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Audio Portraits Now on View at DC Convention Center

sound — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:04:35 +0000

Listening Lounge recently partnered with the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities to produce Audio Portraits. Head over to the D.C. Convention Center (N Street NW between 7th and 9th), walk down the street, gaze at the photography displayed on the exterior of the windows, pull out your cell phone and dial in to hear the audio portraits!

Photographs on display were selected as part of the “51 Faces of D.C.: Census 2010 Portraits Contest” curated by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and D.C. Counts.

Audio Portraits Exhibit
Where: N Street NW between 7th and 9th
When: LIVE from Thursday July 29, 2010 forward

Flyer design and artwork by Malaka Gharib

Sound Scene 2010: Work & Play — Saturday, May 22

sound — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:58:06 +0000

DC Listening Lounge presents Sound Scene: Work & Play, Saturday, May 22! This audio-rich event takes place at La Casa Community Center, 3166, Mt Pleasant Street, NW, Washington DC, 20010. 7pm- 11:00pm; suggested donation $6.

In addition to audio installations, there will be live music from the New Atlantis IVtet, The Torches (http://www.facebook.com/TheeTorches), Black Snake in the Daisy Patch, and Weed Tree.

Flyer design and artwork by Malaka Gharib

2010 Recording Spree #1: The Mall

producer — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:27:54 +0000

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

“Cheerios” by Tina Tennessen

sound — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:23:43 +0000

Here’s another piece from the body installation at the 2009 Sound Scene. Tina’s niece and nephew consider the guts.

> Listen to Cheerios by Tina Tennessen (1:15)

“You’re Hot” by DJ Bent

producer — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:51:15 +0000

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

“Cairo” by Maureen Loughran

sound — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:30:00 +0000

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)

“Ohhh-ba-ma!” by Ben Bloom

sound — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:51:03 +0000

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)

“Ice” by Vige Millington

sound — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:38:13 +0000

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)

WFMU Radio Theater call for submissions

sound — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:11:47 +0000

From: Karinne Keithley <kk at fancystitchmachine dot org>
Date: June 8, 2008 3:54:29 PM EDT
To: Karinne Keithley <kk at fancystitchmachine dot org>
Subject: WFMU Radio Theater call for submissionsPLEASE FORWARD FAR AND WIDEHello, everyone. I’m writing now because Jason Grote, Danny
Manley and I are attempting to put together a radio play program for
the legendary freeform radio station WFMU (wfmu.org for the
uninitiated) and are looking for *recorded* radio plays and monologues, weird interviews,
rants, found audio, etc. The more idiosyncratic the better.

We’ll consider everything, but we’re not after 1920s nostalgia acts so
much as sound-driven art that redefines and expands the idea of what
radio theater can be. If you’re unsure whether or not what you’ve got
is a legitimate radio play, it probably is what we’re looking for.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR RECORDED AUDIO MATERIAL ONLY.
Lo-fi, do-it-yourself stuff is OK. It should be suitable for
broadcast, which means that (1) it should not contain any obscenities
as defined by the FCC, (2) you should be able to clear the rights
yourself, or it should be in public domain, and (3) it should be
somewhat short, from 1-55 minutes. Under 20 minutes is ideal. Most
but not all silence is generally to be avoided.

We are not looking for unsolicited scripts at this time but we’ll let
you know if that changes.

Submissions:

Mp3/Zip/other files should be posted to Divshare, Sendspace, or
whichever such site you prefer, and links emailed to
jason at jasongrote dot com.

CDs or other recorded materials should be send to:

Jason Grote - WFMU radio theater project
c/o New Dramatists
424 West 44th Street
NYC, NY 10036

Deadline: if you’ve got something, please send it immediately, but if
you’re looking to prepare something: July 8, 2008.

“Lincoln Park Market” by Ben Bloom and Tina Tennessen

sound — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:29:21 +0000

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