The White Whale

Offbeat: Stay Wild Child (2017 Radio Race)

This Offbeat episode was produced for the KCRW 2017 Radio Race. The theme was Down With Whatever and included a special bonus clip of David Bowie performing for special consideration. Everything had to be recorded and mixed within 24-hours.

Offbeat: These Fair Possessions Of Democracy

America is less. Resist.

Offbeat: Sounds Of La La Land

Part of this year's more diversified Academy Award nominations, Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan have been nominated for Best Sound Editing for La LA Land; becoming the first all-female team nominated in the category (Ai-Ling is also nominated for Best Sound Mixing along with Andy Nelson and Steve A. Morrow). As sound supervisors and designers on the project, their job was to lead the teams that brought every sound you hear. With a heavy emphasis on using production sound versus pre-recorded mixes of music; the performances in the film often feel more organic and real, not so decentered from the overall sound of the narrative as is customary with the genre. This approach informs every step of the audio process; a fine balance of imaginary realism, with key components of audio that connect to the makeup of our everyday living.

Offbeat: Status Update

Caly McMorrow is an interactive art and sound artist based in St. Paul Minnesota. Immediately after the 2016 presidential election she participated in social media catharsis by covering a well referenced Leonard Cohen song and sharing it for those who it may benefit. In this episode she talks about the post and her continued efforts to unify and connect people together through the complications of life and art. View her work at http://www.calymcmorrow.com/ To see photos of the piece Status Update visit: http://www.calymcmorrow.com/status-update/ Music in this episode by Caly McMorrow is from her album All of This is Temporary and can be found here: http://www.calymcmorrow.com/music/ Cover art for this episode provided by Dana Elizabeth Gerber-Margie from Bello Collective: https://bellocollective.com/

Offbeat: Phone Calls (2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories Submission)

The phone keeps ringing. This piece was produced for the 2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories contest and was inspired by the rules of CLIFFORD THOMPSON Dialogue: "Do one thing for a person, and he think he owes you; do everything for a person, and he thinks you owe him." Sound: Cicadas whirring Narrative: The action takes place during the hottest summer on record. For more information on The Sarah Awards visit: thesarahawards.com/

Offbeat: Last Breaths (2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories Submission)

In a small shop they gather, knowingly submitting to the last breaths of suffocation, exsanguination, and repose in a world torn by snow flakes. This piece was produced for the 2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories contest and was inspired by the rules of CAROL ZOREF: Dialogue: "The animals kept arriving." Sound: Knives being sharpened. Narrative: Someone dies from suffocation. For more information on The Sarah Awards visit: http://thesarahawards.com/

Last Thursday (in Fragments) - "I think that's it"

"The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I mean without the courage to end or the strength to go on."

Last Thursday (in Fragments) - "Limitation"

"To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking..."

Last Thursday (in Fragments) - "Interpretation"

"Everything is to be had at such a bargain that it is questionable whether in the end there is anybody who will want to bid."

Last Thursday (in Fragments) - "Making up a mystery"

"Getting lost is the best way to find something."