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
            The Oulipo podcast was in […]

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 Audiactiva
Running time: 2:34
 

When I began the […]

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 […]

(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 for the […]

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 Lord […]