Let’s say someone from 1929 walked into 2013. What do you think would stand out to someone from back then about the sonic landscape now? [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/125600756″ params=”color=ff6600″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] TRANSCRIPT: I’m not sure that it would be that different in a way that would be unmanageable to someone from the […]
Q&A Question 3: The Roaring ’20s
If you had to explain to a child what it would sound like if he traveled back in time to the 1920s, what would you say? What would stand out to us now? What would we hear? [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/125600503″ params=”color=ff6600″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] TRANSCRIPT: One of the interesting things that really hit home […]
Q&A Interview 2: The Roaring ’20s
Did you come across any examples of people who tried to subvert sound in a rebellious way, like punk, metal or rock ‘n roll, and turn it into something beautiful? [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/125602566″ params=”color=ff6600″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] TRANSCRIPT: Well, I think within musical culture, musicians and composers of some very different stripes are really […]
Intro: Sounds of New York City
Loud and inescapable. Is it more than just a nuisance? New Yorkers search for soothing sound and silence in The City That Never Sleeps. Welcome to our 219West special report.
Q&A: The Roaring ’20s
A Princeton University professor created an online sound map of New York City in the 1920s. She arranged a combination of written sound complaints, news excerpts and video newsreel footage to help people experience what New York sounded like in the 1920s. Check out her interview with 219West.
