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A live, improvised sound collage experiment, going back 28 years, weaving mesmerizing new soundscapes from found and collected materials right in the present moment.
Pop music, speeches, live phone calls and spontaneous monologues become ambient loopy layered threads riding the liminal spaces between waking and dreaming. [On hiatus.]
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March 13, 2019: Fleeting: A wake (I haven't told you lately) (Show #638) | Download full MP3
All new samples, births, & deaths, first new live layering in months.
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Artist | Track | Album | Year | Comments | Approx. start time | |
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Garth Stevenson | The Southern Sea | Flying | 2010 | 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Jared Leto | Did I fall asleep? Sometimes I don't sleep | Mr. Nobody | 2009 | 0:02:46 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Garth Stevenson | The Southern Sea | Flying | 2010 | 0:02:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Mirah | We don't have that sticker in this book | 2019 | 0:04:28 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Meg Ryan | It's off in the distance, it came into the room, it's here in the circle | In the Cut | 2003 | 0:05:37 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Cliff Martinez | Death Shall Have No Dominion | Solaris | 2002 | 0:07:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Ken | It's all so fleeting | 2019 | 0:07:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
In the Cut | Street sounds | In the Cut | 2003 | 0:10:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
In the Cut | Street sounds, footsteps | In the Cut | 2003 | 0:11:04 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Ken | We can't just create everything. We can leave a wake. (I hadn't told you lately.) | 2019 | 0:11:14 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Mirah | I don't want to get my hands dirty (I didn't want to get my mouth dirty) | 2019 | 0:17:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Meg Ryan | Midway along the journey of our life I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path | In the Cut | 2003 | 0:18:18 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Jared Leto | I think about how it was. It's all I have left. What do you see when you look at me? A grumpy old man who never answers questions? Who mixes everything up? Who's kept busy by getting his meals? | Mr. Nobody | 2009 | That's not me | 0:19:42 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Alan Watts | You can slip into this state of consciousness. We're all masters. How do you grow each hair without thinking about it? | The Nature of Consciousness | You are omnipotent. | 0:20:30 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Boards of Canada | Collapse | Tomorrow's Harvest | 2013 | 0:21:51 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Alan Watts | Excerpt | Out of Your Mind | 0:22:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Jonathan Glazer | What would be on the radio? It's not a choice. In fact, turn the radio on now and find out what's on the radio. Because that is what's on the radio. | Under the Skin interview | 0:23:42 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Jared Leto | Did I fall asleep? | Mr. Nobody | 2009 | 0:24:42 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Patrick McGoohan | One day you'll go too far, and I'll die and beat you all. I'm a prisoner, too. | The Prisoner, episode 9: Checkmate | 1969 | 0:24:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Bill Ehrhart | Found ways of keeping your thoughts well within the environment you were in | 1990 | 0:26:15 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Meg Ryan | The stillwaters of your mouth under a frond of stars, under a thicket of kisses | In the Cut | 2003 | 0:26:51 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Jared Leto | Sometimes I don't sleep | Mr. Nobody | 2009 | 0:27:13 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Boards of Canada | Collapse | Tomorrow's Harvest | 2013 | 0:28:17 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Ólafur Arnalds | 30:55 | Eulogy for Evolution | 2006 | 0:28:09 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Vietnam interviews | We were brought never to question authority. The gov't was right, policeman, mom and dad, anyone in authority knew what was best. Shouldn't I let my gov't know I think they're crazy? | 1969 | 0:29:02 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Meg Ryan | Thinking back over the course of my passion. Unafraid of the dark | In the Cut | 2003 | 0:29:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Meg Ryan, sounds | Street, siren, school bell | In the Cut | 2003 | 0:30:18 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Vietnam interviews | It's so obvious that the war is fixed around the dollar. Somebody's making money. That's why this war has been prolonged | 1969 | 0:30:59 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Edd Kalehoff | The Price is Right theme | The Price is Right | 0:31:50 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Jonathan Glazer | Turn the radio on now, that's what should be on the radio. In fact, that sort of is what's on the radio | 0:32:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
The Professor (Michael Pool) | Tech support. No idea what a paperclip is | The Audio Kitchen 8/20/2003 | 2003 | RIP | 0:32:45 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Thatcher Keats | Rancho Thatchmo with Thatcher Keats 2/20/19 | 2019 | 0:33:50 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Boards of Canada | ? | Tomorrow's Harvest | 2013 | 0:34:44 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
3-2-1 Contact | I hate noise. I'm out here measuring some of the sounds we live with, and I'm telling you, they're pretty awful | Episode 2: Noisy/Quiet | 1980 | 0:35:24 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Meg Ryan | Alone, the sedge has withered | In the Cut | 2003 | 0:35:57 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Firefall | Always | 0:36:30 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Jared Leto | Sometimes I don't sleep | Mr. Nobody | 2009 | 0:37:22 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
3-2-1 Contact | This music's really beautiful, isn't it? Yeah | Episode 2: Noisy/Quiet | 1980 | 0:37:55 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
3-2-1 Contact | We hear so many different sounds | Episode 2: Noisy/Quiet | 1980 | 0:38:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
3-2-1 Contact | Being a rock musician caused the hearing loss (122 decibels) | Episode 2: Noisy/Quiet | 1980 | 0:38:26 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Thatcher Keats | Baby's got it going on | Rancho Thatchmo with Thatcher Keats 2/20/19 | 2019 | 0:39:17 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Louis Armstrong | We Have All the Time in the World | Loops | 0:40:22 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
The Generational Divide | Teachers, schools, slow using computers. It takes hours. Technology is uncomfortable instead of seamless and nice | 0:40:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Patrick McGoohan, George Coulouris | Why do both sides look alike? Judge by attitudes. | The Prisoner, episode 9: Checkmate | 1969 | 0:41:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Jared Leto | It's all I have left | 0:42:59 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
In the Cut | Train sounds, music | In the Cut | 0:43:44 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Girl Talk | Broken Ankles Intro | 0:44:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
In the Cut | Street, car | In the Cut | 2003 | 0:45:24 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
3-2-1 Contact | Dangerous tool: I don't think it's such a great idea to overhear things. There are so many wonderful things to listen to in the world | Episode 2: Noisy/Quiet | 1980 | What would it be like to live in a silent world? | 0:46:09 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
3-2-1 Contact | Hearing test: He's beginning to lose his hearing, from being a rock musician | Episode 2: Noisy/Quiet | 1980 | 0:46:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Louis Armstrong | We Have All the Time in the World | More loops | 0:47:56 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Ken | We're almost over (competing to be doing not quite as well). Everything's going great | 2019 | Misunderstandings. Birth. Cancer. Sea of miscommunication. Mold at the bottom of the basket. The snow is beautiful. | 0:48:55 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Ken | Identification (being recorded 4 different ways) | 2019 | 0:53:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Gary Sullivan | Kenzo will be turning 25 in 2 weeks. It's going to be a festive time | Bodega Pop Live a few weeks ago | 2019 | 0:56:18 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Christian Vasseur | un amour infini | A La Limite Du Présent vol 3 of 3 | 2019 | 0:56:47 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
3-2-1 Contact | This music's really beautiful, isn't it? Yeah | Episode 2: Noisy/Quiet | 1980 | 0:58:27 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds | Organic peanut butter | Mother | 0:58:51 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
The Generational Divide | Messaging, emailing each other, these little fun things...that makes sense | 0:59:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
3-2-1 Contact | We're testing the right side now | Episode 2: Noisy/Quiet | 1980 | 1:00:04 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds | Honey, there's no difference, it all comes from the same place. Yeah, but, I like the organic | Mother | 1:00:13 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Girl Talk | Broken Ankles Intro | Broken Ankles | 1:00:32 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
The Professor (Michael Pool) | People trade MP3's, and other things on these networks | The Audio Kitchen 8/20/2003 | 2003 | 1:01:04 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Moby | Everloving | Play | 1999 | 1:02:45 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Gma | 96 years old | Last month, last recording | 2019 | 1:04:39 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Gma | I don't like darkness (I hope you have a wonderful time tomorrow) | Other recordings | 2017 | Put the lamp on. It makes the room look nice. (with Garth Stevenson) | 1:07:11 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Gma | Short | 2013 | 1:10:06 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Gma twin | This went on and on and on and on. I was so upset, you have no idea. | 2014 | Did you put it in the refrigerator? That would be feasible. | 1:10:55 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Boards of Canada | Collapse | 1:12:22 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Gma + twin | Sharing clothing. I remember a gown I had, and I turned it into dresses for us. I didn't have a sewing machine. | 2014 | What was the outfit we wore on the first day of junior high? | 1:12:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Christian Vasseur | sinfonia | A La Limite Du Présent vol 3 of 3 | 2019 | 1:16:19 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Gma + twin | We had to get the same clothes | 2014 | 1:16:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
The Generational Divide | The structure of school is going to have to change | 1:16:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||||
Ben Stiller, Noah Baumbach | When I was younger, I was so invested in his grievances, his anger with the world | The Meyerowitz Stories | 2017 | 1:17:22 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Christian Vasseur | tous sur le pont | A La Limite Du Présent vol 3 of 3 | 1:17:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Christian Vasseur | Food Cook Mood | A La Limite Du Présent vol 3 of 3 | 2019 | 1:18:30 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Dexy's Midnight Runners | Come On Eileen loops | Too-Rye-Ay | 1982 | 1:19:12 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Roger Dawson | Sometimes the easy way is not the best way. The "I'm not suggesting" technique (Track 6) | Secrets of Power Persuasion | 1:19:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Alan Watts | Nothing really happens unless it's in the newspaper. "It's too bad there wasn't a tape recorder" | Being Aware of Awareness | 1:20:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Bill Ehrhart | The questions themselves were too ugly to ask. You just want to back out quietly and walk away. I did not have the full deck of cards before I could make sense of what I had seen. | Vietnam interview | 1990 | 1:22:09 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Arthur B. Rubinstein | History Lesson | WarGames | 1:23:17 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Bill Ehrhart | I gave those people every reason to hate me | Vietnam interview | 1990 | 1:23:47 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Dexy's Midnight Runners | Come On Eileen loops | Too-Rye-Ay | 1982 | 1:25:08 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Wax Audio | Happy Xmas (War is Over) w/George W. Bush & John Lennon | Cut, Paste and Run | 1:25:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Dexy's Midnight Runners | Come On Eileen loops | Too-Rye-Ay | 1982 | 1:27:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
David Weinstein | A surprise sound collage, Kenzo's historical vaults are 7 thousand gazillion deep | Ridgewood Radio from some weeks ago | 2019 | 1:27:12 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Girl Talk | Broken Ankles Intro | Broken Ankles | 1:28:20 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Dexy's Midnight Runners | Come On Eileen loops | Too-Rye-Ay | 1982 | 1:28:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Alan Watts | Purposely arrange and discipline in accordance with foresight and words and accountancy | Once you start thinking about things, you worry if you've thought enough | 1:29:32 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Bill Ehrhart | You found ways of keeping your thoughts well within the environment that you were dealing with | Vietnam interviews | 1:31:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Jonathan Glazer | Person making anything being completely attached and on other hand unattached. It's all in orbit all the time | Under the Skin interview | 1:31:31 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Dexy's Midnight Runners | Come On Eileen loops | Too-Rye-Ay | 1982 | 1:31:56 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Ralph Nader | Ambassador was utterly disruptive rather than diplomatic. We need 1% of the people to take control congress | On Contact with Chris Hedges | 1:32:36 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Dexy's Midnight Runners | Come On Eileen loops | Too-Rye-Ay | 1982 | 1:34:47 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Christian Vasseur | le voyage extraordinaire | A La Limite Du Présent vol 3 of 3 | 2019 | 1:36:53 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Christian Vasseur | prelude d'un autre temps I | A La Limite Du Présent vol 3 of 3 | 2019 | 1:39:11 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Vietnam interviews | The only people who benefit from our tax laws are the very wealthy or the very poor | 1969 | 1:39:19 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
The Outfield | Say It Isn't So loops | Play Deep | 1985 | Tell me I'm the only one. Without you I can't go on. | 1:40:14 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Gary Wright | Dream Weaver | The Dream Weaver | 1975 | 1:43:05 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Cliff Martinez | Death Shall Have No Dominion | Solaris | 2002 | 1:43:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Mirah | The apple? You can have two snails. | 2019 | 1:44:52 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
Ken | What happened was...my friend died. Overlapping obsessions. Beaconing out his helpful ways. Boldly share your thing. You have to do it. | 2019 | I have a lot of stuff. (with Cliff Martinez, then Garth Stevenson) | 1:47:33 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Garth Stevenson | The Southern Sea | Flying | 2010 | 1:56:22 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
Arthur B. Rubinstein | History Lesson | WarGames | 1982 | Not in archive |
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