Streams and Shows

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I’m just waking up to the possibilities of scheduling live streams to record on my home computer. I’ve found a good application, Wiretap, that I am testing out on my mac to make sure it serves my purposes. So far it’s been great.* It allows me to schedule the recording of any live streaming web radio, whether it is a single event or a weekly show. Now that I know that I don’t have to be planted at my computer for a particular span of time to hear these broadcasts, I want to know what the most promising shows are. Here is my (very partial) list so far.

Of course there are always streams. My favorite that I know of so far is wandelweiser web radio. You can check out what is playing at any time in their status window.

Let me know, please, of any other shows or streams I should know about. This is only a beginning. I’ll update or fix my little table, and make a permanent spot for it on the links page once I have filled it out more.

*Update: Wiretap is working very well for me, and has been recording all of my scheduled shows reliably.

Soundwalkers

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A film about sound was shown at the subtropics festival that I found interesting and valuable on a number of levels. Raquel Castro directed and edited it, and she was there for the festival. I was very glad to find out from her that the film is available online. Give it a little time to load, and wait until about the 00:08 mark for it to start. It’s just over half an hour long.


Soundwalkers from raquel castro on Vimeo.

Sew Organ

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sew organ

There is a prominent piece at the entrance to the SOUND exhibit that did not find its way into my last post. The Sew Organ involved a collection of vintage sewing machines, each attached to a resonator which might be an organ, a cello, or an old radio. The pedals of the sewing machines were stretched out into one long row, and were there for the playing. Each machine has its own special sound, which is brought out further by the resonator that Duane Brant chose for it. When there was no one else around, it was great to try controlling the speed, and to listen for differences between the speeds and resonances of each machine. When several people got playing them, the sound was tremendous. On a quieter day, I asked the guard which was his favorite, and he immediately pointed to the tallest one (you can see it in the picture). It was not the loudest, but it had an overpowering sound.

Every so often when I’m traveling I so much wish I could teleport a friend to see or hear some particular thing. In this case I would have brought Constanze over from Munich. She is quite taken with sewing machines of all vintages and has a wonderful fiber arts blog. Here’s one of my favorite projects of hers: