Random Tape

Azmina and Sasha

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:02:00 -0000

If you would like to help Azmina and Sasha rebuild their home you can donate to their gofundme here:

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My life is a slasher film

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0000

Happy Halloween you creeps!

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A Message to Spotify Listeners

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:17:00 -0000

An important PSA about a real dumb rule for all of you who listen to the show on Spotify.

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Unchained Melody

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:42:00 -0000

A found tape, an unchained melody and time moving slowly.

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Hosing Caveh

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 05:17:00 -0000

A conversation with Caveh Zahedi

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Birdman + Song of the Wandering Juggler

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 01:33:00 -0000

A little piece about Rik martino and a long promised song.

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Rodeo + Audio Flux

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 06:44:00 -0000

An Audio Flux work by Dennis Gaens and a visit from John and Julie. Visit audioflux.org for info on how to submit your own Audio Flux work

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Enjoying the doing with David Lynch

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 08:41:00 -0000

“I believe life is a continuum, and that no one really dies, they just drop their physical body and we’ll all meet again, like the song says. It’s sad but it’s not devastating if you think like that… We’re all going to be fine at the end of the story.” -David Lynch

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中国之声

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 02:18:00 -0000

Some far east sounds.

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The way it goes

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:42:00 -0000

Sweet sounds form the streets. If you'd like to support the show you can donate at patreon.com/randomtape

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The Lost Organist Pilot

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:46:00 -0000

An unearthed experiment in podcasting. Special thanks to KCRW and The Believer Magazine, Andrew Leland and Ross Simonini. You can hear more of Matt Holzman's work here: If you would likey to pupport theesey project you can donate to the Patreon at patreon.com/Randomtape

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The Pool Hustle

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:15:00 -0000

A story from the life of Nason Smith. Music by Sunny Metha and Josh Wexler

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Gosh Darnit Anyway

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 03:21:00 -0000

Some recent finds and the holy grail of found "piano" tape. Here is the link to the whole Bruce recording: Music in this episode by Group Listening

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The Digital Marketplace

Sat, 25 May 2024 03:45:00 -0000

Fun with AI If you would like to support this project you can become a member of our Patreon at patreon.com/randomtape Music by udio.com

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After the tone

Thu, 09 May 2024 07:32:00 -0000

Thanks to After the Tone and answerphone for sharing these priceless answering machien messages. You can find more of their collections at: afterthetone.com answerphone.tumblr.com You can donate to this project at patreon.com/randomtape. And if you are interested in taking a podcast workshop with jein Los Anfeles this summer visit thirdwaveworkshop.org

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A Rare Tribute to Frogman

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:46:00 -0000

An excerpt of Rare's tribute to the late great musician Clarence "Frogman" Henry on WWOZ. Music by Clarence "Frogman" Henry If you are interested in taking my one week podcasting workshop you can find the details at

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Jump for Jesus

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 05:34:00 -0000

A cautionary tale Thanks to Scott Gurian for submitting this gem. You can find his work at farfromhomepodcast.org Music by M.O.T.O.

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The toll of pain and suffering

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:32:00 -0000

#vanlife If you would like to support this project you can donate at:

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Mother Doll

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 22:27:00 -0000

An exceprt from 's brilliant novel Mother Doll. Get your copy of the book here: Music in this episode by Shida Sahabi, Russian brass Band and Vladimir Vyotsky If you'd like to support Random Tape you can donate at

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Fond farewell to a cocktail napkin

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:24:00 -0000

A visit from James Braithwaite, the artist behind Random Tape's new logo. You can find more of his amazing work at thebathwater.com If yu'd like to support rthis project you can donate at patreon.com/randomtape Music in this apeisode by Preston Epps

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Can ye fathom the ocean

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 01:24:00 -0000

"Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?" -Fanny Crosby

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Dominic

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 07:04:00 -0000

We miss you

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Cause Community Corporation

Sun, 07 Jan 2024 02:28:00 -0000

Just some old tapes from the attic.

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Finding Chick Boyd

Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:36:00 -0000

The life and music of a reclusive balladeer. If you would like to support the show you can donate at patreon.com/randomtape Music in this episode by Charles Boyd

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Pendulum Bob's

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 02:23:00 -0000

A trip to Pendulum Bob's in Columbia Missouri. Read all about it here: If you would like to support the show you can donate at patreon.com/randomtpe Thanks for listening

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Two Completely Different Lives

Sat, 25 Nov 2023 18:09:00 -0000

An obituary for the ages. Music by Professor Johnson & His Gospel Singers If you'd like to support the show you can donate at patreon.com/randomtape

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Clink Klunk

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:14:00 -0000

An experimental laundry project To get ya handmade statue of yourself donate at Patreon.com/randomtape Music by Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

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The Cry of the Lock

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 14:12:00 -0000

Sweet calamity on the Father of Waters If you'd like to support the show you can donate at: https://www.patreon.com/RandomTape

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Agave

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 20:08:00 -0000

Nature takes its course. If you'd like to contribute to Random Tape you can donate to my Patreon. Patreon/Randomtape Music in this episode by

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Hot off the Press Release

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 18:44:17 -0000

A failed pilot for a weekly radio segment

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Requiem for a Tree

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 18:23:51 -0000

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Dispatch from the Frontlines

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:03:32 -0000

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Special Announcement

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 23:50:03 -0000

Im performing live as a guest on Stagefright, hosted by Lolly Goodwoman at SatJune 20th 7-9pm followed by a 72-hour afterparty.

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Fais' Best Music

Tue, 12 May 2020 01:53:18 -0000

Today we feature an episode of another podcast.

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after the rain

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 19:29:46 -0000

anyone else missing the rain?

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Born Again

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:51:28 -0000

Happy 420 y'all

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Poppa Neutrino's Last Raft

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:51:17 -0000

An old story that aired on WWOZ in 2011.

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Este Mundo

Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:25:37 -0000

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11:11

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:26:52 -0000

An iPOD voice memo recording of a tune I came up with at a piano in Newton, MA in 2012 at 11:11 AM.

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Mario

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 03:52:19 -0000

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Prom RUFF MIX

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 18:57:40 -0000

A rough draft of a story about Roosevelt High School'd 2019 Prom.

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Surge

Tue, 14 May 2019 07:03:46 -0000

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The Dr. Groove

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 03:54:55 -0000

This is raw tape of a phone call from somewhere in the depths of 2007

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Young Hearts: A Prologue

Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:21:49 -0000

The begining of a great love story. To hear the rest visit www.belowtheten.com

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The Friday Night Show on KISL

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:57:16 -0000

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The Death of Chicken Lips

Mon, 25 May 2015 05:11:02 -0000

This tape came from a thirft store in the desert. Written with purple marker on the label was "To Ray from Mike 2/3/93"

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Santa Barbara. Aug 13 1978.

Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:49:00 -0000

Thanks to Steve Degroodt for sending me this recording he made of a bluegrass band playing during the 1978 earthquake in Santa Barbara.

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The Last Days of Hollywood Park

Sun, 09 Feb 2014 05:59:22 -0000

On December 22nd Hollywood Park closed after more than 75 years. This is the story of the rise and fall of one of America’s greatest horse racing tracks.

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Super!

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:29:52 -0000

They rarely tlak to the media.

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The Piano Van Recordings

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 07:18:00 -0000

The Piano Van Chris Stroffolino plays some tunes from inside the World Famous Piano Van. This is a companion episode to a story I produced for Episode 7 of The Organist. see the van in action at www.pianovan.com

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Dec 31, 1995

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:27:04 -0000

Kenneth and Miriam ring in the New Year.

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Papa's Birthday

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:45:03 -0000

A found tape from the south by way of the desert.

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131 E 5th Street

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:57:59 -0000

Little Daddy sets the scene outside the King Eddy Saloon in Skid Row.

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Lewis Greenberg Redux

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 06:45:24 -0000

A voice mail and conversation with the one and onle--Lewis Greenberg.

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Bible Rain

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:50:00 -0000

A Story by Nason Smith.

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Beep Beep

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:21:24 -0000

Meet Steve Sharp. His mission: To spread love and celebrate peace every Friday from five to seven…

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Barbara & Dougie

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 05:18:23 -0000

All the answers to last weeks cliffhanger are revealed...

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The Diet

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:21:00 -0000

This tape was made by Paul a man in New Jersey to let his family know that he didn't want them to interfere with his plans to go on a diet he hoped would cure him of AIDS. Logan Jaffe found this tape at a yard sale in Gainesville Florida.

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Perfect Pitch

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:23:00 -0000

My brother-in-law Matthew has perfect pitch. So we spent a day going around the house looking for objects that make sounds and determining their pitch.

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Organ Donor

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:11:56 -0000

Mastering the art of the followup quesiton.

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An Autumn Adventure

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:36:00 -0000

A HUANTED Teddy Ruxpin Tape.

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Come On Down

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:16:34 -0000

This man was killed by Drew Carey! (Sort of)

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Stop Terrorists

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:14:54 -0000

This song showed up right after September 11th at the college radio station where my friend was a DJ.

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 07:21:07 -0000

Election night 2008 at Sydney's Saloon in New Orleans.

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Thoughts And Word 12/74

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:10:00 -0000

Listening to tapes on the roof with Matthew.

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100th Episode!

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:45:05 -0000

That's a century in human years!

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I Don't Know if This Counts as a Homosexual Experience

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:28:41 -0000

A poem by Jim Tascio.

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After Life

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:54:41 -0000

This is what the world may sound like after the Apocaplypse.

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Portraiture

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:53:24 -0000

William Stout is best known for his dinosaur paintings. But he also worked in radio, did the storyboards for Thriller, and Raiders of the Lost Ark and deisgned the characters for Pan's Labrynth. But he got his start drawing portraits and Disneyland. This is a story of those humble beginnings.

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Dream School

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:31:10 -0000

This may be an infinite fatal reset loop.

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Timbuktu Muezzin

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:06:34 -0000

Thanks to Myke Dodge Weiskopf for this recording of a call to prayer in Timbuktu

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Radio Avalon

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:32:00 -0000

Late one night I picked up a strange signal on my radio dial...

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Who is Chick Boyd?

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:57:40 -0000

The man they myth, no really the myth who is this guy?

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Aldini's Beloved

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:50:12 -0000

It's Alive!

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Undiminished Light

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:47:00 -0000

Frank Lloyd Wright recorded hundreds of talks in the living room of his desert compound, Taliesin West. In this talk Wright expounds on anarchy.

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Accidental Music

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:44:00 -0000

Architect, 1 percenter and desert hobo David Doge didn't intend to design a musical staricase in his magnificant home on the outskirts of Phoenix. The song in this episode is My Xylophones Love me by Melodium

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Die

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:26:00 -0000

Late on night Matthew Kielty got a mysterious call from an unkown number...

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Rodney And The Taggers

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:59:00 -0000

What keeps the taggers tickin?

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Stingo Bingo

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:33:19 -0000

We talked about it.

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Dennis's Flying Lesson

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:47:13 -0000

On a recent trip to central America, Dennis Conrow wrote and recorded a short story and enlisted the help of some locals in San Pedro, Guatemeala to be characters in the story. This is some raw tape and an excpert form the porject.

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English as an Unknown Language

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:35:00 -0000

This is what english sounds like to someone who doesn't speak it?

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The Ice Boat

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:48:00 -0000

When Dan Newman 's ice boat crashed through the surface of the frozen lake he had no idea he was about to do something that had never been done.

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Veritas Caput

Mon, 07 May 2012 20:52:37 -0000

The sound of the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca, Minnesota.

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Time Machine?

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:18:05 -0000

An awkward moment with Jeffrey Lewis.

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A Calling Card for Friendship

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:18:17 -0000

A collection of field recordings made around the State of Colorado between 1982 and 1987.

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Re-Neavus

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:10:00 -0000

I lent my friend Moose a tape recorder and he returned it with with tape full of interviews he had done with his friends. One of those interviews was with Herbie, an artist who collaborated with a couple bearded friends to make a sculpture called Re-Neavus. I cut it up and added some music by Barin Darnew.

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The Flaneur

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:05:00 -0000

Speed Levitch giving one of his signature wlaking tours of Columbia, Missouri.

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Gainsborough Creek

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:35:00 -0000

Luke Cumberland is a second-year student in the MFA writing program at Washington University. He is editor of the anthology "Faces of Virginia Poetry", available on LuLu.com. His most recent poetry has been published on StatusHat.org. He is from Virginia; he lives in St. Louis and he has never lost an arm wrestling match in his life.

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Candy's Hair Affair

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:01:12 -0000

I found this recording in a box of old tapes. I think I picked it up at a thrift store in Louisiana. It appears to be role playing excercises at a beauty school.

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Fifty Miles from Tonapah

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:40:00 -0000

Nason Smith's nonfiction has appeared on NPR: Hearing Voices and his fiction has been published in The Pinch. He lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Robot Compliments

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:02:21 -0000

Welcome to Florida. You look great!

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Cold Cold Wine Coolers

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:00:00 -0000

One of the great things about New Orleans is that you can set up a card table and sell booze in the street. This is what it sounds like.

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This Bike is a Pipe Bomb

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:06:47 -0000

My friend Keaton was having some trouble working on a tandem bicycle at the bike shop he works at when a customer recommended a solution he found on the internet.

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Detained

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:06:00 -0000

Film maker Karim El Hakim told this story at a live storytelling event at the True/False Film Festival.

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All the Pretty Horses

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:51:00 -0000

This cover was performed by Walt McClement on banjo and Mary Go Round (the one time holder of the world record for spinning the most hoola hoops at once: 76 if my memory serves me correctly) on accordion and vocals. The song All the Pretty Horses is about the and the Army Corps of Engineers decision to dynamite the levee at Caernarvon, Louisiana to save New Orleans. The breach caused a flood that displaced thousands and was later deemed unnecessary. Check out the book I recorded this late one evening in the upstairs of Mimi’s in the Marigny in New Orleans.

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Larry's First Beer

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:56:13 -0000

I was walking my dog the other night when I came across Larry Boutan sitting on a concrete wall drinking a beer. I bought some beers and joined him. This is the story of Larry’s very first beer.

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A Single Moment

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:42:26 -0000

is the band director at O Perry Walker High school in New Orleans. He runs one of the best marching bands in the state along with a concert band and a Jazz ensemble. Rawlins doesn’t just teach kids to play an instrument though, he provides discipline for a lot of kids who live in a chaotic environment. He teaches them about commitment and the benefits of hard work and education. He puts in a tremendous amount of work at O Perry Walker. When you ask him what the reward is for the countless hours he puts into teaching he says it’s a single moment that lasts for one maybe two seconds. This is an excerpt form a story I did a few years ago which you can listen to Wilburt Rawlins Jr. is also featured in the book Photo by: Susan Poag / The Times-Picayune

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Chewie's Apnea

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:28:00 -0000

The Sound of Suffocation.

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At Klipsan Beach

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:06:34 -0000

James Arthur’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Poetry, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, New England Review, and Narrative. He has received the Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry Scholarship, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry, and a Discovery/The Nation Prize. Charms Against Lightning, his debut poetry collection, is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press. During 2012 he will be in residence at the Amy Clampitt House in Lenox, Massachusetts. Photo by: Sean Hill

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Where We're Going

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:34:00 -0000

I came across this piece of found tape today. I know nothing about it.

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Spotless

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:44:00 -0000

A deleted scene from a story I produced for Marketplace Morning Report.

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Socks!

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:08:22 -0000

They get fucked up in strange ways in Sweden.

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Seek Shelter

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:59:05 -0000

A recording of a tornado siren in a park in St. Louis, MO.

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Invite to the Pestulent

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:40:54 -0000

Thaddeus Conti reading an excerpt from his poem Invite to the Pestilent with live musical accompaniment by Josh Wexler and Sunny Metha. You can purchase Thaddeus’ book http://www.amazon.com/%C3%A6poetics-Thaddeus-Conti/dp/1935084011. And you can hear the full version of this piece http://www.prx.org/pieces/47733-invite-to-the-pestilent Photo by:

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Christmas Bike

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:57:20 -0000

I can only assume Garrett was moved by the Christmas spirit when he left me this message. Or perhaps he was wasted on egg nog.

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The Threesome

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:25:34 -0000

Ever wondered how a couple of straights can satisfy a lesbian? Look no further. A friend of mine sent me a CD of old radio porn that included this track titled The Threesome.

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Radio

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:38:00 -0000

This poem appears in the October, 2011 issue of Alec Hershman lives in St. Louis where he teaches at St. Louis Community College and at the Center for Humanities at Washington University. His poems can be found in upcoming issues of Denver Quarterly, The Journal, The Burnside Review, Sycamore Review, Juked, and online at , , and . He is currently poetry editor for .

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Train Station Thingy

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:06:20 -0000

I’m not exactly sure what the purpose of this device is but it makes cool sounds. It was attached to the outside of a train station in a small town in northern Italy.

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One for the Commandant

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:14:28 -0000

Edgar spends most of his days sitting on a five gallon bucket in downtown Seattle. One night I hung out with Edgar and his friends and recorded their arguments songs and pushup competition. This piece was the first place winner of the Big Shed Verite+1 audio competition.

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Mongolian Street Musicians

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:50:00 -0000

I recorded this a few years ago outside the Pompidou in Paris.

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They Were Talking

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:48:15 -0000

Philip Matthews is currently the Jr. Writer-in-Residence at Washington University in St. Louis. His work has appeared in Trapeze, Phati’tude, Poets for Living Waters, and Sonora Review. He is continually influenced by surreal visual and sound art, and works as a gallery assistant at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.

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Welcoming the Water Angel

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:26:00 -0000

I attended a fancy party where a beautiful woman modeled a dress that was hooked up to a garden hose. The dress sent streams of water into the sky and reminded my friend of this sad tale of enema addiction.

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Jennifer Love

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:04:33 -0000

Today's episode of Random Tape features a song by artist Daryl Waits. You can find the track, Jennifer Love on the album Eastern Front & Digital Penetration at paradeco.com

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Badass Emma-Oh Lord

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:31:00 -0000

I was hanging out in Cabrini Park, a dog park in the French Quarter in New Orleans when Badass Emma saw my microphone and asked me to interview her. She told me the story of how she lost her dogs in Katrina and about her job as a cook. We talked about the good old days and the future of New Orleans. This is one of several vignettes that make up a portrait of one of the baddest ass women you’ve ever met.

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Badass Emma-This Place

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:25:22 -0000

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Badass Emma-'85

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:30:00 -0000

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Badass Emma-Miss Clio

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:19:00 -0000

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Badass Emma-Mr. Williams

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:49:00 -0000

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Burn the River

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:02:00 -0000

Thaddeus Conti is the self-proclaimed poet laureate of Hog Alley. This poem can be found in Thaddeus’s book

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Pizza Cat

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:12:06 -0000

My girlfriend recorded this gem while doing interviews for a radio story about in New Orleans.

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Mississippi River Barge

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:48:00 -0000

This is the song of the barge, bobbing on the river near Hopeville.

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Posterity

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:34:00 -0000

I wore a wire for several years and secretly recorded my life. I recently produced for the radio show Wiretap. One of my ideas for the piece was to record myself calling up people from my past to explain that I had recorded them without their knowledge. This is a recording of one of those conversations. You can hear the Wiretap story here: http://www.cbc.ca/wiretap/episode/2012/01/20/man-vs-machine/

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Organtics

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:39:00 -0000

"Nothing can stop us. Not even if they try. Not even if they want to, or ask the question why. Mr. Torino, why did you lie to me in seventh grade?" -Mark Excelle Mercer IV

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Useless Evidence

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:19:00 -0000

Sometimes you wish audio had pictures.

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Sellin the Dream

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:28:00 -0000

Most days you can find Tim Raines playing guitar on the corner of Ninth and Olive in downtown St. Louis. He's the electric guitar player with a stuffed bear dressed in prison garb perched on the lip of his guitar case.

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In Praise of Noise

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:21:00 -0000

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Clown Doll

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:10:00 -0000

When I was a kid I had this clown doll that would laugh when you pushed a button in its chest. It was terrifying. It's more the cackle of a chain-smoking maniac than the laughter of a clown but then again some clowns are heavy smokers.

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Get on Fire!

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:10:00 -0000

I recorded this fiery sermon that I heard on the radio in West Virginia.

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Another Successful Meal by Captain Tom

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:39:00 -0000

After a successful meal Captain Tom has no trouble patting himself on the back for a job well done.

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Captain Tom Wins a Ham

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:21:00 -0000

Back when I was a deckhand on the M.V. Ptarmigan, a glacier tour boat in Alaska, I used to hang out in the wheelhouse and listen to Captain Tom tell stories. I called him up recently and asked him to tell me the one about about the time he won a ham in a furthest listening contest.

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Avacados (vox)Poppin

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:13:00 -0000

I spent an afternoon in the parking lot of the grocery store asking people to read me their grocery lists and these are a few of the responses i got.

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Strawberries Oh My Gosh!

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:22:01 -0000

Bill Keaggy responded to postings by musicians on fiverr.com who offered to write and record a song for five dollars. He sent each of them a found grocery list and asked them to record a song inspired by the list. This is my favorite track from , an album of songs inspired by found grocery lists which you can download for absolutely free here: http://www.grocerylists.org/

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Jackpot

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:16:00 -0000

This is the sound of hundreds of electronic slot machines on the floor of Lumiere Casino in downtown St. Louis.

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Factory Set

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:32:04 -0000

If you ever did any late night channel surfing between 1993 and 2001 you probably came across the legendary pitchman hollering about sports cards and Beanie Babies on the Shop at Home network. A friend of mine made a CD of some of the best and this is but a taste.

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Gavin's Roar

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:21:00 -0000

My cousin Gavin does the best T-Rex impersonation I’ve ever heard. It puts my terrible acting to shame.

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The Dragon Does Not Wehbay!

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:25:00 -0000

Do you want the love of the fire? Cuz I’m not gonna wait around to give you my desire. For some reason an ex-girlfriend of mine gave her number to a guy who called himself The Dragon. Not surprisingly he left her a string of insane voice messages. These are just a few of The Dragon’s many attempts at wooing.

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BrailleNote Apex

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:17:00 -0000

This is the sound of Matthew Shifrin using his BrailleNote—a computer for the blind that pushes plastic nodes through tiny holes to display text in braille.

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So Long Pujols

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:09:00 -0000

Five Days after I began broadcasting classical music over one of St. Louis' existing Christian stations Albert Pujols announced he was leaving the St. Louis Cardinals for the Los Angeles Angels. Now what does Albert Pujols have to do with JOY-FM you might be asking. Pujols was one of the major donors to the down payment fund for the purchase of KFUO. I propose Pujols take JOY-FM with him and in exchange we get one of L.A.’s classical stations. We would even settle for kMozart 1260 AM. For this episode of Random Tape I hit the streets to find out what people in St. Louis think of Pujols’ departure.

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Radio Graffiti

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:07:21 -0000

Classical music station KFUO in St. Louis was one of the oldest radio stations west of the Mississippi. The stationed was owned by the Lutheran church up until last year when On July 6th, 2010 KFUO broadcasted Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor and then went silent. The following morning JOY-FM began it’s broadcast of Christian contemporary pop music. There are now six christian stations in St. Louis and zero classical stations. On Saturday December 3rd, I powered up the 40-watt FM transmitter I built and “tagged” a Christian station (89.5 FM) with Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor K. 626: Sanctus. For a couple square miles at least, you can hear classical music on the radio again coming from high atop the chimney of a This is a recording of the moment my signal went live.

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Martial Law

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:49:00 -0000

My friend Casey was a holdout during Hurricane Katrina. He worked occasionally for a friend who owned Old Time Photo, one of those business where you take fake historical photos with your friends. On the night president Bush came to the city there was a seven-o-clock curfew. Casey was heading home at seven twenty when he had an encounter with a couple of state troopers. Casey tells the story of what happened next.

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Larry's Thumb

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:34:54 -0000

I was walking my dog the other night when I came across Larry Boutan sitting on a concrete wall drinking a beer. I noticed he was missing his right thumb so I asked him how he lost it. This is the story of that fateful night when a large woman started hurling canned goods at him…

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Just Molly and Me

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:27:00 -0000

Francis Matherne was the organist at St. Henry’s catholic church in New Orleans for 25 years. A while back he brought some of his poems over to my house so I could record them. This is a short clip from that recording session.

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Goddamn Great Drum Music

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:07:00 -0000

I came across this LP from 1963 that features three naked women playing bongos on the cover. It’s one of the most inexplicable recordings I’ve ever heard. Each side is a single fourteen-minute track of what appears to be two people having sex on a rusty bed while a man plays the bongos and shouts in what may or may not be a real language. I give you the final two minutes of side A. Now that’s what I call goddamn great drum music!

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Broken Brain

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:46:00 -0000

These voice messages were left on my friend Danny’s phone by his dad. They are two of my all-time favorites. We’ll never know how the second message ends. The machine cut Danny’s dad off mid-message.

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Faisdodo's Stomach

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:35:00 -0000

I was reading in bed one night when I heard a strange sound coming from the foot of my bed...

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