DISTRACT AND DISABLE PROGRAM 15 ON WGXC: SATURDAY 19 MAY 2PM EDT

17. May 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Glue Banta, WGXC, iRadio · Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
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Yes, program 15!

Is this a milestone? Not really. But why couldn’t it be? I mean it is divisible by 3 and 5. This is powerful, no? Two prime numbers as divisors? Glue might like this convergence. Anyway, there’s more to this show than fancy math coincidences, like Glue Banta (E-Mu) tapes, Elvis on yoga, valium on Youtube (or Youtube on valium) and some fantastic easy-listening hits. Your favorites in sonic aspic. Alright!

Tune in to WGXC on Saturday 19 May at 2pm EDT, click on “Click to Listen” and get ready to feel your face again after a numbing week of the same-old same -old. Also, for more feel-good aural pleasure check the WGXC archive for old D&D episodes. Come on, you can do it.

//JF

Very Productive and More to Come…

08. May 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Sculpture
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More work. Feedback columns, Potential Ghost Detector and Sonic Follies/Para-Sites. ‘Spolsion!

Distract and Disable 14 in the WGXC Archive! Whoohoo!

08. May 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Announcements, Glue Banta, WGXC, iRadio · Tags:
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Ok. You know the drill. Go to the archive and fill ‘er up.

http://data.free103point9.org/r/ke/54/vk/distractdisable_20120421.mp3

Also, check this photo closely to see if there’s anything here you might’ve missed.

Feedback Column

16. April 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Sculpture

Just a quick peek into the studio…one of the three feedback columns in some testing action. More documentation to come.

JF

Distract & Disable 13–17 March 2012–2pm EST–WGXC

16. March 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Announcements, Glue Banta, iRadio · Tags: ,
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Glue Is Not Dead, Just Missing — Distract & Disable 13 –17 March 2012

Hello Friends: It’s me, Jonny, the new host of the Distract and Disable Program. Seems that Glue wasn’t kidding about being imprisoned by The Others. I went to his house and checked it out myself. But, being the good radio host that he is, seems that he left a big box of tapes to play in his absence, as if…”the show must go on.” He also left the below photos lying around. Thought you might want to take a look at them. Any ideas?

Anywho, as it seems Glue wishes, I am playing one of his tapes as “the show.” Sounds like a big E-Mu to me. Not sure where he got access to one of these babies. Maybe there’s a hidden synth-room in his house. Will have to look for that — maybe that’s not the only secret..meanwhile, enjoy the tape.

Distract & Disable 13–17 March 2012–2pm EST–WGXC

Jill Magi Reads!

29. February 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Announcements, Events · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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OK. I’m a little biased, but the critics are not. Jill Magi reads (x2) in Chicago this week!

First, on Wednesday 29 February @ Columbia College in the loop.

Second, on Friday 2 March @Stop Smiling Books in Wicker Park.

See below for more details.

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Tonight! Shearsman Books / Parlor Press / Rescue Press Reading

Jill will read from Cadastral Map: http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/catalog/2011/magiCM.html

When: Wednesday, Feb. 29th, 2012

Time: 6.00pm-7.30 pm

Where: Columbia College (around the corner from the AWP hotel);

Hokin Hall, 623 South Wabash, Room 109

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From the Siglio Press Site:

CHICAGO: March 2, 7:30 p.m.. Look! See! Read! An Evening of Word and Image with Amaranth Borsuk, Danielle Dutton, Jill Magi, and Erica Baum. STOP SMILING Books hosts this multi-media evening of performances, readings, and presentations by four artists and writers who are not only dissolving the boundaries between the visual and literary but re-envisioning the form of the “book” itself. Organized in conjunction with AWP. 1371 N. Milwaukee Ave. Click here for the press release and here for the invitation.

Cage Centennials x 2

28. February 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Announcements, Call for Work, WGXC, web content · Tags: , , ,
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Greetings Friends:

Thought I’d take a moment to let you know about a couple of Cage Centennials that are underway this year. The first is through WGXC and the call is still open to submit works through March 1! WGXC’s centennial is called 120 Hours for John Cage and can be linked up to here. The second is called A John Cage Centennial Tribute and can be found on the Streaming Museum site here.

Enjoy!

JF

Distract and Disable 12 — Saturday 18 February — BIGFOOT — 2PM EST

11. February 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized
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You know it had to happen eventually: a show about BIGFOOT. That’s right, Sasquatch, the Yeti, freakin’ Chewbacca, Andrea the Giant in a mohair jumpsuit, whatever. If you were going to miss a show, save it for another time because believe me, you don’t want to miss this one. Besides the fact that this is my last episode hosting the Distract and Disable Program, a special guest who calls himself Pac-Man calls in (several times) to fill me in on his latest Bigfoot research. This is no joke, not just a plaster cast of a big footprint. Tune in on Saturday 18 February @ 2pm EST. You will not regret it. Oh, and keep your eyes focused here for updates about the Glue Banta’s next move.

//GB

Make Sound))) 2012 — Zhou B 3rd Friday — 17 February, 7-10 PM

11. February 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized
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Dear Friends:

I am pleased to announce that I will be performing as part of Make Sound))) 2012 at Zhou B Art Center in Chicago, IL on 17 February. I will be performing at 9pm. More details about the event at the bottom of this post.

About my work:
Feed3+

Feed3+ is a colorful audio/visual improvisation utilizing a no-input feedback system that generates the audio, and a Jitter-manipulated video feedback system that generates the visuals. The visuals create an instant score for the audio performance. Feed3+ is the sum of three interdependent feedback loops: the audio, the video, and the performer’s reading and manipulation of the score.

Make Sound))) is an exhibition/performance by MFA candidates and recent MFA recipients in sound art, installation and performance at Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago.

Curated by Eric Leonardson, Julia A. Miller and Christoper Preissing

Includes works from dozens of painters from around the country plus a special sound installation by my colleague Ethan Rose titled “Movements” that involves approximately 100 modified music boxes!

A Little Redesign and Reorganization of Material…

24. January 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized
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Dear Friends:

Please be patient with me while I re-tool the look and reorganize the content of the old FIELDS OF SOUND blog. I think it, eventually, will be a nice looking and highly functional site, that is, once I get all the kinks worked out.  Please check back often for updates, new content/projects and upcoming events!

Thanks!

Jonny

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