When I moved to Boston in June of 2006, I was kindly adopted into the inner circle of Peggy Deming and Mary Webster. Four years later, I consider them some of my very closest friends. Mary is getting married tomorrow morning and tonight was her bachelorette party. At dinner, Mary got asked the inevitable question: "How did you and Scott meet?" So I whipped out my trusty Tascam DR-100 and recorded their tale. Here's the upshot of the momentous meeting. THE DAILY SIXTY: August 11 For those following along in an RSS reader, click through to the original post to hear today's piece.
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I had to agree with my sister when she said that nothing could possibly top yesterday's audio minute. But, alas, the show must go on. Today brings nothing particularly anomalous other than finally checking my voicemail after a couple of weeks. Twenty-five messages later, three messages stood out as "I really wish I would have gotten that voicemail on the day I received it" status. All three are from the City of Somerville. Thanks for the heads up, guys. THE DAILY SIXTY: August 10 Featuring fellow resident Jackie Rossetti For those following along in an RSS reader, click through to the original post to hear today's piece. To fully appreciate today's piece, you need to have some background. If you don't recognize where the title of this post comes from, you NEED to watch the following two videos BEFORE listening. You'll thank me later, I promise. The first: Woman wakes up to find intruder in her bed (featuring brother of victim Antoine Dodson) The second: Autotune the News - Run and tell that, homeboy. I hadn't seen my dear friend Hayley in about five years. She is visiting Boston and I got the sublime pleasure of her company for the day. This jam was in our head all day, so we decided to collaborate for our first track (the first of many, I hope). She took care of the instrumentation and backup vox. Love her. And without further ado, our acoustic cover of "Run and Tell That" / The Bed Intruder Song. THE DAILY SIXTY: August 9 For those following along in an RSS reader, click through to the original post to hear today's piece. Today's audio minute is not exactly sixty seconds. It is actually 110 seconds. Forgive the cheat; I could not bear to cut any of it (I claim producer's license!). I was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1992. During the program, my sensational parents and siblings sang the Primary song Baptism (which I have already mentioned in a previous post). I still have the home video of the day captured on VHS tape, so I isolated the audio from their performance. This all represents a fairly emotional event for the Kelly Family because this was, to my knowledge, the last time we ever presented ourselves as an intact family. I was baptized on my eighth birthday (June 14, 1992) and my mother and I left my Dad and siblings on August 2, 1992 (for more information about that drama, you can listen to Sealed). Tradition holds that whenever we cry, we start laughing at ourselves. This piece captures a bit of that. THE DAILY SIXTY: August 8 For those following along in an RSS reader, click through to the original post to hear today's piece. I asked Pickett, one of my local favorites, to describe his ideal woman. Listen up, ladies. I think we've got some real insight into the male psyche here. THE DAILY SIXTY: August 7 For those following along in an RSS reader, click through to the original post to hear today's piece. The featured pianist. I love the Public Garden. A solid proportion of my favorite memories have launched there... wandering around with my family, wandering around with men I've wanted to be a part of my family, wandering around with friends that might as well be. Summer afternoons in the Garden are yet another reason to fall in love with Boston. At any given moment, you can hear a few different languages accompanied by a few different street musicians. Not to mention birds, breezes, and car noises muffled to humming by the surrounding trees. Such a gorgeous cacophony of sound! Today's sixty seconds, recorded this afternoon during a summer stroll, is dedicated to that. THE DAILY SIXTY: August 6 Featuring the keyboard delights of the pictured. For those following along in an RSS reader, click through to the original post to hear today's piece. Spear is one of my favorite audio editing programs in the world. It is a spectral analysis tool... it analyzes a sound and outputs it graphically, all frequencies/waves divided into separate partials. In layman's terms, whatever sound you import into Spear ends up looking like a bunch of squiggly lines which you can then edit. You can take out a singular frequency or a whole range by deleting various squiggly lines. I absolutely adore the software. If you are any level of audiophile, I suggest you download it immediately. In any case, today's experimental piece is brought to you by Michael Klingbeil's Spear, Pro Tools, and the most beautiful Primary song ever written. THE DAILY SIXTY: August 5 Featuring "Baptism" from the Children's Songbook For those following along in an RSS reader, click through to the original post to hear today's piece. Today's source material comes from an Institute class I attended today on Revelation. Though our instructor did get into some fun apocalyptic imagery (including dragons, beasts, and whores), today's piece is composed from the voices of the students. We were asked to introduce ourselves. THE DAILY SIXTY: August 4 Featuring "Getting to Know You" from The King and I For those following along in an RSS reader, click through to the original post to hear today's piece. Today's sixty seconds: the one-minute mixtape for an ex-lover. Featured artists: The Beatles, Mogwai, Death Cab for Cutie, Nina Persson, Bright Eyes, Emiliana Torrini, As Tall As Lions, Loretta Lynn, Bon Iver, and the Killers. THE DAILY SIXTY: August 3 For those following along in an RSS reader, click through to the original post to hear today's piece. Today's audio minute: going to see Dinner for Schmucks. The highlight was when Alexa learned that her job is the lowest of the low. I asked her how it made her feel and her only response was a giggle. I guess that means she's okay with it. THE DAILY SIXTY: August 2 For those following along in an RSS reader, click through to the original post to hear today's piece. |
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