The Roving Musicologist
Found Sound, Outsider, Street Performers, Sound Events, Experimental, Recorded and Posted with a minimum of interference.
street noise:
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Drunkaholism (Budapest)
Some people have a drinking problem, but I seem to be addicted to drunks. They cry out to be recorded, because all their gestures seem so grand to them at the time. Religion provides the other pole, presenting itself as grand even when completely sober, and most things posted here reflect the practiced channels it facilitates or the undirected and novel energy of someone that has forgotten what they were so worried about before they started drinking. If it’s a good day maybe they mix.
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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:
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Travel Post #9: Selling Bread on the Streets of Istanbul
It’s not easy to get noticed when you’re selling bread. There are many people in Istanbul rolling around carts full of a bread that is in the shape of a ring. You can hear the calls all over the city, and where I was sleeping was on this guy’s particular route. Towards the end of the track, you can hear another guy with a completely different call coming into the street just as the first merchant was leaving.
Another, Inscrutable, Language
Sometimes it may be better to not understand what is being said. When recording sounds and noises, the actual meaning of the words might get in the way of the plaintive tones of the voice. Maybe this would be the case for a listener that understands Turkish.
I never read the plaques explaining the silent green sarcophagi, because they had some strange effect on me that was outside of their historical context. It wasn’t intentional to avoid the information, but later I linked the them to the tones of the man selling bread.
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