Ethan Persoff

You Are Relaxed. You Feel So Well.

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #42: Listen to Hundreds of Butterfly Wings, Run Through Hardware Samplers Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. Really, a calm and simple one this week. Biden's in office, hooray, and the peace of mind and decompression from that is TANGIBLE, isn't it. So this week, I thought to look at a collection of audio files I've compiled from field recording in Austin and Chic...

Episode 42, Discussion: "Hardware Samplers... with Butterflies, Moths, Cicadas, and Peacock Chirps" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 42, Side A: "Teaching a Parakeet to Talk is Fun" (Learn the New VOICE Method, 1951) by Spoken Word with Electronics

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTIONICS #41, Remembering the KKK Riot on MLK Day in Denver, 1992 Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week, it's impossible to not discuss White Nationalism (or my joke for it: "What" Nationalism) – And during this week celebrating MLK Day, I feel inclined to talk about the formative role of the KKK on my mind, growing up as a goth/punk in Denver in the 1990s. The shor...

Episode 41, Discussion/Memory: "KKK and the 1992 Denver Riot on MLK Day" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 41, Side A: "Back When EVERYONE Knew At Least One KKK Person" (1990s Denver) by Spoken Word with Electronics

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #40: "A YIPPIE SEANCE!" A YIPPIE SEANCE! — Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin Take Credit for Last Week's Insurrection. Spoken Word with Electronics is an audio series delivering to you a two side recording of unusual stories paired with vintage modular electronic sounds Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the show. This week we're pleased to welcome Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin...

Episode 40, Discussion: "But fear not, Friends. This was ALSO the Best Day Ever for Democrats." by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 40, Side A: "YIPPIE SEANCE!" Abbie Hoffman & Jerry Rubin Take Credit for Last Week's Riot by Spoken Word with Electronics

HEAR: "Drugs, Dolls, and Delays" the 1972 U.S. Govt Album on Not Stuffing Narcotics into Your Kid's Toys Hi, everyone – Welcome back to the show. Bit of a fun one to begin the New Year. This week is about smuggling drugs, or rather the U.S. Govt's history with increasing scrutiny at our borders, with drugs as a justification. Customs used to be more casual, a question about what you might have pur...

Informational Messages for the U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Treasury Department. 1972. (Locked Groove recording, you will hear a click inbetween each radio spot) In order: SIDE ONE Commissioner of Customs (60 secs), Commissioner of Customs (30 secs) Greg Morris (20 secs), William Conrad (60 secs), Robert Fuller (30 secs) Christopher George (30 secs), Linda Daye George (10 secs) John Gavin (60 secs),...

Episode 39, Side A: "Your Paranoia at the Airport" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 39, Side B: "The #12 Route Arrives" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 21) by Spoken Word with Electronics

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #38: Acid Is Best on New Year's Eve Hear how to make Stroboscopic Audio Panning to improve hallucinations on LSD for New Year's. Greetings, fellow residents of 2020! Welcome back to the show. We're days away from kicking this year to the curb, and in a year as mind-breaking as this one, psychedelics might be one of the few things to make clear-eyed sense of it. I don't...

Episode 38, Discussion: "VCA Control Voltage Panning for Hallucinations and NYE" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 38, Side A: "Awake in the Freezer Aisle of the All-Night Grocery, Peaking Happily & Alone." by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 38, Side B: "Hurricanes and Displacement" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 20) by Spoken Word with Electronics

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #37: Happy GRIEVANCES! We Have Endured THE YEAR of Festivus. Hello, all – Happy Grievances! Welcome back to the show. This week is our holiday episode for December, and we're decorating the pole — with nothing! This year has already had its ornaments of bullshit and insanity, no need for glitter or decorations. I'm having a Zoom party for one over here. It's Festivus!...

Episode 37, Discussion: "WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH Envelope Followers!" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 37, Side A: "Festivus Greetings from Spoken Word with Electronics" by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 37, Side B: "A Bus Will Be Here Soon" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 19) by Spoken Word with Electronics

SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #36: FUN MADNESS with Control Voltage Radio Tuning Unintended uses of Radio Signals to make Insane Noises Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the show. The lead image here demonstrates that a radio can be a hat, but I'd like to dive even deeper on radio. Radio is more powerful than we give it credit. Its transformative possibilities as ubiquitous electromagnetic waves make i...

Episode 36, Demonstration: "Voltage Controlled FM Radio Tuning" (Arradio Eurorack Module Demo) by Spoken Word with Electronics

Episode 36, Side A: "Lean In to Hear the Talking Clock" (CV Radio) by Spoken Word with Electronics