Direct mp3 download or play: Where Are My Cigarettes? – Part 1
Part 1
Direct mp3 download or play: Where Are My Cigarettes? – Part 2
Part 2
Here are the original recordings that I made with my mother in the early 1980’s. I used my Superscope C-104 monaural cassette recorder. This recorder has a line input and automatic record level only, so the sound is quite compressed and noisy. Also, the room (my bedroom in Martinez, California) didn’t have much to absorb the sound, which accounted for the reverberant sound quality. I think I used Sony F-98 dynamic microphones and an inexpensive older RadioShack mixer with no level meters. I may have had my dbx 161 compressors in line as well and as far as I know there was never a stereo version of these recordings. You can hear how Part 2 was used on the third Negativland release “A Big 10-8 Place” in the piece called “180-G: A Big 10-8 Place Part Two.”
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackbacki can hear some toads in the background of part 1. I like toads!!!
I think the cigarettes are under the ro-to-tiller!
I really enjoyed listening to these recordings. Thanks for posting them. I always find it interesting to hear the original recordings that went into creating the final Negativland works of art.
Hi Weatherman, how’ve you been lately? We miss you….. I hope everything’s ok, or else in a stage that will eventually turn out ok, in the end. Hope to hear from you soon,
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that’s what i meant
i allways imagined that dusty pile of parakeet feathers dimly illuminated in the tube glow.
hopefully a shoplifted h.r. steamcleaner took care of that post haste.
I’m back alright and just getting over the worst cold since moving to Seattle. It was just like old times where I was a kid at Thousand Oaks School in Berkeley,California when I was nicknamed “The Mucusman.”
What’s she looking for exactly?
The Benson & Hedges 100s.
Hey Weatherman, how are things and stuff ? Was the refrigerator lime green ? I certainly hope so. Pleases lie to me if it wasn’t, otherwise my whole concept of reality will be like an elephant sitting on a lonely lentil. Anyway, I live in London, England. Any upcoming plans for a world tour ? I’d be willing to bribe you with a freshly baked Tuna casserole if that’s what it would take to make it happen.
Thank you everyone for commenting! I’m somewhat overwhelmed and I have a lot to learn.
At the risk of repeating myself, I will once again encourage all Dumb, Stupid Listeners to open at least 5 browsers simultaneously with the above track playing. This is the only way to fully envelop yourself in the True Martinez There And Was™ experience.