[{"id":"5914","cataloger_name":["Isabella,Wang"],"partnerInstitution":["Simon Fraser University"],"collection_source_collection":["Reading in BC Collection"],"source_collection_label":["Reading in BC Collection"],"collection_contributing_unit":["SFU Library"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_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."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 199"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["Bill Bissett reading at the College of New Caledonia, [1971?] #224"],"item_title_source":["cassette and j-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Bisset, Bill"],"creator_names_search":["Bisset, Bill"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/96127023\",\"name\":\"Bisset, Bill\",\"dates\":\"1939-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]}]"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]}]"],"Production_Date":[1973],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/207/Readings in BC_MsC199_224.jpg\",\"other\":\"J-card\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"Second generation from Reel-to-Reel\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"Stereo\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Good\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Excellent\",\"track_configuration\":\"2 track\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"Black and white clear jewel case with J card\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"playback_mode":["Stereo"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"224-side-1.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:30:41\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"30.2 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\":\"224-side-2.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:27:58\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"28.4 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\":\"1973\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"Inventory\"},{\"date\":\"[1971?]\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"The date in inventory is different from what's written on the j-card. The mentioned date in inventory is 1973\\n\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/443237227\",\"venue\":\"The College of New Caledonia\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\" Imperial Parking, 3330 22 Ave, Prince George, BC V2N 1P8\",\"latitude\":\"53.90631\",\"longitude\":\"-122.78598\"}]"],"Address":[" Imperial Parking, 3330 22 Ave, Prince George, BC V2N 1P8"],"Venue":["The College of New Caledonia"],"content_notes":["SFU BC Readings formatting"],"contents":["Side\tTrack\tNo.\tComments\nOne\t\t000\t(Reading in progress) “In the mushroom village…”\n\t\t020\t“Killer Whale”\n\t\t070\t“The temple firing’\n\t\t111\t“Of the land, divine service…”\n\t\t129\t“For silver, and for gold…”\n\t\t150\t“The chain of gold which art of the children…”\n\t\t222\t“The day may come…”\n\t\t263\t“Hey you, noting eternity can be so cold…”\n\t\t279\t“This is a story called ‘The Molecular Robbery’.”\n\t\t374\t“Our friends in jail…”\n\t\t427\t“Holy day is due…”\n\t\t461\t“All the jewels in your carress…”\n\t\t501\tSound ends – no voice until 538; commences here in progress “what I’m going to do is a thing called :whisper piece.”\n\t\t\t(unidentified voice – bp Nichol?) speaks on and off mike\n\t\t555\t“M.L.’s dream”\n\t\t607\t“Flower Eyes”\n\t\t633\tRoars\n\t\t646\tRound breaks off\nTwo\t\t000\tOpens with rock and roll – Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Bette Midler to\n\t\t108\tBill Bissett: “did anyone see Bette Midler when she was in Vancouver?”\n\t\t113\t“The waterfalls in your mind and you get we too.”\n\t\t137\t“You want the music, you want the laughter…”\n\t\t167\t“I was just comin’ back from the V.G. clinic…”\n\t\t195\t“In this forest…”\n\t\t220\tSilence, B.B. comments, “You must think it’s crazy when I just sit here and turn pages…”\n\t\t230\tAnd turn pages…”\n\t\t232\t“Medicine”\n\t\t316\t“Your moon change into you…”\n\t\t355\t“To touch you…”\n\t\t406\t“Chile”\n\t\t422\t“And all the while we’re sitting here watching…”\n\t\t430\t“In Nova Scotia the people call shit houses Houses of Parliament…”\n\t\t457\t“Trail through the land.”\n\t\t497\t“O Kate, yu”\n\t\t524\t“Keep me alive”\n\t\t556\t“Where there is no ladder to/it takes me…”\n\t\t594\t“You are…”\n\t\t609\t“Small and tender creatures…”\n\t\t621\t“A chain of gold which art of the children…”\n\t\t663\t“The light is in thee…”  (from 606 to 733, silence)\n\t\t733\t“The endless spirit…”\nTwo\t\t850\t“We could start this one off by saying that you just clap your hands, period”\n\t\t861\t“Just a little song called “The Meeting”.  It could be anywhere – could be here.”\n\t\t957\tQuestion from the audience re Bissett’s chanting being “demagogic.”  \n\t\t993\tTape ends"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Liner Notes: Bill Bissett reading at The College of New Caledonia in 1971.\\n Side 1: 23:05 min \\nSide 2: 10:45 min \\nSevere distortion \\nDolby B\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670554196770816,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:58.590Z","score":5.2782125}]