Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
These are recordings of conversations with Patrick from over the years.
Patrick reads this e. e. cummings poem called nobody loses all the time during a brief visit on 22 November 2011. It kinda-sorta seems appropriate for Hallowe’en. Originally saved as 111122_114948_poem_uncle_saul.mp3. This version shrunk to fit in WordPress, and saved as 111122_114948_nobody_loses_all_the_time.mp3. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
Conversation with Patrick about food, the TV show CSI, and other programs that he enjoyed. Recorded on the 21st of November 2011 in Spain. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
In this transcription of a recording, Patrick talked about cars and jobs in the late 1950s. The recording is from 19 November 2011 when I visited him in Spain. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Conversation With Patrick Period Pianos on 18th November about 11:30 p.m., 2011. I’ll see if I can find the recording and share it later. This is an imperfect transcription. P The guy who made up the first ________? for the piano. Won’t come to me now. Anyway, this little piano museum in Concert Hall is […]
A conversation from 18 Nov 2011 about early pianos, period pianos, and concerts in Andratx. It begins with a discussion about a museum in Florence. If there’s interest I’ll convert the audio file to something I can post on YouTube. Patrick: The guy who made up the first escapement action for the piano. Won’t come […]
(Recorded 18 Nov 2011) JD: Yeah, it was a good day. PM: Yeah, Not to be sneezed at JD: What was it? Japanese food in Spain with a Canadian and two Americans. PM: Yeah. JD: Yeah, it was good. Well I’m actually thinking of retiring. PM: Well, okay. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Here’s a YouTube video of Patrick talking about food on 16 Nov ’11, which was transcribed earlier on this web site. The audio file was too big to add directly, hence the YouTube video. I added pictures from that time frame, but the audio is the part that’s important. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
The recording for this conversation is too large to upload to this site. If there is interest I will convert to a YouTube video and add a link. Let me know. JP: We are sitting in “Cappucino Restaurant” in Valldemossa. It’s about 4:30 PM on the 16th November [2011]. Hopefully the date/time stamp on the […]
Here’s a conversation between Patrick and me on far-ranging subjects and beginning with his message to the grand kids, as a YouTube video using a bunch of still photos from 2011. Warning: it’s about 40 minutes long. The transcription follows. It’s not a perfect transcription, so listen to it when you have time. (I couldn’t […]
Here’s a transcription of a conversation between Patrick and JP on 16 Nov 2011 at a restaurant. Originally the audio file was too large to post here, but now [19 Sep 2021] it’s available below. JD: Well Donna was seventeen, right? I think, she went to school … PM: When was she born? I don’t […]
Beginning in the late 1970s I would sometimes record my dreams instead of writing them down. Here’s one that starred Patrick and my mom. Unless there’s specific interest, I won’t bother posting the audio file. It’s from February 1985, six years after he and last saw one another and over a year before my first […]