CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5643
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Michael McClure interview in Houston on March 22, 1982 #391
Title Source:
J-card and inventory
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Interview
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
McClure, Michael
Dates:
1932-2020
Role:
"Speaker"
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:11
Size:
46.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:59
Size:
45.0 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Notes:
It's blank
Dates
Date:
1980-03-22
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
Houston, Texas, USA
Latitude:
29.9656
Longitude:
-95.4657
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
000 McClure talks about his use of “Beast language”
033 Psilocybin culture brought back from Mexico, 1959 – its influence on his writing
060 Reads #51, of 99 poems (beast language)
071 Poem written the day after Marilyn Monroe’s death, Aug. 6, 1962
101 Talks about Mark Rothko regarding the poem on the page as fields of letters
130 Says his models were Chaucer and Lorca
Reads Lorca’s “nadia comprendiera”
150 Talks about Machu Pichu
170 Discusses public response to his poetry
200 Poetry as a “way of pleasing on a biological level, outside the universe of discourse”
229 Reads “The mad cub” from Antechamber
275 Reads an excerpt from a novel, called Elizabethan ecstacy
311 Talks about writing music and about electronic music
368 Punk rock lyrics and 60’s rebellion
387 Playwriting as an enactment of hallucinations
414 Tape ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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