Reel 0621, 1961 March

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Note 1: "March 1961. Joanita at studio. Stereo 3 7/8. Johnny, Carole, Gene, Lou? Etc."; Note 2: CDI 1. buzz and male and female voices off mic 2. cont'd, no buzz, darkroom sound, Carole Thomas addressed, Pageboy, buzz, talk off mic. 3. cont'd, bad static/buzz 4. ambient loft, whistling, photography talk, preparation for gallery type show. Mckenna and Smith mentioned. lots of talking about photography, Dave Heath (not there), the Lange Gallery, ideas, cleaning the loft "tonight" Pop Photo. Pierce, Ted Cushing 5. "Carole wouldn't let me" CDII 1. talk in loft cont'd, Smith and others, "Goodbye Carole, goodbye Gene" "Molly" leaving 2. "what's this about thieves, Gene?" Smith trying to track down missing items, Smith: "Do you characters know how to peel Polaroid?" 3. photo talk includes Polaroid film 4. weird clicking noises and Smith instructing use of Polaroid print/negative 5. "Lou" "in honor of Jeff Gordon" "boric acid or something" Then, reading instructions out loud. 6. cont'd darkroom instuction, chemicals and photo talk, 7. deciding how to work wiith prints, drying process, Smith, Lou (Draper?), Carole Thomas in loft. Someone asking to borrow a roll of film from Smith 8. "Is Hall still teaching?" ..."I don't know whether he is or not...he was on WBAI the other day." Looking for sodium carbonate. other developer, Lou looking. 9. putter and more darkroom work 10. darkroom cont'd dropout 11. Pageboy and silence through 13. CDIII 1. silence cont'd with Pageboy on 4. 5. putter close to mic and "Gene" Carole Thomas talking to W. Eugene Smith 6. photo talk, 7. cont'd talk and phone ringing 8. darkroom sounds 9. cont'd 10. cont'd and "pictures that haven't been published" 11. buzz/Pageboy/ambient loft darkroom -14. door opens at end CDIV 1. Pageboy, Buzz and door sound 2. cont'd door again 3. footsteps and cont'd ambient with buzz -9 10. talk, putter, buzz, siren, and street sounds, mic tamper at end. Jumps to Smith testing mic by clapping then 11. Smith talking about cleaning soap, (caustic) photo discussion and "tell him if he can try to get all of each size stacked together." 12. cont'd ambient, Carole Thomas and Smith talk at end. CDV 1. conversation with two males. and female 2. cont'd play talk and darkroom water sounds. 3. negatives, printing discussion, "I hope this book comes out OK for Gene." 4. phone near mic "He never answers the phone up here." Yells to Smith, Carole arrives. Gary's phone (?) 5. piano starts under talk, mention of Grace Mara, Wayne Miller, his wife, and photos arriving. and spotting done. 6. buzz and ambient 7. cont'd. vox, darkroom sounds, phone, talk, and darkroom work 8. cont'd talk, "Is that you? I thought it was Carole. Crazy place." 9. "did you find the Paradise Garden...in circles." Water and talk off mic. 10. cont'd 11. Smith talking about cat, color film, prints, 12. darkroom and talk off mic 13. looking at prints, "Oh very good now I can see that, it looks beautiful." Prints yet to be sprayed with "Tough Film" product 14. cont'd talk CDVI 1. cont'd darkroom ambient, and work sounds Brief piano on other floor/other room. 2. cont'd with putter 3. voices in stairwell, 2 female voices, one is Carole Thomas. Current photo work talk. 4. street noise 5. cont'd 6. "Smith, Thomas and other stalking about phot work 7. cont'd, DX-65 mentioned. 8. buzz talk, silence (dropout) 9. cont'd 10. cont'd 11. jumps back to loft talk and pinao in background, mention of Pittsburgh CDVII 1. loft putter, "shark bite" and quiet talk 2. Smith talking with Lou, photo work. street ambient and tire screech 3. Carole Smith and Lou talk 4. mentions Joan of Arc, harmonica played "Peg Leg Bates" mentioned. 5. pohto work and spotting, 6. "is that a bonjo I hear?" "Ruby" frames and photo talk, cost of frames. 7. small talk, work talk 8. con'td, mention of Scotch and cat 9. small talk, and prints stack "..Dan, I'll be right in." Mention of "Eddie Floyd" 10. Paradise Garden mentioned and ambient 11. cont'd loft/street ambient 12. cont'd 13. cont'd, some footsteps CDVIII (similar?);

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