125. Barbarians story line; Helen Trent, 1959-07-16 - 1959-07-17

Tape 125, side 1) Lawrence Lipton (0:06, 31:32) discussing with an unidentified male various scenes (Dirty mattress, Making it with the eyes, Party, After marriage, etc.) of television script for a story "Barbarians" about the beat generation (characters: Buck, Chuck, Gilda, Angel, Tanya, Itchy). Interrupted by a vist from Yale (31:01). At the end Nettie (Lipton's wife) invites the unidentified male to a cocktail party (40:12). ❧ Unidentified males reading Dylan Thomas poetry: "After the funeral" (40:51), "A refusal to mourn the death, by fire, of a child in London" (42:33), "Lament" (43:53 [incomplete], 54:13), "In my craft or sullen art" (59:03); Lawrence Lipton's "Death of a poet" (46:35, 48:16); reading Kenneth Patchen's "Instructions for angels" (50:01), "Fall of the evening star" (50:59); "We make our garden our own knight heads" (52:12). ❧ Tape 125, side 2) Unidentified male reading poetry: "Old fashioned heroes learn to dance" (0:07) [announcement only]; Thomas McGrath reading from his Longshot O'Leary's garland of practical poesie: "Ars poetica, or, Who lives in the ivory tower" (0:29), "Poor John Luck and the middle class struggle, or, The corpse in the bookkeeper's body" (3:00) [incomplete]. ❧ Tape 125, side 2) "The romance of Helen Trent" (radio program), CBS Radio, 1959 July 16 (4:44, 5:54, 9:54, 17:11, 18:54). Commercials: Don Wilson on Jello (5:52), Mum's all day deodorant (8:53), Clairol Vitapointe creme hairdress and conditioner (16:08), "Just entertainment" (19:15). News: KNX Sig Alert bulletin (18:36). ❧ Tape 125, side 2) "The romance of Helen Trent" (radio program), CBS Radio, 1959 July 17 (20:33, 21:45, 25:50, 32:36). Commercials: Denalan dental plate cleanser (19:28), Don Wilson on Jello (21:15), "Books from America" on books and Russian propaganda (24:48), Doan's pills for backache pain (31:36), "Just entertainment" (35:19). -- TIMES indicate where sections begin.