In this spirit, he has performed live recitations of Ginsberg’s seminal long poem, “Howl for Carl Solomon,” (“Howl”) every five years since 1995. After we caught up, I kicked things off by asking Caldiero why “Howl” is still such an important and widely read poem after all these years. I first met Alex at a benefit show for Food Not Bombs at Centro Civico Mexicano here in SLC. Not just in terms of permission, if you know what I mean.”I then ask Caldiero why he has continued performing “Howl” for so long. “Well, funny you should use the word ‘final’ because it might well be,” he says, eyebrows bristling forebodingly.