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The link went to Audio-Technica's homepage, but I'm assuming you're referring to the Quiet-Point's? I like that they can be used with or without music. Don't think I really want IEMs, so this looks like they'd be pretty nice! I'll keep them in mind and do a bit of searching for consumer feedback on them. Thanx! R~~

Yes, on LP, mini-discs and personal iAudio harddrive.

She'll be performing on the radio program "Fair Game" tonight if your NPR/PRI station picks this up: http://pri.morefairgame.org/index.html Kind of surprised to hear about this last night, 'cause the show usually features bad singer-songwriters, but one night they actually featured Antibalas(!!!)

to the kitchen. I'm hungry!

This piece of David's is truly great. I listened to it three times yesterday - actually, the third time was so I could record it off of this horrible audio DVD format presentation of it in order to put in my iTunes. I think he knows my feelings about the label (and the guy who runs it), so I wish it were available some other way and that I hadn't had to actually buy it from the label ...but I did...and I was rewarded with this beautiful piece.

http://tinyurl.com/2yopr2 Hardbeatnews, LONDON, England, Fri. Oct. 19, 2007: South African reggae singer, Lucky Dube, was yesterday murdered in a hijacking attempt in Rosettenville, Johannesburg. South African media reports indicate Dube was shot dead at around 8.20 p.m. as he was dropping off his son in the Johannesburg suburb. His son was already out of the car and ran to ask for help. Dube was hailed as 'The shining star of African reggae and 'South Africa's biggest selling contemporary artist.’ With an incredible 21 albums under his musical belt, he was a man with superb musical taste and genuis, an artist with a message, with a reason and a rhyme behind everything he did. His songs are based on three main things - political issues, social issues and personal issues. From the release of his first reggae album in 1984, to his present superstar status, Dube maintained the humble nature that brought him closer to the people that inspire his music. He has toured the world more times over and shared stages with names such as Maxi Priest, Sinead O-Connor, Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, Seal, Ziggy Marley, Celine Dion, Sting and many, many others. Dube raked in over 20 local and international awards for his music and videos and was often compared to Jamaica’s Peter Tosh for his sound and looks. His massive hits included ‘Taxman,’ ‘Prisoner,’ ‘The Way It Is,’ ‘Victims’ and Trinity among others. –Hardbeatnews.com

I'd like to hear some brand names and/or styles mentioned if possible. I'm considering getting these for my sweetheart's b-day on 11/11 (or Xmas). I understand that they are available two ways: with or without music listening capabilities? A nice pair for "silent" sitting on a plane would be what she'd like. I like the sound of airplane roar, so these would be just for her. The inner mic coupled with 180° phase is the trick indeed! R~~

Oh, Chris! I can't believe that you've got that Meredith Monk/Don Preston Candy Bullets single! - What a hoot! That track was re-released on an old Giorno Poetry Systems record called Better An Old Demon Than A New God. "The House" refers to Monk's self-publishing org. I'm gonna try to see if I can find that track around here... Yup, here it tis! - sounding very Amon Düül II! I've noticed too that the last time that you mentioned this LP, you had just switched to the Panther OS. Are you gearing up for Leopard on the 26th? Rod

"Field" recordings are a right way of describing them. When you say "host": if you're simply wanting to place them online, you can just upload them to a blog that you've specially created or a personal website. If you're talking about connecting with like-minded persons, then the phonography site would be a place for that. They often have technical discussions mixed in with general idea sharing concerning sound hunting. That engine and it's sounds are fascinating. Have you isolated the location and/or reason for the regular clicks? The squeaks could be due to just regular wear and tear. Nice to see this, but even nicer to just hear it with eyes closed.

Yup, it's an acquired taste fer sure! Very "raw" sound, but the melodic bits often tries to emulate the sound of a one-string lute with the "testifying" response of a gospel church congregation (albeit very low-key ). Fascinating, but not all that engaging (unless you're a follower, I suppose).

Yes, very happy you're around...and a nice reminiscence as well! I can say that you've personally changed my life - that's for sure! Now...I think you can add a grand exclamation point if you'd just release "The Jazz Set" shows on DVD dammit!!! more good years ahead Chris! Rod

No sound link, just a location for reading. Marcelo has since chosen to have links for just a couple from each comp. You can read what other's have done. Let's just say that I've had one person describe the roofing kettle piece as being what it must be like inside The Large Magellanic Cloud. Since it's recorded binaurally, it's meant to gently and very slowly give multiple spatial orientations on various central axes ("Axis of Weeble"?) through gentle rotations while emphasizing various sound spectra within the "cloud." It doesn't come off as being the kind of Merzbow-type roar that one might think it would sound like, but more like a gentle massaging of the brain. Like the review at the link states: "a wooshing noise that builds, slightly changes pitch and volume but reveals internal variation and layers, in an intense seven minutes before fading again."

I read that not only is Tintinnabulation available on CD, but they used the 16rpm version to lengthen it to 60 minutes. Check Amazon.

Do you have a turntable that will play at 16rpm in order to play Vol. 2's "Tintinnabulation"?

Well, actually... Some of the tracks are kind of "diddling" around in the yards, but in college, I used to blast the acetylene torch tracks out of the dorm room. I have 100+ hours of recordings of asphalt roofing kettles that I've made over the past few decades (with an excerpt released on disc here.) I think that the "Junkyard" LP was probably an influence.

You talkin' 'bout these?

That album has Chicago Cub Carmen Fanzone who later played trumpet in the "Tonight Show" band. I think his wife is the singer Sue Raney? Didja ever pick up their tribute to the Cubs - a single called "Pennant Fever" recorded for Chess?

...but that's what's interesting about this rather simple question - it's not simple! . I think it ties in nicely with Allen's thread about what it is that can be considered surprising (or in this case - "most unusual"). I'd have to put some strictures on the definition in order to come up with an answer. Currently, I'm thinking of "most unusual gruesome recordings" - It does make for a good starting point for reflection.

Tony Schwartz! What a career he had! He was responsible for the LBJ political ad with the girl and the daisy as well as doing some great phonography recordings.

Wow....that's gonna take a few days of thought... plus, I'll have to figure out who's path. (BTW, I have all of the recordings mentioned so far. )

I'm not sure that I understand the question...

Somafatimes I do.

With the Cellar Door, I was able to get it a few weeks before and shared it thru the rodcast until it came out (with delightful comments from fellow O-Board members!), but this one has eluded my grasp as I wait patiently for it to come out whenever Vince decides(?)

Continuing in my reading of a series of tasteful tomes...

U betcha! Occasionally you can hear some of them here.