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Decibels
by BlueEgg Media & The New Asterisk Magazine
Decibels is a series of sonic essays exploring diverse landscapes. The stories use sound as a paintbrush to reveal the vibrancy of common places hidden in plain sight. Being aware, being quiet, and just being transforms cacophonous monotony into symphonic relationships.A collaboration between Blue Egg Media and The New Asterisk Magazine. The team includes Robin Gianattassio-Malle, Jeremy Joven, and Alexander Winter. With special thanks to Tobirus M. Newby for lending his voice and insights, and LN Lurie for contributing to the sonic signature.
Episodes
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Episode 7: Home Land Security
We are in San Francisco's Presidio Park, a piece of land preserved by its military history. There we find the Nike Administration building that used to house a central command for the coastal defense missile systems, before a secret intelligence organization took it over, and now it was opened up...
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Episode 6: Alcatraz (Two: Alumni)
In this episode, Decibels returns to Alcatraz and encounters voices of the island's past. Former guards and residents confer their first-hand experiences of living and working on Alcatraz during the Rock's use as a prison. (Warning: This episode contains some more graphic audio content than…
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Episode 5: Alcatraz (One: The Island)
In this episode the Decibels team takes the ferry out along the bay to a unique national park; Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. We captured sonic glimpses of the post-prison years, from the flourishing growth of the flora and fauna, the explosion of avian residents and their nesting...
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Episode 4: SFMoMA
After a three-year hiatus due to the construction of a larger space, the San Francisco MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) is once again fully open to the public. New curations await, a gigantic fern plant wall, novel vantage points, and publicly accessible hang-out spaces; in this episode, we journey...
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Episode 3: SF Ferry Building
The San Francisco Ferry Building opened in 1898, but fell out of favor after the 1950's when it became entangled by freeway noise. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake put an end to the waterfront freeway nonsense and in 2002 the Ferry Building was renovated and revived as a public space with farmers...
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Episode 2: Grand Central Station
Cacophony transforms into euphony in the cathedral-esque architecture of Grand Central Station Cultural Frequencies // Sonic Essays A series of sonic essays exploring diverse landscapes. Decibels reveals the vibrancy of common places through sound. Being aware, being quiet, and just being...
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Episode 1: Lake Merritt
Cultural Frequencies // Sonic Essays A series of sonic essays exploring diverse landscapes. Decibels reveals the vibrancy of common places through sound. Being aware, being quiet, and just being transforms cacophonous monotony into symphonic relationships. Debut Episode: Listen to the impact Lake...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Decibels is a series of sonic essays exploring diverse landscapes. The stories use sound as a paintbrush to reveal the vibrancy of common places hidden in plain sight. Being aware, being quiet, and just being transforms cacophonous monotony into symphonic relationships.A collaboration between Blue Egg Media and The New Asterisk Magazine. The team includes Robin Gianattassio-Malle, Jeremy Joven, and Alexander Winter. With special thanks to Tobirus M. Newby for lending his voice and insights, and LN Lurie for contributing to the sonic signature.
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BlueEgg Media & The New Asterisk Magazine
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Decibels is a series of sonic essays exploring diverse landscapes. The stories use sound as a paintbrush to reveal the vibrancy of common places hidden in plain sight. Being aware, being quiet, and just being transforms cacophonous monotony into symphonic relationships.A collaboration between Blue...
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