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The White Whale

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The White Whale is an audio zine. A podcast of mixtape journalism, fiction, and sound experimentation.
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TTG BIT N - (7=3)

This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann. Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

Oct 31, 2019•1 min•Ep. 164

TTG BIT N - (6=4)

This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann. Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

Oct 28, 2019•18 sec•Ep. 163

TTG BIT N - (5=9)

This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann. Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

Oct 18, 2019•26 sec•Ep. 162

TTG BIT N - (4=6)

The Fox sisters were three sisters from New York who played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism : Leah (1814–1890), Margaretta (also called Maggie) (1833–1893) and Catherine (also called Kate ) Fox (1837–1892). [1] The two younger sisters used "rappings" to convince their older sister and others that they were communicating with spirits. Their older sister then took charge of them and managed their careers for some time. They all enjoyed success as mediums for many years. This desc...

Oct 15, 2019•26 sec•Ep. 161

TTG BIT N - (3=2)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy. This description was taken from Wikipedia. For more information visit the page . This series is written by Henry Cooke and produce...

Oct 11, 2019•26 sec•Ep. 160

TTG BIT N - (2=8)

Gef ( /ˈdʒɛf/ JEF ), also referred to as the Talking Mongoose or the Dalby Spook, was the name given to an allegedly talking mongoose which was claimed to inhabit a farmhouse owned by the Irving family. The Irvings' farm was located at Cashen's Gap near the hamlet of Dalby on the Isle of Man . The story was given extensive coverage by the tabloid press in Britain in the early 1930s. The Irvings' claims gained the attention of parapsychologists and ghost hunters , such as Harry Price , Hereward C...

Oct 09, 2019•24 sec•Ep. 159

TTG BIT N - (1=1)

This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann. Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

Oct 07, 2019•27 sec•Ep. 158

Offbeat: IRL

"Real life is a hashtag we’re nostalgic to remember." This piece is audio from a film (soon to be released) and was originally produced for Earlid as part of their 2019 Liminal Sounds exhibit Retreat, Disappearance . It was produced by Lily Sloane and Garrett Tiedemann.

Aug 20, 2019•4 min•Ep. 157

Offbeat: Dream Log 9.24.17

This piece was produced, mixed, and scored by Lily Sloane from the podcast A Therapist Walks Into A Bar . Find all her brilliance at http://www.lilymakessound.com/.

Oct 04, 2018•3 min•Ep. 156

Offbeat: A Resurrection of Crimes Unpaid

Audio from a film. Watch it here: https://vimeo.com/292243431 Features new music from John Barner. Stream and buy the record here: https://americanresiduerecords.bandcamp.com/album/darker-places I used to dream satisfaction in quiet commerce. Past experiences made new. Wandering the aisles - no one there. Belief a strange buzz - energy left over from all that's typical. I'd rarely buy. Just look. Touch. Comfort. Comfort....

Sep 30, 2018•42 sec•Ep. 154

Offbeat: Earlid - Under the Skin

Erasure is violence. Ever, always, being justified: “The director said she made the changes so as ‘not [to] show them.'” Sun Yung Shin is the voice in the piece. She is a writer and educator living in Minneapolis where she co-directs the community organization Poetry Asylum with poet Su Hwang. When The Beguiled was released in 2017, she was part of a conversation about the whitewashing of its narrative and the violence of erasure that is justified everyday. The 1966 novel had a black female slav...

Sep 27, 2018•2 min•Ep. 155

Offbeat: Dream Log 11.15.17

This piece was produced, mixed, and scored by Lily Sloane from the podcast A Therapist Walks Into A Bar . Find all her brilliance at http://www.lilymakessound.com/.

Feb 14, 2018•4 min•Ep. 153

Samples from Anodyne - "High explosive bombs."

post·script ˈpōs(t)ˌskript/ noun an additional remark at the end of a letter, after the signature and introduced by “P.S.”. “Leaving tomorrow.”

Sep 28, 2017•18 min•Ep. 80

Samples from Anodyne - "Building a community..."

Blank slate" redirects here. For other uses, (disambiguation) . Part of a series Tabula rasa ( /ˈtæbjələ ˈrɑːsə, -zə, ˈreɪ-/ ) In Locke's philosophy, tabula rasa was the theory that at birth the (human) mind is a "blank slate" without rules for processing data, and that data is added and rules for processing are formed solely by one's sensory experiences....

Sep 27, 2017•58 sec•Ep. 83

Offbeat: Stay Wild Child (2017 Radio Race)

This Offbeat episode was produced for the KCRW 2017 Radio Race. The theme was Down With Whatever and included a special bonus clip of David Bowie performing for special consideration. Everything had to be recorded and mixed within 24-hours.

Aug 21, 2017•4 min•Ep. 85

Offbeat: Sounds Of La La Land

Part of this year's more diversified Academy Award nominations, Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan have been nominated for Best Sound Editing for La LA Land; becoming the first all-female team nominated in the category (Ai-Ling is also nominated for Best Sound Mixing along with Andy Nelson and Steve A. Morrow). As sound supervisors and designers on the project, their job was to lead the teams that brought every sound you hear. With a heavy emphasis on using production sound versus pre-recorde...

Feb 14, 2017•19 min•Ep. 87

Offbeat: Status Update

Caly McMorrow is an interactive art and sound artist based in St. Paul Minnesota. Immediately after the 2016 presidential election she participated in social media catharsis by covering a well referenced Leonard Cohen song and sharing it for those who it may benefit. In this episode she talks about the post and her continued efforts to unify and connect people together through the complications of life and art. View her work at http://www.calymcmorrow.com/ To see photos of the piece Status Updat...

Jan 19, 2017•12 min•Ep. 88

Offbeat: Phone Calls (2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories Submission)

The phone keeps ringing. This piece was produced for the 2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories contest and was inspired by the rules of CLIFFORD THOMPSON Dialogue: "Do one thing for a person, and he think he owes you; do everything for a person, and he thinks you owe him." Sound: Cicadas whirring Narrative: The action takes place during the hottest summer on record. For more information on The Sarah Awards visit: thesarahawards.com/

Nov 28, 2016•3 min•Ep. 89

Offbeat: Last Breaths (2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories Submission)

In a small shop they gather, knowingly submitting to the last breaths of suffocation, exsanguination, and repose in a world torn by snow flakes. This piece was produced for the 2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories contest and was inspired by the rules of CAROL ZOREF: Dialogue: "The animals kept arriving." Sound: Knives being sharpened. Narrative: Someone dies from suffocation. For more information on The Sarah Awards visit: http://thesarahawards.com/

Nov 28, 2016•2 min•Ep. 90
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