Apocalypse Calypso

<p>Themes of crisis and corruption come together to make this a collection of poems for our time.</p><p>The origins of this book are in the collaboration between The Royal Opera House The London Sinfonietta composer Dominic Muldowney and author Graham Roos which culminated in a series of performances sponsored by The Guardian entitled The Arts of News at King's Place in 2009.</p><p>The aim was to convert newspaper stories into songs without making them hieratic instead retaining their tabloid feel. Two strands of work were created out of this commission: Songs of the Zeitgeist (a collaboration with Dominic Muldowney on the themes of celebrity Binge Britain and ecological disaster) and Songs of Reckoning. Roos also created a verse cabaret set in the Media Suite in Hell where Lucifer stands for election accompanied by three Angels of the New Millennium.</p><p>Much of the work in this book derives from Songs of the Zeitgeist and these other works; some are demotic and others hieratic using more traditional forms.</p>