sw02 audio opensource_audio stopwatch Experimental http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Casinos are tuned to the key of C. Slot machine bleeps, video poker blurps, the pings that come before public announcements -- all in C. The sum total is a surprisingly warm hum, designed to keep gamblers hypnotized. Like the lack of natural light, the absence of clocks, and the recycled air, it is one of the many surreal environmental features of our nation's gambling halls. <I>Postcards: Atlantic City</I> melds field recordings made in the seedy New Jersey resort town with slight modifications made at home -- new drones, toy pianos run through delay pedals, chirping birds recorded in Chelsea -- that interact, occasionally accidentally, with the source. 0000-00-00 00:00:00 1 2005-07-14 22:05:37 2005-07-14 11:58:56 jjarnow jjarnow@well.com jjarnow jjarnow jjarnow 2005-07-14 12:01:51 2006-02-19 22:47:35 2006-02-19 22:48:03 Funny Cry Happy 14:13 Recordings made in Atlantic City, NJ; New York City, NY October - November 2002 assembly and additional recording by Jesse Wunderkammern Studios, Brooklyn, NY 9 and 10 November 2002 Studio 77 loves <I><U>YOU!</I></U> Stopwatch Recordings <A HREF="mailto:jjarnow@well.com">jjarnow@well.com</A> // <A HREF="http://www.wunderkammern27.com">http://www.wunderkammern27.com</A> 315 seigel st. / #206 / brooklyn, ny / 11206 sound 2006-02-20 21:49:04 jjarnow