Sunday, June 24, 2012

CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS MUZAK OR SHOWTUNE?

Doing so will aid a murder investigation. The music/muzak is playing in a diner/restaurant in 1983 either from the radio, a record, or television. The diner/restaurant was likely located in San Antonio or Castle Hills, Texas. As the recording currently stands it is not recognized by Shazam but a friend suggested running it though a program called izotope RX, which I do not have access to. Using a demo version of Sound Soap did not make the audio sufficiently clear to be recognized by Shazam. I have submitted it to reddit/r/classicalmusic without it being recognized by any users. Though one user suggested running it through a music search engine that allows you to identify pieces by tapping notes to the melody, but I don't have perfect pitch and was unable to identify the notes in the music fragments. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Friday, June 8, 2012

Enjoy my review of Carsten Höller's new book in The Brooklyn Rail: CARSTEN HÖLLER: Artist's Portfolio




CRYPTOCACTI: THE CACTUS OF THE FOUR WINDS

Enjoy my investigation of the Cactus of the Four Winds: CRACKING CRYPTOCACTI