Writing Under the Pressure of Technology

Style:  Confessional Piece:  This podcast explains the reasons why I feel I can’t be myself, and the place where I can be myself. 3 Sounds:  The three sounds I chose to make were a pre-recorded voicemail message from my cell phone, the sound of someone running, and someone shouting Hallelujah. Running Time: 2:32             [...]

Up, Up, and Away Life Story A biography with an identity crisis. Recorded voice: Train platform operator warning people not to leave their luggage on the platform www.freesound.iua.upf.edu  by user the_bloke33 Rhythmic noise: footsteps on concrete www.freesound.iua.upf.edu  by user swuing Exclamation: Train whistle www.freesound.iua.upf.edu  by user Dalibor Background: Background train station noise www.freesound.iua.upf.edu by user [...]

Title: “Train at King’s Cross” Description of Style: Narrative and Conversational. Description of Piece: Two passengers argue over a seat on the train. Description of three sounds: “Mind the Gap,” train chug/whistle, “Blimey.” Running time: 2 minutes, 30 seconds Artist Credits: The “Mind the Gap” sound, titled “MindTheGap”, is attributed to the freesounds user “acclivity”, [...]

This is Evan Scott Bryson’s Oulipo-constrained podcast.

Title: BATTLE ROBOT Style: Nostalgic Interrogation Description of piece: A rumination on the appearance, worth, and rift of a BATTLE ROBOT entering the life of a rural youth. Prerecorded voice: ‘Goobyes’ from friends on cellphone voicemails; Rhythmic noice: police sirens; Exclamation: air raid siren. Time: 2:35 (pardon, [...]

Families Don’t Always Getting Along Confiding Narrative A sister tells the listener about her brother’s seemingly stressful relationship. Prerecorded voice: Automatic voice message system of a cell phone Rhythmic noise: Alarm clock going off Exclamation: “You’re pregnant!?” While I worked on my podcast, the Oulipian constraints acted as a set of boundaries for me. Working [...]

  Have Your Cake and Eat it Too Dialogue About an argument between two people The first sound is the pre-recorded voice of Boris Hladek talking in German. The second sound is the rhythmic noise of a clock ticking. My last sound is the exclamation of “dammit” from the female character.Its running time is exactly [...]

      Catching up with Friends Conversational atmosphere Two friends try and see where life is going while getting off a train. Pre-Recorded Voice: the Chicago Transit Authority speaker Repetitive Noise: City sound loop, found thanks to freesound.net Exclamation: Passing Car honk, found at http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/ Running time 2mins 28secs   Cast: Character A: Jason Borntreger         [...]

Style: CONFLICT Description: This podcast serves as the only remaining record of a relationship, sped up to a 2 minute, 30 second time frame between two individuals who never met. Running Time: 2:30 Some Sounds: An answering machine message [Pre-recorded voice], a bass line [rhythmic noise], and WHAT?! [an exclamation]. As for the contributors of [...]

(or, “On the War of a Foot”) A Short Story An imprisoned foot plots against his captor, the evil leather shoe. Specific Sounds: Voice: “Oh I can’t stand you,” http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html Rhythmic Noise: footsteps http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html Exclamation: Scream(1e), http://ljudo.com/default.asp Background music: “Wrong Turn” by Balloonist, www.opsound.org 2:30

Notes on “Foot Notes” Reading the beginning of “Yours [...]

Style: An epic revisited  Description: The history of a hobbit, a ring, and the future of an entire realm retold with the rhythmic cadences of a fan conjuring thoughts of tribal drums in the background. Yes, a fan.Running time: 2:30.00 Three Sounds: The prerecorded voice is taken from an action figure of Gollum from “The [...]