Audio portrait of life in tropical latitudes. Testimonies about the impact of "the greenhouse effect" on coastal city life are interwoven with the sounds of life inside a seaside residential hotel. The consequences of the rising tides and temperature take a toll on living within the rooms of a tinderbox, "where people huddle like flotsam and live on the jetsam of discarded odds... and ends." (from the work) Created for New Music America '89, Miami.

In its ten years as a weekly national series, 1987-1998, New American Radio (NAR) commissioned and distributed over 300 original works: conceptual new drama, associational documentary, language explorations, sonic meditations, environmental compositions, musical explorations and works that pioneer new dimensions in acoustic space. Wave Farm is thrilled to be partnering with New American Radio to ensure these works remain available to listeners today and into the future .

New American Radio was organized by Helen Thorington, Executive Producer and Regine Beyer, Associate Producer. A special thanks to both Helen Thorington and Jo-Anne Green for their generous support and collaboration of this partnership, and their contribution to the field at large!

"Mind the Gap" presents the WGXC listener with selections of sound art, radio and transmission art, experimental music, and more that do not have regular show times in the broadcast schedule. These selections are chosen and produced by Wave Farm staff, WGXC Volunteer Programmers, others in the Wave Farm community, and beyond.