Ethan Persoff

Episode 23, Discussion: "1980s Telephone Polling Hardware" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 23, Side B: "Weekly Electronic Drum Solo #1" (Outro) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 23, Side A: "The Lobby" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 5) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Greetings, all. Welcome back to the show. This week, the discussion is on meditation and making our body into a conductive circuit. A meditation device called the SOMA Quantum Ocean arrived from Russia last month. It's an experimental device from Moscow that has four coin-shaped sensor pads. The device arrives with a book (also downloadable here as the "QO Book") of exercises to perform while you...

Episode 22, Demo: What Does the Soma Quantum Ocean Sound Like? (Meditation Tool) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 22, Side A: "SUNSET DRIVE" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 22, Side B: "The Last Home On This Street is a Duplex" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 21: Are TEMP N TOSS Adhesive Thermometers the Future of Foreheads? (Introduction) " by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 21, Recap/Time Capsule: "The Five Week News in Review" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Hi, all: After watching the first night of the RNC last night, my existence was sure questioned! What a freak carnival. Here's the second piece from The Recovery of Charlie Pickle, which will be serialized with parts three and four in episode 21 of SWWE. I'll see about another postcard this week.

Hello, all: I hope you've been well - Sorry I haven't kept up with posting, as I mentioned I'd intended to do while taking a break from the show. Gearing up to start new episodes in a week. I have a new piece I'll be serializing with these new sets of episodes. The story is called "The Recovery of Charlie Pickle", and here is the first installment, titled "Welcome to Clarence TX". Thanks for follo...

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #20: A Tribute to Anne Sexton Greetings, all. This is the final set of SWWE for a few weeks. This has been a crazy experience to put together an hour-long show every week for around twenty episodes, and I need a little time off to regroup, record some new music, and write out a few other pieces. This final episode catches me up, personally, with posting a bunch of work...

Episode 20, Memory: "My Suicide Note at Age Six or Seven" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 20, Discussion, "When Someone Dies, When Anne Sexton Dies, When David Berman Dies" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 20, Side A: Anne Sexton, "Wanting to Die" (Vocal, 1962) - Music by SWWE, 2019/20 by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 20, Side B: Anne Sexton, "The Truth the Dead Know" (Vocal, 1971) — Music added by SWWE, 2020 by Spoken Word with Electronics

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #19: Odd Times, Loud Noises Hi everyone, welcome back to the show. Pictured in the Boing Boing post week is my studio, or the main corner of it. A lot of wonderful noise makers in the room, and the stress of this year has finally started to hit me. A room of equipment like this is very good for moments like this. So this week is about making as loud a noise as possible...

Episode 19, Side A: "Synthesizer Freak-Out" (A Room of Noise) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 19, Side B: "Bug and Machine Tapes" (Music #2) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Often Feel Like You're Missing Eleven Days From Your Life? Blame the British Empire for The Calendar Act of 1750. SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #18: The Calendar Act of 1750 & The Fake or Real Calendar RIOTS of 1752 Hi, everyone - Welcome back to the show. This week, the topic is on Time Keeping, and asks: What's your favorite Riot? My favorite riot is mythically referred to as "The Calendar Riots"...

Episode 18, Track Two, "The Calendar Act" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 18, Side A: "The Calendar Act in America, TODAY!" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 18, Discussion: "Calendar Math for Astronomers and Profit" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 18, Side B: "Bug and Machine Tapes" (Music #1) by Spoken Word with Electronics

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #17: Sound Design Tutorial for ERASERHEAD and 2001: A Space Odyssey Hi, everyone - Welcome to back to the show. This week is all about noise. Noise in a home can be a disruption, like when an air conditioner cranks on suddenly; that's a common disruptive noise source. But noise in a sculpted sense can add a second layer to your home and help transport a space. Two of m...