prophets, and 4 solo albums in the 1990s. Astor with David Sheppard comprise the group Ellis Island Sound. Also referred to as: - The Wisdom of Harry. Aliases: Louis Chavez, Peter Astor. Variations: Viewing All Wisdom Of Harry.
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The title of this book is taken from Henry Miller's Into the Night Life and expresses the way Lawrence Ferlinghetti felt about these poems when he wrote them during a short period in the 1950's - as if they were, taken together, a kind of Coney Island of the mind, a kind of circus of the soul. Ferlinghetti's A Coney Island of the Mind has become a modern classic. Ferlinghetti is a national treasure, and his voice has become part of our collective conscience.
Half a century on, it's high time we acknowledged Lawrence Ferlinghetti's collection as a classic. Growing old gracefully. Lawrence Ferlinghetti at his City Lights bookshop in San Francisco in 2006. Photograph: Sarah Lee. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Coney Island of the Mind, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's landmark second volume of poetry
Album · 2000 · 34 Songs. A Coney Island of the Mind Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Listen on Apple Music.
Ferlinghetti’s paintings have been shown at various galleries around the world, from the Butler Museum of American Painting to Il Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome. Ferlinghetti’s A Coney Island of the Mind continues to be the most popular poetry book in the . The author of poetry, plays, fiction, art criticism, and essays, he has a dozen books currently in print in the .
