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S.O.B. Guerilla Instore at Sonic Boom Vinyl Annex
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Definitely inspired by the
In Resonance sound art
show at Bumbershoot, I lugged two portable
phonographs down to Sonic Boom
(Fremont) Vinyl Annex to test listen a
batch more of Sounds of Broadcasting
(S.O.B.) sound effects records after I'd
already bought four and listened to 2 at a
time simultaneously which
lit up my day as much as the sunlight, now
in its waning days as we stumble towards
equinox. Morgan was nice enough to
indulge it, plugged the 1960s era gramophones in on the counter,
set a third S.O.B.
spinning on the house deck. The shoppers and
one employee who happened to stop down liked
it.
Lately I've been taking my technology out of
the house. Thursday I played LPs and showed
home movies at the Asian Wok & Grill (the dozen who showed up, as
predicted, got fairly soused).
Projected light and amplified sounds are 21st
Century takes on ancient storytelling
traditions. Sometimes I feel self-conscious
about it, but overall it beats television for
community-building.
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