MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

by Lance LaRocque.

 

Toronto, Ecs Press, Martin Garth Press & Room 3o2 Books, [11 february 1994] states after 24 december 1993. 8 unique copies "signed" with LaRocque's shutterrelease finger inked & printed brown on front cover, issued as The Outsider 6/7/8, plus one unique proof of the photographs only, probably december 1993.

 

6-1/2 x 4, 2 sheets white classic laid card, all but last p. printed black rubberstamp with red, brown & blue additions to front, turquoise to 2nd recto, introducing 16 black & white photoprints on white matte card & 1 colour on white matte Fujicolour card with black dot matrix verso, with ivory zephyr antique laid spacer printed black, found offset recto/rubberstamp verso, all preceded by 18 sheets of different stocks of varying approximately 6-1/2 x 4 sizes, 2 with tipped on leaves, all printed rubberstamp (27 pp (14 black, 1o blue, 8 each brown & purple, 6 each green & red, 1 each yellow & rust), black typescript (13 pp), black letterpress (3 pp) & black photocopy (1 p), with black ink holograph addition to 1 p, all japanese-sewn red in 4 stitches with head~ & tailstitches with brown construction paper endleaf (printed brown rubberstamp & black typescript recto only) into 7 x 4-3/16 cream mayfair card covers with 3-1/16" flaps (white xerographic bond labels printed black photocopy inside each) & plain brown/grey laminate wove card pastedowns, all except rear cover printed rubberstamp, front black & red, front flap brown & black, rear flap purple, green, brown & blue with a small cream mimeo bond label printed brown rubberstamp, all in 7-1/8 x 4-1/4 paper-covered board folder in 7-1/4 x 4-1/2 x 7/8 paper-covered board box printed green & black by mysterious means, spines of folder & box both with approx.3-1/2 x 1/2 ivory bond labels printed black letterpress.

 

unique covers by Will Rueter.

36 contributors ID'd:

Matsuo Basho, Shant Basmajian, Stan Bevington, Bill Bissett, Douglas Blazek, Daniel F.Bradley, Charles Bukowski, Bob Cobbing, Victor Coleman, Arthur Cravan, Judson Crews, jwcurry, William J.E, D.M.Fraser, Gerry Gilbert, Bill Griffiths, Sadakichi Hartmann, Beatrice Hastings, William Hawkins, Wharton Hood, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Tuli Kupferberg, D.A.Levy, Mina Loy, Robert McAlmon, bpNichol, Kenneth Patchen, Will Rueter, Gio Sampogna, Ed Sanders, Raymond Souster, Gael Turnbull, Don Van Vliet, William Wantling, Jon Edgar Webb, Frank Zappa.

 

curry contributes:

i) To the memory of larry wallrich (rubbercut graphic on front flap)

ii) CANTILEVER III, as by Wharton Hood (concrete poem)

iii) awarmplacetoshit, by Bill Bissett/typography by curry (concrete poem)

iv) "fr o g", by Matsuo Basho/translated by Dom Sylvester Houédard/typography by jwcurry [after Hansjorg Mayer] (concrete poem)

v) Missy (poem)

vi) BIRD'SNAILS, with Gio Sampogna (poem)

vii) [untitled rubberstamp collage]

viii) 10PM 13NOV93 (prose invitation)

ix) [CP north near MacTier] (portrait of Lance LaRocque)

x) THE OUTSIDER SIX SEVEN EIGHT (rubbercut portrait of Wharton Hood on rear flap)

 

also includes:

xi) OFFENCE NOTICE - REQUEST FOR TRIAL, by William J.E (facsimile of trespassing ticket issued to curry, under front flap)

xii) [untitled photograph 4], by Lance LaRocque (group portrait of curry, Marshall Hryciuk, Stan Bevington, Katy Chan)

xiii) [CP Toronto P6o 14nov93], by Lance LaRocque (portrait of curry)

xiv) [untitled photograph 11], by Lance LaRocque (portrait of curry vaulting fence)

xv) [untitled photograph 12], by Lance LaRocque (portrait of curry on grain hopper with pond in background)

xvi) "LOOT BAG", by Lance LaRocque (portrait of curry)

xvii) [untitled photograph 15], by Lance LaRocque (portrait of curry in grain hopper)

xviii) [CP north Servos to Burwash], by Lance LaRocque (portrait of curry on grain hopper with snow in background)

Done