[{"id":"6421","cataloger_name":["Linara,Kolosov"],"partnerInstitution":["Simon Fraser University"],"collection_source_collection":["Gerry Gilbert Fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Gerry Gilbert Fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["SFU Library"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_description":["The Gerry Gilbert Fonds collects materials from Vancouver poet Gerry Gilbert. Gilbert was a multimedia artist and writer who published 19 books between 1960 and 2006. This collection contains poetry recordings of Gilbertu2019s, including a large number of tapes from u201cradiofreerainforest,u201d the radio show he hosted. radiofreerainforest [sic] aired on Vancouver co-op radio CFRO-FM Radio beginning in the spring of 1985 and ran well into the 1990s. The show consisted of interviews, readings, and discussions with local, national and international literary figures such as Maxine Gadd, Judith Copithorne, Steve McCaffery, bpNichol, and WIlliam Burroughs."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 14"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["radiofreerainforest 29 April, 1990, and Bruce Anders reading at the Western Front on 12 May, 1990"],"item_title_source":["cassette and j-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Broadcast"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["No Copyright non commercial reuse only (NoCNC)"],"creator_names":["Stetar, Doug","Culley, Peter","Radul, Judy","Timewell, Lary","Mittenthal, Robert","Robertson, Lisa","Shaw, Nancy","Smith, Colin","Steele, Julia","Andrews, Bruce","Derksen, Jeff","Gilbert, Gerry"],"creator_names_search":["Stetar, Doug","Culley, Peter","Radul, Judy","Timewell, Lary","Mittenthal, Robert","Robertson, Lisa","Shaw, Nancy","Smith, Colin","Steele, Julia","Andrews, Bruce","Derksen, Jeff","Gilbert, Gerry"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Stetar, Doug\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/166436053\",\"name\":\"Culley, Peter\",\"dates\":\"1958-2015\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/16537379\",\"name\":\"Radul, Judy\",\"dates\":\"1962-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/68009652\",\"name\":\"Timewell, Lary\",\"dates\":\"1950-\",\"notes\":\"The host; on the j-card it's written Bremner, Lary\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\" http://viaf.org/viaf/45924514\",\"name\":\"Mittenthal, Robert\",\"dates\":\"1957-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/52001659\",\"name\":\"Robertson, Lisa\",\"dates\":\"1961-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/53241677\",\"name\":\"Shaw, Nancy \",\"dates\":\"1962-2007\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/17229643\",\"name\":\"Smith, Colin\",\"dates\":\"1944-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/272696517\",\"name\":\"Steele, Julia\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"Spelled Steel on the j-card\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/106267587\",\"name\":\"Andrews, Bruce\",\"dates\":\"1948-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/30591332\",\"name\":\"Derksen, Jeff\",\"dates\":\"1958-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/13554305\",\"name\":\"Gilbert, Gerry\",\"dates\":\" 1936-2009\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Producer\",\"Recordist\",\"Donor\",\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]}]"],"Production_Date":[1990],"Performance_Date":[1990],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"\",\"AV_types\":\"\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"\",\"physical_composition\":\"\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"},{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/1617/radiofreerainforest_3.1.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Excellent\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:30:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"Excellent\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"J-card\",\"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"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/radiofreerainforest-127/radiofreerainforest-29-april-1990-and-bruce-anders-reading-western-front-12\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MSC14-3.1-Side A.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:45:50\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"53.2 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\":\"https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/radiofreerainforest-128/radiofreerainforest-29-april-1990-and-bruce-anders-reading-western-front-12\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MSC14-3.1-Side B.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:38:53\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"43.8 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\":\"1990-04-07\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"The Kootenay School of Writing's 5th anniversary In Vancouver Reading at the Western Front \",\"source\":\"J-card\"},{\"date\":\"1990-04-22\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"Side 1/2 is in a cassette dated RFRF April 22, 1990\",\"source\":\"J-card\"},{\"date\":\"1990-05-12\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"Bruce Andrews reading ; side 1/3\",\"source\":\"J-card\"},{\"date\":\"1990-04-29\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"The Kootenay School of Writing's 5th anniversary In Vancouver Reading at the Western Front, side 2/2\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/292460590\",\"venue\":\"The Western Front\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"303, East 8th Avenue, The Village Shops, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"49.26391\",\"longitude\":\"-123.09869\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7802936235\",\"venue\":\"Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"370 Columbia St, Vancouver, BC V6A 4J1\",\"latitude\":\"49.2818703\",\"longitude\":\"-123.1022474\"}]"],"Address":["303, East 8th Avenue, The Village Shops, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada","370 Columbia St, Vancouver, BC V6A 4J1"],"Venue":["The Western Front","Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM"],"City":["Vancouver, British Columbia","Vancouver, British Columbia"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Liner Notes: see photo\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670555280998404,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:59.632Z","score":5.6749716},{"id":"6395","cataloger_name":["Mozhgan,Nourafkan"],"partnerInstitution":["Simon Fraser University"],"collection_source_collection":["Gerry Gilbert Fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Gerry Gilbert Fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["SFU Library"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_description":["The Gerry Gilbert Fonds collects materials from Vancouver poet Gerry Gilbert. Gilbert was a multimedia artist and writer who published 19 books between 1960 and 2006. This collection contains poetry recordings of Gilbertu2019s, including a large number of tapes from u201cradiofreerainforest,u201d the radio show he hosted. radiofreerainforest [sic] aired on Vancouver co-op radio CFRO-FM Radio beginning in the spring of 1985 and ran well into the 1990s. The show consisted of interviews, readings, and discussions with local, national and international literary figures such as Maxine Gadd, Judith Copithorne, Steve McCaffery, bpNichol, and WIlliam Burroughs."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 14"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["radiofreerainforest 8,15, and 19 May, 1988"],"item_title_source":["cassette and j-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Broadcast"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["No Copyright non commercial reuse only (NoCNC)"],"creator_names":["Cummings, Peter Mervyn","Wharton, Calvin","Derksen, Jeff","Smith, Colin","Chambers, Carole","Timewell, Lary","Gilbert, Gerry","MacLeod, Kathryn"],"creator_names_search":["Cummings, Peter Mervyn","Wharton, Calvin","Derksen, Jeff","Smith, Colin","Chambers, Carole","Timewell, Lary","Gilbert, Gerry","MacLeod, Kathryn"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/272609529\",\"name\":\"Cummings, Peter Mervyn \",\"dates\":\"1937- \",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/23765293\",\"name\":\"Wharton, Calvin\",\"dates\":\"1952- \",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/30591332\",\"name\":\"Derksen, Jeff\",\"dates\":\"1958-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/17229643\",\"name\":\"Smith, Colin\",\"dates\":\"1944-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/105114644\",\"name\":\"Chambers, Carole\",\"dates\":\"1944-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/68009652\",\"name\":\"Timewell, Lary\",\"dates\":\"1950-\",\"notes\":\"Also known as Bremner, Lary\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Author\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/13554305\",\"name\":\"Gilbert, Gerry\",\"dates\":\"1936-2009\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Producer\",\"Series organizer\",\"Donor\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/65537152\",\"name\":\"MacLeod, Kathryn\",\"dates\":\"1962-\",\"notes\":\"Not sure about the permalink (URL link). There is another link for the same name but with a different date of birth (http://viaf.org/viaf/40907463)  \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Reader\"]}]"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[]}]"],"Production_Date":[1988],"Performance_Date":[1988],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/1556/Gerry Gilbert Fonds_MsC14_115.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Excellent\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"J-card\",\"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"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/radiofreerainforest-49/radiofreerainforest-815-19-may-1988-part-1\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MSC14-115-Side B.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:37:53\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"43.2 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\":\"https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/radiofreerainforest-50/radiofreerainforest-815-19-may-1988-part-2\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"MSC14-115-Side A.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:41:05\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"46.8 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\":\"1988-04-29\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"Carole Chambers reads on this date.\",\"source\":\"J-card\"},{\"date\":\"1988-05-08\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"Tsunami Edition and Fissure Books Benefit at the Western Front\",\"source\":\"J-card\"},{\"date\":\"1988-05-15\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"Tsunami Edition and Fissure Books Benefit at the Western Front\",\"source\":\"J-card\"},{\"date\":\"1988-05-02\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"Tsunami Edition and Fissure Books Benefit at the Western Front\",\"source\":\"J-card\"},{\"date\":\"1988-05-19\",\"type\":\"Production Date\",\"notes\":\"Carole Chambers reading\",\"source\":\"J-card\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/292460590\",\"venue\":\"The Western Front\",\"notes\":\"Tsunami Edition and Fissure Books Benefit reading\",\"address\":\"303, East 8th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, V5T 1S1, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"49.26392\",\"longitude\":\"-123.09870\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7802936235\",\"venue\":\"Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"370 Columbia St, Vancouver, BC V6A 4J1\",\"latitude\":\"49.2818703\",\"longitude\":\"-123.1022474\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3974498662\",\"venue\":\"R2B2: Books Books\",\"notes\":\"Carole Chambers reads there.\",\"address\":\"2100 W 4th Ave Vancouver, BC V6K 1N6\",\"latitude\":\"49.2679903\",\"longitude\":\"-123.1529668\"}]"],"Address":["303, East 8th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, V5T 1S1, Canada","370 Columbia St, Vancouver, BC V6A 4J1","2100 W 4th Ave Vancouver, BC V6K 1N6"],"Venue":["The Western Front","Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM","R2B2: Books Books"],"City":["Vancouver, British Columbia","Vancouver, British Columbia","Vancouver, British Columbia"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Liner Notes: see photo\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670555283095555,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:59.632Z","score":5.6749716}]