Obituary: Legendry artist, John Giorno who created Dial-A-Poem is dead. He died at the age of 82.
John Giorno, is believed to have “ran the best record label ever”
Below are some Social Media Tributes to John Giorno
@radiozhuangzi
“Goodbye to John Giorno: “You got to burn to shine”
@rossgrady
I was first introduced to the work/aesthetic of John Giorno via the 1985 “Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse” compilation, whose track listing is pretty mind blowing even today: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Diamond
@JimBarrett
John Giorno has died. Dial a Poem began in 1968 when New York artist, actor, poet John Giorno linked up 15 connected telephones to reel-to-reel tape players and made it possible for anyone to call a telephone number and listen to a poem. medium.com/@JimBarrett/di
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