Name: Zadie Smith reads "Animals" by Frank O'Hara by brainpicker
Duration: 33 s
Description: Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/04/16/zadie-smith-reads-frank-ohara/

09 Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois -

double a side single entitled the bird \ the worm will be released on limited edition 250 7" Vinyl and digital download on 27th July 2015 (PREORDER: https://kathrynjoseph.bandcamp.com/)
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title track "the bird" (taken from from Kathryn Joseph's debut "bones you have thrown me and blood I've spilled") and this previously unreleased track "the worm" (not on the album)
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www.kathrynjoseph.co.uk

the worm

From the album Modern Country, out now on Merge Records.

Modern Country

William Tyler "Gone Clear"

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/04/23/ursula-k-le-guin-hymn-to-time-janna-levin/

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Astrophysicist Janna Levin reads "Hymn to Time" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/02/07/you-cant-have-it-all-barbara-ras-emily-levine/

Emily Levine reads "You Can't Have It All" by Barbara Ras

Today the world is able to hear the first new music from lo-fi hero Jason Molina since 2009 (1st solo music since '06). The mini-album is called 'Autumn Bird Songs' & is an incredibly moving & powerful work. It was recorded soon before Molina took a leave from the industry a few years back. 'Autumn Bird Songs' consists of 8 songs that were specifically written and recorded to and for William Schaff's artwork in the hopes that one day our music-related art book would be finished. Well due to the overwhelming support on Kickstarter, that became a reality this year and we are very proud of the finished result. The book is 82 pages and begins with an introduction by John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats. On the artwork front, we take you from the old school mixtape covers Schaff would create when he was young to his work for such artists as Okkervil River, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Monster Movie, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Kid Dakota, Songs: Ohia and many more.

This is a product of love that we began in 2007 so we really hope you enjoy it. The retail version of the book comes with a rainbow center spray black 10" of 'Autumn Bird Songs' which is limited to 350 copies.

We thank you very much for your support,

Ryan Graveface

You can purchase a book/10" here: http://www.graveface.com/graveface-schaff.html

Jason Molina - Heart My Heart

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/04/16/zadie-smith-reads-frank-ohara/

Zadie Smith reads "Animals" by Frank O'Hara

Recorded for Brain Pickings in the midst of a pandemic. Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/10/02/the-big-picture-ellen-bass/

Photograph: Amanda's son Ash, photographed by his mom.

Amanda Palmer reads "The Big Picture" by Ellen Bass

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/12/31/new-years-eve-rebecca-elson/

"Futura Vecchia, New Year's Eve" by Rebecca Elson (read by Maria Popova)

In 1968, Dr. Bernie Krause was leading a booming music career. A prodigiously talented musician and early master of the electronic synthesizer, Krause was busy working with artists like the Doors and the Beach Boys and performing iconic effects for blockbuster films. Then Warner Brothers commissioned him to create an album incorporating the sounds of wild habitats, so he headed into Muir Woods with his recording equipment. What he heard changed his life and triggered a fifty-year odyssey.

Then and there, Krause decided that he wanted spend the rest of his life recording and archiving the music of wild animals and wild places. He quit Hollywood and began traveling the world. The soundscapes he recorded were full of epiphanies about the origin of our own culture and music, about the profound connectedness of creatures, and about the unseen tolls of human activity. Previous wildlife recordings isolated the calls of individual creatures, but Krause recorded habitats as a whole. He soon proposed a new theory of ecosystem functioning: that each species produces unique acoustic signatures, partitioning and occupying sonic niches such that the singing of all of the creatures in a healthy ecosystem can be heard, organized like players in an orchestra. 

Today, Krause’s astonishing archive contains sounds made by more than 15,000 species. It is, as The New Yorker aptly put it, “an auditory Library of Alexandria for everything non-human." Fifty percent of the recorded habitats no longer exist due to habitat destruction, climate change, and human din. We spoke with Krause about the beauty of and perils facing wild music, the extraordinary science of soundscape ecology, and how sound impacts the welfare of animals. The music in this episode is from Wild Sanctuary (www.wildsanctuary.com).

Zadie Smith reads "Animals" by Frank O'Hara

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