What do you remember more, the death of a friend or the death of thousands? The series begins with an interview recounting the summer of 2003 and the death of Nick. The episode then traces Jerome’s family history in the armed forces, the start of the Iraq war, the beginning of Covid-19, and gun violence in Chicago.
As part of the first season of the Idaho Street Workshop I am posting the episodes here on the stopGOstop feed.
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On January 15, 2006, the Blind Spot radio program aired Twilight of the Idols, an experimental narrative that revolved around the CIA, the end of the world, Miami Vice fan-fiction, Nietzsche and Kelly Clarkson.
Featuring the voice talents of Anna Clark, Eric S. Humphrey, Peter Rosenbloom, and John Wanzel, engineered by Philip von Zweck, produced and written by Peter Rosenbloom and John Wanzel.
Blind Spot was founded in 2003 by Philip von Zweck and John Wanzel. In its two-year run on WLUW 88.7 Chicago, Blind Spot produced over 90 episodes of live experimental radio. The website for the program is old, incomplete and outdated. I am repackaging a few radio works from the 2000’s and re-releasing them on the podcast in hopes of reintroducing the work to a wider audience.
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This week on the program- writers block, excel, and drawing a link between Atari and using drones in battle – a fictional conversation entitled How to Kill a Yeti. Featuring field recordings, singing, digital signal processing and the voice talents of Brian Taylor and John Wanzel, it was written and produced by John Wanzel.
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The third in the ad hoc War Trilogy, September 11: A Musical first aired on the Blind Spot radio program in 2005. A historical experimental musical drama that portrays a twelve hour period from September 11, 2001 (in both Chicago and the East Coast). Featuring the talents of Jenny Walters, Eric Humphrey, Julia Klein, Sonia Yoon, Jacob Christopher, Michelle Dahlenburg and Philip von Zweck. Written, composed and produced by John Wanzel.
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For the Country Entirely is a sonic re-staging of the Gertrude Stein short story of the same name. The piece is voiced by Anna Benavides, Brian Taylor and John Wanzel. Sounds and text were arranged and edited by John Wanzel.
The piece was created for Erik Belgum’s softpalate in celebration of the roughly 100th anniversary of Gertrude Stein’s Geography and Plays. This piece and five others were released in around 2002 on ubu web.
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The beach, bombs, parachutes, gunfire and a song. The 24 hours of the D-Day invasion has been compressed into one.
The second in the ad hoc War Trilogy- DDAY60 first aired on The 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion (June 2004) as part of the Blind Spot radio program. Featuring the voices of John Wanzel and Brian Taylor with Peter Rosenbloom on cello and Jacob Christopher on computer, engineered by Philip von Zweck, written, composed and produced by John Wanzel. Continue reading
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In the future… Charlton Heston’s unfrozen head is the last banker in a communists dystopia; a story about studdering, language and new years; interviews about the United States; a song about jetpacks.
The Omega Banker first aired in July of 2000 on the Something Else ( WLUW 88.7 Chicago 1995 – 2010), hosted by Philip von Zweck . It is the first of the ad hoc War Trilogy. I am repackaging a few radio works from the 2000’s and re-releasing them on the podcast.
The piece features the voice talents of Jen Crouse, Carrie Harold, Doug McHoney, and John Wanzel. It was written by James Zika and John Wanzel and produced by John Wanzel. About 50 minutes.
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A story about love and the 16th president of the United States. Cardiac Lincoln is the second work in the ad hoc Young Love Trilogy, a repackaging some of my older work as part of this podcast.
It was originally written and preformed in 2003. This recording is from a slightly revised version that was produced in 2005 for the Blind Spot Radio Program, wluw 88.7 Chicago. Featuring the talents of Brian Taylor, Eric Humphreys, Jake Quickel, Lisa Miller and Jenny Walters. Composed, written and produced by John Wanzel.
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