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Official account for the archives of Harry Everett Smith - filmmaker, musicologist, mystic, & one of the least understood figures in postwar American culture

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Gregory Ego @gregory_ego ·

29 Nov

Harry Smith @HS_Archives on the cover of Bombay Gin, published in 2011 by The Naropa Press. The journal is broken down into sections mirroring Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music: e.g., "Volume Two: Social Music," with Allen Ginsberg, The Fugs, Amiri Baraka.

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Harry Smith Archives @hs_archives ·

28 Nov

Today marks 31 years since Harry’s passing. His friend, poet Paola Igliori, described him as dying in her arms, "singing as he drifted away". Smith was pronounced dead one hour later at St. Vincent's Hospital.

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27 Nov

@HS_Archives - Harry Smith - American Magus https://allenginsberg.org/2022/11/s-n-27/

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Harry Smith Archives @hs_archives ·

14 Nov

Harry Smith was greatly inspired by the work of German-American animator/filmmaker Oskar Fischinger. After meeting Fischinger on a trip to Los Angeles, Smith immediately took up filmmaking (1/5) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1592265675028168704