This Is Dynamite
Season 2
Be My Roommate? PLEASE? (a.k.a. Vincent & Paul PART 1)
Joan Crawford & Bette Davis
Season 1
Established Revolutionaries
Blue Skies & Rose Gardens
by Mythili G
Vincent Van Gogh was the troubled one, Paul Gauguin was rugged. Vincent was the sweet, ahead-of-his-time bipolar sufferer; Paul the hedonistic predator. Or were they? Over two episodes, we follow the debacle of their short time living and painting together in 1889. Music by BlackTrendMusic from the Free Music Archive.
Did they hate each other? Was the feud just another act they performed because they knew we liked it? This month we're talking about charm queen Joan Crawford (or Lucille LeSueur, as I confusingly refer to her during the episode, in a misguided effort to give her identity back to her) and sharp-as-nails red carpet regular Bette Davis. Music by Johnathon M. Horner, from the Free Music Archive.
"A vision comes alive when everyone sees where his or her contribution makes a difference." (- Ken Blanchard) This month we have a proper sit-down talk-to with early MPA member Avi Dolgin about the 70s, psychiatric control, and how street drugs apparently make tasty chicken stuffing. Music by Vlad Annenkov, from the Free Music Archive.
Music by Vlad Annenkov, from the Free Music Archive. Sources and further reading: https://madnesscanada.com Documentary "The Inmates Are Running The Asylum" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwyaRU1svrA) "In A Nutshell" Issues (https://madnesscanada.com/mpa-in-a-nutshell-collection-1971-1981/) NFB Documentary "Mental Patient's Association" (https://www.nfb.ca/film/mental_patients_association/) Vancouver City Archives Coquitlam City Archives Coquitlam Heritage Museum Riverview Horticultural Society Vancouver Sun Backlog The Province Backlog Collecting Riverview (https://www.coquitlam.ca/DocumentCenter/View/7413/Collecting-Riverview-) Riverview Hospital: A Legacy of Care and Compassion (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e34ed207332cf46d561c2da/t/638977a93bf83439023bd24e/1669953470122/Riverview+Hospital_History.pdf) Referenced literature: I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (Joanne Greenberg) "Having It Out With Melancholy" (Jane Kenyon)
Music by Vlad Annenkov, from the Free Music Archive. Look at Part 2 of this series (coming soon) for citations and acknowledgements. Forgive the volume changes - future uploads will be more scrupulous!