Barbara Nessim is an artist, teacher, and creative visionary. She joins host Laura McLaws Helms to discuss all aspects of her life, work and creative process. From the personal—her childhood in a Jewish neighborhood in the 1940 and 50s, through life as a single woman making her way in New York in the 60s and 70s, a later marriage and her decision not to have children—to the artistic—her inspirations, mentors, how she developed her unique and instantly recognizable style, her early adoption of computer art and more. 
For full show notes, episode resources and a slideshow of photographs, head to https://sighswhispers.com/ episode-21-barbara-nessim
Produced and hosted by Laura McLaws Helms 
Featured Guest Barbara Nessim

Episode 21 ft. Barbara Nessim

Episode 35 is an ambient music special with one of the genre’s contemporary luminaries and a personal favourite of mine, John Elliott, also known as Imaginary Softwoods.

Although he’d be loathe to describe his work as ambient, John’s music as Imaginary Softwoods is celebrated for its deep, lush tones, beautiful synthwork, pensive melodies, and thoughtful samples. Perhaps best known for his band Emeralds, which disbanded in 2012, John has been making music as Imaginary Softwoods since 2008, releasing several incredible works on tape and on vinyl over the years, while simultaneously managing the @EditionsMego offshoot label @SpectrumSpools. In this conversation, John and I discuss the ins and outs of making, playing, and releasing ambient music, and what the genre has to offer in 2021.

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Music:
"Another First/Sea Machine" - Imaginary Softwoods (2020)
"Overlook" - Tetsu Inoue (2007)
"The Imminent Collapse Department" - Imaginary Softwoods (2020)
"Court of Failure" - Imaginary Softwoods (2008)
"Entrance Through Selenite Pillars" - Imaginary Softwoods (2016)
"Vaporware 04" - Donato Dozzy Plays Bee Mask (2013)
"Sapphire Point" - Imaginary Softwoods (2019)

AIR 035 / Imaginary Softwoods

This is a selection of music composed by USSR artists from 1976 to 1995.
Això és una selecció de música composada per músics de la URSS entre 1976 i 1995.
Это подборка произведений артистов СССР с 1976 по 1995 год.
Tai muzikos rinkinys, sukurtas SSRS menininkų nuo 1976 iki 1995 metų.
See on valik muusikat, mille on koostanud NSVL kunstnikud aastatel 1976–1995.

The cover picture has been taken from the cover of the album "Oiseaux Des Plaines Russes" by Борис Вепринцев.

Listen to This! Special : Oiseaux Des Plaines Russes

Fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms speaks with artist and illustrator Emanuel Schongut.

Manny Schongut has had a long and diverse career as an illustrator. From upstate New York, Schongut studied and taught at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute before becoming a freelance illustrator. During the 1960s, Schongut became known for his distinctive book covers, often for science fiction and crime novels, that brought together watercolour and pen-and-ink in intriguing graphics. In the early 1970s, he was represented by Push Pin Studios, the legendary graphic design and illustration firm founded by Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast. Taking a more traditional figurative tack, Manny’s work appeared in New York magazine, the New York Times, Vogue, Town & Country, Redbook, and many other publications. Starting in the 1970s, Schongut began working on children’s books—so far, he has illustrated over twenty, and been the author of five of those. Based in San Francisco since the early 1990s, 86-year-old Manny continues to create. 

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For full show notes, episode resources and a slideshow of photographs, head to https://sighswhispers.com/episode-34-emanuel-schongut

Produced and hosted by Laura McLaws Helms 
Featured Guest Emanuel Schongut

Episode 34 ft. Emanuel Schongut

billy pigg - the high level hornpipe
cloaks - wind voice II
kri kri - wahdi
orphan fairytale - dragons of the deep
xiphiidae - pass hidingly seek
roedelius - flieg vogel fliege
michael turtle - zoot pointe
kelompok kampungan - wanita
george harrison - greasy legs
fondation - horizon
tremblexy - the beginning of the end
anon. - felix namque (oxford offertory)
carmen & michele kassner - will they ever return?
men in black - knight's gambit
k. leimer - at daybreak
michael bundt - la chasse aux microbes
F:A.R. - da consumarsi con grazia
the savage young taterbug - togetherman
isabelle gunn - scratched knee
louise landes levi - city of delirium

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Moods For Lockdown Romance I by Phuong-Dan

Three Legged Race Live at Resonant Hole, Lexington, KY. November 16th, 2012.
In studio consolation show for cancellation of Neon Marshmallow Festival.
"Here's to phoning it in."
Video of the set here http://vimeo.com/53916056

Three Legged Race "Live" at Resonant Hole, Nov. 16, 2012

JORDAN BELSON
"AUTOHARP RECORDINGS, VOLUME I" [ZP044]

200 Limited Edition/Numbered Audio Cassettes

Autoharp Recordings, Volume I

Jordan Belson - "Untitled" [Excerpt]

Three Legged Race | Resonant Hole | Hair Police | etc.

Three Legged Race "Live" at Resonant Hole, Nov. 16, 2012

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