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End Transmission: Ezra Masch & Alex Braidwood July 5 - July 28, 2013

Opening Reception: Friday, July 5, 2013, 6pm - 10pm

PHILADELPHIA, PA- Tiger Strikes Asteroid is proud to announce the opening of its July exhibition: End Transmission, an experimental...

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Construction in Griffith Park near some horse runs

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Ambient Café Noise Offers Good Environment for Creativity

http://ti.me/KIozMv

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8.2 Ralphs is Listening (with a capital L) except no matter how many of these I respond to there is still only 1 generally out of stock organic bread option and everything else organic/natural is insultingly over priced on Flickr.

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11.4 Uncle Tony's futuristic Nutone multi-room communicator & AM/FM radio [listen > talk switch detail] on Flickr.

Listening switch

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11.6 Uncle Tony's futuristic Nutone multi-room (w/ selector) communicator & AM/FM radio on Flickr.

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14.3 Biked from Downtown LA to the edge of the continent & caught my breath under the pier on Flickr.

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17.1 Noise for sale @ the Stanley Cup Champions Parade on Flickr.

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Except it's not *only* about music. At this scale, it's also very much about the fetishizing an object of music.

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High-tech system lets restaurant set noise level

http://bit.ly/JJjQUS First, kill all the sound. Then, use a real-time controllable capture and playback system to decide how noisy the space will be. Hmm.

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Listening Instrument - Ken Burns Jazz - Episode01: Gumbo

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New push to deal with L.A. helicopter noise - latimes.com

http://lat.ms/LIrpSA

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Taming the sound of the city: dealing with noise pollution | Kaid Benfield's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

http://bit.ly/KyQWuO "[As] much as smart growth figures out how best to locate and shape future development instead of trying to pretend that we can make it go away in a growing society, these guys [sound consultants for public spaces] are figuring out how best to shape the sounds around us rather than focusing on the less-effective strategy of trying to reduce overall sound levels without distinguishing between the pleasant and unpleasant."

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A Sponge That Soaks Up Jet Engine Noise - Popular Mechanics

http://bit.ly/KyQWel "Agrawal has been developing a device that could curb engine noise not just in aircraft, but in factories, power generators, machinery, and other engines. While most sound-reduction measures such as noise dampers and ear protection try to cope with the noise, Agrawal’s new device is intended to prevent the sound from being generated in the first place by changing the way fluids flow through an engine."

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Ford Focus ST makes fake noise

http://bit.ly/IYtFyG Ford Focus ST makes fake engine noises into the cockpit of the vehicle for the enjoyment and thrill of the driver and passengers as apposed to EV's which are for the safety of pedestrians.

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State [MA] wants turbine shut down over noise - The Boston Globe

http://b.globe.com/Lc56o6 "environmental officials have recommended shutting down a wind turbine because of elevated noise levels that they described as unacceptable to local residents." "That panel concluded that there is no rigorous research showing that churning turbines or the resulting flickering light and vibrations produce dizziness, nausea, depression, or anxiety - a set of symptoms that critics of wind power call 'wind turbine syndrome.'’"