Final: Lynard Skinner in the Caribbean

What's going on? Good question.

Run Time: 1:12

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Interview

I interviewed Brenda Quinn about a book she helped write entitled "The Daughters of Charity at St. Mary's Hospital".
Run Time: 2:44

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Some questions asked:
How did you come about writing your book?
Is the research harder than the actual writing?
What is some of the history of the hospital? 
What's the strategy to writing non-fiction?
How hard is it to write a book?
What went into this book?
What's the strategy to writing non-fiction?

Rant: On the Bandwagon

This is a rant about bandwagon fans in sports, and how to tell if someone is a bandwagon fan.

Run Time 2:08

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Outside recording WAV
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Inside recording WAV
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For the outside recording, I took the Green line south towards the Airport. I did not go nearly that, as I got off at Humboldt. I did my recording in a doorway off Water Street sort of near Pleasant. I then walked around a bit more and eventually re boarded the bus at Water and Juneau. My indoor recording was done in our very own Mitchell basement.

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Essay 2

The anti-tourist travels very similarly to the drift strategy.  A strategy Daniel Kalder used was picking the most unknown places on a map of Russia to visit.  An anti-tourist is someone who goes on the roads less taken.  Kalder describes an anti-tourist as someone who’s “humble and seeks invsibility” (Kalder).  The anti-tourist doesn’t travel to achieve notoriety or to brag about where they have been, instead they travel for deeper meaning. When talking about commonly visited sites, he says “you just wind up following an almost automatic path.” (Kalder). He says some sites have just been dissected so much that they lose appeal.

            When defining anti-tourism he does state what it isn’t. The idea of the word is not against traveling, it’s against traveling to the same places as everyone else.  He was visiting Russian places that “even in, like, enormous guidebooks they don’t mention these Republics” (Kalder).   By going to these almost invisible places, Kalder learned a great deal about Russian culture and history that he wouldn’t have learned by visiting St. Petersburg or by reading a text book. That’s the beauty of anti-tourism, finding a treasure trove of information and culture in places most people would not even consider looking. I have found times when visiting more remote places can be a better experience, because the story of those places are more unknown, they haven’t been repeated over and over.  Sometimes the road less taken offers more than what meets the eye.

Source:

Kalder, Daniel. Interview. To the Best of Our Knowledge. WPR, Madison. 17 Aug. 2011.

Drift: Flying Towards the Sirens

My drift strategy began by driving downtown and starting wherever there was a parking space open.  After that I did a combination of two things. First, every corner I spontaneously went whichever direction I impulsively selected.  The thing I did more was to go which ever direction the birds went.  I sort of followed the birds that were flying above me.

March 5, 2015. 5:45 pm. On the corner of State St and Market St.
Time- 1:22

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Field Recording: The Icy Beach

This was done right on the beach of Lake Michigan, I sat on some icy rocks on the shore. This was taken Thursday, February 26th around 4:30 pm.

Run time: 0:53 Seconds.

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Essay One

           One of the biggest distinctions between hi-fi and low-fi are the distances.  Hi-fi is a much more long distance soundscape while low-fi is more in your face.  This is why hi-fi is associated with vast and open areas because “the hi-fi soundscape allows the listener to hear farther into the distance” (Schafer, 1). Hi-fi would be used out in the woods, and when I’ve been out in the wilderness, sounds do seem to linger longer and have more space to roam.  Low-fi is the opposite. In a larger city such as Milwaukee, it’s nearly impossible to avoid low-fi soundscapes.  The rustle of traffic is always pertinent.  With lo-fi “there is no distance; there is only presence” (Schafer, 1).   I’ve spent time in both open locations and in large cities, and the distinctions between hi-fi and low-fi really show.

            Schafer notes a few sound marks of his youth, but one sticks out.  The first sound marks he recalls “is the churning of butter” (Schaffer, 6).  Schafer notes that the pump would go for an extended period of time and thus the butter was being made.  Despite the habitual churning, at the time he never paid much heed to it. He also mentions the stamping of boots and the sounds of geese (Schafer, 6).  For me growing up, one sound stands out the best.  Every day, about thirty minutes after school ended, the ice cream truck would make its round on my street.  Kid’s love sweets, and that sound would bring joy.  The sound itself, like Schaffer’s sound, was unimportant.  When the song played, the sound itself was not the first thing that came to mind. Instead it was the potential for some ice cream.  As this would happen daily, it was a fairly consistent sound mark of my childhood.

Sound Notes

Sound Notes

1. Rough, edgy, scratchy.

2. Nature, raking leaves.

3. UFO and crickets.

3B. Opening plastic bag emphatically.

3C. Raining, plane takes off at 1:20, knocking/hammering at 1:40, knock at 2:25, more knocks and rain.

3D. Mechanical drilling, sharp and rough.

4B. Nature sounds and faint voices.

5B. Nature, rustling of leaves, animals.

5C. Car passing by and birds.

6. Shuffling, windy.

7. Echo, thuds, footsteps, large crashes, gates closing, voices

7B. Ice cube into water, snapping, pounding, crackling.

9. Voices, pumping sound faintly. Hello and German at 0:45. Microphone checks and guitar checks, 1:25 string, 1:33 applause, crash at end.

10. Traffic and talking. Glasses last? Cant even get in.

11. Bell jingling, brushing snow, dog walk.

12. Rainforest.

13. Jingling, motor starting.

15. Large crash and honk at 0:15, distant traffic sounds.

16. Waves crashing on shore.

16B. Barking, slap.

17. Gas? Struggling with pump.

19. Breathing, shot, chuckle, phone, laugh.

20. Door close, drill.

21. Talking, laughing, jingling, cracker?

22. Car passing, loud at 0:30, beeping at 0:42, loud at 0:52, 1:30 talking, laughing, and screams, jingling.

23. Truck reversing, engine running.

24. Shoveling gravel, cars passing, hitting a can, digging, shoveling.

Found Sound: Give Me Some Gas!

This audio is a sequence of patterns. The patterns represent various things, but are mostly different sequences in a sort of melody. There is a rhythm to it that changes and the main idea is that things change over time. At first the rhythm is all non verbal and then over time words are implemented, and eventually words become the focal point.

Run Time: 1 minute, 18 seconds.

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