9–10 a.m. (PST) Wednesday, August 10, 2011 the Seattle Phonographers Union (Steve Peters, Dale Lloyd, Perri Lynch, and Steve Barsotti) performed on Weekday, and talked with radio host Steve Scher, on Seattle’s KUOW to discuss the Sounds of Summer.

Some of my summertime sounds from Chicago were also featured on the show.

Here are eight summer sounds I recorded, from which KUOW selected for the show, and here for you to hear in their entirety:

| Squirrel and cicada 2011 | Eric Leonardson

| Thunderstorm and torrential downpour 2011 | Eric Leonardson

| Fourth of July Chicago 2010 | Eric Leonardson

| Hailstorm June 30 2011 | Eric Leonardson

| hot_coals100530_03 2010 | Eric Leonardson

| ice cream truck 2010 | Eric Leonardson

| jetflyover-cicadas-AC 2010 | Eric Leonardson

| Landscaping crew mowing lawn leaf-blowers 2011 | Eric Leonardson