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“No it’s a lava flow!”

Lava flow
Photo released under a Creative Commons license by Sethladd

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During the Catch that Beat 3 festival in Astoria, Oregon I iterviewed Julie Noble about the geology of Saddle Mountain (where parts of both Goonies and Ninja Turtles 3 were shot). Our conversation led to other things, like Megafauna and lime vodka. 5:14 minutes.

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Geo Julie on Lava Flows & Megafauna [5:14m]

Leave or View Feedback (5)| Posted on Sunday, September 17, 2006

Overcoming Godzilla

Universe & Ashby Present
Image by Claire L. Evans

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Claire L. Evans writes and presents her perspectives on the natural world and potential futures under the name UNIVERSE. Ashby Collinson is a illustrator, film archivist at the U of Washington, and here plays some accordion and drums. The two teamed up at the Catch that Beat 3 festival to put on an epic performative lecture inspired by Godzilla and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain. 7:52 minutes
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Overcoming Godzilla [7:52m]

Leave or View Feedback (3)| Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006

Intensity via Marching Band

A Chicago marching band
Photo released under a Creative Commons license by Jbweir

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A high-school marching band at the Starlight Parade in Portland, OR. The main piece is super imperial feeling, followed by an awesome drum breakdown around 3:20.

It seems parades have become just excuses to sculpt giant advertisements out of papier maché, but I still will fight for a good seat to see the high-school marching bands. I love the intensity from the snare drums and horns that leave me feeling like it’s our civilization’s final hour. I suppose the military and sport events felt the same way when they adopted the marching band. I’m pretty pacifistic, but I sympathize with that pre-game energy and the excitement that chaos is about to be unleashed. This was also a lesson in field recording when my microphone experienced its own share of intensity. It got a bit overwhelmed by the overtones of the bass reflecting off the buildings downtown, causing the mic to get overloaded and distort at certain points, even though the recording levels were far from peaking. This was extremely frustrating at first, but looking back, the distortion seems appropriate and symbolic.

Marching Band in the Starlight Parade [4:22m]

Leave or View Feedback (15)| Posted on Wednesday, August 2, 2006

Comments (15) to “Intensity via Marching Band”

ashby wrote:

I remember you giving me these recordings via iChat when you got home! So entrancing; fantastic. I was pretty drunk by the time I heard them, and hooked my computer up to the big speakers in my apartment, BLASTING the recordings on repeat for a good hour. Sabina, my roommate came home, not as drunk as me, shared some special buzzing to the “pre-game” excitement! I am a huge fan of the overload, as analogies and metaphors via the medium form give a very intense and appropriate sort of mortal texture to the recording’s content.

Posted on 05-Aug-06 at 2:51 pm | Permalink
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Posted on 22-Aug-06 at 8:31 am | Permalink
Bill Camarata wrote:

I do a lot of marching band recordings on my website. I stumbled upon yours trying to find info on how to keep your recordings from distorting due to 150 teenagers playing as loud as they can 6 feet from the mic. I guess I have to get farther away, but I love the stereo seperation I currently get. I use SM57 mics and I’ll be trying some Heil PR-20 mics this week.

Posted on 10-Sep-06 at 1:17 pm | Permalink
Johely Espina wrote:

hi i’m from Maracaibo Venezuela and i’m a tenros drum player of a marching band of this city, and i like taht sound, please send me a letter or images from these drum line…bye bye…remember im from venezuela

Posted on 03-May-07 at 10:56 pm | Permalink
rebeca wrote:

hello i want know añad me in your e-mails plis
i speak españish
ok
see you
i from tamaulipas mexico

Posted on 04-Jun-07 at 12:35 pm | Permalink
jb wrote:

The band pictured is not a high school band. It is the North Carolina A&T State University Blue and Gold Marching Machine–one the premiere college bands in the country. I was a member during the late ’80s and early 90’s. Check out the band with audio and video clips at www.marchingmachine.com or the university’s site at www.ncat.edu.

Posted on 29-Jun-07 at 7:03 pm | Permalink
Michael wrote:

Wow, thanks for that detail jb! I am stoked to know what band the photo is of and hope to find some recordings on their site. The photo is more representational, I’m not even sure which High School band is in the recording anymore.

Posted on 02-Jul-07 at 12:06 am | Permalink
mael jonathan wrote:

your marching band is veri good and best of the best

Posted on 29-Jul-07 at 7:57 am | Permalink
GILLON wrote:

I am a real admirator of Show&Marching Bands since a long time. I just try to create some contacts with bands from around the world. I like your sound and music.

I live in France but I try to travelling for meeting and assisting to different kinds of events.

Posted on 29-Jul-07 at 3:11 pm | Permalink
anith wrote:

im anith frm malaysia…
wow i like da sound…
cn i have da clip???
plzzz coz im da snare drummer player at my school..
bt now im in college..
quite longtym i didn’t hear da band song…
thanks..

Posted on 30-Oct-07 at 2:59 am | Permalink
Antonio Carlos Lino wrote:

eu gostaria se posivel de ter algumas partes da drumcorps .

Posted on 17-Nov-07 at 1:24 pm | Permalink
Daniel Reyes wrote:

I am from guatemala! And I am very interested in knowing the serious of the drums they use, here in Guatemala, there are not even Marching Band, just war or military bands, and I would like to see more of you .. Thanking all over Daniel Reyes

Posted on 27-Feb-08 at 3:30 pm | Permalink
BENITO wrote:

ESTA ES LAMEJOR PICTURE QUE HEE VISTO PERO COMO ME GUSTARIUA TOCAR EN ESA BANDA

Posted on 25-Mar-08 at 7:53 pm | Permalink
Charlene wrote:

APBA（Asia& pacific Band Association）was established in 2008 Mai，China.wellcome you attention!

Posted on 22-Jun-09 at 9:20 pm | Permalink
Jaye wrote:

umm… this is a pic of North Carolina A&T. a college band

Posted on 16-Sep-09 at 6:16 pm | Permalink