Loose Joints: Poetry by Pedro Pietri

A self-proclaimed “native New Yorker born in Ponce, Puerto Rico,” Pedro Pietri (1944 – 2004) was a leader of the Nuyorican Movement, a cultural and intellectual movement composed of Puerto Rican writers, artists, and poets living in the New York City area in the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s. Pietri’s poems touch on a wide range of subjects, ranging from brief phone calls to extremely hallucinatory and imaginative scenes. His writing is wonderfully chaotic and significantly scatterbrained. The texts of the poems are included in the liner notes.

Track Listing

101	Warning	Pedro Pietri	02:23
102	How Do Your Eggs Want You	Pedro Pietri	03:15
103	To Get Drunk You Have to Drink	Pedro Pietri	02:24
104	Telephone Booth Number 102	Pedro Pietri	00:33
105	Telephone Booth Number 905 1/2	Pedro Pietri	00:44
106	Telephone Booth Number 580	Pedro Pietri	00:27
107	Telephone Booth Number 722	Pedro Pietri	00:26
108	Telephone Booth Number 190	Pedro Pietri	00:26
109	Puerto Rico Obituary	Pedro Pietri	12:28
201	Suicide Note from a Cockroach in a Low Income Housing Project	Pedro Pietri	09:13
202	Telephone Booth Number 23	Pedro Pietri	00:20
203	Telephone Booth Number 535	Pedro Pietri	00:42
204	Telephone Booth Number 801	Pedro Pietri	00:36
205	The Last Game of the World Series	Pedro Pietri	10:20
206	1 a.m. At All Times (for Nancy)	Pedro Pietri	01:42