Another in the system of standard stoppages:
http://arsonism.org/audio/Steve-062-Chirpin_Hard.zip.mp3

It's the Hella (actually just Spencer Seim) record Chirpin' Hard (one of my favorites of all time) transcoded to VBR, zipped up, read as an mp3 in Audacity, and thus shredded, overlapped, and punctuated with little glitch noises ( Read more... )

This file is a pretty good one. I've noticed that you can use Audacity to import pretty much any zip file as an mp3. Different file formats make predictably different sounds. What's great is that zips containing VBR mp3s create a messy rearrangement of the encoded audio (CBR make static for a subtle reason I can tell you in person if you ask). I've ( Read more... )

Here's another mix, which I made for my friend Greg back in April:
http://www.mediafire.com/?bsnj1m12yey

And here's another track I made, which is a long collage: number 4

new song: linear daft punk rearrangement

here's a mix i made for my friend artie:
http://www.mediafire.com/?bxnmjltnxnc

also, i'm on boingboing:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/09/all-the-beatles-uk-a.html

the beatles piece on the wfmu blog:

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/10/the-complete-be.html

Kenny G played my latest piece on his show on WFMU today.

Steve McLaughlin - Run for Your Life

I'm in a good period right now. Very busy and haven't been getting enough sleep, but I like it. I like being involved in a bunch of things and running around and writing fast and reading and talking and thinking I matter for something. After a summer of sloth, my return to the slog is wholly refreshing. Surprising.

New song: OK Baby

Also, here's the latest episode of the podcast I've been working on (Love and Radio) in its full form with some corrections made: Mustard Everywhere/Bloody Fingers