Annotation

00:00:00.00

Recording starts immediately with reading; not clear if poem's title or extra poetic speech is excluded from recording.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:00:00.10

Reads first line "Big there lady all come together..."

 

Maxine Gadd

00:02:20.91

I promised to Hackett, though the memory's gone, of all I thought worthy to tell you, the person.  [NOT CLEAR IF THIS IS A SEPARATE POEM OR CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUS.]

 

Maxine Gadd

00:02:29.46

Reads possible first line "The glistening tower in the ozone..."

 

Maxine Gadd

00:11:10.44

This is the thing that the guy that held onto the raft for fourteen days knew.  This is what Armstrong, Collins and Riley out there, those astronauts, this is what they saved up for.  It had to be good.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:11:29.74

Reads first line "I am obedient to every sign..."

 

Maxine Gadd

00:15:48.81

Continues with "At this point there's a maniac treading the stairs above my head"

 

Maxine Gadd

00:19:49.66

Continues with "No burn--the doctor promised this won't hurt"

 

Maxine Gadd

00:23:31.53

That's the end of that one.

 

Annotation

00:23:33.72

Applause.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:23:40.53

I think I made enough noise for a while, huh?  My voice is getting sort of sore, or, you know, like that was a trip, so.  I got a lot of poems, but...Did you feel like reading now or should we have a break or what?  Do you think...do you think we should read some more or what?  I got...

 

Maxine Gadd

00:23:57.41

You want to read some more?

 

Annotation

00:23:59.01

Inaudible - noise near mic, comments between Maxine Gadd and introducer off-mic, inaudible.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:24:03.66

Do you want to read some more?

 

Maxine Gadd

00:24:04.72

I don't know.  I've not nothing in particular form, just bits, that's the problem.

 

Richard Sommer

00:24:12.16

You can't do the one on the Goat-God....

 

Maxine Gadd

00:24:13.66

Okay, I'll do the Go-god.  Well okay, do you want to try improvising to a trip that's here?  I'll let you read it.

 

Richard Sommer

00:24:22.32

Seriously I'll do that?

 

Maxine Gadd

00:24:23.23

Yeah.  It's just going to be some sounds.

 

Richard Sommer

00:24:24.76

Okay.  I don't know if I can [inaudible]

 

Maxine Gadd

00:24:27.29

I gotta find it first.  What's that.  [Inaudible comment off-mic]  Are we?  Oh, sorry.  God.

 

Annotation

00:24:38.85

Some conversation off-mic; comments inaudible.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:24:39.38

What?  The flute?  I think it's over there.  For fun...the same message...I'm asking...Richard's going to make some noise with my flute.

 

Richard Sommer

00:24:55.17

I'll make some noise if you'll give me a microphone.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:24:57.28

Okay.  Which one do you want?  Let's share it.

 

Richard Sommer

00:25:01.63

Give me the [inaudible]

 

Maxine Gadd

00:25:02.43

It goes with the poem.

 

Richard Sommer

00:25:05.89

When'd you do that?

 

Maxine Gadd

00:25:06.71

What?

 

Richard Sommer

00:25:07.60

This, this knot.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:25:08.56

I tied myself into it.

 

Richard Sommer

00:25:11.76

Oh here we go.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:25:12.91

I don't even know if I can find it.  All these little pieces, pieces, pieces.  Oh, here it is.  Now how it goes, you have to keep quiet until...let's see now.  He's never done this before.

 

Richard Sommer

00:25:40.59

What did, yeah, what do you want me to with it?

 

Maxine Gadd

00:25:42.81

Okay, this is called "Shore Animals," and it's a speech-piece with flute, and the flute has to listen.  It can speak too.  [Laughter] You have to listen to it.  You never heard it

 

Richard Sommer

00:25:57.82

I think it's learning how to speak.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:26:01.03

It's called "Shore Animals," it's a speech piece with flute.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:26:07.24

Reads "Shore Animals" with flute by Richard [Sommers]

 

Maxine Gadd

00:30:13.72

[Groans]  Maybe I'll try to try that one...[Laughs]

 

Annotation

00:30:15.85

Applause.

 

Richard Sommers

00:30:24.14

I'll give you your microphone back.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:30:25.66

Yes.  How many minutes we got?

 

Richard Sommers

00:30:29.41

I don't know.  [Inaudible]

 

Maxine Gadd

00:30:35.44

Okay, I'm going to read, I'm going to do, this one's totally mindless, okay?  It's dedicated to my friend Gerry Gilbert who used to like to do those trips.  And you can go to sleep or something, because that's what I want you to do.

 

Maxine Gadd

00:30:51.96

Reads "Cantaloup, 29 cents"

 

Annotation

00:38:33.34

Applause.

 

Annotation

00:38:37.60

END OF RECORDING

 

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