Sleeve Notes for “Los Angeles Bards - Live In Pasadena” (CD/Mp3)

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1. Terry Cannon - “Host Intro 0:20

3. Harry E. Northup -” birth movies child rest glow learn church steal run hide” 3:42

He’s made a living as an actor, appearing in 37 films (inc. Taxi Driver, Silence of the Lambs). Published eight books of poetry (inc. Amarillo Born, Reunions).

4. Harry E. Northup - commentary w/ stanza 0:42

5. Joel Lipman - “Passing through the Big Leagues” 5:10

Joel Lipman is a long-suffering, wait til-next-year, born ‘n bred Cub fan. He’s also an Emmy nominated television writer/producer and the father of two soon to be long-suffering, wait-til- next-year, LA born ‘n bred Cub fans. Trust me, it doesn’t skip a generation.

6. Philomene Long - “Marcus Aurelius at a Dodger Game: Kirk Gibson Up To Bat” 9:13

Born in Greenwich Village. Youthful ambition to be St. Theresa. Became a nun; then escaped in search of beatitude among the saints and mad ones of Venice West.
And live ever after with poet John Thomas at the desperate edge of America.

7. Fred Voss “On Stage” 2:00

He’s been working in factories, machine shops and steel mills for 25 years with men from Mexico, Guatemala, Russia: men crazy and funny and brave. He’s done five
reading tours of the UK.

8. Fred Voss - “Still in the Game” 1:10

9. Chef Guillaune “How Does God Fit In To Baseball?” 2:59

Artist, chef, malcontent, Episcopalian, pagan, Gypsyssippian.

10. Joan Jobe Smith - “Ted Williams’ Tongue as Recalled by a Former Cocktail Waitress Tomato” 2:58

Widely published in the UK and the USA, she’s the founding editor of Pearl and The Bukowski Review. In 8th Grade PE hit a grand slam home run, but none of her
team (all girls) knew what a grand slam was, so this feat was never documented, unti lnow.

11. Joan Jobe Smith - “Steve Bilko Taught Me How To Spit” 3:17

12. “Seventh Inning Stretch” 0:41

13. Eloise Klein Healy- “Asking About You” 1:34

Author of five books of poetry. Formerly an infielder and pitcher for The Pixies (Burbank, Calif.) and went on to found the MFA Creative Writing Program at Antioch University in Los Angeles.

14. Eloise Klein Healy - “Double Play” 1:05

15. Gerald Locklin - “Opening Day” 3:32

Teaching in the English Dept. at Cal State Long Beach since 1965. Published over 100 volumes of poetry and prose, most of which are available from Water Row Books.

16. Michael C Ford - “Grounding Out in Southern California” 3:07

Steady publication of print and recorded product since 1970. Grammy nomination (Language Commando, SST vinyl disk, 1986). Pulitzer Prize nomination (Emergency Exits, Amaranth Editions, 1998).

- Harlan Steinberger, Michael C Ford, Terry Cannon (producers)

- May Reigler, Tucker (live recording engineers)

- Harlan Steinberger (audio editor)

- Doug Schwartz (mastering engineer)

- Ben Sakoguchi (cover painting)

- Chester Crill (baseball player collage)

- Michael Guccione (baseball card art)

- Jen Baers (graphic design)

SPECIAL THANKS
- Mary Cannon
- Jan Sakoguchi
- Bernadette Glover and Luis Herrera of the Pasadena Public Library
- The Baseball Reliquary Inc.

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