Postcards from Gravelly Beach – Global literature pod dispatches

In Volume 7, Dave, chilling with sake and smoking jazz tracks, reads from Jack Kerouac‘s “Lonesome Traveller,” “Mexico City Blues” and “American Haiku”; Gary Snyder from “The Backcountry”; and haiku from masters Issa Kobayashi and Basho; and finally his own original haiku and haibun.

https://archive.org/download/KerouacInMexicoSnyderInJapanAndJazzFromBanff-Postcard7/Postcard-7-Kerouac-Mexico-Snyder-Japan-Jazz-Banf.mp3

Chill out with: Kerouac in Mexico, Snyder in Japan and Jazz from Banff – Postcard #7 (14:22, .mp3, 16MB)

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In Volume six, DaveO sits with ducks at Olympia’s Capitol Lake on a windy day and reads from Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s “Confessions” and offers a bit of discourse on transparency, plus reads two more original “Letters from Russia” epistolary literature.

https://archive.org/download/Postcards6RousseauConfessesLettersFromRussia/Postcards-6-Rousseau-Confesses-%20Letters-from-Russia.mp3

Sit down for: Rousseau Confesses and more Letters from Russia – Postcard #6 (10:00, 11MB, mp3, stereo)

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In Volume five, DaveO hangs out in the dark at Olympia’s Seven Oars park and reads Part 2 of Uncle Weed’s Red Rock Adventure, chats about Edward Abbey, and reads from Ed’s “Desert Solitaire” (scored fresh from Olympia’s Last Word Books).

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Go into the canyons for Uncle Weed and Ed Abbey head to Canyonlands – Postcard #5 (11:44,10MB, stereo .mp3)

snapshot of DaveO at Arches Nat’l Park, near Moab, Utah, circa 1991

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In Volume 4, DaveO reads from his own “Letters from Russia,” Leo Tolstoy’s epic “War and Peace” and a bit of French poetry while fumbling with pronunciation and enjoying a Guinness in the nighttime garden.

https://archive.org/download/RussianEpicsFrenchPoemsAndIrishBeer-Postcard4/Russian%20Epics%2C%20French%20Poems%20and%20Irish%20Beer%20%E2%80%93%20Postcard%20%234.mp3

Wander along for Russian epics, French poems and Irish beer – Postcard #4 (19:22, 20MB, stereo, .mp3)

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In Volume 3, Dave reads from Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden” and “Civil Disobedience” plus Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “100 Years of Solitude” and his own Portuguese Snapshots.

https://archive.org/download/HDThoreauAndGGMarquezAlongForTheRide-Postcard3/HD%20Thoreau%20and%20GG%20Marquez%20Along%20for%20the%20Ride%20%E2%80%93%20Postcard%20%233.mp3

Hop a train for HD Thoreau and GG Marquez Along for the Ride – Postcard #3

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Postcard #2 in which Dave reads from Gary Snyder’s “Left out in the Rain,” Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” and from original short story, “I Remember Florida.”

https://archive.org/download/RememberingFloridaHeadingToJapanWanderingWithWaltPostcard2/Remembering%20Florida%2C%20Heading%20to%20Japan%2C%20Wandering%20with%20Walt%20-%20Postcard%20%232.mp3

Prepare yourself for Remembering Florida, Heading to Japan, Wandering with Walt – Postcard #2 (10MB, 11:06, .mp3, stereo)

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In podcast Volume 1, DaveO reads from his original “Uncle Weed’s Red Rock Adventure” plus a snippet from Richard Brautigan’s “Trout Fishing in America” and introduces the spoken word literature show thusly:

“Postcards from Gravelly Beach” is an occasionally-brewed podshow featuring spoken word with bits of literary discourse and maybe some tunes from time to time. I’ll read a little something of my own – a short story, essay, letters or maybe some free verse and also read something by someone else, likely a literary favourite from over the years – maybe even tying into a theme of some kind – or maybe not, we’ll see what happens. Mostly Postcards from Gravelly Beach podcast is about chillaxing with a beverage, digging the view in front of you, and listening to something new.”

https://archive.org/download/HeadingOutWithWeedAndTrout-Postcard1/Heading%20Out%20with%20Weed%20and%20Trout%20%E2%80%93%20Postcard%20%231.mp3

Pull on boots for Heading Out with Weed and Trout – Postcard #1 (8:48, 8MB, stereo.mp3)

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