030: Ringing Rock State Park

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My friend Brian Taylor was in town for the art fairs so we drove to Ringing Rocks State Park. The episode is a binaural field recording of me walking around hitting rocks with a hammer for about 20 minutes. Some rocks ‘ring’ while others don’t. Brian was off in the distance casting a rock. We had a nice lunch at Ship Inn (not a part of the recording).

029: September 11: A Musical


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The third in the ad hoc War Trilogy, September 11: A Musical first aired on the Blind Spot radio program in 2005. A historical experimental musical drama that portrays a twelve hour period from September 11, 2001 (in both Chicago and the East Coast). Featuring the talents of Jenny Walters, Eric Humphrey, Julia Klein, Sonia Yoon, Jacob Christopher, Michelle Dahlenburg and Philip von Zweck. Written, composed and produced by John Wanzel.

 

028: For the Country Entierly

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For the Country Entirely is a sonic re-staging of the Gertrude Stein short story of the same name. The piece is voiced by Anna Benavides, Brian Taylor and John Wanzel. Sounds and text were arranged and edited by John Wanzel.

The piece was created for Erik Belgum’s softpalate in celebration of the roughly 100th anniversary of Gertrude Stein’s Geography and Plays. This piece and five others were released in around 2002 on ubu web.