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March 25 , 2006- The Pledge Drive Show
No audio this week. Support Chicago Public Radio!
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March 18 , 2006 (#42)- The Dry vs. Moist Show
The Dry vs. The Moist:
1. Birds
2. Octopus
3. Jumping Cholla
4. Marfa
5. NSW
6. Wave Diary
7. Vinylator
Sherre DeLys- Independent Producer
Rick Moody- Independent Producer/Author
Chris Abrahams- Composer/Musician
Russell Stapleton- Recording Engineer
A mix of fiction, fantasy and fact, The Dry vs. The Moist is a unique and intercontinental collaboration between three artists: the US writer Rick Moody, the Australian sound artist (and Radio Eye producer) Sherre DeLys, and pianist Chris Abrahams (The Necks). The resulting assemblage includes seven short stories ranging far and wide in both style and subject matter, but all the while revealing consistencies between between two different places (USA / Australia) and two very different environments (the desert/ the sea.) (Commissioned by Radio Eye, 2006)
Misfire
Sarah Varney- Independent Producer
Paul Frey- Independent Producer
Misfire is an experimental sound piece that blends 1940s Dr Pepper radio ads, original violin music and sounds of thirst and thirst quenching. (TCF ShortDoc, 2003)
Featured Music
Dictaphone, "The Last Song," Vertigo 2 (City Centre Offices, 2006)
Eluvium, "Nepenthe," An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death (Temporary Residence, 2004)
Eluvium, "Under the Water ," Lambent Material (Temporary Residence, 2003)
Eluvium, "Genius and the Thieves," An Accidental Memory in the Case of Death (Temporary Residence, 2004)
Chihea Hatakeyama, "Bonfire on the Field," Minima Moralia (Kranky, 2006)
Chihea Hatakeyama, "Swaying Curtain in the Window," Minima Moralia (Kranky, 2006)
Chihea Hatakeyama, "Inside of the Pocket ," Minima Moralia (Kranky, 2006)
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Read about this unique Dry Vs. Moist collaboration and watch a video revealing how the project got started, including the use of Cat in the Hat hat, Behind the Scenes. |
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Hear the other 2003 Third Coast Festival ShortDocs, Stories about Thirst. |
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March 11 , 2006 (#15)- The Consumerism Show
Originally Broadcast March 6, 2005
City X
Jonathan Mitchell – Independent Producer
Using voices, sounds, and observations scored to Muzak, Jonathan Mitchell traces the history of the cultural and commercial phenomenon of the modern shopping mall through the perspectives of people living in a real, yet unnamed, city. (Commissioned by hearingvoices.com, 2004)
Beyond Scarves
Ken Reisman – Independent Producer, Soundvial.org
Matt Simon - Producer, Soundvial.org and Invisible Ink
Knitting is considered relaxing and maybe even artistic. But can it help find love? Or God? Or intervene in U.S. foreign policy? This musico-documentary follows a handful of Bay Area knitters as they give this ancient craft an unusual spin. (KALW Radio's Invisible Ink, 2004)
Want
Re:sound producer Roman Mars asks people, “If you could have anything, what would you want?”
Raise Your Right Hand
Kimberly Carroll - Producer, Definitely Not the Opera, CBC
In the 1940s, the DeBeers diamond cartel launched an ingenious marketing plan: the “A Diamond Is Forever” campaign turned the diamond from a standard financial investment into a symbol of everlasting love. But, as Kimberly Carroll investigates, the diamond industry has discovered a new way to tap into the luxury spending habits of the single woman: the right-hand diamond ring. (CBC’s Definitely Not the Opera, 2004)
Featured Music
Rainstick Orchestra, “Powderly,” Floating Glass Key in the Sky (Ninja Tune, 2004)
Kid Spatula, “It Starts with Bongos,” Meast (Planet Mu, 2004)
Fatlip, “What's up Fatlip?” (V2/BMG, 2000)
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March 4 , 2006 (#41)- The Wanderlust Show
Julie the Amtrak God
Jenny Asarnow- Independent Producer
Feeling in need of direction, Jenny consults with the all-knowing automated voice of Amtrak.
Annapurna: Memories in Sound
Aaron Ximm- Producer, Quiet American
Bronwyn Ximm- Producer, Quiet American
An impressionistic sound portrait of the Ximms' trek through the Annapurna Circuit, a popular three-week hiking trip through the Himalayas to Nepal. Annapurna was the 2002 Third Coast Festival/Richard H. Driehaus Directors' Choice Award winner. (Quiet American , 2002)
Fanatic Reactionary Pedestrian
Abner Serd- Independent Producer
The paving of America as seen from the shoulders and sidewalks of our country's roads. Musings-in-motion recorded during a 5000 trek from Arizona to Georgia to Maine. (Hearing Voices , 2005)
Featured Music and Sounds
coming soon...
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Give yourself a One-Minute Vacation at quietamerican.org. |
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Hear the original Postcards from a Fanatic Reactionary Pedestrian and read an interview with Abner Serd from our Audio archives. |
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