
DJ S.O.B. Guerilla Instore at
Sonic Boom
Vinyl
Annex |
Definitely inspired by the
In
Resonance sound art show at Bumbershoot, I lugged two portable phonographs
down to Sonic Boom (Fremont) Vinyl Annex to test listen a batch more
of Sounds of Broadcasting (S.O.B.) sound effects records after I'd
already bought four and listened to 2 at a time simultaneously
which lit up my day as much as the sunlight, now in its
waning days as we stumble towards equinox. Morgan was nice enough
to indulge it, plugged the 1960s era gramaphones in on the counter, set a
third
S.O.B.
spinning on the house deck. The shoppers and one employee who happened to
stop down liked it.
Lately I've been taking my technology out of the house. Thursday I played
LPs and showed home movies at the
Asian
Wok & Grill (the dozen who showed up, as predicted,
got fairly soused).
Projected light and amplified sounds are 21st Century takes on ancient
storytelling traditions. Sometimes I feel self-conscious about it, but overall
it beats television for
community-building. |