your birdsong stays on my mind
"Officers, life doesn't have to be ugly. See, look at the birds out there. Listen to their call: 'Oo-wee! Oo-wee! Oo-wee! Oo-wee!" — Beverly Sutphin, …
Acoustics
a shot in the dark: the acoustics of gunfire
Who shot first, Han Solo or Greedo? If you're a diehard Star Wars fan, you know the answer is Han Solo. It's a popular bit …
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drunken masters of lingua franca
We're having a bit of a thematic installment of Friday Fodder this week. See, I regrettably missed this year's Acoustical Society of America meeting in …
hop, skip and a jump
If invention is the mother of necessity, it's not surprising that times of war should give rise to innovative technological breakthroughs. Such was the case …
flushed with pride
There is a marvelous French film from the 1970s called The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, starring Pierre Richard as a hapless concert …
babble-onia
The Time Lord brought home the latest issue of Scientific American last night, just so I could peruse Graham Collins' article on "Solving the Cocktail …
REPOST: pardon my reverb
Note from your errant blogger(s): Life is currently kicking our collective asses, both professionally and (for some of us) personally, hence the eerie quiet of …
all in the family
Jen-Luc Piquant was tres desole in mid-August when she learned (via The Perfect Silence) that pioneering violin maker/acoustician Carleen Maley Hutchins had died at age …
standing stones in the (inland) sea
Though I don't like to admit it, I grew up in Michigan a quarter mile from Lake Huron. I also have thing for shipwrecks and …
I hear the mermaids singing
Ever since I first heard Brian Eno’s Music for Airports (hear a sample here) I’ve been into electronica and ambient music. WNYC radio show New …