Blind Spot Radio 2004-2006

08/08/04 – Night dedicated to the sea. Field recordings, weathered songs, and distant whale calls drift and collide, forming a sonic choir of ocean life, with sounds real, recorded, fabricated and imaginary. Performed by Richard Holland, Philip von Zweck and John Wanzel. Executive producers Philip von Zweck and John Wanzel. Nautical Night   originally aired on August 8, 2004 live to air on W...

08/01/04 – Experimental narrative about meeting someone, not being able to sleep and disease. An experimental narrative about going to a wedding, not being able to sleep at night, meeting a girl, the healthcare system and the history of disease. Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. A pale horse looking back at us, it is the strong contagion. Featuring the voice talents of Eric S...

07/25/04 – Two stories, no end. Two voices recount the stories of Sisyphus and Prometheus, again and again, circling the circular stories with shifts in emphasis, detail, and tone. In these first person accounts, Sisyphus delivers an impassioned account of his endless labor, pushing the boulder uphill, feeling the strain and repetition in his body, while Prometheus speaks with a measured det...

07/18/04 – Robot reality show. A game show set in a futuristic version of 1982, in which the contestants are robots and their very lives are on the line. A satire of reality television and neo-futurist comedy, the program imagines a world in which the robot population has grown so large that the only way to reduce their numbers is to make them fight for survival as public entertainment. Huma...

07/11/04 – A radio variety show. From the mind of Dan Gleason, a variety show, featuring a cast of hundreds. Sort of. We do not have record of all of the people who work on this producitons. The program was mixed by Michael Wolf. Written and produced by Dan Gleason. Executive producers Philip von Zweck and John Wanzel. The Big Time Happy Fun Show  originally aired on July 11, 2004 live...

07/04/04 – A holiday broadcast for July Fourth. Two average Americans talking politics on the fourth of July. Featuring the opinions of Justin Flemming and Eric S. Humphery. Mixed by John Wanzel and Philp von Zweck. Produced by Eric Humphrey, Philip von Zweck and John Wanzel. Executive producers Philip von Zweck and John Wanzel. GODBLESSAMERICA  originally aired on July 4, 2004 live to...

06/13/04 – 5 games in an hour, prizes and all! In the weeks leading up to the broadcast, bingo cards were distributed throughout Chicago. During the broadcast we call live games over the air to the broadcast area. Waiting for callers to call into the station to say BINGO! and claim prizes. Featuring Jenny Walters, Eric S. Humphrey, Peter Rosenbloom, Brian Taylor, and Jesse Wyss. Engineered b...

06/06/04 – Experimental Recreation of D-Day On the 60th anniversary of D-Day, Blind Spot presents a condensed reenactment of June 6, 1944. Within a dense fog, a mournful cello begins to play as gunfire erupts between two armies: one advancing in amphibious vehicles, the other entrenched along the continent. D_DAY60 is part personal story of family memory and World War II, part immersion in t...