Sound Scene 2013 is coming!  Our annual circus-aural of interactive exhibits, radio drama, audio storytelling, and live music returns to the Goethe Institut May 18. With Special guest producer Oliver Brod and musical performances by Janel and Anthony, Slammer, JC, David Schulman, Tatyana, Weed Tree, and The Coolots.

Sound Scene VI: Mixed Signals
May 18, 2013
7:00-11:00PM
Goethe Institut, 812 7th St NW (7th and H)
One block from Chinatown Metro

All ages welcome!  Suggested donation at the door is $10.  Advance tickets are available at Eventbrite.

About DC Listening Lounge:

Started in 2004, this rag-tag group of audio enthusiasts meets once a month in someone’s living room. We draw no blood and make no demands. Just experimenting, learning and sharing, with audio.

http://www.dclisteninglounge.com

DC Listening Lounge is excited to announce the Sound Scene – our annual interactive audio exploration. As the birds chirp in the flowering trees, new interns flock towards debauchery, bike-riders, protestors and lobbyists take to the streets, we hear the global sounds of Cycles, Circuits and Revolutions.

As in years past, the Sound Scene will showcase an immersive listening experience with more than 20 audio pieces. And interactive audio experiments such as Russian Roulette with cassette tapes and an audio confessional booth. Live performances from local musicians Trumpet Grrrl, Buildings, and Redline Graffiti among others.

Please join us for an evening of sound so rich and exciting, your other senses will be jealous.

Sound Scene V: Cycles, Circuits, Revolutions
June 2, 2012, 7pm-11:30pm
Goethe Institute, 812 7th St NW (7th and H Sts NW)

All ages welcome. Suggested donation of $10 at the door. Pre-sale discount tickets on eventbrite.

DC Listening Lounge Explained:
Started in 2004, this rag-tag group of audio enthusiasts meets once a month in someone’s living room. We draw no blood and make no demands. Just experimenting, learning and sharing, with audio.

http://www.dclisteninglounge.com

In honor of Halloween, Teague Lyons asked eight different people for their best evil cackle.  Some people are better at being evil than others.

> Listen to Raising Your Cackles (1:27)

Eight Listening Lounge producers gathered on the frigid Mall in the nation’s capital last Saturday. The mission: to record one minute of sound. The 60 seconds are strung together here for your enjoyment. It’s not quite 8 minutes flat, but it’s close enough. The producers are listed here in order of the sound clip: Jocelyn Frank, Selena Simmons-Duffin, Tina Tennessen, Ben Pagac, Melati Keye, Dan Poppy, Teague Lyons, and Ben Bloom.

2010 Recording Spree #1: The Mall

You’re Hot played at the 2009 Sound Scene installation — here is dj bent’s artist statement: This piece by dj bent documents the first visit to a gun range by her 14 year old god daughter. Guns are controversial, but they exist, and knowledge of their use will be crucial to survive the coming/present apocalypse, whether it includes zombies or not; dj bent and her goddaughter are set on survival. Guns that we shot included two rifles (Savage Arms 64F and Yugo SKS), five semi automatic hand guns (Ruger MK II, Walther P1, Makarov, CZ52 and Colt 1911), and one fully automatic machine gun (NFA HK 416) to cap off the day at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Virginia, where they even have zombie posters for target practice. With thanks to our teacher Dexter and help from dj mothersheister and dj rAt.

>Listen to You’re Hot by dj bent (3:02)

Credit: dj bent

This is a recording of the call to prayer and rush hour at sunset in July 2007, recorded by DC Listening Lounge member Maureen Loughran. She writes,”This picture was taken by my sister Kate. It is a view of the mosques across the Nile at sunset, when the recording was done. The squiggly lines in the sky are kites that were flown at this time of day everyday, while the call to prayer was happening.”

> Listen to Cairo by Maureen Loughran (4:20)

There was much recent hubbub over Obama’s first 100 days but nothing compares to the first. Listen to a collection of inaugural sounds, from the festive to the entrepreneurial, with a celebrity appearance by Denzel Washington, and more…all for only $40.99.

>Listen to Ohhh-ba-ma! by Ben Bloom (8:53)

In this audio piece, DC Listening Lounge member Vige Millington stumbles across a story of summer love and icy fruit flavors. It was recorded at an elusive snow cone stand in Northwest DC.

>Listen to Ice by Vige Millington (1:40)

This audio piece comes from DC’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, recorded by DC Listening Lounge members Ben Bloom and Tina Tennessen. “Beer and milk were never more convenient than the three years we had a grocery store in our basement. In that time we struck up a friendship with the store owner, Shital Patel. Every once in a while, we’d find him in a deep slumber behind the counter – but that’s excusable; the man works harder than anyone we know. In this recording we discover his musical tastes.”

> Listen to Lincoln Park Market (2:08), by Ben Bloom and Tina Tennessen

In this audio piece by DC Listening Lounge member Ginger Moored, hear the “behind the scenes” story of Metro’s popular peeps YouTube video. Ginger writes, “In general I’m interested in all-things-Metro because I used to work for the District Dept. of Transportation’s Mass Transit branch. The peeps You-Tube video caught my attention in particular because: 1) I thought it was hilarious; and 2) I was surprised something so out-of-the-ordinary came out of an institution where simply changing the colors of the Metrorail seat cushions was a huge ordeal. I wanted to know who came up with the peeps video idea, how the idea evolved, and how the video will change the way Metro does outreach in the future. Plus, I figured any conversation centered on peeps would be entertaining.”

> Listen to Peep Peep by Ginger Moored (4:28)

Image from Metro’s peeps video