the Changing Gears performance art show

You can also check out tracks from this CD release online.

based on a book of journal entries after a 1997-1998 journey around the United States by car
Changing Gears was later in a 2003 Compact Disc and a June 17, 2003 live show performance from Janet Kuypers.

To start, here is an mpeg of the entire live performance, and an mp3 of the entire CD.

the entire performance
(live 6/17/03 and on CD)

...from the entire CD: over an hour long! (55.5 meg)

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video 6/17/03 of Janet Kuypers performing poems and journal entries in her 45-minute-plus show Changing Gears about travel around the U.S.A. from 1997 through 1998 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram

See archive video 6/17/03 of Janet Kuypers performing poems and journal entries in her 45-minute-plus show Changing Gears about travel around the U.S.A. from 1997 through 1998 at the Café in Chicago (this film is from the Internet Archive), 46:12.

the original writing is from the book “Changing Gears”

also check out the projected art from this show, in 3 movies here...

Art movie #1 (640x480):

5:06, 87 meg
This film is from
the Internet Archive Art movie #2 (640x480):

4:42, 79 meg
This film is from
the Internet Archive Art movie #3 (640x480):

5:18, 95 meg
This film is from
the Internet Archive

See the Changing Gears show images from live display show in Chicago about travel around the United States

The following tracks are from the creation of the CD Changing Gears...
from the May 3, 2002 performance CD:

Starting The Trip

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Vocals Track :24

Illinois

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Vocals Track :24

Iowa

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Vocals Track :11

Nebraska

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Vocals Track 1:56

Vocals Track 2:56

Boulder, Colorado

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Vocals Track 1:20

the poem A Match

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Vocals Track 1:08

Vocals Reverb Track 1 :08

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track :48

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (:53) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “A Match” live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

Denver, Colorado

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Vocals Track 3:14

Montana

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Vocals Track :08

Idaho

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Vocals Track :17

Wyoming

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Vocals Track 1:01

the poem
Everything Was
Alive And Dying

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Vocals Track 6:38

Vocals Reverb Track 6:47

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track 6:32

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (6:32) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Everything was Alive and Dying” live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

Utah

CD Track for Utah Part One

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CD Track for Utah Part Two

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Vocals Track for Utah Part One 2:12

Vocals Track for Utah Part Two 1:48

Nevada

CD Track for Nevada Part One

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CD Track for Nevada Part Two

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The Mickey Gilley Vocals :13

Vocals Track to the talk on Miles :51

Vocals Track to the talk on Miles 1:16

the poem God Eyes

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Vocals Track 4:53

Vocals Track 4:54

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track 3:48

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (3:53) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “God Eyes” live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

excerpts from the poem
In The Air
(with references to mountains)

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Vocals Track :20

Vocals Reverb Track :20

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track :26

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (:30) of Janet Kuypers reading portions of her poem “In The Air” (with references to mountains) live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

California Part One

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Vocals Track :14

the poem
On The California Streets

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Vocals Track :20

Vocals Reverb Track :20

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track :26

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (:31) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “On The California Streets” live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

the poem
Ways To Spend
Your Money

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Vocals Track :35

Vocals Reverb Track :35

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track :42

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (:48) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Ways To Spend Your Money” live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

California Part Two

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Vocals Track :21

the prose piece Type A Person

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Vocals Track 7:42

Vocals Reverb Track 7:42

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track 3:31

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (3:35) of Janet Kuypers reading her prose Type A Person” live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

Mexico Introduction

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Vocals Track :04

the poem
Diane Talking About Her
Trip To Mexico City

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Vocals Track :49

Vocals Reverb Track :49

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track :36

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (:40) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Diane Talking About Her Trip To Mexico City” live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

Tiajuana, Mexico

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Vocals Track 1:44

Arizona

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Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
Vocals Track 2:12

New Mexico

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Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
Vocals Track 2:12

Texas

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Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
Vocals Track 2:12

the poem
The Bridge To New Orleans

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Vocals Track :54

Vocals Reverb Track :54

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track :50

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (:54) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “The Bridge To New Orleans” live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

New Orleans

CD Track, part 1

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Vocals Track, part 1 (:33)

CD Track, part 2 1:12
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Vocals Track, part 2 1:11

the poem
Jackson Square/
Bourbon Street

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Vocals Track :16

Vocals Reverb Track :16

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track :21

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (:25) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Jackson Square/Bourbon Street” live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

the poem All The Details

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Vocals Track 1:28

Vocals Reverb Track 1:28

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track :51

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (:54) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “All The Details” live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

Mississippi

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or enjoy the full track (:22)
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Vocals Track :23

excerpts from the poem
In The Air
about Fort Myers, Florida

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Vocals Reverb Track :30

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track :31

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (:34) of Janet Kuypers reading portions of her poem “In The Air (in the part that references Fort Myers Florida) live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

Florida

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Vocals Track :38

the poem
My Mother
My Mother
My Mother

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Vocals Track 2:46

Vocals Reverb Track 2:46

LIVE track 6/17/03 Track 2:19

Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video (2:22) of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “My Mother My Mother My Mother ” live at her “Changing Gears” feature 6/17/03 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram #janetkuypers

Alabama

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Vocals Track :21

Tennessee

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Vocals Track 1:01

Kentucky

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Vocals Track for Kentucky & Indiana:
1:03

Indiana

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Vocals Track for Kentucky & Indiana:
1:03

Home Again

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Vocals Track 1:10

Reflections

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Vocals Track :50

the entire performance (live 6/17/03 and on CD)
...from the entire CD: over an hour long! (55.5 meg)
Never before shard on social media, see YouTube video 6/17/03 of Janet Kuypers performing poems and journal entries in her 45-minute-plus show Changing Gears about travel around the U.S.A. from 1997 through 1998 at the Café in Chicago (this was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetryshow #janetkuypersinstagram
See archive video 6/17/03 of Janet Kuypers performing poems and journal entries in her 45-minute-plus show Changing Gears about travel around the U.S.A. from 1997 through 1998 at the Café in Chicago (this film is from the Internet Archive), 46:12.
the original writing is from the book “*Changing Gears*”

also check out the projected art from this show, in 3 movies here...
Art movie #1 (640x480): 5:06, 87 meg This film is from the Internet Archive	Art movie #2 (640x480): 4:42, 79 meg This film is from the Internet Archive	Art movie #3 (640x480): 5:18, 95 meg This film is from the Internet Archive