MP3 Hilary Goldberg - Giraffe Medicine

Giraffe Medicine is a collection of traveling poems set to dynamic music from some brilliant LA artists.

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SPOKEN WORD: With Music, FOLK: Political



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"Like a modern-day shaman, she conjures up images you've never seen before. She tweaks the way you think about everyday reality.  A good bet for anyone who has ever wondered about the connection between rap and E.E. Cummings." --THE G-MAN Hollywood Free Press


"There she was doing all 108 postures of a fetus in the womb curled up in her room like a cartoon balloon on an empty page - love didn't mind that she was broke, she held up each dream thinking, 'one of these might float me'" - 108 Postures excerpt

Hilary Goldberg was born in Miami, Florida.  Her early stomping grounds were laced with palm trees and parking lots.  The most accessible art scene transpired at her grandmother's house where an international contingent of women of a certain age as well as flamboyant men taught painting, played music and danced throughout the afternoons.  Once the public school system took charge of her education - the world of possibility temporarily narrowed its vision.  Hilary grew lost in a haze of curriculum, mini-malls, portable electronics and spray cheese.  Then she stumbled upon writings from the Beat Generation and held them as an umbrella against the acid rain.
She studied film and writing earning a degree from the University of Misogyny. During her final year of college the idea of being on the road crept up in a pair of jackboots singing and playing guitar.  Hilary fell hard for the poetic genius and politic of a roving folksinger.  They co-directed and edited a documentary film that would eventually criss-cross the country intermittently on a five-year expedition.  The resulting project was released as the collaborative feature film RENDER : Spanning Time with Ani DiFranco in June 2002.  The film documents the performance of Ani DiFranco as well as the politics surrounding her art.  Some of the topics include capital punishment, racism and feminism.
The filmmaking process is a slow one at best so Hilary sought out a more immediate venue for her art following September 11th.  She elevated her poetry filled notebooks to the stage.  She performed at open mics in Los Angeles and fell in love with the art form of Spoken Word.  She took a brief tour up the west coast and the litmus test was an unparalleled experience.  She continues to perform at bars, colleges, festivals including Oregon Country Fair as well as Bumpershoot and coffeehouses across America.
One night after a performance at a Leonard Peltier benefit show producer Gavin Ross approached Hilary to record an album.  She suggested that they accompany each piece with its own sonic environment and gathered local musicians to join in the process.  The product of this imaginative venture is Giraffe Medicine, Hilary's debut spoken word record.  The poems trace her preceding years roaming the highways of politics, queer life, love and friendship.  Her hope is that it serves others in the same way the Beats inspired her own exploration.
Her passion for filmmaking takes precedent when she isn't touring with poetry.  She has worked as a Cinematographer and Editor on several productions following the release of RENDER.  She is the Writer/Director/Editor of the short film SAFEROOM.  Her latest short film project BEYOND LOVELY starring Guinevere Turner and Vaginal Davis is touring the 2005 film festival circuit. It premiered at San Francisco's Frameline 29 Film Fest and is next to screen at Outfest in Los Angeles.