Writing Under the Pressure of Technology

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”, and the URL is http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=14904
The train [...]

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, pardon—sound only lasts until 2:32)
—Of course, [...]

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 with some [...]

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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 2 minutes and 30 [...]

      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
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Cast: Character A: Jason Borntreger
          Character B: Dustin Lawrence
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It’s funny, I believe that [...]

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 these sounds:
Voices: Megan Telligman [...]