Episode 2 is up and listenable. I seem to have taken a more flippant, tongue-in-cheek approach this time, being a big fan of "light entertainment" And we can certainly do with a little bit of that these days! Not that I'm one to don the political mantle but thought it rather appropriate to kick off with the opening fanfare from that rather ancient and obscure film "A Yank in Libya" before we get to hear "Hills" promise the impossible. I must say I actually rather like her so it's not attended as a character slur ... I do seem to have a fascination with the vocalisations of the fairer sex - particularly when these is no language attached and all the coding and symbolism removed. A reference to our prehistoric past when vocal sounding communicated emotional complexity..... Are those girls crying, laughing, having an orgasm or in need of addressing serious mental health issues - or all of the above.... And the first toe dipping into mediated Westernised sound colonising the space of non westernised aboriginal cultures - what sort of collisions can this create......? JAM radio
The first episode of Scherzophobia: A Radiophonic Soap Opera is now up and Streamable care of the delightful people at JAM radio. This ongoing saga (as everything is...) is intended to be a bit of light relief from the rigors of academia. It is an exploration of humour through sound outside of the mechanisms of word-play and the coding of language, whilst exploring my current pleasure in the art of Bricolage! And, as I have no supervisor requiring a scholarly approach to this project (''But, where's the research to back it up!?!?'') I simply go with my gut feeling...if it makes me laugh (and usually I haven't a clue why) I'll go with it. I think it's rather funny, whereas others tell me it's twisted! Hmmmmmm...TUNE IN!