Mountain Pass No 33,34: Stan Persky at Terrace in Summer 1976 #33,34

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5950
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Reading in BC Collection
Source Collection ID:
MsC 199
Source Collection Description:
Reading in BC collection was assembled during the late 1970s and ‘80s. There are approximately 1000 tapes in this collection. It consists of the recordings of Canadian and American writers, mostly poets, reading poems, talking, being interviewed, participating in panel discussions, and so on. Most of the recordings were made in BC, but there are some made elsewhere in Canada or the USA. Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
Mountain Pass No 33,34: Stan Persky at Terrace in Summer 1976 #33,34
Title Source:
J-card and inventory
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
[McNeill, Alan?]

Name:
Persky, Stan
Dates:
1941-

CONTRIBUTORS

Name:
Shaddock, Phil
Notes:
In the inventory it states that he is a Donor and we are not sure what it means

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Storage Capacity:
T01:05:28
Extent:
1/8 inch
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Very 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:
T00:27:13
Size:
19.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:37:06
Size:
25.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1976
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Summer

LOCATION

Address:
Terrace, BC,Canada
Latitude:
54.5209
Longitude:
-128.6025

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One One 000 Stan Persky : Writing and Politics Persky provides autobiographical sketch-gay consciousness- upon first reading Ginsberg and Kerouac-meeting San Francisco poets Robert Duncan, Robin Blaser, George Stanley, Jack Spicer, Ron Loewinsohn-beginning of politicization through Ginsberg’s anti-war protests- increasing politicization within Canadian context i.e. student politics, gay liberation politics and socialist politics 250 Persky reads Nanaimo I Discussion re relevance of Nanaimo I to present conditions – re Alcan workers strike in Kitimat B.C. – re political awareness and revolution 430 Persky reads Topic Sentence from a period referred to as Journal Writings Discussion re the teaching of composition in the public school system : “The form and the behaviour that we were to display and be obedient to in a paragraph that we were being taught to write was exactly correspondent in not a conscious conspiratorial way but in a structural sense to the sort of obedient behaviour that we should display with respect to our appropriate stations in bourgeois society. That is, we were to be well-behaved… “-topic sentence is a hoax, an invention… composing is the act of following out one perception after another- dialectical movement of thought (interviewer) – using Olson’s projective verse as his methodology- Nanaimo I as projective verse 864 Persky reads Phuoc Binh Statement – this poem was written after the realization concerning the lack of political awareness on the part of poets in the Canadian context – it is a statement of the relation between poetry and politics. Discussion of the poem and ‘relevance’ 1020 Persky’s question – Why are people so apolitical in this society or know so little about history as it relates to what human beings are trying to do?
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes: Mountain Pass Series - CFRO Stan Persky Writings and Politics Side 1 37:13 min. Side 2 27:15 min Dolby 2B

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