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Ya-ah indayah ya-ah indayah ya-ah indayah ya-ah indayah
I recorded something last week. I don’t know what. First order of business: do you? Vocal sound in Kensington, Brooklyn For context, G.F. and I moved last month to an apartment on the cusp of...
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Loud-Ass Brown Music!
This spring, the music department borrowed a professional sound level meter from a company that sells them. I spent a day walking around and talking to people about noise in the city, using the reader...
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Artwork #7: Buzz-a-Rama “500″ (or where to find some excited children on the...
Buzz-a-Rama “500″ miniature stock car racing venue, Kensington, Brooklyn. October, 2009. 1:00. The double-wide storefront across the street had been shuttered for two months. Once I saw some guys...
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The Rumbler
Last week, the New York City Police Department began outfitting patrol cars with a device called The Rumbler, a pair of subwoofers that serve as an alternative to sirens. The Rumbler is a response to...
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The Lost Tribes of New York City
Something “lite” for Friday. (Trying to make this the routine.) The Lost Tribes of New York City, by Carolyn and Andy London Most of the interview snippets concern race, obliquely or head-on. If you...
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Jabberwalkie-talkie
We hear many voices when we’re in public. But the logic between which ones we engage, ignore, or get frustrated by isn’t always apparent, even to ourselves. One of the most perplexing examples is the...
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Word Crowd: The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
This weekend, 644 competitors vied to become the 2010 crossword-solving champion. (I came in 338th, way ahead of Ken Burns.) As solvers finished each puzzle, they filed out to the lobby to discuss...
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Review #4: “Max Neuhaus: Times Square, Time Piece Beacon”
Max Neuhaus: Times Square, Time Piece Beacon Lynne Cooke, Karen Kelly, and Barbara Schröder, editors Dia Art Foundation, 2009 140 pps., $35 ($21.75 on Abe Books) As an art critic, it must be an...
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Bangkok is Ringing: Episode One
Today is the debut of Bangkok is Ringing, a monthly podcast I’m producing for the online magazine Triple Canopy. Check it! Image by Seth Denizen Episode One is the pilot. Its purpose is to explain...
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Artwork #14: “Protest as Religion”
In December, 2011, I visited a protest outside of the Credit Suisse offices in Manhattan to make sound recordings. Below is the podcast that resulted. The event was staged against that day’s military...
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