Ep. 010 — When the Tides Change [Part I]

"Timeout. If you see a hole, you mend it. You don’t go say I’ll go back and fix it. It don’t work." --Stuart Vorpahl

The story of Stuart Vorpahl involves fishing, the Hamptons and the King of England. Amidst a town where Hollywood's A-list comes to summer, how did a commercial fisherman earn the notoriety of first-name recognition amidst locals, town officials and the conservation police?

Show Notes:

1. [00:40] "An Accumulation" by Blue Dot Sessions
2. [05:15] Some light reading on East Hampton (Wikipedia)
3. [07:10] "Bright and Blank" by Blue Dot Sessions
4. [07:15] A "Lavish and Luminous" guide to the different Hampton towns (The New York Times)
   1. Also a recommended read about ghost tours King gives (Narratively, 2013)
5. [07:20] The museum where Hugh King works 
6. [10:50] More on Russell Drumm, who has passed away in January 2016. (The East Hampton Star, 2016)
7. [13:45] "Scraper" by Blue Dot Sessions
8. [19:40] "Balti" by Blue Dot Sessions
9. [20:20] An article by Russell Drumm on pound-trapping. (The East Hampton Star, 2003)
10. [21:20] Before Arnold Leo was involved with representing the East End’s commercial fishing community, he hung out with people like Andy Warhol. See here. (The Believer, 2012)
11. [25:40] "The Spinnet" by Blue Dot Sessions
12. [27:30] Some light reading on the practice of trawling (Wikipedia)
13. [28:59] "Szaree"  by Blue Dot Sessions
14. [30:55] Gordon Colvin (The East Hampton Star, 1997)
15. [33:20] "Base Camp" by Blue Dot Sessions
16. [33:40] Some light reading on striped bass (Wikipedia)
17. [35:00] General Electric’s PCB problem of the 1970s (The New York Times, 1983)
18. [35:25] Striped-bass migratory patterns (Striperspace.com)
19. [36:30] Recommended reading: The practice of ocean-haul seining and the East End’s general fishing way-of-life was one well documented by Peter Matthiessen in the book, Men’s Lives. You can read the preface here.
20. [37:45] "The Summit" by Blue Dot Sessions
21. [41:25] "The Downeaster Alexa" by Billy Joel
22. [42:00] A short-summary on the Bass Wars, 20 years later [The East Hampton Star, 2012]
23. [45:40] "The Elusive Word" by Blue Dot Sessions
24. [48:50] "Stillness" by Blue Dot Sessions

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