stopGOstop: field recordings, sound collage, and sound art

By john wanzel

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Episodes: 184

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stopGOstop is a podcast that explores the idea that sound recordings can act as sediment — an accumulation of recorded cultural material — distributed via rss feed, and listened to on headphones. Each episode is a new sonic layer, incorporating field recordings, plunderphonics, and electroacoustic sound, all composed together in one episode or, alternately, presented individually as striations. The podcast has evolved over its existence, started as a field recording podcast in 2012 the first 19 episodes feature binaural and stereo recordings from everyday life. After a brief hiatus, it shifted between field recordings and ‘rebroadcasts’ of past work for radio. Since episode 30 the podcast has shifted between field recordings, new compositions and sound collages (with an occasional rebroadcast). stopGOstop continually juxtaposes two or three ideas — tending to move away from a focused theme, from new-worthy topics, or dependent on interviews of creative types — it is a podcast that is

Episode Date
178: -2° F winds out of the west (for real this time)
Jan 25, 2024
177: Unknown Movement
Dec 02, 2023
176: Slower than sight
Nov 17, 2023
175: Song of Water, Sparrows, and Light
Nov 04, 2023
174: a fall morning
Oct 09, 2023
173: to make sure
Sep 30, 2023
Threnody for RJW
Jul 30, 2023
171: Melting due to the heat of friction
Jun 29, 2023
Episode 170: A force that set the stars a lark
Apr 17, 2023
169: In the spirit of youth, I say yes to change
Jan 17, 2023
168: You know this, you’ve heard this before
Jan 09, 2023
167: Christmas has been ruined… or something like that.
Oct 13, 2022
166: LAKE
Oct 06, 2022
165: How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life.
Jul 12, 2022
164: Thunderstruck, or how I stopped listening and learned to love the end of the world
Jun 21, 2022
163: Endless variation or almost every day.
Jun 02, 2022
162: Circles and Birds; Birds and Circles
Apr 25, 2022
161: Evanston or the slowly melting snow or Milton Feldman was an immense, verbose man
Feb 13, 2022
160: Invoices being sent back
Feb 06, 2022
159: Evanston or Midwest in Midwinter or I don’t understand Mark Rothko
Jan 30, 2022
158: San Diego. In public. At a distance.
Aug 23, 2021
157: and other forms
Aug 11, 2021
156: Harbor to Apartment
Jun 30, 2021
ISW 06: Summertime
Jun 01, 2021
155: As the planes pass overhead
May 25, 2021
ISW 05: Honest
May 18, 2021
154: Interlude before honesty
May 11, 2021
ISW 04: The Story of Remy
May 04, 2021
153: Endless Night
Apr 27, 2021
ISW 03: SEX DRUGS ROCK THE DEVIL
Apr 20, 2021
152: There is much we do not know
Apr 13, 2021
ISW 02: Night Moves
Apr 06, 2021
151: I may not know why we eat salt
Mar 30, 2021
ISW 01: Accidents of Life
Mar 23, 2021
150: You can do this yourself
Mar 11, 2021
149: In the world
Feb 14, 2021
148: We feel the blame
Jan 02, 2021
147: Spreckels Incantation
Dec 14, 2020
146: Yardwork with synths
Nov 29, 2020
145: It’s been a long couple of months
Nov 08, 2020
144: Camping sites are clean and have bear-proof lockers
Sep 26, 2020
143: Time goes slow
Aug 15, 2020
142: You know what you want
Jul 23, 2020
141: The Structure of the Earth (part two)
Jul 03, 2020
140: The Structure of the Earth (part one)
Jun 26, 2020
139: The New Vegetable; or all of New Jersey is an Inferno.
May 13, 2020
138: Inventive Genius
Apr 29, 2020
137: Warm, like a live rabbit
Apr 22, 2020
136: How do you think I began in the world (part one and interlude)
Apr 08, 2020
135: Small Things
Mar 27, 2020
134: What would be a better place
Feb 22, 2020
133: What Became
Jan 31, 2020
132: Looped Behavior
Jan 15, 2020
131: Before they would return again
Jan 05, 2020
130: Oh, life is toil and love is trouble
Dec 21, 2019
129: Does the Golden Record have an high quality inner sleeve?
Dec 15, 2019
128: The Float
Nov 24, 2019
127: To the Future! To the Stars!
Nov 16, 2019
126: Kitchen Mesa
Oct 28, 2019
125: 10-20-30
Sep 28, 2019
124: White Line Fever
Sep 03, 2019
123: Another exciting prospect
Aug 17, 2019
122: The Forest
Jul 27, 2019
121: A walk from Grand Central to Times Square (with a bit of yoga)
Jul 20, 2019
120: Under the CCP
Jun 27, 2019
119: Walking home from the mall
Jun 20, 2019
118: It starts at the Atlantic
Jun 01, 2019
117: A situation that should be approached with special attention
May 19, 2019
116: One-Seven
Apr 11, 2019
115: If there’s still time, I’ll be ready at once.
Mar 03, 2019
114: Sonata for JH
Feb 21, 2019
113: A rock, a man and a connection
Feb 09, 2019
112: I can not shake the theory that something is going to happen
Jan 23, 2019
111: Mid-Winter
Dec 22, 2018
110: The scale of the issue or the deepest shallow
Dec 15, 2018
109: A public sphere temporarily manufactured for show or manipulation
Dec 08, 2018
108: Public
Dec 01, 2018
107: Santa Monica Pier
Nov 12, 2018
106: When I talk with Ivan I feel very good
Oct 18, 2018
105: A better place
Oct 11, 2018
104: The best way to start the day
Aug 02, 2018
103: Unknown Movement Underground
Jul 16, 2018
102: The Ruins of Morning
Jul 06, 2018
101: A welcome relief or an interruption
May 31, 2018
100: Spring #3
May 06, 2018
099: Spring #2
Apr 30, 2018
098: Spring #1
Apr 23, 2018
097: A Coupled System
Apr 15, 2018
096: Songs of the Damned
Mar 01, 2018
095: Trusting wholly to the loadstone
Feb 20, 2018
094: Arcadia
Feb 11, 2018
093: Field Notes
Feb 04, 2018
092: Unbalanced Force
Jan 24, 2018
091: Semi-Western Grip
Jan 17, 2018
090: This is the story of how one species changed a planet
Jan 05, 2018
089: The hope that this would set them free
Dec 27, 2017
088: Finish line
Nov 24, 2017
087: Rosco White with a Half-Wax Blend
Nov 11, 2017
086: T.M.O.
Oct 31, 2017
085: A Durable Object
Oct 15, 2017
084: Towards
Oct 08, 2017
083: A plot pickle or looking for a way out of the trouble we’re in
Sep 30, 2017
082: We will no not what will succeed
Sep 19, 2017
081: Soft Bodies
Jul 14, 2017
080: …of Imagination
Jun 30, 2017
079: …of Sense
Jun 23, 2017
078: …of Man
Jun 16, 2017
077: Counterclockwise around the White House
Jun 09, 2017
076: Give it to him or not, as you please
May 27, 2017
075: To or at a distance
May 20, 2017
074: I’m just jumping all over the place
May 13, 2017
073: Don’t forget the happy thoughts
May 01, 2017
072: The commons don’t fall from the sky
Apr 19, 2017
071: 844 Big Boy, Pacific, MO
Apr 13, 2017
070: I Want A Million Subscribers
Mar 20, 2017
069: Harmony of the Worlds
Feb 10, 2017
068: Reading, walking, pizza/EDM, walking
Feb 03, 2017
067: No one has the answers, but everyone has the answers
Jan 27, 2017
066: A bike ride back from Orchard Beach
Jan 20, 2017
065: Conococheague Creek
Jan 13, 2017
064: Farmers of the Fields of Stars
Jan 06, 2017
063: The Context of a Finite Planet
Dec 31, 2016
062: Walk in Pennsylvania
Dec 24, 2016
061: Cutting down two small apple trees
Dec 17, 2016
060: The Use of Reading and Recording
Dec 10, 2016
059: Walk on beach near Vik, Iceland
Dec 03, 2016
058: Walk through Central Park
Nov 27, 2016
057: Sherwood Island State Park
Nov 20, 2016
056: The Fantastic Race to WLUW
Aug 21, 2016
055: What is everyone else doing
Aug 14, 2016
054: Amsterdam Central Station
Aug 06, 2016
053: Contemplating the Universe
Jul 31, 2016
052: Flute Oscillator
Apr 15, 2016
051: Twilight of the Idols
Mar 13, 2016
050: Wilson Park
Mar 06, 2016
049: Backyard in February
Feb 27, 2016
048: Trombone Oscillator
Feb 14, 2016
047: A Walk to the Library
Feb 07, 2016
046: Cooking Pasta
Jan 31, 2016
045: Night of 3000 Balloons
Jan 10, 2016
044: The Falls
Jan 03, 2016
043: Short Hike Molas Lake CO
Dec 13, 2015
042: Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything
Dec 06, 2015
041: Walk in Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Dec 01, 2015
040: How to Kill a Yeti (part 1)
Nov 24, 2015
039: I had an epiphany…
Nov 07, 2015
038: I don’t know if there’s an answer to this
Oct 31, 2015
037: It’s been known
Oct 24, 2015
036: What is Keeping You Awake Right Now
Oct 10, 2015
035: From Rock to Sea
Oct 03, 2015
034: New Years Eve London Walk
Sep 26, 2015
033: Shopping at a Hardware Store
Sep 19, 2015
032: Early Summer Rainstorm
Sep 12, 2015
031: Boulder Walk
Sep 05, 2015
030: Ringing Rock State Park
Aug 29, 2015
029: September 11: A Musical
May 22, 2015
028: For the Country Entierly
May 16, 2015
027: DDAY60
May 15, 2015
026: The Omega Banker
May 05, 2015
025: London Walk
Apr 27, 2015
024: Thames River Path
Apr 20, 2015
023: I haven’t been to Philidephia, it’ll be alright
Apr 14, 2015
022: Cardiac Lincoln
Apr 06, 2015
021: PEAR
Mar 29, 2015
020: Microlandscapes
Feb 25, 2015
019: Hyde Park Walk
Feb 20, 2015
018: Studio to Apartment
Jul 02, 2013
017: Bike to Bronx
Jun 16, 2013
016: 7 Train to Queens Museum
Jun 02, 2013
015: Backyard Boulder, CO
May 16, 2013
014: Work to Home
May 02, 2013
013: Columbia V Harvard
Mar 16, 2013
012: Central Park, Snow
Mar 02, 2013
011: Near Lighthouse
Feb 07, 2013
010: AIRPLANE!
Feb 01, 2013
009: Studio to Train
Jan 04, 2013
008: Under a Bridge
Dec 28, 2012
007: On a Causeway
Dec 21, 2012
006: Creek Assension
Dec 14, 2012
005: Inside the Apartment, Rain outside
Dec 07, 2012
004: One Train 125th to 23rd
Nov 30, 2012
003: Walking to the Store
Nov 24, 2012
002: Brooklyn to Manhattan
Nov 21, 2012
001: Broadway at 108th
Nov 12, 2012