ROGC: 17 Year Cicada

Posted on July 10th, 2005 by s&S.
Categories: *Royal Oakland Gramophone Co., collage, electronic, experimental, field recordings, live-mix, noise, spoken.

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July 10th 2005, 8-10pm
ROGC: 17 Year Cicada

After 17 years of loveless, subterranian root munching, how about inviting all your swingin single pals for the biggest ‘hook-up’ party of your seemingly eternal pupal life!

Let’s make some noise!!! Yes, I realize not all of the cicadas in this episode are of the aforementioned variety…. But with all the merry-making, I don’t think anyone minded a handful of inter-species party crashers.

I’d discovered a bunch of cassette recordings online of a woman describing the month-long coming (and going) of 17 year Cicadas (Brood X) in 2004 and 1987. While her cicadas completely overloaded her recordings, her narration was what i was most attracted to… A sentimental biologist’s tone. This show was easily inspired. Insects are generally good for that.

running time: 2 hours

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Ub Radio #02: DoGGoD

Posted on July 3rd, 2005 by s&S.
Categories: *Big City Orchestra, *Ub Radio, collage, experimental, improvisation, noise, spoken.


July 3rd 2005, 8-11pm
(…as with 1st Sundays of the month):
Ub Radio: DoGGoD

LIVE from the s&S studios (and the hallways in between)

featuring object & machine sounds by: tonight’s Big City Orchestra (dAS, Ninah Pixie, Cheryl E. Leonard, Rob Wortman, Otis Fodder, tradeMARK, Christy Brand and Fausto)

**..the Canine Divine… all (or most) of your concerns about the canine and the divine were elegantly dealt with during this month’s 3 hour routine-ritual-audio-procedure

running time: 3 hours

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Otis Fodder: Perpetuation of the Species

Posted on June 26th, 2005 by s&S.
Categories: *Otis Fodder, collage, exotic, found / thriftstore, live-mix, music mix, spoken.

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June 26th 2005, 8pm – 10:30pm
special guest pervert: Otis Fodder PLAYLIST & INFO PAGE HERE!

“Calling all CADS!!, Calling all CADS!! Mr. Otis Fodder joined me here again presenting his unholy audio carrying case filled with recordings of; instructions for; and celebrations of:
“THE PERPETUATION OF THE SPECIES!”

Was this a sexy show?
Does a sassy lady bee shake her sassy lady bee hips and go, “BZZ, BZZ”?

**mp3 excerpts:

PLAYLIST & INFO PAGE HERE!

running time: 2.5 hours

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Blevin Blectum – guest DJ set (remote link)

Posted on June 19th, 2005 by s&S.
Categories: improvisation, other guests, spoken.

June 19th 2005, 8pm
Blevin Blectum guest DJ set (remote)

this was part of a series of live-link experiments – wherein the Bleakhouse studio would send a live stream direct to the S&S studio, run through the board, then get relayed in real time out to you. Unfortunately, there were several connection glitches that had me covering most of the time – and I consequenty failed to document most of this set of Bevin’s selections :(

BUT……While she was remotely playing her favorite tracks for us, an unrelated birthday party was also occuring here in the catacombs as well – featuring drunk jazz guys, drunk jazz gals, and lots of ping pong. Luckily, I’d hidden a pair of binaural microphones in a house-plant beforehand, so we were able to open up a little voyeuristic party-sound window from time to time. Trust you enjoyed the best of 3 worlds, one and a half, or whatever

consider this your weak little consolation prize for my ineptitude.

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ROGC: Untitled (June 12th 2005)

Posted on June 12th, 2005 by s&S.
Categories: *Royal Oakland Gramophone Co., collage, electronic, exotic, experimental, field recordings, live-mix, music mix, spoken.

June 12th 2005, 8pm
Royal Oakland Gramophone Company – Untitled

Oooo..<*)))-{ The device sat in the study of a wealthy aristocrat, while late at night the cook would haul it downstairs and perform a midnight symphony of kitchenware. You recall the scene in star wars inside the big Jawa recycling mobile – where droids and droid parts crunched & clattered? This wasn’t much different….just moodier. Another chapter revealed the whirring and chirping of reposessed sound gathering devices – held captive – en route to the next ROGC show in the year 1905

**mp3 excerpts:

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