[{"id":"7009","cataloger_name":["Donald,Shipton"],"partnerInstitution":["Simon Fraser University"],"collection_source_collection":["bpNichol Fonds"],"source_collection_label":["bpNichol Fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["SFU Library"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_description":["The fonds consists of correspondence, poems (including concrete, experimental and sound poem drafts), manuscripts (including drafts), notebooks, and journals of bp Nichol. Fonds includes records (1964-1987) of Nichol's presses, Ganglia and grOnk, consisting of manuscript files, correspondence files, mockups, business and reference files, computer discs, the authors poetry and comic book collections, photographs, television scripts, etc. Correspondents and contributors include Bill Bissett, Gerry Gilbert, Margaret Avison, Earle Birney, David Harris, David Phillips, David McFadden and others"],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 12"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["bpNichol reading the Martyrology at SFU on July 23, 1981 #7"],"item_title_source":["cassette and j-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Nichol, B.P."],"creator_names_search":["Nichol, B.P."],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/76350280\",\"name\":\"Nichol, B.P.\",\"dates\":\"1944-1988\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Author\",\"Reader\",\"Speaker\",\"Donor\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Performance_Date":[1981],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/11799/bpNichol Fonds_MsC12_7.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"Stereo\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Excellent\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Excellent\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"Black and white clear jewel case with J-card\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"playback_mode":["Stereo"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"007 Side A.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:31:46\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"36.6 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"007 Side B.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:31:05\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"33.4 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1981-07-23\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"j-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/export#map=15/49.2767/-122.9182\",\"venue\":\"Simon Fraser University\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6\",\"latitude\":\"49.2884\",\"longitude\":\"-122.9430\"}]"],"Address":["8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6"],"Venue":["Simon Fraser University"],"City":["Burnaby, British Columbia"],"contents":["This is a reading of Book 5 of the Martyrology. At multiple points in the reading Nichol re-reads certain verses in order to get them the way in which he wants them read. \n\nSide A\n0:00 - Introduction discussing the beginnings of this section of the Martyrology as based on the street names in the Annex or Toronto. He also mentions Fred Wah and his notion of \"place...rooted in a certain sense of language.\"\n1:05 -  Chain 1 from \"Book 5 of the Martyrology\" \n28:00 - At this point in the recording, the quality of the audio decreases and the sound waves become much wider, perhaps indicating that this tape was comprised of different recordings.\n\nSide B\nThis recording is a continuation of the former. Nichol finishes reading Chain 5 of Book 5 of the Martyrology and at one point speaks to a recordist. Toward the end of the tape he reads from TTA, Translating Translating Appolinaire.\n0:00 - from Chain 1 of Book 5\n0:27 - Nichol speaks to recordist\n0:38 - Chain 1 of Book 5\n7:50 - from Catulsis of TTA.\n8:30 - Poem 31 from TTA\n9:24 - Catulis 93\n9:48 - Catulis 91. Here Nichol also speaks directly to a Fred, presumably Fred Wah.\n10:35 - Catulis 111"],"Note":["[]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670556251979779,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:00.560Z","score":3.3605485}]