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Title: The Going Silent Edition
Hi folks.
Silence can have so many different meanings.
Whether it’s John Cage who uses silence as a reference to the ambient sound that always surrounds us.
Whether it’s the silence expected from IRA operatives as an imperative for success in their struggle.
Whether it’s Jonathan Howard bemoaning how his colleagues and the CDC have fallen into a threatening and complicit silence.
Or whether it’s me hoping to finally fall silent on social media. To finally stop oversharing (but then i would feel even more lonely, won’t i?).
I wish i could be able to handle all the noise. But can’t. In fact i hate it.
Sometimes i escape from the noise into music, in sound looking for silence, which is absurd. How is that for you?
Can John Cage (or someone like him, since he died) please adopt me?!
“The sound experience which I prefer to all others is the experience of silence. And this silence, almost anywhere in the world now, is traffic.”
~ John Cage
“To us who were
Of necessary birth
For the earths hard
And thankless toil
Silence has no meaning
There is never a feeling
Of tranquility
Or mere quietness
Never a moment
Of soundless calm
From within or without
Our troubled selves”
~ Linton Kwesi Johnson
“Words like violence break the silence
Come crashing in into my little world
Painful to me, pierce right through me
Can’t you understand?”
~ Depeche Mode
“In the quiet
When the light hits
And we’re dancing
In the moment
In the silence
I can hear it
Hear you calling
For the spirit
In the quiet
When the light hits
And we’re dancing
In the moment
In the silence”
~ Tiga, Hudson Mohawke & Jesse Boykins III
“You know, when it comes to some of the things we did in those days, for some of us it’s easier to say nothing. To keep our memories locked away. You can call me a difficult woman, but I couldn’t live with the silence.”
~ Dolours Price as quoted in the TV series Say Nothing (fictional)
So there it is.
The new SITV-audio collage.
What do you think?
I hope you enjoy it.
If you do, please tell a friend 😉
I encourage people to support the artists and musicians that are featured in these short collages.
The tracklist: (music borrowed with all due respect to the artists):
01. Intro: Subhumans – Powergames. Samples from various songs and movies
02. John Cage on Silence
03. Linton Kewsi Johnson – Two Sides of Silence
04. SNL 50 – Chad
05. Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence
06. Tiga, Hudson Mohawke, Jesse Boykins III – Silence of Love
07. Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff about Crass
08. Say Nothing.s01e09
09. Ulrich Schauss & Mark Peters – Underrated Silence
10. Death Panel with Jonathan Howard
11. Kevin Richard Martin & Dis Fig – Silent
12. Can we have one silent moment. Please
13.12 Outro: DDM – Malatesta. Samples from movies
Images:
Light Just Right
Free Reit Bellow
Reverse Graffiti
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