Description

This tape is labeled “Question and Answer Undergrad class.” Side 1 opens abruptly in a very noisy environment on an ongoing conversation about a story.There does not appear to be a class involved. Three men are in the discussion, two obviously Bumpus and McCaffery, with a woman's voice once about halfway through the tape.The story appears to be about the Army and something called “Garden of Eden” by S. P. Dinsmoor.The “Garden” is a concrete sculpture in Lucas, Kansas about which a documentary was made. In his story Bumpus shifted the venue for the sculpture to Carlsbad Caverns. He is interested in filmmaking, went to Germany and got involved in filmmaking there. . Bumpus talks about William Burroughs and Thomas Pynchon. He moves on to talking about an apiarist and a film he made, telling “the backstory” for McCaffery. He talks about researching the apiarist for his work, finding metaphors about bees used in freemasonry.This side ends abruptly.