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Pablo Neruda Memorial & Tribute Program
Call Number: CAP 054 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: A. Alegria, L. BanskyCollection: Political issues of the time – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Raw materials for Pablo Neruda Memorial & Tribute
For Neruda, For Chile Poetry Reading at Glide Church
In Tzotzil
Poem describing the reactions of "Indians" to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States which makes clear that everywhere else in the world has suffered their own bombings and terror, so truly it is not that "the world will never be the same" so much as "the US will never be the same". Highlights how other countries see the US and the need for the US to reexamine how it relates to and perceives the rest of the world.
The Night Before New Years 1989
Date: 12/31/1989Call Number: KP 249AFormat: Cass AProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: General materials
To the meter of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", the poem briefly comments on the main socio-political events and ills of 1989, highlighting the fall of the Berlin wall and communism. The poem concludes that the persistent conflicts and hallow "victories" over them can only be fixed through tolerance and understanding each other
Mission Artists: Editorial Pocho-Che
Date: 2/12/1972Call Number: CD 571Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Mission Artists read poetry and play music. SENSITIVE LANGUAGE.
Featuring poets Roberto Vargas, Elias Hruska Cortes, Alejandro Murgia; and musicians Richard Carrillo (guitar) and Nero de Grazia (Congas). Mission Arts Alliance and Writers Workshop.
United Farm Workers (UFW) Poetry reading at St. Peter’s
Date: 7/14/1972Call Number: CD 573 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The Third World Poets read and perform their work at a benefit for the United Farmworkers at St. Peter’s Hall on Alabama St. in San Francisco.
The Lenny Bruce Originals (Vol. 1)-"The Sick Humor of Lenny Bruce" (F-7003)
A copy of the original recording of "The Sick Humor of Lenny Bruce" LP. Comprised of fourteen skits written by Lenny Bruce on topics covering religion, President Eisenhower and his Chief of Staff Sherman Adams, the Vietnam War, U.S. judicial system, obscenity, the tragedy of United Airline Flight 629, Adolf Hitler, as well as many other comtemporary issues. Also included are two interviews on Dr. Sholem Stein and Oscar Petterstein credited to Henry Jacob and Woodrow Leafer.
Kate Wolf Memorial Show
Date: 12/17/1986Call Number: KP 274Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFAProgram: Accross the Great DivideCollection: General materials
Robbie Osman hosts a Kate Wolf memorial show with Wavy Gravy, Hugh Shacklet, and Nina Gerber one week after her death (December 10th 1986). Includes unpublished music and poetry.
June Jordan Poetry reading
June Jordan reads her poems about Black women's struggles, love, rape, and male authority. She dedicates one poem to Fannie Lou Hammer. The audience asks her questions about her work.
Real Dragon
Date: 11/18/1972Call Number: RD 026 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Lincoln Bergman (on Oneness show)Program: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with story about two black students killed in Baton Rouge, then the acquittal of Billy Dean Smith on fragging charges, Tom Hayden reporting on trip to Vietnam. Lincoln Bergman recites "The Bitter River" by Langston Hughes, followed by "We Are Soldiers" civil rights song.
Real Dragon
Call Number: RD 064AFormat: Cass AProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon/Freedom IsCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
This is a 7 or 8 minute fund pitch for KPFA written and performed by Lincoln Bergman, to the "tune" of Edgar Allen Poe's Raven. Original music follows composed for bass clarinet and cello by Roland Young.
