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Enough Said 1995-02-13, Benefit

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:

6343

Partner Institution:

Concordia University

Source Collection Label:

Lee Gotham collection

Series:

Lee Gotham collection

Sub Series:

Lee Gotham collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:

Enough Said 1995-02-13, Benefit

Title Source:

Asset

Title Note:

Ephemera accompanying assets, corroborated by Lee Gotham, who introduces the event as such.

Language:

English

Production Context:

Documentary recording

Identifiers:

[]

Rights

Notes:

Rights status in process. We may wish to seek permission from individual artists and Drew Duncan, the videographer.

CREATORS

Name:

Gotham, Lee

Dates:

1962-

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/106179112

Notes:

Lee Gotham was also the MC of this event.

CONTRIBUTORS

Name:

Duncan, Drew

Notes:

Videographer.

Name:

John

Notes:

Liaison with the En Marge organization. John reads a few pieces by youth served by En Marge.

Name:

Allen, Robert

Dates:

1946-2006

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/22416596/

Notes:

Guest performer.

Name:

Isaac, Douglas (Doug)

Dates:

1946-

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/26783067/

Notes:

Guest performer.

Name:

Stone, Anne

Dates:

1969-

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/39017213/

Notes:

Guest performer.

Name:

Filip, Raymond

Dates:

1950-

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/11150531/

Notes:

Guest performer.

Name:

Christie, Colin

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/44235997

Notes:

Guest performer; one half of ga press.

Name:

Frost, Corey

Dates:

1972-

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/76001655

Notes:

Guest performer; one half of ga press.

Name:

Farkas, Endre

Dates:

1948-

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/115673614/

Notes:

Guest performer.

Name:

Luxton, Steve

Dates:

1946-

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/45701800

Notes:

Guest performer.

Name:

Skarstedt, Sonja A.

Dates:

1960-2009

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/6660966

Notes:

Guest performer.

Name:

Audience_Member1

Notes:

Face briefly on screen as they walk in front of camera.

Name:

Audience_Member2

Notes:

Speaks from audience, not visible.

Name:

Audience_Member3

Notes:

Speaks from audience, not visible.

Name:

Nelson, Sharon H.

Dates:

1948-2016

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/108207169

Notes:

Guest performer.

Name:

Ferrier, Ian

Dates:

1954-2023

URL:

https://viaf.org/viaf/91437046

Notes:

Guest performer.

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:

Recording Type:

Analogue

AV Type:

Video

Material Designation:

VHS

Physical Composition:

Magnetic Tape

Storage Capacity:

120 minutes

Playback Mode:

Mono

Tape Brand:

TDK EHG

Sound Quality:

Good

Other Physical Description:

VHS #3 asset. Contains recordings of multiple events.

Image:

Recording Type:

Analogue

AV Type:

Video

Material Designation:

VHS

Physical Composition:

Magnetic Tape

Storage Capacity:

120 minutes

Playback Mode:

Mono

Tape Brand:

TDK EHG

Sound Quality:

Good

Other Physical Description:

VHS #2 asset. Contains recordings of multiple events.

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

File URL:

https://liveconcordia-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/carlosa_pittella_concordia_ca/EYkvSI9-KGhPqiYKgNZwaLoBKosIKKYB_SgScGShEw7xuQ

Show Content

Duration:

00:49:16

Size:

1.39 GB on disk

Bitrate:

2304Kbps (original); 256Kbps (master)

Encoding:

MPEG-4 movie

Content:

This is file 1 of 2 containing an AV recording of the benefit event for En Marge (a street-kids safety-net organization) organized by Lee Gotham as part of the Enough Said series, featuring performances by Sharon H. Nelson, Endre Farkas, Ian Ferrier, Colin Christie, Corey Frost, and others.

Notes:

Dimensions: 640 × 480.

Content Type:

Video Recording

File URL:

https://liveconcordia-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/carlosa_pittella_concordia_ca/Ed76PScOzEdAnc1iRHgCkbgBrnv3FJM7BMtMa_tnpRNuiA

Show Content

Duration:

01:54:16

Size:

3.22 GB on disk

Bitrate:

2304Kbps (original); 256Kbps (master)

Encoding:

MPEG-4 movie

Content:

This is file 2 of 2 containing an AV recording of the benefit event for En Marge (a street-kids safety-net organization) organized by Lee Gotham as part of the Enough Said series, featuring performances by Sharon H. Nelson, Endre Farkas, Ian Ferrier, Colin Christie, Corey Frost, and others.

Notes:

Dimensions: 640 × 480.

Content Type:

Video Recording

Dates

Date:

1995-02-13

Type:

Performance Date

Source:

Asset

LOCATION

Address:

4040 St. Laurent, Montréal, QC, H2W 1Y8, Canada

Venue:

Bistro 4

Latitude:

45.5169628

Longitude:

-73.5796147

URL:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2428619734

Notes:

Bistro 4 (pronounced Bistro Quatre), no longer in existence.

CONTENT

Contents:

PART 1 [Bistro 4 stage] 00:00:00 Video Description: Color video of the stage with mic stand at Bistro 4 (Quatre) (4040 St. Laurent, Montréal, QC, H2W 1Y8, Canada). The stage, slightly below street level, is set against a full-wall window looking out onto the St. Laurent Blvd. traffic—with both pedestrians and vehicles often passing by. The windows from across the street are sometimes visible, including an outdoor sign with the word “JETHRO.” On the windows of Bistro 4, the word “said” (from “Enough Said”) becomes visible when the camera zooms out, as well as decals with words from the menu, such as “DEJEUNER,” “CAPPUCCINO,” and “TISANE.” Lee Gotham 00:00:01 [Thanks audience. Explains that the event is a benefit for En Marge, a street kids shelter. Explains there will be opportunities to buy a raffle ticket for a bundle of three to five collections of poetry. Explains that ticket stubs also serve as a raffle ticket for “small press prizes.” Announces that Michael Langley (note: speaker misspoke, and poet’s name is Michael Longley) will perform at Concordia University’s Hall Building on February 16th. Announces Ciaran Colours (Note: poet’s name is Ciaran Carson) will perform on March 6th.] | Video Description: Medium shot zooms into medium closeup as Gotham speaks into the mic while holding and occasionally reading from a small notebook. Gotham wears a black-and-white knit sweater with geometric designs and sleeves rolled up to elbows and straight shoulder-length hair. Audience_Member1 00:03:09 Video Description: Extreme closeup as Audience_Member1 walks in front of camera. Side profile of face takes up whole shot. Audience_Member2 00:03:11 [Corrects Gotham that the aforementioned poet’s name is “Longley” not “Langley.” Repeats date and venue details. Mentions that Longley won the Whitbread Poetry Prize. Mentions that Ciaran Colours (note: speaker misspoke and poet’s name is Ciaran Carson) won the first T.S. Eliot Prize.] | Video Description: Audience_Member2 off-screen. Extreme closeup as Audience_Member1 moves forward and back, making their head periodically obscure the screen again. Lee Gotham 00:03:34 [Says those are some “serious verses.” Mentions that “assistant” in a red bandana will be walking around selling raffle tickets for poetry collection bundles from The Muses’ Company, Véhicule Press, and DC Books, including Steve Luxton and Robert Allen’s works. Introduces Robert Allen as one of his favourite alumni from Concordia. Invites Allen to the stage to read from novels, poetry collections, and Moosehead Anthologies he has been a part of. Mentions Allen is a new editor at Matrix Magazine.] | Video Description: Medium closeup as Gotham speaks into the mic, reading from a notebook. Robert Allen 00:05:48 [Thanks Gotham. Introduces and performs a piece titled “The Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver Wedding Poem.”] | Video Description: Medium closeup as Allen introduces and performs a piece. Allen wears a grey long-sleeve plaid shirt with black buttons and a black hood, and slightly curly light brown chin-length hair. Robert Allen 00:07:43 [Explains that the next piece is about the plane crash of a French rugby team in the Andes mountains and it involves cannibalism. Introduces and performs a piece titled “Rugby Players Stranded in the Andes.” Applause.] | Video Description: Closeup as Allen introduces and performs a piece. Robert Allen 00:10:59 [Explains that the next piece is about the mail order pornography business. Introduces and performs a piece titled “Late Romantics.”] | Video Description: Closeup as Allen introduces and performs a piece. Robert Allen 00:12:31 [Explains that the next piece encapsulates nineteenth-century Russian literature in five lines. Introduces and performs a piece titled “A Sadder Scene Than You Know at Tolstoy(’s?) Station.”] | Video Description: Closeup as Allen introduces and performs a piece. Robert Allen 00:13:12 [Mentions he lives in the country with Anne Stone. Introduces and performs a piece titled “Mount Cloud.” Applause.] | Video Description: Closeup as Allen introduces and performs a piece. Zooms out to long shot as Allen leaves stage. Lee Gotham 00:15:19 [Thanks Robert. Explains again how buying raffle tickets works. Introduces John, liaison to En Marge, to explain services. Invites John to the stage.] | Video Description: Long shot zooms into closeup as Gotham speaks to the audience. John 00:16:46 [Thanks everyone. Explains that En Marge works with youth experiencing “family and social rupture” to give unconditional acceptance in difficult times. Explains that many of the kids write poems, and he will read some to shed light on their experience. Introduces and performs a piece titled “Little Candle” by fifteen-year-old Amanda.] | Video Description: Closeup as John adjusts mic, speaks to audience, and performs piece. John wears a light pink t-shirt, black snapback hat with a beige brim worn backwards, full beard one inch long, and slightly curly hair past shoulders. John 00:20:10 [Mentions that drugs are a big part of street culture and larger culture, and that it can be a solution with consequences. Introduces and performs a piece written by seventeen-year-old Caroline titled “Junk Sick,” about trying to quit heroin. Applause.] | Video Description: Closeup as John speaks to audience and performs piece. John 00:21:38 [Introduces and performs piece written by an Indigenous fourteen year old named Cindy in French. Performs again in English. Thanks audience. Applause.] | Video Description: Closeup as John speaks to audience, performs a piece, and speaks to audience again. Lee Gotham 00:23:01 [Thanks John. Introduces Doug Isaac. Mentions Isaac’s poetry collection Past, Present: Tense will be published with Imperial (Note: book actually published with BuschekBooks, 2004.) Applause.] | Video Description: Closeup zooms out to medium shot as Gotham speaks into the mic. Douglas (Doug) Isaac 00:23:51 [Introduces piece titled “Centres of Treatment” that is in part a homeless man’s verbatim dialogue, while the other half is dialogue written by Isaac. Says he will use different voices for each character.] | Video Description: Closeup as Isaac lowers the mic and speaks to the audience. Isaac wears a black button-down shirt with sleeves rolled up to elbows atop a white shirt that has an indiscernible pattern, and medium brown hair pushed back from face. [SpokenWeb notes] 00:25:00 At 00:25:51 and 00:26:04, Isaac says a racial slur. Douglas (Doug) Isaac 00:25:05 [Performs "Centres of Treatment." Applause.] | Video Description: Zooms out to medium shot as Isaac performs a piece, alternating between performing into the mic and stepping slightly away from it. Lee Gotham 00:35:52 [Thanks Isaac. Announces the prizes for the raffle. Calls someone from off screen to help on stage. Lists prizes, such as one copy each of Moosehead Anthology issue 13 and the “Forbidden Fiction” issue, one copy of Don Coles’ Little Bird (Signal Editions, [Véhicule Press],1991), and one copy of Erin Mouré’s West South West (Signal Editions, [Véhicule Press],1988? 1989?). Announces winner. Applause] | Video Description: Long shot zooms into medium shot as Gotham speaks into the mic. Reads titles from books. Picks raffle number from person off-screen. Lee Gotham 00:37:54 [Lists more prizes, such as one copy of Grant Loewen’s Brick: Looking Up (DC Books, 1992.), one copy of Steve Luxton’s Iridium (DC Books, 1993), one copy of Moosehead Anthology’s “Forbidden Fiction” issue, and one copy of Jan Conn’s What Dante Did With Loss (Signal Editions, [Véhicule Press], 1994). Announces winner. Applause.] Video Description: Camera zooms out to long shot. Raffle assistant now visible. Grey plaid button-down shirt with sleeves rolled up to elbows, large wire-rimmed glasses, and blonde hair pushed back from face. Gotham reads titles from more books. Picks raffle number from person now visible on stage. Announces winner. Lee Gotham 00:38:57 [Lists more prizes, such as one copy of Mark Leslie’s Dying with AIDS/living with AIDS: 1991-1992 (The Muses' Company, 1992), one copy of Steve Luxton’s Iridium (DC Books, 1993), one copy of Moosehead Anthology’s issue 13, and one copy of Gérard Godin’s Evenings at Loose Ends (Signal Editions, [Véhicule Press], 1991). Announces winner.] | Video Description: Gotham reads titles from more books. Picks raffle number. Announces winner. Lee Gotham 00:39:53 [Announces another draw from the door prize tickets. Announces winner. Announces prizes from Pawn Press and ga press. Notes there will be a total of four door prize raffles. Introduces Anne Stone. Applause.] | Video Description: Medium shot as Gotham picks raffle number from a white plastic tub and announces winner. Zooms into closeup as Gotham introduces Anne Stone. Anne Stone 00:41:41 [Introduces and performs piece titled “Desire is a Lodger.” Applause.] | Video Description: Loose closeup as Stone speaks into mic and performs a piece. Stone wears a burgundy vest atop a white long-sleeve shirt, an oversized newsboy cap, and no hair showing underneath it. Anne Stone 00:44:14 [Introduces and performs piece titled “Calf’s Head Soup.” Applause.] | Video Description: Loose closeup as Stone speaks into mic and performs a piece. Anne Stone 00:45:43 [Introduces and performs piece titled “Carrying off the (?)” Applause.] | Video Description: Loose closeup as Stone speaks into mic and performs a piece. Lee Gotham 00:48:41 Video Description: Medium long shot as Gotham approaches the mic. [No signal] 00:48:44 [Ambient sounds (white noise).] | Video Description: Black screen with static. END 00:49:16 [End of recording.] PART 2 [Bistro 4 stage] 00:00:14 Video Description: Color video of the stage with mic stand at Bistro 4 (Quatre) (4040 St. Laurent, Montréal, QC, H2W 1Y8, Canada). The stage, slightly below street level, is set against a full-wall window looking out onto the St. Laurent Blvd. traffic—with both pedestrians and vehicles often passing by. The windows from across the street are sometimes visible, including an outdoor sign with the word “JETHRO.” On the windows of Bistro 4, the word “said” (from “Enough Said”) becomes visible when the camera zooms out, as well as decals with words from the menu, such as “DEJEUNER,” “CAPPUCCINO,” and “TISANE.” Lee Gotham 00:00:15 [Reads obituary for Manuel Betanzos Santos.] | Video Description: Medium shot zooms into closeup as Gotham speaks into the mic. Gotham wears a black-and-white knit sweater with geometric designs and sleeves rolled up to elbows and straight shoulder-length hair. Lee Gotham 00:02:25 [Apologizes for talking about the raffle so much. Encourages people to buy tickets because there are many prizes. Introduces Raymond Filip. Applause.] | Video Description: Closeup as Gotham speaks into the mic, takes white card from off-screen, and reads from it. Raymond Filip 00:04:17 [Mentions he was just at Manuel’s funeral. Reminisces about choking Devil’s Disciples member Michael French in the sixth grade. Explains childhood in Pointe-St-Charles and Verdun. Introduces and performs a piece titled “Flower Fights in the [?] Freight Yards” from the collection “Flowers in Magnetic Fields” (Guernica Editions, 1994.)] | Video Description: Varying between medium shots and closeups as Filip speaks into the mic. Medium shot as Filip performs a piece, ending on an extreme closeup. Filip wears a dark plaid sport coat atop a brown button-down shirt, brown shaggy hair, mustache, and chin beard. Raymond Filip 00:09:34 [Explains more about growing up in Pointe-St-Charles. Introduces and performs piece called “Transvestite at his Toilette.” Applause.] | Video Description: Closeup zooms out to medium shot as Filip speaks into the mic and flips through the copy of “Flowers in Magnetic Fields.” Medium shot as Filip performs a piece. Raymond Filip 00:14:36 [Explains that Lithuania is a long-suffering country that inspired his self-described “oratorial” about the story of God. Performs piece. Applause.] | Video Description: Medium shot as Filip speaks into mic and shows the audience large prints of the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania and other places in the country. Zooms into closeup as Filip performs a piece. Lee Gotham 00:21:55 [Thanks Filip. Announces a break. Begins to announce next raffle draw.] | Video Description: Loose closeup zooms out to long shot as Gotham speaks into the mic. Colin Christie and Corey Frost 00:27:37 [Colin Christie and Corey Frost in media res performing a piece about suicide. Alternate between singing songs such as “Crimson and Clover” by Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette, single, 1968), vocally imitating vehicles, and performing the piece. Play the children’s clapping game “Miss Mary Mack.” Applause.] | Video Description: Long shot of Christie and Frost performing a piece without mics, singing, walking around the stage area, gesturing, and becoming different characters for an embodied and theatrical performance. Christie wears a light blue long-sleeved plaid shirt open atop a black shirt, a necklace, and light brown hair. Frost wears a plaid vest atop a medium blue plaid shirt, a necklace with a large gold ring, and long curly dark brown hair. Lee Gotham 00:28:45 [Announces raffle draw. Thanks audience for coming out. Lists prizes, including one copy of Keith Henderson’s The Beekeeper (DC Books, 1990), one copy of Raymond Filip’s After the Fireworks (Guernica, 1989), [?] [Norris?] collection, and rocks between the dead (?). Announces Endre Farkas will perform next. Invites Farkas to the stage.] | Video Description: Long shot zooms into medium shot as Gotham speaks into mic. Reads titles from books. Zooms into loose closeup as Gotham introduces Endre Farkas. Endre Farkas 00:31:09 [Announces a collaborative performance with Suzanne Nuttall on March 27th, 1995 at Enough Said. Mentions that a reporter Juliet Waters of The Montreal Mirror called him a “literary sperm salesman.” Says he will defend himself by reading the letter he wrote to The Montreal Mirror. Reads letter beginning with the line “Not only is Miss Waters ignorant in referring to the Muses [Farkas’ publishing company, The Muses’ Company] as ‘literary sperm salesmen’ but she is also a sexist [Sal?]” Applause.] | Video Description: Loose closeup of Farkas speaking into the mic. Zooms into closeup as Farkas reads letter. Farkas wears a black, long-sleeved collared shirt and a dark moustache, and is balding on top of head. Sharon H. Nelson 00:33:37 Can I read my letter? | Video Description: Off-screen. Endre Farkas 00:33:45 [Addressing Nelson] Oh, you wanna do it now? | Video Description: Loose closeup as Farkas speaks to Nelson. Sharon H. Nelson 00:33:47 [Announces she will deliver her letter to The Montreal Mirror. | Video Description: Loose closeup as Nelson adjusts mic and speaks into it. Nelson wears a dark brown vest a top a floral print collared shirt a top a white shirt, thin silver chain, medium brown hair in a loose ponytail. Audience_Member3 00:34:01 [Addressing Nelson] Why is this happening now? | Video Description: Off-screen. Sharon H. Nelson 00:34:03 [Addressing Audience_Member3] I don’t know, because Endre started it. | Video Description: Loose closeup as Nelson speaks into the mic. Audience_Member3 00:34:05 [Addressing Nelson] This isn’t The Mirror’s [evening?] | Video Description: Off-screen Sharon H. Nelson 00:34:08 [Addressing Audience_Member3] Um, it is in a way. | Video Description: Closeup zooms into extreme closeup as Nelson speaks into the mic. Lee Gotham 00:34:11 Well, the notice was specifically about this evening. | Video Description: Off-screen. Sharon H. Nelson 00:34:14 [Reads letter to The Montreal Mirror beginning with the line “Juliette Waters described participants in the February 13th En Marge benefit at Bistro Quatre as ‘literary sperm salesmen.’” Applause.] | Loose closeup zooms into closeup as Nelson speaks into the mic. Endre Farkas 00:36:23 [Mentions he will read love poetry. Performs a piece titled “Wandering Gypsy” from his collection “Szerbusz” (DaVinci Press, 1974). Applause.] | Video Description: Loose closeup as Farkas speaks into the mic and performs a piece. Endre Farkas 00:38:13 [Introduces and performs “A Vegetarian Ear Eater” dedicated to professional wrestler Killer Kowalski. Applause.] | Video Description: Medium shot as Farkas speaks into the mic and performs a piece. Endre Farkas 00:41:58 [Introduces and performs prose poem from his collection From Here to Here (The Muses' Company, 1982) beginning with the line “To get there, you take all sorts of roads.” Applause] | Video Description: Medium shot as Farkas speaks into the mic. Zooms into loose closeup as Farkas performs a piece. Endre Farkas 00:45:50 [Introduces and performs piece for his daughter Katherine titled “Why I Didn’t Write You a Poem on Your Birthday.” Applause.] | Video Description: Loose closeup as Farkas speaks into mic and performs a piece. Endre Farkas 00:47:29 [Introduces and performs a parody of Ginsberg’s “Sunflower Sutra” called “Maple Leaf Rag.” Applause.] | Video Description: Loose closeup as Farkas speaks into mic and performs a piece. Endre Farkas 00:51:26 [Introduces and performs piece titled “Heirloom” dedicated to A.M. Klein from new collection titled Surviving Words (The Muses' Company, 1994.) Applause.] | Video Description: Loose closeup as Farkas speaks into mic and performs a piece. Lee Gotham 00:54:16 [Skips to Gotham introducing Steve Luxton.] | Video Description: Loose closeup zooms into closeup as Gotham speaks into mic. Steve Luxton 00:55:08 [Introduces and performs piece titled “Hermit Crab Song.” Applause.] | Video Description: Loose closeup zooms out to medium shot as Luxton speaks into mic and performs a piece. Luxton wears a red button-down shirt, round metal-rimmed glasses, wavy blonde ear-length hair. Steve Luxton 00:56:19 [Introduces and performs piece titled “Bedouin Song.”] | Video Description: Loose closeup as Luxton speaks into mic and performs a piece. Steve Luxton 00:58:32 [Introduces and performs piece titled “[Joining?] on de Bullion Street.” Applause.] | Video Description: Loose closeup as Luxton speaks into mic and performs a piece. Steve Luxton 01:00:11 [Mentions he went to an American school for writing under the “founding confessionalist poet” W.D. Snodgrass. Performs a piece beginning with the line “The writer is middle age.” Applause.] | Video Description: Closeup zooms out to medium shot as Luxton speaks into the mic and performs a piece. Steve Luxton 01:02:22 [Introduces and performs a piece titled “Sweeney Todd.” Applause.] | Video Description: Medium shot zooms into loose closeup as Luxton speaks into the mic and performs a piece. Lee Gotham 01:05:52 [Announces there will be two more raffle draws and two more door prize draws. Introduces Sharon H. Nelson to the stage. Applause.] | Video Description: Medium long shot of Gotham speaking into the mic. Sharon H. Nelson 01:07:01 [Thanks Gotham. Introduces and performs piece titled “How to Read a Poem” from her collection A Room of One’s Own (unable to find this collection online.) Applause] | Video Description: Medium shot zooms into closeup as Nelson speaks into the mic and performs a piece. Sharon H. Nelson 01:10:15 [Introduces and performs piece titled “Sometimes I Think of You” about Montreal artist Seymour Segal, who designed the covers for Nelson’s collections The Work of Our Hands (The Muses' Company, 1992) and Grasping Men’s Metaphors. Applause.] | Closeup as Nelson speaks into the mic, shows the audience two books, and performs a piece. Sharon H. Nelson 01:18:36 [Seems to ask Gotham how long she has left to read.] | Video Description: Off-screen. Lee Gotham 01:18:40 [Says Nelson should do one more.] | Video Description: Off-screen. Sharon H. Nelson 01:18:47 [Introduces and performs piece inspired by “Last Dance at the Four Penny” by Leonard Cohen titled “Freylekh” from her collection Grasping Men’s Metaphors (The Muses' Company, 1993). Applause.] | Video Description: Closeup as Nelson speaks into the mic and performs a piece. Lee Gotham 01:26:23 [Thanks Nelson. Invites Ian Ferrier to the stage.] | Video Description: Medium closeup zooms out to medium long shot as Gotham speaks into the mic. Ian Ferrier 01:26:47 [Introduces and performs a piece titled “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.” Laughter throughout. Applause.] Video Description: Unzipped black winter jacket atop a black graphic t-shirt with a white logo, dark brown hair with a strip shaved out of it from above left eye to crown of head. Medium shot zooms into closeup as Ferrier adjusts the mic, speaks into the mic, and performs a piece. Ian Ferrier 01:31:36 [Introduces and performs a piece titled “The Theatre of Three AM.” Applause.] | Video Description: Closeup as Ian Ferrier speaks into the mic and performs a piece. Ian Ferrier 01:33:03 [Introduces and performs a piece titled “Politician.” Laughter throughout. Applause.] | Video Description: Closeup as Ian Ferrier speaks into the mic and performs a piece. [Bistro 4 stage] 01:35:40 [Ambient noise, applause.] | Closeup zooms out to a long shot of the lone mic on the stage. Lee Gotham 01:35:55 [Announces the last two raffle draws. Lists prizes, including one copy of Gary Geddes’ Light of Burning Towers (Signal Editions, [Véhicule Press],1990), one copy of Raymond Filip’s After the Fireworks, one copy of Moosehead Anthology, and one copy of Keith Henderson’s The Beekeeper. Announces winning number. Gives winner prizes.] | Video Description: Medium shot as Gotham speaks into mic, reads number off of piece of paper, and gives raffle winner a stack of books. Lee Gotham 01:38:05 [Lists prizes, including one tape of ga press poetry performances and one copy of issue one and one copy of issue two of Pawn Press’s literary/cultural journal. Announces winning number. Gives winner prizes.] | Video Description: Medium shot as Gotham speaks into the mic while holding a casette and two thin volumes, reads number off of piece of paper, and gives raffle winner prizes. Lee Gotham 01:39:32 [Introduces Sonja Skarstedt. Mentions that she is the editor of Empyreal Press. Applause throughout.] | Video Description: Medium shot as Gotham speaks into the mic. Audience_Member1 01:40:05 Can you introduce Sonja first, please? She has waited so long. | Video Description: Off-screen. Lee Gotham 01:40:08 [Introduces Skarstedt again. Invites her to the stage.] | Video Description: Medium shot as Gotham speaks into the mic. Audience_Member1 01:40:21 And a damn fine poet in her own right. | Video Description: Off-screen. Lee Gotham 01:40:22 [Echoes Unknown_Audience1. Notes that first edition of Empyreal's existence will be read from.] | Video Description: Loose closeup as Gotham speaks into the mic. Sonja Skarstedt 01:40:46 [Introduces and performs ekphrastic piece titled “Blue Teardrop” written about a painting by a seven-year-old girl.] | Video Description: Medium shot zooms into medium closeup as Skarstedt speaks into the mic. Skarstedt wears a purple sweater, striped scarf in various shades of purple, light brown shoulder length hair tucked behind ears, and long hanging earrings. Sonja Skarstedt 01:43:20 [Introduces and performs titular piece from second manuscript titled Demolition Symphony (Empyreal Press, 1995). Applause.] | Video Description: Medium closeup as Skarstedt speaks into the mic and performs a piece. Sonja Skarstedt 01:46:35 [Introduces and performs “voyeuristic” piece titled “Rue de l’Esplanade: Voyeurs.” | Video Description: Medium closeup as Skarstedt speaks into the mic and performs a piece. Sonja Skarstedt 01:48:55 Am I running out of time? | Video Description: Medium closeup as Skarstedt speaks into the mic. Lee Gotham 01:48:57 Do another! [Applause.] | Video Description: Off-screen. Sonja Skarstedt 01:49:05 [Introduces and performs a “typical Montreal poem” about the Montreal International Jazz Festival titled “Street Fest in the Key of J.” Applause.] | Video Description: Medium closeup as s introduces a piece. Zooms into closeup as Skarstedt performs a piece. Lee Gotham 01:52:57 [Thanks Skarstedt. Announces Skarstedt will perform with Lynn Suderman next month. Thanks performers and audience for attending.] | Video Description: Medium closeup as Gotham runs left hand through hair and speaks into the mic. [Audience] 01:54:02 Video Description: Zooms out to show audience putting on jackets and talking to each other. [No signal] 01:54:08 [Ambient sounds (white noise).] | Video Description: Black screen with static. END 01:54:16 [End of recording.]

Notes:

Part 1 of event recording starts at 04:57:21:66 of VHS #2 asset. Part 2 starts at 00:00:00:00 of VHS #3 asset. Both assets contain multiple events.

NOTES

Type:

Cataloguer

Note:

Carlos A. Pittella

Type:

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VHS #2 asset. Contains recordings of multiple events: (1) Enough Said 1995-01-16, bissett and Nelson; (2) Enough Said 1995-01-30, Stanton and Stephens; (3) Enough Said 1995-02-06, Brulé; and (4) Enough Said 1995-02-13, Benefit Part 1. The asset was digitized, generating both uncompressed and compressed video files; the compressed files were then split into events to facilitate the transcription work. Metadata entries based on events.

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VHS #3 asset. Contains recordings of multiple events: (1) Enough Said 1995-02-13, Benefit Part 2; (2) Enough Said 1995-02-20, Backo and Groupe de Poésie Moderne; (3) Enough Said 1995-02-27, Skarstedt and Suderman; and (4) Enough Said 1995-03-06, Phineas Flower Trio and Godin Part 1. The asset was digitized, generating both uncompressed and compressed video files; the compressed files were then split into events to facilitate the transcription work. Metadata entries based on events.