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child is father of the man

When my dad and I would listen to WCSX in his car when I was much younger, he would ask me if I knew who was singing. I only had 4 guesses at the time; Beatles? Beach Boys? Rolling Stones? Traveling Wilburys? I have since learned to love and identify these groups, especially the Beach Boys.

This year marks the 40th anniversary for Pet Sounds. I would recommend celebrating by listening to the album and then downloading the concise and heartfelt 40th Anniversary Pet Sounds Podcast Series. Simply search for Pet Sounds and then subscribe.

seize the carp

On my way home from playing tennis with my dad, All Things Considered aired a piece that made my drive home breeze by. Does Age Quash Our Spirit of Adventure? The piece, produced by Robert Kruelwich flows very much like something that would be heard on Radio Lab. This is likely because Kruelwich co-hosts the show. Both this story, and Radio Lab apply such cool and adventurous conventions to their stories that it sometimes catches me off-guard. I'm used to hearing narration...interviewee...ambient sound...narration. Listening to this stuff makes me crave experimentation and tinkering. It makes me smile and think and breathe deliberately. I think our sense of adventure is far from quashed.

Dr. Jack Pitchforkian

Only Pitchfork people write sentences like this...

I guess I mean that it occupies more of an ironic cultural space than an ironic aesthetic...

They’re talking. But I don’t understand what they’re saying.

Today is a slow day at the office. For this reason, I'm able to listen to things such as a 45-minute documentary about an Italian, Alessandro Bosetti, who brought some experimental electro-acoustic music from the west to Mali and Burkina Faso. There, he asked random West Africans to listen to the seemingly foreign tones. He then recorded their reaction to the music he loves. The piece is called, "African Feedback." It was arranged chronologically, but it doesn't sound in anyway conventional. In addition to the voices/reactions, he added some of his own piano and percussion music.


Click on this sentance to listen to African Feedback.