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Duration: 49min 54s

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám is one of the best loved and most widely translated collections of poetry in world literature. In this podcast, Librivox volunteers discuss different aspects of the Rubaiyat, and we share some excerpts from the many recordings of the Rubaiyat in the Librivox catalogue.

0:00 – Introduction

2:50 – Bob Gonzalez interviews Algy Pug

24:35 – Librivox recordings of the Rubaiyat

38:59 – Amy Gramour’s Rubaiyat project

41:22 – Mostafa with an insider’s view of the Rubaiyat

48:22 – Conclusion

There are many online sources for Rubaiyat material, but one of the best, and one that has often been used as the source for texts in Librivox recordings is the following:
http://www.omarkhayyamnederland.com/
Another excellent source for Rubaiyat material is Richard Brodie’s site:
http://www.therubaiyat.com/

Excerpts from the following Librivox recordings have been used in this podcast:

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, translated by Edward Fitzgerald – First Edition
Read by Alaaious

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, translated by Edward Fitzgerald – Fifth Edition
Read by Nathan

Quatrain, translated by H.G Keene
Read by Leonard O’Connor

Quatrain, translated by Sir William Jones
Read by Lee Ann Howlett

18 Quatrains from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, translated by Whitley Stokes
Read by Barty Begley

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, translated by Edward Whinfield
Read by Mostafa, Noel Badrian, Rhonda Federman and DublinGothic

Omar Resung, by Charles Blanden
Read by Cathy Barratt, Bob Gonzalez and Bev Stevens

Quatrains of Omar Khayyám of Nishapur, translated by E.F. Thompson
Read by Elizabeth Klett and Jannie
[Project Currently In Progress]

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, translated by H.M. (Jessie) Cadell
Read by Amy Gramour

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Duration: 1hr 4min

LibriVox: 7th Anniversary Show

Featuring TriciaG, Carol Box, Phil Chenevert, Amy Gramour, Hobbit, Charlotte Duckett (catrose), Betty, Andy Minter, Algy Pug, Petra, April Gonzales, Jason Mills, Patti Cunningham, Piotrek81, Masa, Peter Yearsley, Sara O’Conner, David Barnes, Cori Samuel, Caprisha Page, sidhu, Nadine Eckert-Bouchet & family, Julia Niedermaier

00:00 Introduction

00:51 Tribute to Gregg Margarite
(by Betty (libraryanne), read by TriciaG)

04:45 The Magical Number Seven (Bob & Carol Box)

06:28 LibriVox Statistics for 2011-2012 (TriciaG)

09:16 New Administrators!
09:40 Phil Chenevert
13:47 Amy Gramour

15:40 Interviews with New Volunteers
17:00 Hobbit
23:37 Charlotte Duckett (catrose)

41:50 Update on the Mellon Grant (TriciaG)

45:50 Reflections on this past LibriYear and many anniversary/birthday wishes for LibriVox from:

Bob Gonzalez, Andy Minter, Algy Pug, Petra, April Gonzales, Jason Mills, Patti Cunningham, Piotrek81, Masa, Peter Yearsley, Sara O’Conner, David Barnes, Cori Samuel, Hobbit, Charlotte Duckett (catrose), Caprisha Page, sidhu, Nadine Eckert-Bouchet & family, Julia Niedermaier, Carol Box, & TriciaG

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Duration: 46m 56s

LibriVox: The Pioneer Days – Part Five of a Five-part Series.

Featuring Anita (ardobbs), Denny Sayers, Brad Bush, & Hugh McGuire

00:00 – Intro
01:01 – Anita on the then new LibriVox Uploader from podcast #51 August 30, 2007
04:09 – Denny Sayers reminisces the early days
07:35 – Brad Bush on the genesis of the LibriVox Theme Music
14:03 – Intro to a conversation with Hugh McGuire
16:08 – Influences for LibriVox
19:19 – The Vision for LibriVox & its development
21:55 – Anarchy with an Iron Fist
22:33 – Shared Values
23:08 – Being Civil on the Forums
23:45 – Clear Set of Principles
24:15 – Be Nice & No Unsolicited Criticism
26:15 – First Three months like Three Years
27:29 – Organic Growth in the Early Days
30:11 – Impetus to Start LibriVox
32:34 – Letting others choose books
34:58 – Podcasting chapter by chapter
35:14 – Where were LibriVox audiobooks stored before the Internet Archive?
36:13 – Solo projects
37:55 – International Appeal
38:57 – Gain/loss – Growing Pains
26:10 – Very Clear Statement of Purpose
42:16 – Community feeling/Advanced Technology
44:05 – Model for other ventures
45:25 – Outro

Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

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Duration: 26m 54s

LibriVox: The Pioneer Days – Part Four of a Five-part Series.

Featuring part two of a conversation with Gesine.

[Warning: Some minimal uneven audio in some places due to connection instability at times.]

00:00 Intro
01:04 Mystery Special Projects
03:38 Genre Groups & MCs
04:44 Before the Magic Window & New Projects Launch Pad
06:04 LibriVox: Unique Forum & Community
09:24 Criticism
10:45 Cultural Differences
13:15 Gain and/Loss
14:44 Choosing Admins
16:25 Burnout
17:37 Editing
20:58 Esoteric Projects
21:55 LibriVox for readers more than listeners
22:54 Wacky Projects Revisted
24:02 Life Changing Experience? Running Iambik
25:00 Outro

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Phil Williams, Voyager Recordings & Publications
Vivian & Phil Williams: Our Programs of Traditional Northwest Fiddling from Pioneer Days to The Present
http://www.voyagerrecords.com/

An email message from Phil Williams of Voyager Records:
Feel free to use any of the recordings in the Northwest Fiddle Field Recordings section. We claim no copyright on them. The concept here is to make available to the public some of the fiddling of the Pacific Northwest, and fiddlers that have come here. If you want to use any material from these, or other CDs we have out, for your projects, just let me know.

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Duration: 23m 20s

LibriVox: The Pioneer Days – Part Three of a Five-part Series.

Featuring a conversation with Gesine.

00:00 – Intro
01:39 – Joining LibriVox
02:40 – What is it about you that made LibriVox so appealing
03:36 – What did you do at first?
07:12 – Making it up as went along? Involved? How?
1st with 10,000 posts
09:15 – Spearheading? Instructionals. MCing
10:01 – Controversies, growing pains?
Erotica – flagging – LV seen as a library
A lot of people “get it” & enter discussion
11:20 – Quality Naturally Improving
Talented people inspire one another now
Editing magic
13:50 – Podcasts, how added; Community, friends; Another dimension
15:31 – What did it FEEL like to be in the project in the day?
“Pioneers!”
Reading, recording things I never would have touched otherwise
18:14 – Wacky projects?
Weekly Poetry, Ulysses
NanaWriMo project; Community Exercise, like podcasts
21:24 – Outro – More on the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) projects

Gesine’s Mystery Podcast – LibriVox Community Podcast #63
Nov 22, 2007

National Novel Writing Month site: http://www.nanowrimo.org/

LibriVox NaNoWriMo Novel 2006: The Mystery
Forum Thread: viewtopic.php?t=3892

LibriVox NaNoWriMo Novel 2007: The Yellow Sheet
Forum Thread: viewtopic.php?t=10442

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Duration: 32m 1s

LibriVox: The Pioneer Days – Part Two of a Four-part Series.

Featuring a conversation with Sean McGaughey (ductapeguy).

1:42 – Joining LibriVox & Uploaders
2:33 – Proof listening
4:07 – Anti-Wild West
4:58 – Criticism
7:05 – Boing boing Announcement
8:36 – Growing Pains – Quirky Projects
10:37 – LibriVox Community Podcast
13:00 – Public domain
14:27 – Listening – Readers First
16:04 – LV Ontario Group Gathering
17:07 – Out of the ordinary project – Who Was Who?
19:01 – Thou shalts
19:54 – Core Contribution of LibriVox to World Knowledge
21:16 – The Secret Sauce
22:23 – The 100th chapter
23:44 – The mission – vision – vision statement
25:28 – Forum moderation
26:13 – Burnout & “podfade” at Podcamp Toronto
30:15 – Admin Tasks
31:09 – Outro

Link for LibriVox Book Podcast http://librivox.org/podcast.xml

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Duration: 31m 47s

LibriVox: The Pioneer Days – Part One of a Four-part Series.

Featuring the voices of Hugh McGuire, Kristen McQuillin, Kara Shallenberg, Mark Bradford (Squiddhartha), Chris Vee, Annie Coleman (LibraryLady), Gesine, and kri.

Hugh McGuire – Librivox Background and Manifesto 0:00
Bob Gonzalez Intro 01:56
Hugh McGuire – The first recording 02:56
Hugh McGuire – Clips from interview on The Writing Show August 23, 2005 06:11
Clips from LibriVox First Anniversary Show 08:16
Kristen McQuillin 09:00
Kara Shallenberg 10:17
Mark Bradford (Squiddhartha) 11:24
Chris Vee 11:49
Annie Coleman 12:38
Gesine 13:45

Contributions especially for this podcast:
Kri 15:40 (contribution from Dec 23, 2011)
Kara Shallenberg Interview 18:55 (contributed Jan 5, 2012)

Link for LibriVox Book Podcast http://librivox.org/podcast.xml

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Duration: 31m 14s

Multilingual Performances – Part Two of a Two-Part Series.

With contributions from Piotrek81, Nadine Eckert-Boulet, Leni, & Martin Geeson.

Teaser & Intro 0:00
Piotrek81 2:07
“The Ackerman Steppe” read by Piotrek81 in Polish & Algy Pug in English 5:00
Nadine Eckert-Boulet 7:10
Nadine reading “Un Matin” in French 11:32
Martin Geeson on being sampled by a musician and the continuing language-averseness of the British 13:02
Leni on recording in Latin 16:24
Martin Geeson on his strange motivation to record multilingually for LibriVox 17:43
Leni on the Multilingual collection of Poe’s “The Raven” 21:10
“The Raven” A Multilingual Collage 24:30
Conclusion and Outro 29:55

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Duration: 29m 17s

Multilingual Performances – Part One of a Two-Part Series.

With contributions from TriciaG, Karen Savage, Lars Rolander, Leni, Martin Geeson, and Kristin G.

Teaser & Introduction 0:00
TriciaG with non-English language catalog statistics 2:06
Karen Savage 3:22
Lars Rolander 5:49
Leni 12:16
Martin Geeson 18:39
Kristin 24:12
Outro 27:50

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Duration: 25m 15s.

Dickens at 200

Charles Dickens – love him or hate him? Why is he still so popular 200 years after his birth?

With contributions from Lucy Perry, Martin Geeson and Andy Minter, and with readings from:

Mrs. Watkins-Tottle from Sketches by Boz read by David Lazarus (david lazarus)

Our Mutual Friend read by Mil Nicholson (mermaid)

Bleak House read by Cynthia Lyons (acrobatty)

Der Weihnachtsabend – Eine Geistergeschichte read by Elli (aravis)

Een Kerstlied in Proza read by Bart de Leeuw (bart)

Wigilja Bożego Narodzenia read by Nina Brown (NinaBrown)

Frauds on the Fairies in Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1 read by NoelBadrian (due for release 7th February: Dickens’ 200th birthday)

Little Dorrit read by Ellis Christoff (eli_christoff).

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