The Roving Musicologist
Found Sound, Outsider, Street Performers, Sound Events, Experimental, Recorded and Posted with a minimum of interference.
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Travel Post #23: Party in the USA (Portland, Oregon Again)
Ending where I began the trip, this recording is a sampling of the country I almost left behind.
On this recording there is a street performer and two different conversations, one of which was just one person. While I can’t say where exactly they were recorded, the picture below was taken nearby one of them:
The storefront was blank except for soda bottles from bankrupt ventures.
Having recovered from the shock of being swathed once again in the language that not so long ago was reserved for the inside of my head, I have been able to put this together. More recordings from outside of the US will be posted when they can be identified.
Miley also welcomed me home when I caught a ride in a gleaming SUV. Photo courtesy of fisherwy.blogspot.com
Goatskin Sack Music was dominant at Alberta St.
And for those of you that came here in error:
Play count: 15
Weyes Bluhd Part 2 (Baltimore and other places)
That’s how it goes.
This is a song from a set recorded in October 2009. The other song can be found in an earlier post.
This was the first song from the set, and it has a way of wrapping itself around you like a mist. The mixture of tapes, live instruments, and singing in this song is done very well and shows some good instincts.
I’m not sure what exactly Weyes Bluhd is up to right now, but she seems to stay busy wherever she goes.
Play count: 89
Travel Post #20: Modern Day Angkor Living Loop Children. They surrounded me in the taxi and I let them go. Everything you hear is for sale, including the drums and stringed instruments.
Play count: 20
Travel post #17: Thai Karaoke Hypnosis Therapy
Finally something that rocks!
Giant Kittens and Karaoke are two of the prime ingredients for Thai night ambiance.
Many times, the batteries run out. That’s it, give up, moments gone. Not this one, though. I had time to go downtown, buy batteries, and come back. They were still at it. They invited me in for a few drinks…and musicologist gold. Then they asked for money and the moment was over.
The Karaoke was done with live instruments.
Play count: 20
