CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5715
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Gerry Gilbert with Gar Smith in Toronto on July 14th, 1982 #432
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
Liner notes: see the photo in material description
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Gilbert, Gerry
Dates:
1936-2009
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Smith, Gar
Role:
"Performer"
Name:
Thompson, Gordon
Dates:
1949-
Role:
"Recordist"
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
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
Sound Quality:
Excellent
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:
T00:16:39
Size:
16.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:16:39
Size:
16.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1982-07-14
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Latitude:
43.6545
Longitude:
-79.3831
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One Gerry Gilbert – Toronto Poems
002 “If music be the food of love, play on…”
045 “Karen Ann Quinlan lies unfocused in the sunny hospital room…”
060 “My faint smile/The 7:30 Granville bus from Hastings…”
073 “Toronto Streets”
086 “So there we were pausing on red together like Toronto traffic lights…”
“Island and Ireland, Iran and I ran…”
114 “I get as lost as a shopping list and miss the boat back to the city…”
132 “You See”
141 “Never Better”
150 “I got to cabbagetown then I lost momentum somewhere…”
181 “A world aloft”
187 “Video drift”
194 “Executive bonsai”
204 “Yorkville”
206 “Make-up”
210 “The middleclass dream still sleeps in Toronto”
225 “Stash you cap on the tact of the snake & you won’t lose it” : “heading to the mainland…”
233 “Bus depot”
242 “Take a bus personally”
Two Gerry Gilbert – The Summer of the Volcano
002 Introduction
012 “Suck me, fuck me, make me write bad cheques…”
016 “Summer of the volcano…”: Vancouver
042 “Somebody winks and makes a toke sign at me…”
074 “Squander your pain, stare at the stripper…”
084 “Finally getting sleep…”
114 “I’m up to what I had in mind when I started this poem…”
147 “Well what do you know, according to the news I’ll be eligible for teeth next year…”
150 “I’m writing faster than you’re reading…”
153 “Meanwhile, I can’t drink Similkameen Superior B.C. wine anymore…”
162 “The face is my sunburn”
172 “Next week begins tomorrow…”
188 “Meanwhile at the joint I pay for the coffee refill…”
208 There are hundreds of millions of us on the continent dressed as ourselves…”
223 “in a couple of days the dust falls as far north as Prince Rupert…”
232 “Vancouver, B.C. bay…”
241 “Just down the beach the young Native Indian boy was dancing…”
248 Tape ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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