Faisdodo's Stomach

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Faisdodo's Stomach

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Jan 2, 2012

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I was reading in bed one night when I heard a strange sound coming from the foot of my bed...

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Jan 2, 2012

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Sellin the Dream: Most days you can find Tim Raines playing guitar on the corner of Ninth and Olive in downtown St. Louis. He's the electric guitar player with a stuffed bear dressed in prison garb perched on the lip of his guitar case. by Random Tape
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Gavin's Roar: My cousin Gavin does the best T-Rex impersonation I’ve ever heard. It puts my terrible acting to shame. by Random Tape
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Just Molly and Me: Francis Matherne was the organist at St. Henry’s catholic church in New Orleans for 25 years. A while back he brought some of his poems over to my house so I could record them. This is a short clip from that recording session. by Random Tape
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Faisdodo's Stomach: I was reading in bed one night when I heard a strange sound coming from the foot of my bed... by Random Tape
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So Long Pujols: Five Days after I began broadcasting classical music over one of St. Louis' existing Christian stations Albert Pujols announced he was leaving the St. Louis Cardinals for the Los Angeles Angels. Now what does Albert Pujols have to do with JOY-FM you... by Random Tape
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Radio Graffiti: Classical music station KFUO in St. Louis was one of the oldest radio stations west of the Mississippi. The stationed was owned by the Lutheran church up until last year when it was purchased by Gateway Creative Broadcasting’s JOY-FM. On July... by Random Tape
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Mississippi River Barge: This is the song of the barge, bobbing on the river near Hopeville. by Random Tape
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Organtics: "Nothing can stop us. Not even if they try. Not even if they want to, or ask the question why. Mr. Torino, why did you lie to me in seventh grade?" -Mark Excelle Mercer IV by Random Tape
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Larry's Thumb: I was walking my dog the other night when I came across Larry Boutan sitting on a concrete wall drinking a beer. I noticed he was missing his right thumb so I asked him how he lost it. This is the story of that fateful night when a large woman started... by Random Tape
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The Dragon Does Not Wehbay!: Do you want the love of the fire? Cuz I’m not gonna wait around to give you my desire. For some reason an ex-girlfriend of mine gave her number to a guy who called himself The Dragon. Not surprisingly he left her a string of insane voice... by Random Tape
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Captain Tom Wins a Ham: Back when I was a deckhand on the M.V. Ptarmigan, a glacier tour boat in Alaska, I used to hang out in the wheelhouse and listen to Captain Tom tell stories. I called him up recently and asked him to tell me the one about about the time he won a ham... by Random Tape
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BrailleNote Apex: This is the sound of Matthew Shifrin using his BrailleNote—a computer for the blind that pushes plastic nodes through tiny holes to display text in braille. by Random Tape
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Clown Doll: When I was a kid I had this clown doll that would laugh when you pushed a button in its chest. It was terrifying. It's more the cackle of a chain-smoking maniac than the laughter of a clown but then again some clowns are heavy smokers. by Random Tape
1 min listen
Goddamn Great Drum Music: I came across this LP from 1963 that features three naked women playing bongos on the cover. It’s one of the most inexplicable recordings I’ve ever heard. Each side is a single fourteen-minute track of what appears to be two people having... by Random Tape
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Jackpot: This is the sound of hundreds of electronic slot machines on the floor of Lumiere Casino in downtown St. Louis. by Random Tape
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In Praise of Noise: James Arthur’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Poetry, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, New England Review, and Narrative. He has received the Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry Scholarship, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in... by Random Tape
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Seek Shelter: A recording of a tornado siren in a park in St. Louis, MO. by Random Tape
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Avacados (vox)Poppin: I spent an afternoon in the parking lot of the grocery store asking people to read me their grocery lists and these are a few of the responses i got. by Random Tape
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Factory Set: "Don West" by Random Tape
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Another Successful Meal by Captain Tom: After a successful meal Captain Tom has no trouble patting himself on the back for a job well done. by Random Tape
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Broken Brain: These voice messages were left on my friend Danny’s phone by his dad. They are two of my all-time favorites. We’ll never know how the second message ends. The machine cut Danny’s dad off mid-message. by Random Tape
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Welcoming the Water Angel: I attended a fancy party where a beautiful woman modeled a dress that was hooked up to a garden hose. The dress sent streams of water into the sky and reminded my friend of this sad tale of enema addiction. by Random Tape
1 min listen
Strawberries Oh My Gosh!: Bill Keaggy responded to postings by musicians on fiverr.com who offered to write and record a song for five dollars. He sent each of them a found grocery list and asked them to record a song inspired by the list. This is my favorite track from Let's... by Random Tape
5 min listen
Badass Emma-'85: I was hanging out in Cabrini Park, a dog park in the French Quarter in New Orleans when Badass Emma saw my microphone and asked me to interview her. She told me the story of how she lost her dogs in Katrina and about her job as a cook. We talked about... by Random Tape
2 min listen
At Klipsan Beach: James Arthur’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Poetry, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, New England Review, and Narrative. He has received the Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry Scholarship, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in... by Random Tape
1 min listen
Badass Emma-This Place: I was hanging out in Cabrini Park, a dog park in the French Quarter in New Orleans when Badass Emma saw my microphone and asked me to interview her. She told me the story of how she lost her dogs in Katrina and about her job as a cook. We talked about... by Random Tape
1 min listen
Martial Law: My friend Casey was a holdout during Hurricane Katrina. He worked occasionally for a friend who owned Old Time Photo, one of those business where you take fake historical photos with your friends. On the night president Bush came to the city there was... by Random Tape
5 min listen
Useless Evidence: Sometimes you wish audio had pictures. by Random Tape
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Get on Fire!: I recorded this fiery sermon that I heard on the radio in West Virginia. by Random Tape
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Burn the River: Thaddeus Conti is the self-proclaimed poet laureate of Hog Alley. This poem can be found in Thaddeus’s book Aepoetics which you can purchase here: http://www.amazon.com/%C3%A6poetics-Thaddeus-Conti/dp/1935084011 by Random Tape
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