One of the four bins in the twins’ cubic storage shelving is dedicated to what I’d consider “miscellaneous”. It’s a potpourri of misfit pieces consisting of parts of toys no longer in the house, pieces waiting to be magically sorted out and placed in their appropriate elsewhere, and some other totally random bits from the…
Category: Audio
02/22/2021: imissmybar.com
Throughout the pandemic, people have been finding such creative and inspirational ways to bring our old lives into our current reality. Yet another beautiful example is imissmybar.com, a simple single-page website that allows the visitor to create their own mix of noise. More specifically, the ambiance of a bar. Seven sliders control the volume of…
02/12/2021: the advent of social audio
For years, I have wondered to myself, “where is the audio-only version of [Twitter/instagram/TikTok/etc…]?” In articles or blog posts where I would hope to find the answer, I would only ever find explanations of why audio was decidedly not a viral format. Viral or not, it has always seemed to me that there’s enough appreciation…
01/07/2021: Explaining the Capitol violence to a 4 year old
On January 6th, Matteo and I were in the car listening to live coverage of the insurrection at the Capitol. To explain Donald Trump’s denial of the 2020 election results, I used what I thought was a clever analogy Matteo would understand. Not sure how the gears were turning in his head, but I have…
Let it Snow: NYC 2006
In 2006, I had the privilege of seeing Alejandro Escovedo play with a string quartet at Carnegie Hall. This podcast from 2009 recounts the evening, when I recorded the show with a new Edirol hard-disk recorder I’d purchased a few days earlier. After the truly memorable performance came another truly memorable experience. A date and…