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Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CD 1: In the loft. Female voice on stairs-Carole?-talking about a precocious boy. Difficult to hear. Tr. 2 1:30: Woman: "What of those unforeseen forces and so on, and what if there is a God, and what if this God does demand or answer when someone puts in a tremendous amount of time..." 3:15: "...have you read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse?" Discussion of God, spirituality continues (some hard to hear). Tr. 5 2:30: Smith and Carole (?) talk about shyness. Tr. 8: Japan, prejudice, horns tuning in the background. Last track: radio program on progressives v. conservatives. "Proposals for America in the 60s, pt. 2" by Arno Friselli (sp?), American correspondent for Milan's "Il Journo" on WBAI. Then, reading from Expressions of Sea Level by A.R. Ammons. CD 2: cont'd: "Sung Reassertions: After a Poem by William Carlos Williams." Amenian folk song on WBAI. Show (comedy) about juggernauts (??). CD 3: In the loft. Silence, typewriter, a little conversation at end. CD 4: Silence. Tr. 3: Smith talking into mic. Counts to 27. CD 5: *Smith weirdly talking into mic. Reading (off radio?). *Smith, counting 28-37, talks about technical problems in a weird voice. CD 6: In the loft-mostly silence, traffic. ;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CD 1: In the loft. Smith, Carole, another man ("Tommy Johns"?). Mostly Smith talking, laughter. Tr. 2, 2:00 (Talking to Carole): "…I was so sleepy I didn't take you seriously you know. I never really was aware there was a man out there…I heard something moaning, but I was so sleepy..." Tr. 3 1:20: Smith and Johns (?) start singing "Shall We Dance" and should like they're dancing together. "Can you imagine being awake for 4 or 5 days and having to do something really crazy?" Tr. 3 4:30 Johns: "This girl...she didn't offer me what I wanted..." Smith:"Well she must have had some sex appeal if she had a husband." Conv. continues about this recently ended relationship. Tr. 6, 2:18: Smith: "I don't care if your mother's name was Bonnie Fide, you're nothing but a faker!!" Carole says something. Smith: "Bonnie. You know, Bonnie Fide? Bona fide. Oh good god, why do I have to write these out with my cold blood?" CD 2: In the loft cont'd. Mostly distant conversation, faint non-jazz piano, stair-climbing. CD 3: Radio-old jazz, Glen Miller, etc. CD 4: cont'd. ;

Note 1: "Begins one side. John Mason Brown talking about women writers. Al Dovs Hudley - this I believe Frank Dobie. Slight Dialogue with Fred about gimbals silences and foot steps. then a bit on child responsibility at somewhere. (Neal) Part of Delightful. Yogi McBeth. 2nd side. ends with more about school then Yogi McBeth. Unwrapping Marissa's wedding presents. Then Carmen . Billikens, Carole."; Note 2: CDI 1. In loft, W. Eugene Smith, Carole Thomas, Billikens (grandson), Lou, Pending (cat). Talking and working on photography in loft. Piano, and kid sounds: voice, xylophone, harmonica (Smith), Basketball game talk. "Lou" w. "Papa" (referrring to Smith) "Carole" harmonica, "You and Pending go up on the roof" 3. cont'd reference to Smith's pills, singing, Billikens playing, Smith talking with Carole under sound of loud whistle. CDII 1. loft cont'd with Billiakens, Carole, smith "We play basketball, ..." Also present, other family members. Lots of paper rustling, (Opening presents?) "That's a nightgown, looks like an evening dress." 2. Carmen notices recording equipment "I feel like I'm being spied on." Smith "Oh Carmen..." (recording ends) Jumps to Long JOhn Nebel show with Dr. Benjamin Fine, Artie, Arnold Bergere, and Dr. Leroy Bowman and Dr. Marten D. Schlaterberger. then jumps ahead to same show (after "coffee break") topic is the Somerhill Academy and childhood education. -4. 5. Radio play (baseball Macbeth) Brief interlude of Air Raid Test. Satire "I was a TV addict" 6. con'td CDIII 1. talk show about female writers with John Mason Brown, Sorel HIllman. 2. cont'd discussion 3. cont'd, on how literature can and has changed legislation. end of show Part 3 of 10. LP series by the Academy Recording Institute, on Spoken Words, WNYC then Edward R. Murrow's "This I Believe" series: Interview with Aldous Huxley. 4. next section is J. Frank Dolby from U of Texas and Cambridge "A Texan in England" 5. end of show and News of Esienhower hosting JFK John Kennedy before the inauguration and pro-segregation demonstrators in New Orleans. (January 18 or 19, 1960) 6. Jumps to buzz, static, and mic tamper in the loft. CDIV 1. buzz and loft ambient, Gene and Carole in loft with "bill" joke about Gimball's or Macy's coming to collect from Smith (money). Bill leaving and Smith and Carole talk about breaking for lunch. stairsteps, brief tap dance on the wooden floor. 2. piano begins, slow riffs in loft, other roof, Smith talking about photoraphy off mic 3. cont'd 4. quiet steps and door close 5. piano again, solo riffs 6. cont'd, no piano, monologue on radio/TV 7. Jumps to Long John Nebel program on Somerhill Academy. 8. cont'd, Somerhill School 9. cont'd. Ends midshow. ;