This is a somewhat unique experiment I originally began in 2004. I took recordings of some of my favorite poets (from the 1950s-2000s) and incorporated them into mixes of songs that I felt either fit the mood or added to the theme of the poem being read.

The result is 15 tracks of poets such as Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath, and Frank O'Hara reading their work to the tunes of musicians like The Beatles, Nirvana, and The Doors. I even included a comedy bit by Lenny Bruce set to some Jimi Hendrix.

The tracks are difficult to describe. I'd say they're similar to mash-ups because they each incorporate two different recordings that were never meant to go together, but they don't contain several songs overlapping each other like most mash-ups. I've simply taken a poetry reading and mixed it to music.