▶ The Sumburgh foghorn was used as part of the foghorn sound for Robert Eggers “The Lighthouse”
▶ 1962 research project: Relationship of noise tolerance to martini consumption
▶ not all heroes etc etc…
▶ “create a music where the only thing that’s there is what should be there – and no excess…”
– guess the artist
ps thanks Redbull for the transcript too… I don’t have time to listen to most/any podcasts in real time, but a transcript makes access possible!
▶ The curious tale of Bhutan’s playable record postage stamps – “Issued in 1972 in a set of seven, the stamps are miniature, one-sided, 33 1⁄3 rpm vinyl records playable on a standard turntable….”
▶ an important read: Being Māori in classical music is exhausting
Especially this section interested me, as I suspect the same could be said of many people “dabbling” with unique ethnic instruments, without venturing beyond the surface:
“There have been those from the classical music community who’ve fronted to say that they’re trying to form better relationships with tangata whenua by including elements of te ao Māori in their practice as musicians.
But culture is a deep and complicated thing. Cross-cultural researcher Edward Hall described culture as being like an iceberg where, from the outside, people can see the top. What’s on the surface are things like clothing, food, music, and language.
But, under the water, lie things like child-rearing practices, thought processes, and notions of self. I’ve had a lot of experiences in recent times where Pākehā musicians have engaged with the top layer, with no interest of delving further.”
▶ The Room Next Door – President Trump and the Coronavirus