Audio

A variety of different audio formats and disciplines from spoken word to new band releases, to highly experimental sonic textures.

David Foster Wallace – Death is not the End

by Tony Shea September 12, 2013

Today marks the anniversary of the death of David Foster Wallace. One of America’s bright and shining literary stars of the last fifty years, Wallace committed suicide at the age of 46. He’s probably best known for the phone book sized novel Infinite Jest, which you have casually mentioned to friends with literary inclinations that […]

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Return of the Boys in Black (Sabbath Releases New Album)

by Staff June 11, 2013

The godfathers of metal have released their first album of new material in 35 years. Featuring the core unit (sans original drummer Bill Ward) fronted by the bat head biting legend, Ozzy Osbourne, the new album, entitled 13, is the nineteenth album for the band. Upon Ozzy’s original departure from the band in 1979, after […]

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Happy Birthday Curtis Mayfield!!

by Shannon Murfree June 4, 2013

I know what you’re thinking. This chick can’t get out of the past when it comes to music. I am a nostalgic being by nature. I love music that makes me remember a certain time in my life, happy or sad. Curtis Mayfield is one of those artists that I forgot about until I heard […]

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Superfly Love Assassin – LA Rock n’ Rollers Candygram For Mongo Release Their Third Album

by Tony Shea May 17, 2013

LA rock n’ pop n’ punk n’ country rollers, Candygram For Mongo return with their third album, BANG!, after a four year hiatus. C4M has been a featured artist on Clear Channel Radio’s Discover New Music Program and their songs have been heard on Battlestar Gallactica (Syfy Channel) and Unhitched (Fox) among other shows and […]

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Happy Birthday, Salvador Dali

by Daedalus Howell May 11, 2013

In observance of Salvador Dali’s birthday, here’s a winky little ditty in his honor. I have no idea how old Dali would’ve been but it seems time didn’t matter much to the master surrealist, you know, given his trippy/drippy depiction of pocket watches. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/89950561″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]

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The King of Kings

by Tony Shea April 26, 2013

This week marked the birthday of blues great Albert King. One of the great badass guitar players in history, as well as one of the “Three Kings” of the blues, along with BB and Freddie, all no relation, Albert King was known as the “velvet bulldozer.” Standing 6’4” and weighing 250 pounds, Albert King sweated […]

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Baseball, Baseball, Baseball!

by Dan O'Day McClellan April 15, 2013

The film 42 took top honors at the box office this weekend and rightfully so. We also celebrate Jackie Robinson day, as Dan O’Day McClellan shares his love of baseball. TS My favorite season of the year is back — baseball season. Flowers are blooming, the weather is getting warmer and baseball, sweet baseball is […]

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Lost & Found Pages

by Daedalus Howell March 5, 2013

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/80526811″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] When I lived in Los Angeles, I would frequently discover stray screenplay pages littering the streets. I saved them all and with my ArtsID co-host Gretchen Giles, am pleased to present a staged reading of these pages, complete with cast and soundtrack provided by the fine folks […]

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Philanthrope

by Jay Stone November 26, 2012

Listen to a track from Jay Stone’s very unique album Soul Cab. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/67465737″ iframe=”true” /]

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Vonnegut

by Tony Shea November 19, 2012

Kurt Vonnegut would have been 90 this year. His birthday was November 11th. I missed it, not that there is any grand celebration per se. I usually just read some of my favorite work of his – Mother Night, if I had to pick an absolute favorite, although I love them all, and Bluebeard, which […]

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What’s Left

by Jay Stone November 15, 2012

LISTEN TO A TRACK FROM JAY STONE’S VERY UNIQUE ALBUM SOUL CAB. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/67465748″ iframe=”true” /]

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Election Day

by Dan Cohen November 6, 2012

In honor of Election Day, audio artist Dan Cohen subliminally invades our minds again with his new 93 second trilogy. !WARNING!: THE AUDIO RECORDINGS BELOW SPECIFICALLY CONTAIN NEURO-HYPER-BOND SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES THAT CAN PENETRATE THE DEEPEST LAYERS OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS AND EFFECT THE ACTUAL WAY YOU VOTE IN TUESDAY’S ELECTION. BY LISTENING TO THE RECORDINGS YOU […]

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Let’s go to Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave, Shall we?

by Jay Hood October 31, 2012

I had good intentions. Really, I did. I had an idea. I had a plan. I just needed the time to carry it out. It was going to be the ideal first story. The timing was immaculate. Right there outside my window at work was the perfect story for Halloween. Plus, it would capture a […]

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