March 28ths
3/28/2014 The sonic landscape of a city has its own ecology of “organisms”: the screeching sounds of metal against metal, background hum from power lines, buzzing neon, passing elevated trains, pneumatic machinery—the natural sounds of a city landscape that becomes a quotidian experience, yet unobtrusive and perhaps has a calming effect. (This was mixed to not interfere with the top layer of attention). 3/28/2015 In the old radio days one had favorite DJs pre-packaging potential influences, now musicians have to wade through it all. In visual art there’s the load of Art Forums to pursue new interesting work. [3/28/2026: A good way to understand a new technology is through the lens of another. Broadcast radio would be a way to consume content peripherally in the background like a radio playing without our having to interact with it. This is essentially McLuhan's theory. Scrolling is the bane of a medium being too cool. But you don't want it too hot either. That would be tota...
