Mike Matthews, Jamie Reid, Marga Fiamengo, and Roma Murray reading and talking in 1965 #365

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5438
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
Mike Matthews, Jamie Reid, Marga Fiamengo, and Roma Murray reading and talking in 1965 #365
Title Source:
J-card and inventory
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Ried, Jamie
Dates:
1941-2015
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/1890177
Role:
"Reader", "Speaker"
Name:
Livesay, Dorothy
Dates:
1909-1996
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/116854541
Role:
"Donor"
Name:
Matthews, Mike
Dates:
1937-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/304974212
Role:
"Reader", "Speaker"
Name:
Fiamengo, Marya
Dates:
1926-2013
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/75327116
Role:
"Speaker", "Reader"
Name:
Murray, Roma
Role:
"Speaker", "Reader"

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Tape Brand:
SFU
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Excellent
Other Physical Description:
White clear jewel case with J card

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:34
Size:
44.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:45:45
Size:
45.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1965
Type:
Production Date
Source:
Inventory

LOCATION

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One Chan.1 04 Mike Matthews begins with his concern with problems of content – inability to break from content First poem – theme of inactivity 34 “Research Into Nervous and Mental Illnesses” 58 Breath group as unite of composition 64 Stress by enjambing & discussion of poems rhythm 85 “On Reading the Toronto Quarterly Review of Canadian Poetry for 1962” 100 Discussion of above poem – a ‘burst of energy’ 114 Fondness of esoteric detail 118 “The Cold Spring Harbour Symposium on Quantitative Biology” 178 Matthews discusses his influences, eg) Creeley 209 Elizabethan uses of language 231 Intro to next poem 249 “No Smoking” 285 Stanza as narrative unit 327 Intro to short poems 352 “The intruders” 362 “The Western” 377 Influences to “The Western” in particular Charles Olson 392 Break in tape 393 Reading resumes – willingness to use actual names in modern poetry – closeness to experience 438 “James Bond” 449 “The Apple” 462 “Sky Blue Trades” 473 Discussion of “Sky Blue Trades” The problem of writing poetry” 490 How do you get power in poetry 515 “Monday Morning” 538 Rhymes in “Monday Morning” 583 Metaphor – as an obvious mechanism 602 Preference for simile 628 Intro to next poem 671 Reading ends abruptly 673 Roma Murray begins in mid-poem 693 “The Poem” 730 “Yellow Square” 765 “Peacock Garden” 788 “Dance” 815 End of reading Two Chan.1 04 Marya Fiamengo begins with explanation of first poem 18 “The Quality of Halves” 57 Intro to next poem – play between East & West 66 “A Choice of Temperment” 160 Naturalism of next poem 164 “Truth of Love” 183 Experimentation with monologue 188 “For Ferdinand of Calabria on an Ordinary Day” 237 Reading ends 238 Next begins – Jamie Reid 247 “I Liked To See When I Was Young” 260 Explanation of above poem – Is the poem real or ‘made up’ 307 An untitled poem – about an obsession with deer. Sound movement 351 Further explanation of sound/feeling/environment 371 “Toronto subway…” 386 Coherence of sound 457 “Here in the gathering darkness…” 485 Repetition in last poem – poetic sense of gathering 546 Shapes of shadows – shapes of fantasys 588 Reid questioned about word usage 688 Fear of metaphor 711 “There were doorways…” 750 -objection of metaphor 765 -ends abruptly 780 Mike Matthews – begins in mid reading -an untitled poem 828 “How To Prove The Train That Would Never Come Back Is Easy” (for John Keys) 907 “One says I am the sound of man shouting in a barrow…” 961 An experiment in short sentence form -personal surrealistic data 980 “The shape of the Falling Light” 1001 End of reading
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes: Dorothy Livesay Poems and Discussion Side one: with Mike Matthews Side 2: with Jamie Reid Marya Fiamengo

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