Recently, I started using AudioBoo and found it to be a fun social media “play thing” for posting field recordings. One interesting feature with potential for serious use is AudBoo’s ability to create a podcast in the iTunes Music Store. There you can download to the files or “boos” as well as subscribe to the podcast. You can tag your boos, search boos. This is the link for my AudioBoo. As in Twitter you can follow the profiles. You can also subscribe to everyone’s AudioBoos on the iTunes AudioBoos full podcast.

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Chicago Phonography @ The Op Shop

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This evening’s show was quite wonderful. We played for an hour and a half, and our attentive audience all stayed for an impromptu discussion afterward. We all didn’t expect this to happen and thoroughly enjoyed it. We felt so welcome…many thanks to Laura Shaeffer and Chris Hammes for making this happen.

More info about The Op Shop is on their website: theopshop.org

Here is an excerpt from the recording of the performance.

Past performance recordings can be heard on our website: www.chicagophongraphy.org

Monday, December 21, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

The Opportunity Shop, 1613 E. 55th St., Chicago 60615 (map)

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Please join Nick Sondy, Grant Strombeck, and me for a late night set of improvisations performed on experimental musical instruments and electronics.

10 PM Saturday, December 12 at:

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PLASTICENE 13th ANNUAL PHYSICAL THEATER INTENSIVE: JUNE 13—18, 2009

When:

• Saturday 6/13 1-5 pm
• Sunday 6/14 1-5 pm
• Monday 6/15 6:15-10:00 pm
• Tuesday 6/16 6:15-10:00 pm
• Wednesday 6/17 6:15-10:00 pm
• Thursday 6/18 6:15-10:00 pm

Where: UIC Studio Theater, 1044 W. Harrison Street, Chicago

Fee: $195 early registration (before 5/26) $225 thereafter. Send a check and contact info to Plasticene, 1849 N. Damen Avenue #1, Chicago IL 60647

What: 24 hours of physical theater training, improvisation, and creation for anyone who wants to move, innovate, develop, and play…

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2—5 PM, SUNDAY May 3, 2009
NEW MUSIC at the legendary GREEN MILL

curated by Julia Miller

This afternoon I perform (on springboard) in Julia Miller’s microtonal composition for many notes or many players.

Green Mill Jazz Club
4802 N. Broadway Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640

773-878-5552

www.greenmilljazz.com

Admission: $5

Julia wrote (4/29/09):

I’m really happy to announce that we now have a blog!!!

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THE WHITE AIRPLANE“Soundtrack Album”

BRAZILDISC/PHANTOM SOUNDTRACKS release date: 05/26/09

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This Spring semester my Introduction to Sound students at SAIC produced four one-hour live webcasts. These are now available in the Free Radio SAIC archive.

• Eight Forms of Hair Removal (April 8, 2009)
• Eight Forms of Snare Removal (April 9, 2009)
• Dear Late Night Traveler (April 22, 2009)
• Dream Stream (April 23, 2009)

10 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday, April 20

Listening to Our Planet is a daylong event that celebrates the Earth and its natural beauty and resources. This multi-disciplinary event is a part of Columbia College’s Critical Encounters Earth Week 2009 program, organized under the theme of “Human / Nature”.

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Plasticene performs The Gist presented as part of Collaboraction’s 9th Annual SKETCHBOOK Festival, April 16 - May 10

The Building Stage

412 N Carpenter

Chicago, IL

Link for showtimes.

Directed by Mark Comiskey
Created and performed by
Laura Fisher, Michael Macias,
& Brian Shaw
Sound by Eric Leonardson

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