Switching Title

Tracks from this episode of Cacophonous Revel: 1. Scales - Thrill Addictions 2. Approach Themes - Reid 3. Name of the Sacred Warrior Parts IV and V - Air Fresno 4. The Weather - The Mallard 5. I Don't Like Chocolate - The Mallard 6. Memory Dreggs - Reid 7. Strum for Jason - Reid 8. Darkness of Night - Azazel

This episode of Places is the sound of my neighborhood from the balcony, where I strung up my hammock to relax in for a while. There's human sounds, bird sounds, transportation sounds, weather sounds, and me sounds.

Review of The Bride movie and I wake up with a riff in my head after I have a dream with a Henry Rollins cameo. I put myself through my first 10k trail running race and see some kids riding Amish Scooters on a trail in Pennsylvania. It's been a long, hard winter.

Tracks in this episode: 1. Tim and Reid Jam - Reid and Tim 2. Leavin' Runnin' - Mehreideran 3. Squash of Love - Mehreideran 4. What Whore Stole My Son - Reid May 5. Find Your Way Back Home - Soiled Doves 6. Tim (Where Have You Been?) - Reid, Rob, Nick

This episode of Places has two shorties: First is a bird alley at Burke Lake. Second is a Spring Peeper and Wood Frog alley on the C&O Canal Towpath near the Monocacy Aqueduct. Check out the Human elements deep in the backgrounds of the natural mix. Far out.

Back on the C&O. Of course I give bird rundowns throughout, brake squeaks, and frogs! Giving out Hell Yeah’s left and right. Choo Choo’s and Rusty Blackbirds. Common Merganser mating and Barred Owls? Off to White’s Ferry Grill for once, and for all! And boy, I love a Reuben. I talk bike repairs. Looking at frogs through binoculars, the first stands of Snowdrops, brutal/intense nature? And a dr...

Episode Tracks: 1. Fallen Man - Reid May 2. Mend - Pendulum 3. Last Laugh - Pendulum 4. Hedonist - Mehreideran 5. The Resurrection - Reid May 6. Frankie Fidelity - Reid May

I figure out (finally) how to put bird seed out to attract birds to my balcony. I set the recorder near the tray, and you can hear them fly up, peck around, eat, and fly away. It's mainly House Sparrows, and maybe Northern Cardinals. So far.

Busted my bottom bracket, so I try to repair it and hope to continue the #BackyardBRRR Challenge. I do the dishes while I’m waiting. Test rode down to the theater to see 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and do my wrap-up reviews of 2025 movies.

Cacophonous Revel 35 Track List: 1. Petit Chien - Mehreideran 2. Jimmy Walker (1997) - Pendulum 3. Jimmy Walker (1998) - Pendulum 4. Sandya - Reid 5. In Vain (Heavy Demo Version) - Trumpet Solo 6. 999 - Air Fresno (Hidden Track: Sheeb Vanas - Pendulum)

In the first Places episode of the year we span the holidays that close out the year. The first chunk is outside at a Colorado neighborhood pond and tree that were very lively with bird action, the next part is a pre-dawn recording when my mom and I went outside to check out some Great Horned Owls, and we wrap up the episode by listening to the fireworks from my balcony bringing in the new year.

Back on the bike in the new year. Seeking out the Snowy Owl and started the Backyard Brrr challenge. A Bathtub Confessional later I’m out looking for the Red-flanked Bluetail hanging out in Great Falls National Park.

Tracks in this end-of-season-and-year episode of Cacophonous Revel Radio are: 1. Let Me Sleep (It's Christmas) - Reid 2. O Come Emmanuel - Reid and Micah 3. Santa Baby - Reid and Micah 4. Silent Night - Reid and Micah 5. Untitled - Reid 6. Bling Master - Reid 7. (Hidden Track) 2025 Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6655ygiOoNITMzHeVvpymt?si=81dcf441d6754213

This episode of Places is a shorty up at Overall Run Falls in Shenandoah National Park. My recorder ran out of room (rookie) so I only got about 13 minutes of audio from along the trail and at the falls, but what I got is cool, so I'll share it. Enjoy!

Had a day off to visit Burke Lake and tried to identify some birds. Juncos are back, plenty of crows (three minutes of them!), and waterfowl. I’m feeling grateful for the changing seasons and observing my level of bird-dom. I search for some lost recording sessions and reflect on Frankenstein movies.

Tracks from this episode of Cacophonous Revel Radio: 1. Go Down Joe - Boys With Wigs 2. Bargain Pearls - Reid, Nick 3. There Are Girls - Reid 4. Guys Who Drum On Everything - Reid 5. Big Nose - Reid 6. Isn't That A Romantic Thing To Say - Reid

These recordings for Places occurred at a spot called West Thompson Damn, Connecticut. The first of three locations was just outside of a picnic area, the second was at the shore of a little peninsula jutting out near the damn (I move the recorder to a second location after a bit), and the third was by a flagpole near the parking lot. You can always hear the nearby road traffic and Blue Jays, amon...

An attempt to document a Coldplay-like dream song and scenario, and heading up to Shenandoah. Sharing my primordial relationship with the Killdeer species, and checked out some Hawkwind on my drive. I underestimate the length of my planned hike and totally “whimp” out! Bird rundown and lots of movie talk, including Shelby Oaks.

Tracks in this episode of Cacophonous Revel Radio are: 1. Winter Is Here (Recovered Mix) - Reid May 2. White House - Reid May 3. Taken Away (Acoustic with Rain) - Reid May 4. Soon - Reid May 5. The Airport Makes Me Cry - Reid, Tim, Charles 6. Give Us Away - Soiled Doves

This episode of places is the second part of my recordings from Italy this summer. It’s literally just one long recording in the afternoon  from a third floor hotel balcony in the city of Amalfi, looking down onto the street and pedestrian promenade, and out over the docks and into the sea. Street traffic, seagulls and sparrows, and eavesdropped passerby conversations ebb and flow in this port cit...

I checked out the new Toxic Avenger flick (and rewatched the original, of course.) Did some biking and birding to see an American Golden Plover and a Red Phalarope. Some close encounters of the birding kind. Watching some trailers before The Long Walk.

Tracks in this episode of Cacophonous Revel Radio: 1. Eight Hour Day - Time Phobia 2. New Year 2011 - Reid May 3. The Last One On Earth - Mehreideran 4. Epitaph Song (Demo) - Reid May 5. Name of the Sacred Warrior Part III - Air Fresno 6. What Happens In Baghdad Stays In Baghdad - Air Fresno

This episode of Places starts off with a recording on the island of Capri, Italy in the Giardini di Augusto at the Aphrodite fountain. Next up is the waves splashing against the boat as we ferried back from the island to Amalfi. Next is a spot along the Valle Delle Ferriere where I stopped to listen to Long-Tailed Tit calls (I think). Looking over the valley from Pontone I listened the church bell...

Back for season 6 of Switching title with a couple of life birds - a Willet and a Wood Stork. I went camping at Delaware Seashore State Park and it stormed most of the time, and I liked it. I hid in my car and counted the seconds after I saw lightning. I eventually make it to the beach with no rain. I found some minstrels at work. Fall is here.

Tracks on this episode: 1. Oblivious and Sweaty - Mehreideran 2. Sad Bird - Mehreideran 3. I Have Mono (Stereo Version) - Reid May 4. A Courtesy - Reid May 5. American Music - Reid May 6. Let's Get Out of Here