Swiss Screamscape
For Netarterian contemplation, a project of the International Institute for Screamscape Studies:
Stylus
For the holiday listening pleasure of Netarterians, four radio programs beautifully produced by a talented group of young producers at WBUR, including Conor Gillies. Lots…
Crazy Horse One-Eight
Commissioned for the 2014 Radio Dreamlands project, produced by the UK-based Radio Arts. For information on broadcast or other rights, contact GW: gregorywhitehead(at)mac.com.
Echolocations of the Self
Though humble in format, Christine Hume's recently published chapbook Hum offers readers a deeply polyphonous enquiry into hums and humming that begins inside her own voice, body…
Of Hums and Howls
The poet-philosopher Christine Hume is among the most radiophonic writers I know, though all her castaways have appeared on the page. She first struck my…
A Photoshop Funhouse
Fellow writer-gone-wrong Joe Milutus, who teaches at the University of Washington-Bothell, sends the following dispatch, featuring strong work from recent students: The complete selection of…
Here for the Night
As Netarterians know, I retain a special fondness for the humble medium of analog broadcast radio, no matter how often it may be dragged into…
Haunted Air
For the listening pleasure of Netarterians, a project assembled by.....
In the End
On this, the day that the Mayan calendar runs out of time, I am pleased to enter into the subtle and timeless acoustiplasm of Silence…
The Mole Cabal
To the attention of Netarterians: the extraordinary work of Karinne Keithley Syers, an artist-philosopher in the very best of senses; that is, one who uses…
Leave It or Double It
On this, the John Cage Centennial, I offer Netarterians Leave it or Double it, a bit of radiophonic fungus produced on invitation from Transmission Arts,…
Four Trees Down From Ponte Sisto
I first came across a sampling of Sharon Charde’s poetry completely by chance, while browsing through a local women’s magazine. I was instantly struck by…
Pancakes and Worms
The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. Margaret, in Richard III In a brief statement first published on Edge in March, 2005, dramatist Richard…
Chain Reaction
By the rules of Grandmother’s Basket, whereby each new item must begin with the last letter of the previous item: John Pike pepper sprays Elizabeth Warren…
Banned Production: cassettes, crypts and beavers
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone I have a deep affection for a format that diminished to the brink of extinction during the early years…
Unashamed Oink Squirts
Dipping too deeply into the viscous gunk of L’Affaire DSK might threaten to clog the Netartery and provoke cardiac arrest, yet having performed a bit…
Mainly The Mysteries
A few days ago, the publisher of the excellent print journal PAJ invited me to contribute to PAJ 100. The question: what do you still…
Radiauteur: new webzine for radio art
Radiauteur - a new web magazine dedicated to radio art is now live online. Intro: Dedicated to radio art, the transmission of conceptual sounds and…
Radio Poetics, Interference and Muck
With the proliferation of audio webstreams and all sorts of digital smart boxes calling themselves radios, we need to ask, well, if these streams are…
The Marconi factory beams out one final SOS
The BBC reports that the daughter of Guglielmo Marconi, the Princess Elettra, has been shocked by the derelict condition of her father's former factory in…