stopGOstop is a podcast that explores the idea that sound recordings can act as sediment — an accumulation of recorded cultural material — distributed via rss feed, and listened to on headphones. Each episode is a new sonic layer, incorporating field recordings, plunderphonics, and electroacoustic sound, all composed together in one episode or, alternately, presented individually as striations. The podcast has evolved over its existence, started as a field recording podcast in 2012 the first ...
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Episode 182. This is the fourth episode in a little bit of a mini-series. I have not decided if there is going to be a fifth episode to the mini-series yet.By john wanzel
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Episode 181, Growth, is an experimental fiction featuring the history of the bus, the art of Gilles Aillaud, the influences of walking with Charles Dickens and much, much more!By john wanzel
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Benefits: Dear future humans; for many, this isn’t the plan; tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow; episode 180. An experimental narrative.By john wanzel
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Conversations and interactions while waiting for the bus, talking to a colleague on Zoom, chatting with a stranger at the bar, and with the voices in the dark. A narrative in parts, made whole. stopGOstop is proud to present episode 179, Exchange.By john wanzel
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178: -2° F winds out of the west (for real this time)
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stopGOstop is proud to present episode 178: 2° F winds out of the west, a new composition for cello, piano, percussion and recording. (Some might have gotten a re-podcast of episode 171 on 1/24, a clerical error, please enjoy)By john wanzel
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Concrete blocks, a bit of feedback, a slow melody, erosion, moving, turning to a beat to move forward, sitting and thinking about the future. A recycling of some of the sonic elements from 103 of the podcast, Unknown Movement Underground, originally uploaded in July of 2018. Sine waves rearranged for sample instruments, field recordings are replace…
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Looking at the bark of a tree– nothing seems to be moving, the tree is moving slower than I can see, I listen for its sound, I hear episode 176, a new composition for a small ensemble and binaural field recording of traffic.By john wanzel
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The water flows north this morning. The sun, it seems to be moving slower over the lake, gaining altitude, finding its way through the clouds. The birds, mostly geese, sparrows, and pigeons today… I wonder if they see what I see. Do they marvel at the sun, the clouds, and the reflective light on the lake? Their brains are made of the same gray stuf…
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Looking inward — the waves moving, the mind murmurs in melody, this morning there was a glimmer, then at noon a glow; as I move, I hear episode 173, a new composition for a small ensemble.By john wanzel
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So, yeah. I had a dream last night that I was composing a new piece for episode 171 of the stopGOstop podcast. This is unusual for me; my dream life is, well, limited. My nightly walks through my subconscious mind are, kind of boring.By john wanzel
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Episode 170: A force that set the stars a lark
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A wandering conversation of swirling chaos, or just too much to understand, too far away from how things are thought of today. A swirling thought, does this interfere with my life today? Does it change how I change my clothes? How do I treat those I know or will ever meet?By john wanzel
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169: In the spirit of youth, I say yes to change
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Three wandering monologues about snow, the day of the week, and more and more and more. Featuring computer voices, artificially enhanced writing, a binaural recording of a drum line, and computer-controlled instruments.By john wanzel
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168: You know this, you’ve heard this before
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When you think about where you live, what do you see in your head? When you talk to yourself on a spaceship, too far away to communicate, what do you talk about?By john wanzel
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167: Christmas has been ruined… or something like that.
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stopGOstop and Idaho Street Workshop are proud to present: Christmas has been ruined… or something like that. A semi-narrative story about beepers, the before, and the thin film between life and work. Featuring marimbas, a pipe organ, a field recording, and much much more.By john wanzel
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Looking out towards the horizon– the waves moving, the wind murmurs in melody, this morning there was a glimmer, then at noon a purple glow, as I look out now, I hear episode 166, a new composition for a small ensemble.By john wanzel
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165: How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life.
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A field recording of Lake Michigan, interweaving chromatic scales, and arpeggios, episode 165 of the podcast features a new composition for a small ensemble (or rather a computer pretending to be a small ensemble). The piece was partly inspired by several bike rides I took this weekend, from Evanston to a nature preserve near South Shore Cultural C…
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164: Thunderstruck, or how I stopped listening and learned to love the end of the world
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stopGOstop and Idaho Street Workshop are proud to present: Thunderstruck, or how I stopped listening and learned to love the end of the world. Featuring field recordings as well as reflections about the weather, high fidelity recordings, war, and much much more.By john wanzel
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163: Endless variation or almost every day.
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A new sound collage featuring rotary dial telephones, counting, Sadie Hawkins, Charles Darwin, and much much more!By john wanzel
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162: Circles and Birds; Birds and Circles
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A new composition (I will/might update the description in a couple of weeks, but in short, sometimes a conversation can make circles and birds more interesting than before).By john wanzel
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161: Evanston or the slowly melting snow or Milton Feldman was an immense, verbose man
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A new composition for watching the snow melt, or watching the ice float on the Lake, or to calm the mind as it awaits the future. Always remember, composer Milton Feldman worked at his family’s business (manufacturing children’s coats) until he was forty-four, so work tomorrow isn’t going to be that bad. This piece is the second in a series of work…
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Lime Disease, Concussions, the Anthropocene and Sunn O))), with a number of synthesizers. A new sound collage about the brain, body, and environment.By john wanzel
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159: Evanston or Midwest in Midwinter or I don’t understand Mark Rothko
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After an unintended 5 month hiatus, the stopGOstop podcast is back with episode 159. Evanston or Midwest in Midwinter or I don’t understand Mark Rothko is a 14-minute composition featuring field recordings of walking in the snow, a brass quintet, sine waves, and a positive attitude.By john wanzel
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158: San Diego. In public. At a distance.
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Episode 158 of the podcast features four field recordings from a weekend out and about (August 21 and 22, 2021). On Saturday, I rode my bike downtown to record outside the Phillies v Padres baseball game. Then, while I was downtown, I walked through the outdoor restaurants/bars in the Gaslamp Quarter. On Sunday, while on the way back from lunch (we…
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I have been thinking a bit about electronic voice phenomenon (EVP), clairvoyance, and ways of hearing outside of the normal lately. This is partially influenced by the book Thought-Forms by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, written in 1901. In short, the book explores the visual manifestations of thoughts and the notion that they exist as objects. …
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A binaural recording of a walk from the San Diego County Admin Building to my apartment in Golden Hill. The recording is about an hour.By john wanzel
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Can we revisit our past and change it? Jerome wakes up in Omaha, thinking about Jaws, and the summer of 2003. Then, a reporter recounts her experience at an anti-war protest, followed by Jerome talking a bit about the Utah Jazz, Lebron James, and how to make a proper scrambled egg. Summertime features the voice talents of Anna Clark, Brian Taylor, …
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A walk in the park, slow notes on a pipe organ, an occasional drumroll, and a plane overhead. Episode 155 is a respite between ISW episodes 5 and 6. Tune in next week for the final episode of the Idaho Street Workshop, Summertime.By john wanzel
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Where do history and memory intersect? Episode five features long sections of fan-fiction involving Ann Rutledge and Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, as well as more information about the end of the relationship between Jerome and Regina.. Honest features the voice talents of Anna Clark, Brian Taylor, and John Wanzel. The program is written, composed…
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A walk on the beach, a slow evolving melody, and computer-generated instruments. Episode 154 is an interlude between ISW episodes 4 and 5. As part of its inaugural season of the Idaho Street Workshop, the stopGOstop podcast is releasing parallel projects for each episode.By john wanzel
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How do past, present, and future change when a loved one dies? Episode four is the story of Remy. It takes place in the forest, and involves the CIA, stress positions, Labor Day, the highway, and an undiscovered country.. The Story of Remy features the voice talents of Anna Clark, Brian Taylor, and John Wanzel. The program is written, composed, and…
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As part of its inaugural season of the Idaho Street Workshop, the stopGOstop podcast is releasing parallel projects for each episode. Episode 153 is a character study of Jerome, who is the lens that most of the story is told through. It features the sounds of traffic, riding public transportation, crickets, as well as computer-based guitars, synthe…
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Have you ever thought about how your job has changed your sense of self? In this episode, Jerome recounts his first job, and how he got the nickname Rome.. SEX DRUGS ROCK THE DEVIL features the voice talents of Anna Clark, Brian Taylor, and John Wanzel. The program is written, composed, and produced by John Wanzel.…
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A new sound collage featuring the beginnings of the Iraq war, existential-phenomenological foundations for a science of persons, with tuba, xylophone, clarinet, flute, pulsing feedback, and a field recording of the French countryside recorded in the summer of 2003. . As part of its inaugural season of the Idaho Street Workshop, the podcast will be …
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What fills in the voids of memory? In episode 2, Jerome interviews Regina about Nick’s death. A discussion about movies and secrets is interspersed with stage directions and the WHO’s report on the global burden of disease. The program concludes with an interview with Tamara. Night Moves features the voice talents of Anna Clark, Brian Taylor, and J…
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A sound collage featuring: advanced microphone techniques, more about atomic clocks and culture jamming, Channing Philips, ALCO, Carl Jung, and much more. As part of its inaugural season of the Idaho Street Workshop, the podcast will be releasing parallel projects for each episode.By john wanzel
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What do you remember more, the death of a friend or the death of thousands? The series begins with an interview recounting the summer of 2003 and the death of Nick. The episode then traces Jerome’s family history in the armed forces, the start of the Iraq war, the beginning of Covid-19, and gun violence in Chicago. As part of the first season of th…
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It starts with an announcement. Episode 150 continues with a sound collage featuring: bike safety, atomic clocks, basketball, the Chicago Style, a bit of chaos, GPS, and featuring synthetic piano, slowed down typing, low notes, and much much more! For more information about my new project please visit idahostreetworkshop.com…
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A transformation/remix of how do you think i began in the world, an album I released in April 2020. In the wolrd rearranges and revoices about of a quarter of the orginal elements of the piece. I have also added bits and pieces of audio from the rehearsal launch of Apollo One. If you would like to support the podcast, please think about purchasing …
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Episode 148 is an audio collage featuring recordings concerning translation, domestication, the Mandelbrot set and with a (computer generated) guitar, bass, piano and trumpet accompaniment.By john wanzel
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Sometimes at lunch, I hear the organist practicing at the Spreckels Organ in Balboa Park. The organ is “the world’s largest outdoor instrument,” and has “more than 5,000 pipes” that are usually used to play a variety of show tunes and standard classical fare. Episode 147 is an incantation to the great instrument, that has been underused these last …
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This episode features a stereo recording of working in the yard and slow meditative synths.By john wanzel
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It starts with a flurry, a quickening, eventually slowing down. The strumming and pecking in the background start to become more pronounced as the anxieties lessen. The beat stops, and the feedback envelops. In the distance a melody is present, but the foreground disguises it. Sounds of a being back in public emerge, and the simple melody may have …
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144: Camping sites are clean and have bear-proof lockers
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In mid-August, I spent about a week camping. The majority of the time I was at Mancos State Park. There was a no-burn order for the entire state, so most nights I would sit and read and write until my solar-powered lights grew dim, listen to music via my phone while watching the stars appear in the sky, and I also would sit, drink a beer, and liste…
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The launch of Apollo 6, government stimulus, Angela Davis, colonies on Mars, Malcolm X, explorations of outer space, 1968, futurists, and a remix of suite I, Mars, from The Planets, Op.32, by Gustav Holst. The seven suites of Holst’s The Planets were first played together in September of 1918, during a worldwide pandemic. Time goes slow, is the sec…
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Cosmic Background Radiation, Lenard Bernstein, Angela Davis, IBM Control Programs, Malcom X, DIY synth construction, 1968, James Baldwin and a remix of suite IV Jupiter, from The Planets, Op.32, by Gustav Holst. The seven suites of Holst’s The Planets were first played together in September of 1918, during a worldwide pandemic. You know what you wa…
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141: The Structure of the Earth (part two)
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The Structure of the Earth (part two of two) a new composition for speakers or headphones.By john wanzel
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140: The Structure of the Earth (part one)
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The Structure of the Earth (part one of two) a new composition for speakers or headphones.By john wanzel
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139: The New Vegetable; or all of New Jersey is an Inferno.
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New patterns! Spies! Alcohol! Orson Welles! Food! Mars! and much! much! more! stopGOstop is proud to present, The New Vegetable; or all of New Jersey is an Inferno, a new sound collage.By john wanzel
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