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THE ART OF NOISE

Program 09-03-29-B

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Anne D. LeClaire was walking along the beach on Nantucket Sound when she heard a voice. The voice said, "Sit in silence." LeClaire turned to look but there was no one there. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, Anne D. LeClaire talks about this experience seventeen years ago and how it inspired her to remain silent for two days every month. Also, we'll listen to some "noise music" as we focus our attention on "noise."

SEGMENT 1:

Noah Vawter is a Research Assistant and PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab. He talks with Jim Fleming about and demonstrates his "Ambient Addition." It's a portable listening device you wear like a walkman that converts the sounds around you into a form of music. Also, Bart Kosko is a professor of electrical engineering at USC and the author of "Noise." He explains the science of noise. And we hear lots of examples.

SEGMENT 2:

Paul Hegarty is a lecturer in Philosophy and Visual Culture at University College Cork in Ireland. He's also really into Noise/Music and is the author of "Noise/Music: A History." He talks with Steve Paulson about the Japanese contributions to the genre. And we hear some. Also, TTBOOK's Technical Director, Caryl Owen, provides an essay on her lifelong fear of losing her hearing to the condition known as tinnitus.

SEGMENT 3:

Anne D. LeClaire is the author of eight novels and "Listening Below the Noise: A Meditation on the Practice of Silence." The book describes her efforts to spend two days a month in complete silence. She talks with Anne Strainchamps about the book, her practice and its inspiration.

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 09-03-29-B.

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Books & CDs:

Anne D. LeClaire, Listening Below the Noise: A Meditation on the Practice of Silence (Harper)
Bart Kosko, Noise (Viking)
Paul Hegarty, Noise/Music: A History (Continuum Books)

Websites:

• -- Noah Vawter
  http://web.media.mit.edu/~nvawter/thesis/index.html
  http://web.media.mit.edu/~nvawter/
• -- Bart Kosko
  http://sipi.usc.edu/~kosko/
• -- Paul Hegarty
  http://www.ucc.ie/french/usrs/hegarty/index.html
  http://tinyurl.com/cnse7q
  http://www.dotdotdotmusic.com/
• -- Caryl Owen
  http://www.wpr.org/book/owen.html
• -- Anne D. LeClaire
  http://www.anneleclaire.com/

Clips:

• -- Clips used in Noise Montage:- “Eraserhead: Original Soundtrack” (I.R.S.)
  - “Zilch”/The Monkees
  from the CD, “Headquarters (Deluxe Edition)” (Rhino/WEA)
  http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=77760
  -- “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”/Narrated by Boris Karloff
  from the CD, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (Mercury Nashville/Polygram)
  - “Cum On Feel The Noize/Quiet Riot
  from the CD, “Metal Health” (Sony)
  - “Loud Music In Cars”/Billy Bremner
  from the CD, “Bash!” (Gadfly Records)
  http://www.gadflyrecords.com/products/275.htm
  http://www.gadflyrecords.com/
  -- “Man, It’s So Loud in Here”/They Might Be Giants
  from the CD, “Mink Car” (Restless Records)
  http://www.tmbg.com/index1.html
  -- from “Noise” DVD (Starz/Anchor Bay)

Music:

• -- “window #3 (Declan’s window)”/Steve Nieve
  from the CD, “Windows” (Rapide Epistle)
  http://www.stevenieve.com/
  http://cdbaby.com/cd/stevenieve
  
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  Audio used in Bart Kosko Mix:
  - “Eraserhead: Original Soundtrack” (I.R.S.)
  - “Zilch”/The Monkees
  from the CD, “Headquarters (Deluxe Edition)” (Rhino/WEA)
  http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=77760
  - “Cum On Feel The Noize/Quiet Riot
  from the CD, “Metal Health” (Sony)
  - White Noise, Pink Noise and Brown Noise
  http://whitenoisemp3s.com/free-white-noise
  -- "Desert Trip" from "The Andromeda Strain" Performed by Gil Melle, The Universal Orchestra
  from the box set, "Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection" (Rhino)
  http://www.rhino.com/
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  -- “window #1”/Steve Nieve
  from the CD, “Windows” (Rapide Epistle)
  http://www.stevenieve.com/
  http://cdbaby.com/cd/stevenieve
  -- Music used in Paul Hegarty/Noise Music Mix:
  - “1560”/Merzbow
  from the CD, “Antimonument” (Art Directe)
  http://www.merzbow.net/
  http://blog.merzbow.net/
  - “Interplanetary Love”/Acid Mothers Temple
  from the CD, “Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky?” (Ace Fu Records)
  - “Black Frog”/Merzbow
  from the CD, “Frog+” (Misanthropic Agenda)
  - “Dolphin Sonar, Part 1”
  from the CD, “Dolphin Sonar” (Important Records)
  http://www.merzbow.net/
  http://blog.merzbow.net/
  - “Scanning of Modulations: Condition #12”/Sachiko M
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl8IMc-8-N8
  http://www.japanimprov.com/sachikom/index.html
  - “Prologue”/Merzbow
  from the CD, “Electric Salad” (Etherworld)
  http://www.merzbow.net/
  http://blog.merzbow.net/
  - “1560”/Merzbow
  from the CD, “Antimonument” (Art Directe)
  http://www.merzbow.net/
  http://blog.merzbow.net/
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  -- “window #8 (Alice’s window)”/Steve Nieve
  from the CD, “Windows” (Rapide Epistle)
  http://www.stevenieve.com/
  http://cdbaby.com/cd/stevenieve
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• -- Audio used in Caryl Owen’s essay:
  - “Underture”/The Whofrom the CD, “Tommy” (Geffen Records)
  - “That Girl Is Rock and Roll”/Ian Hunter”
  from the CD, “All of the Good Ones Are Taken” (American Beat)
  - “Shock The Monkey”/Peter Gabriel
  from the CD, “Shaking the Tree: 16 Golden Greats” (Geffen Records)
  - Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony”/Russian National Orchestra
  - Beethoven’s “Sixth Symphony (The Pastoral Symphony)”
  - Various sounds from The Freesound Project
  http://www.freesound.org/
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  -- “window #2”/Steve Nieve
  from the CD, “Windows” (Rapide Epistle)
  http://www.stevenieve.com/
  http://cdbaby.com/cd/stevenieve

Distribution dates: week of 03/29/2009 - hour 2 click HERE for timings and cues

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