A podcast about fear, beauty and the unknown. Since Ice cubes fall from a tray in the clouds. Digital render by Jeff Emtman. Jeff walks to the edge of Berlin and explains why the Here Be Monsters feed has been quiet for so long. On the way, Jeff talks about plans for upcoming episodes, looks at the ways that moving to Berlin has changed him, and discusses a pair of films featuring Tilda Swinton: Cycling the Frame , and The Invisible Frame Both movies feature Swinton riding a bicycle around the entirety of the Berlin Wallโor, in the case of the latter, where the Berlin Wall used to be.
Please follow Here Be Monsters on Patreon: patreon. The composer Pauline Oliveros thought there was a difference between hearing and listening.
She defined hearing as a passive act, something done with the ears. But she defined listening as something active saying that listening happens in the brain. On this episode, Here Be Monsters host takes two trips to Germany, and records the sounds of Christmas in Berlin, New Years in Saxony, and many hours of people and birds just going about their daily lives in the late winter and early spring.
Before Jeff leaves on his first trip, he calls Sam Parker back, to ask for recording advice before the trip, and Sam offers three tips:. Distant fireworks echoing through the hills in Saxony. Traffic starting, crow screaming.
Until June 30th, , all profits from the sale of this album will be donated to The International Committee of the Red Cross. The end of our seventh season draws near! Just one more episode until we hang up our podcasting hats for a few months.
