Giant Ear))) Playlist: 'Cricket Crawl' by Florence Blanchard, an event that took place in New York on September 12, 2009; A baby woke up in the middle of the night and was fed; A short lesson in how to listen to pre-natal ultrasound; an excerpt from the film 'Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance' (Daigoro makes a choice between a toy and his father's sword); 'I am the Walrus' from Lol Coxhill's album 'Ear of the Beholder' on Dandelion records; Place Lane and Play School Opening by acclivity, a member of freesound.org; 'Die-opening school day' by Jean Francois Cavro, soundtransit.nl; some thoughts about kids in Marrakech; childern's song from 'Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance'; 'We don't have no slippers' by acclivity of freesound.org; Riga Arsenal by Maksim Shentelev a.k.a. MyYu (soundtransit.nl); Children playing in Osaka Hirano Shrine by Jean Francois Cavro (soundtransit.nl); an excerpt from a Russian film '17 Moments of Spring'; Giggling French Girls by acclivity (freesound.org); WC Fields in The Bank Dick; Classroom Ambiance by dobroide (freesound.org); 'a bird-like singing child and birds' by Lasse-Marc Riek (sountransit.nl); WC Fields, from the film 'Golf Specialist'; 'hello mammie chocolate' by Frank Geeraert (soundtransit.nl); Casablanca kids playing police and thiefs; Kids Club 1 and 2 by acclivity (freesound.org); Children's Playground in Seoul, South Korea by sazman (freesound.org); 'pigeon and child' by dobroide (freesound.org); children playing in a swimming pool in Fort Myers by John Hopkins (soundtransit.nl); Extra classroom noise by Andrea Callard (http://www.andreacallard.com/); sounds from El Tajin, Mexico; Yi Er San Si Wu Liu Qi Ba by Matthias Kispert (soundtransit.nl); Brooklyn crickets.

NYC based improvisors Bryan Eubanks and Andrew Lafkas work out territories with open circuit electronics and double-bass extrapolations.

Radio Ruido with sound artist Maria Papadomanolaki.

An evening of poetry, music, and video featuring: Coleen Murphy Alexander + Brenda Coultas + Frank Cuthbert + Brian Dewan + Stephen Elliott + Nick Flynn + Lex Grey + Jared Handelsman + Peter Head + Kim Jaye + Rachel Levitsky + Timothy Liu + Paul McMahon + Daniel Nester + Loni Pont + George Quasha + Michael Ruby + Ira Sher + Violet Snow + Sparrow + Christopher Stackhouse + Charles Stein + Studio Stu + Hudson Talbott + The Unbearables, as well as works available by the Garden Goddesses in support of in support of WGXC: Hands-on Radio in Greene and Columbia Counties.

The "Garden Goddesses" are a group of working artists who garden in Catskill and the surrounding areas. Members have been meeting for just under a year at each other's homes, studios, and gardens. Although the artists work in various media including music, painting, photography, poetry, and sculpture. Their love of gardening and their pioneering spirits bring them together to reflect on their work, their gardens, and how they influence each other. At the November 14th benefit the Garden Goddesses will exhibit works by "the goddesses" and photos of them in their gardens, that will be for sale in support of WGXC. This installation is a glimpse into the personal worlds of the artists and the forces that drive them creatively and spiritually. The Garden Goddesses include Victoria Brill, Alice Caulfield, Sasha Chermayeff, Tasha Depp, Lex Grey, Ruth Leonard, Portia Munson, Dina Palin, Fawn Potash, Erica Potrzeba, and Cate Woodruff.

Catskill WGXC Sound-Voice Benefit is organized by Sam Truitt, with Fawn Potash, and Paul Smart.

WGXC is a community-run media project, re-envisioning radio as an innovative platform for local participation. Our inclusive programming connects diverse voices, and distributes information across the public spectrum in New York's Greene and Columbia counties. This multi-faceted project will be much more than just a radio station. With studios in Catskill and Hudson, WGXC activities will include special exhibitions and events, workshops and media training for youth and adults, a news blog with writing and photography, and a local calendar of events, meetings, and other resources.

WGXC volunteers are working hard to launch a 3,300-watt community radio station. More than 78,000 people throughout Greene and Columbia counties will be able to receive the signal on 90.7-FM. WGXC received its license from the FCC and a grant from the US Commerce Dept that will cover 50 percent of our equipment needs. We now need to raise matching funds in order to get on the air. Join us on November 14 and help launch WGXC-FM.

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Location and Description: This edition of Giant Ear))) is hosted by Hunter Inter-Media Arts/MFA candidate Bleakley McDowell focusing on Hunter graduate student work from NYSAE Co-Chair Jonny Farrow's Sound Environments class. You will hear a wide range of NYC sounds from the Bronx to the Battery and points east and west. The show will feature works by: DaHye Lee, Elizabeth Knafo, Meredith Goncalves, Melissa Hacker, Samantha Stalling, Satoko Sugiyama, and Sean Weiner and some sounds from Solo, Indonesia.

Radio Ruido live from Brooklyn.

Deep winter approaches. Instant, drastic climate change aside, it will be getting colder. In the majority of New York City buildings this means old steam radiators will be sputtering to life. The first half of today’s broadcast is collection of recordings of these radiators from various apartments. Listen for the water hammer...it’s getting hot in here. We follow that with paranoid, beyond-the-grave wax cylinder recordings and a journey to mystical Surakarta, Indonesia. False gong - neither a beginning nor an end, a start nor a finish. With work by Edmund Mooney, Jonny Farrow and Bleakley McDowell.