The Book of SFX

A radio show of original found sound that aired every week on

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6/24/04: TONIGHT! Book of SFX radio:
the year in summation

:: Join us for the last scheduled radio showcase of the Book of SFX, a showcase for found sounds on 90.3 WZBC-Newton ::

We the DJs of SFX manipulated and aired our self-gathered field recordings, environmental noises and our own natural audio creations on (nearly) every Thursday night since September 2003. In December, we aired a sampler of our favorite work from those first three months. Tonight we're airing selections from each original program created and aired from January to May of 2004.

Albeit it's subject to change, this is our last scheduled program for the Book of SFX. Regardless of if you've tuned in before or if you are to be a first-time listener, we hope you'll join us tonight on 90.3 WZBC between 10PM to 11 PM (or later).

For examples of our work, go to our website for boat loads of audio on-demand of most all of the shows we've aired:

http://www.bookofsfx.org

The Appendix with DJ Sonata (featuring No Commercial Potential music) will air after the Book until 1AM, and every Thursday from 10P to 1A for the rest of the summer.

Indeed,
The DJs of SFX (DJ Sonata and DJ Jan Breakroom)

5/20/04: Crossover Hits (LISTEN)

5/13/04: Grab the Bag (LISTEN)

In this week's volume in the ongoing Book of SFX radio series:

Spearheaded by this semester's guest sound collector, DJ VictoryCig, this week's Book brings together and focuses on multiple spoken languages. Cheer him on in this his final episode.

*Listen tonight at 10 PM ET on the web stream at http://www.wzbc.org
or at 90.3 FM in the Boston area
*Find archived MP3s of most of our shows from September 2003 to the
present at http://www.bookofsfx.org

After our one-hour performance, we'll continue on with The Appendix
(No Commercial Potential music) until 1 AM.

Onward,
DJ Sonata
DJ Jan Breakroom
DJ VictoryCig

5/6/04: Devolution, Inc. (LISTEN)

In this week's volume in the ongoing Book of SFX radio series:

Miscellany from three separate recordists. Walks in the park, walks in the dark, clicks and snaps, beats and raps. Tune in for the sounds of tunelessness.

*Listen tonight at 10 PM ET on the web stream at http://www.wzbc.org
or at 90.3 FM in the Boston area
*Find archived MP3s of most of our shows from September 2003 to the
present at http://www.bookofsfx.org

After our one-hour performance, we'll continue on with The Appendix
(No Commercial Potential music) until 1 AM.

It's for your health,
DJ Sonata
DJ Jan Breakroom
DJ VictoryCig

4/29/04: For Whatever It's Worth (LISTEN)

In this week's volume in the ongoing Book of SFX radio series:

Scraping, scratching, grating, grinding, rubbing, scuffing -- you name it. It's all about abrasions tonight. We promise no damage to your radio, though.

*Listen tonight at 10 PM ET on the web stream at http://www.wzbc.org
or at 90.3 FM in the Boston area
*Find archived MP3s of most of our shows from September 2003 to the
present at http://www.bookofsfx.org

After our one-hour performance, we'll continue on with The Appendix
(No Commercial Potential music) until 1 AM.

Indeed,
JustinG AKA DJ Sonata
RobLevy AKA DJ Jan Breakroom

4/22/04: Domesticated Life (LISTEN)

In this week's volume in the ongoing Book of SFX radio series:

Sounds made by domesticated animals -- kitties, puppies, and maybe some birdies -- in several different homes are to be strung together, piled on top of each other and otherwise presented. Relax with your pet(s) next to the computer or radio and sing along.

*Listen tonight at 10 PM ET on the web stream at http://www.wzbc.org or at 90.3 FM in the Boston area
*Find archived MP3s of most of our shows from September 2003 to the
present at http://www.bookofsfx.org

After our one-hour performance, we'll continue on with The Appendix
(No Commercial Potential music) until 1 AM.

Indeed,
JustinG AKA DJ Sonata
RobLevy AKA DJ Jan Breakroom

4/15/04: Sympathetic Vibrations (LISTEN)

In this week's volume in the ongoing Book of SFX radio series:

An exploration of resonance and the small sounds that accompany our gathering of sound.

* Listen tonight at 10 PM ET to 90.3 FM in the Boston area or on the
web at http://www.wzbc.org
* Find archived MP3s of most of our shows from September 2003 to the
present at http://www.bookofsfx.org

After our one-hour performance, we'll continue on with The Appendix
(No Commercial Potential music) until 1 AM.

No foolin',
JustinG AKA DJ Sonata
RobLevy AKA DJ Jan Breakroom

4/1/04: Interpreted: Super Bowl XXXVIII (LISTEN)

Hey y'all,

Tonight is the first night of the Book of SFX in its new timeslot, 10PM to 11PM (we were 1A to 2A Friday mornings since last September), on WZBC 90.3 FM. I know this is kinda late in the day to announce this, but I would like to start giving updates every Thursday of what our show is going to be about that night. Future transmissions should be on Thursday mornings (hopefully).

For those who haven't listened, the Book of SFX is a weekly performance of field recordings and sound experiments gathered during the previous week. Most, but not all, of our material is culled from common events occurring in the Boston area, so we like to think of these sounds as "natural", or what you might hear in your everyday life. We bring the raw sounds into the studio and play and/or manipulate them live on-air for approximately an hour. We typically have a different theme every week.

In this week's volume in the ongoing Book of SFX series:

A 45-minute soundwalk from the waning moments of Sunday's Super Bowl to its glorious aftermath. The walk starts with five minutes left in the game right outside of the Haymarket subway and onto the street, and then moves to Bar 1, back outdoors (with a denial of entry into Bar 2), back into Bar 1 for the final ticks of the clock, back out into the street, and down in the subway. We won't play the walk in its entirety, but will take sound-rich snippets from each singular minute of the walk and play/manipulate those snippets in (approximate) chronological order to create a new hour-long product.

Find archived shows, including this week's, from September 2003 to the present at http://www.bookofsfx.org

After our performance, we'll continue on with No Commercial Potential until 1 AM.

Rawk,
JustinG AKA DJ Sonata
RobLevy AKA DJ Jan Breakroom

3/25/04: The Tessellation Structure Experiment (LISTEN)

3/18/04: Noreaster Before Easter (LISTEN)

3/4/04: Powerwalker (LISTEN)

2/26/04: Special Guest - Tim Schram (LISTEN)

1/23/04: Skittering: Slowly, Surely (LISTEN)

1/16/04: I Robbed Your Local Liquor Store - HA! (LISTEN)

1/9/04: Our Newest Resolution

12/18/03: Bad Respirations

11/27/03: Statement of Service

11/20/03: Just Another Episode

11/13/03: Beyond American Robot

10/23/03: Counterpart or Binary Operations

10/16/03: Psychic Power Control

10/09/03: The Rite of Cleansing - Part I (LISTEN)

10/02/03: 2500th Hour See-saw Discoveries

9/25/03: The Dog and Pony Show Ago
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What: The Book of SFX, a presentation of sound on 90.3 WZBC-Newton,
MA, USA (http://www.wzbc.org)
Who: The DJs of SFX
When: Every Thursday, 10P-11P
How: Based on Field Recordings and Found Sounds, then manipulated
into Musique Concrete, Tape Music, Noise, Sound Collage
Why: Why not? HEADPHONES ENCOURAGED.

"The Book of SFX" was conceptualized by DJ Sonata and Jan Breakroom during the summer of 2003 and subsequently executed every week until the summer of 2004. The show was a live arrangement and manipulation of field recordings, found and prepared sounds collected by the hosts during the previous week. Both DJs reside in the Boston, MA, USA area.

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