Live Session with PLU, Wobbly, Irene Moon and The Evolution Control Committee

Over The Edge, KPFA 94.1FM, May 20th, 2021

20 May 2021 11.59PM PST People Like Us (Vicki Bennett) was interviewed by Jon Leidecker on Over The Edge on KPFA radio: https://kpfa.org/program/over-the-edge. In hour 3 of the show, they rebroadcast a mix from 2002 including PLU, Wobbly, Irene Moon, and the Evolution Control Committee.

Hour 1 Vicki and Jon in conversation (recorded May 2021)
Hour 2 Live Session with PLU, Wobbly, and Don Joyce on Over The Edge, KPFA (2002) 
Hour 3 Live Session with PLU, Wobbly, Irene Moon, and The Evolution Control Committee on WFMU (2002)

Unknown Territories on at a new time

Welcome to the Unknown Territory of science and music. A weekly radio show on KCSB 91.9 in Santa Barbara and streaming online at kcsb.org. Come join Irene Moon and Yon Visell as we discuss current topics in science and play the music it inspires. When: Monday 10:00-11:00 AM PT You can listen every week at KCSB.org, see our live playlist, and follow us on Facebook.

If you miss us during the week, check out our archives on the Internet Archive

From the Radio Archives: Entomelodical Opportunities

Between 2002 and 2006 Irene was a DJ on WRFL 88.1fm. A great student run radio station at the University of Kentucky. Entomelodical Opportunities were segments from her weekly radio show, often co-hosted with Robert Beatty (Hair Police, Three-Legged Race).
Entomelodical Opportunities continued after leaving Lexington as a podcast titled Irene & Rosa's Pupal Cast once she moved to Tallahassee, Florida.

These show segments are now available through the Free Music Archive.

• Robert and Irene Christmas Special - a special Robert and Irene show. One for the holidays!
• Telemitry - The first of the Pupal Casts.
• Persimmoween - Halloween and a cast of characters from Auk Theater sing along with some of the best music from October, 2007. Interview with Irene's father about the persimmon tree in the backyard.
• Telekinesis - A tribute to Uri Geller. Discussion on the math of eating turkey.
• Breakfast - Little light piano, dad wants to save a box, and its time to eat the most important meal of the day.
• Fanatical - Irene and Rosa have found themselves down in a well.
• Peep Show - Its talk of chickens.
• Easter - Another holiday show and another rabbit.

From the Radio Archives: Radio Interviews of Let's Talk Science

Let's Talk Science is a series of factual conversations with people working either as scientific researchers or in popular scientific media. The episodes of Let's Talk Science below were pre-recorded for Radio Boredcast from the 2012 A/V Festival, curated by People Like Us. These interviews are now available on Free Music Archive.

• Let's Talk Science - The Ice Show - in conversation with Chris Watson

• Let's Talk Science - Sleep - A conversation with Dave Armitage, University of California, Berkley

• Let's Talk Science - Rust - A conversation with John Selegue, University of Kentucky

• Let's Talk Science - Human Evolution - Part 1- A conversation with Andrea Lucky, North Carolina State University

• Let's Talk Science - Human Evolution - Part 2- A conversation with Jiri Hulcr, North Carolina State University

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From the Radio Archives: Special Recorded Guest Appearances on WFMU

Scott Williams Show
March 9, 2001
Friday afternoons 3PM - 6PM

Live Nude Lepidopterae w/ special guests IRENE MOON and CHRIS JOLLY

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People Like Us and Irene Moon
Sunday, January 12th, 2003
Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall ¢hange

This week on Nickel and Dime radio we're happy to have both People Like Us and Irene Moon invade the airwaves. The UK's People Like Us (aka Vicki Bennett) has been a long time favorite of FMU's with her audio cut-ups of oldball music, spoken word, and sound effects that's equal parts crack and laughing gas. Based out of Atlanta, Irene Moon's 'learning experiences' combine sound collage and surreal (but quite real) science. Who says you can't trip and learn? Who knows what these audio terrorists will do together?

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Dave Soldier and Irene Moon
September 22, 2010
on Do or DIY with People Like Us

On Do or DIY With People Like Us, local classical composer Dave Soldier provides a live performance of his new collaboration with electronic musician Sean Hagerty (and the late Frederic Chopin): a slow version of the Minute Waltz that lasts half an hour. Also, Irene Moon and a cast from the Auk Theater will perform a musical whodunit about insects, in which each insect is a suspect in a serial murder. Wednesday, 9/22, from 7 to 8 PM.

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Irene Moon LIVE
August 17, 2011 on Do or DIY with People Like Us

Irene Moon Special Guest show. Irene Moon and the Auk Theater love drama, insects, crime, and examinations. All of these elements make great theater and all occurred at Princess Anne High School documented in the record yearbook created to archive the 1963-1964 school year. Irene found the record in a thrift store in early 2011, but had no idea the demon she uncovered! Of course, these elements could only be discovered in the recording by reading between the lines, backmasking, and interviewing people who know a lot about many things. The new historical drama is filled with music from Nine Fingered Thug, Juules Trakker, Yellow Tears, Secret Boyfriend, Kites, Kevin Blechdom, and, naturally, Lawrence Welk. Irene Moon is an entomologist at North Carolina State University who participates in music and theater. She has the duel focus to advance appreciation of art in the halls of science; as a means of connecting the public to entomology and increasing awareness of the art and creativity intrinsic to the scientific process. Find out more information about Irene Moon, Auk Theater and the Begonia Society at www.begoniasociety.org
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More Irene Moon Titles on FMA

I was looking for some old stash of merchandise to take to a friends record store in West Philadelphia tomorrow. Suddenly, to my shock, most of it has actually been sold. Amazing, I thought closets of some recordings would be around forever. I am in the process of putting all of the old recordings on Free Music Archive for everyone to do as they please. So, please do!

From the Radio Archives: Resonance104.4fm interview December 10th

photo: Jon Wozencroft/Touch

Mike Harding interviews Katja Seltmann with Irene Moon about insect harmonics. Part of the Long Wave radio series, these Begonia Society members will be included in Long Wave 10, on December 10, 2012 at 10.30pm in London (530 New York) . Dont miss it!

Long Wave is broadcast on resonance104.4fm


Track listing of the Interview and Music:
[listen]

1. Backing music behind Irene Moon: Organ, electronics and insects (flies and cockroaches)

2. Darker Florida (Irene Moon and Pax Titania) - For the Cat People
from the album: History of Darker Florida vol. i. [tin cans and twine, cassette, 2008]
instrumentation: Piano, electronics and insects

3. Graeme Revell: The Insect Musicians - Invaders of the Heart

4. Treehopper courtship sounds from Reginald B. Cocroft (treehoppers.insectmuseum.org)

5. Scientifically Speaking with Irene Moon - Fly me to the Blossom
from the album SUPLICO [Gods of Tundra, cassette, 2000]
instrumentation: Organ and crickets.

6. Mika Vainio - Outside the Circle of Fire | Hazard - Debugged
From the album Star Switch On [Touch, CD, 2002]. "The artists were commissioned to use the wildlife recordings of Chris Watson published on Stepping Into The Dark and Outside The Circle Of Fire as source material."

7. Insect Collage - Ants, wasps and other insects...
featuring recordings by Mike Harding, Tom Lawrence & Jana Winderen

Daniel Blumin's The Thirteenth Letter

Yon Visell and Irene Moon have a new track as the fictional duo Moth Magnet. Created for Daniel Blumin's DJ Premium.
Ya can only get it if you donate money to the WFMU's 2013 Marathon: March 4th - 17th!



9 PM - Midnight
Daniel Blumin's The Thirteenth Letter
Meniscus Man, Machiavelli's Forklift, Maids of the Marsh?

Imaginary bands one and all, but perhaps not for long!

In the year 2013, some intrepid members of Blumin's Honorary Letter Preservation Outernational set out to celebrate the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet. Inspired by "M" (Fritz Lang's or Robin Scott's, but most likely neither), each artist heeded the call to form a one-time project that starts with the visionary letter. As with the last two premiums, all tracks are exclusive to this compilation!

Who's onboard this time? The choice morsels may or may not originate with an all-star cast of Wishbone Ash, Schneider TM, Dollops of Velcro, Andrew Liles, Caspian Curlicues, Matmos, Melancholy Flowerpot, Machinefabriek, Irene Moon, Geranium Warfare, Sudden Infant, and a magnificent multitude of others!

A few contributors' identities will be revealed during the fundraising marathon in March, but those receiving the premium will be provided with all the creators' true identities. M-tastic!

Daniel Blumin's The Thirteenth Letter

Yon Visell and Irene Moon have a new track as the fictional duo Moth Magnet. Created for Daniel Blumin's DJ Premium.
Ya can only get it if you donate money to the WFMU's 2013 Marathon: March 4th - 17th!



9 PM - Midnight
Daniel Blumin's The Thirteenth Letter
Meniscus Man, Machiavelli's Forklift, Maids of the Marsh?

Imaginary bands one and all, but perhaps not for long!

In the year 2013, some intrepid members of Blumin's Honorary Letter Preservation Outernational set out to celebrate the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet. Inspired by "M" (Fritz Lang's or Robin Scott's, but most likely neither), each artist heeded the call to form a one-time project that starts with the visionary letter. As with the last two premiums, all tracks are exclusive to this compilation!

Who's onboard this time? The choice morsels may or may not originate with an all-star cast of Wishbone Ash, Schneider TM, Dollops of Velcro, Andrew Liles, Caspian Curlicues, Matmos, Melancholy Flowerpot, Machinefabriek, Irene Moon, Geranium Warfare, Sudden Infant, and a magnificent multitude of others!

A few contributors' identities will be revealed during the fundraising marathon in March, but those receiving the premium will be provided with all the creators' true identities. M-tastic!

Recording of Hurricane Sandy for Touch Radio

Last night, October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy landed upon New York City. I recorded sounds of the wind and rain out of my Bed Stuy apartment window for Touch Radio 86.

RADIO BOREDCAST NOW ARCHIVED AT WFMU!

 

20 June 2012 Let's Talk Science with Irene Moon had 5 hourish long episodes concerning our perceptions of 'slowness' in natural processes. Included in these Radio Boredcast presentations were interviews with Chris Watson (March 1), Dr. Andrea Lucky (March 5), Dr. Jiri Hulcr (March 13), David Armitage (March 24), and Dr. John Selegue.

--A reposting from People Like Us. Great to have them all online now!!---

We are very pleased to inform you that Radio Boredcast has now been archived in its entirety at WFMU.

Given that Radio Boredcast is a 744-hour online radio project, we consider today, The Longest Day, a most appropriate time to make this announcement.  Curated by Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) with AV Festival, Radio Boredcast responds to our ambiguous relationship with time - do we have too much or not enough? - celebrating the detail, complexity and depth of experience lost through our obsession with speed. BASIC.fm first hosted the project through the duration of AV Festival (1-31 March 2012) and now this unique and colossal archive is accessible for "Listen on Demand" at freeform radio station WFMU.

http://wfmu.org/playlists/zz

An impressive list of participants were invited to create new radio shows, audio works and mixes in response to the AV Festival theme "As Slow As Possible" and thematic playlists and contextual programming surround these creations.

The full list of participants are: Carl Stone, Pseu Braun & Alex Orlov, Touch, Rob Weisberg, Nicolas Collins, Andrew Lahman, Chris & Cosey, Jonathan Dean and Transmuteo, Cheese Snob Wendy, Kevin Nutt, Tony Coulter, Daniel Menche, Scott Williams, John Wynne, Chris Watson, Jem Finer and Longplayer, Tim Maloney, Ergo Phizmiz, Matmos, Dave Soldier, Charlie and Busy Doing Nothing, Andrew Sharpley, Nancy O Graham, Gwilly Edmondez, Anna Ramos & Roc Jiménez De Cisneros, Doug Horne, Irene Moon, David Suisman, Radio Web MACBA, Mark Gergis and Porest, Jez Riley French, Don Joyce, Carlo Patrao and Zepelim, Dorian Jones, Jason Willett, Zach Layton, Primate Arena with Alex Drool and Eran Sachs, David Toop, Dylan Nyoukis, Jared Blum and GiganteSound, Ed Pinsent, Adrian Philips aka Mr Rotorvator, Axel Stockburger, Craig Dworkin, Felix Kubin, People Like Us, Language Removal Services, Daniela Cascella, John Levack Drever, Joel Eaton, Clay Pigeon, Gudrun Gut, Charles Powne, Carl Abrahamsson, Andreas Bick and Silent Listening, Phantom Circuit, Patti Schmidt aka Wheelie Houdini, Leif Elggren, Ken Freedman, Erik Bünger, Douglas Benford, Christof Migone, BJNilsen, Andy Baio, Adam Thomas aka Preslav Literary School, Caroline Bergvall, Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza, Tapeworm, Brent Clough and The Night Air, Ilan Volkov, Nat Roe, Steven Ball, X41, The Long Now Foundation, Sharon Gal, Michael Ruby, Jonathan Leidecker, DJ/rupture, Gordon Monahan, Michael Cumella aka MAC, Lloyd Dunn and nula, DDDJJJ666, and Kenneth Goldsmith.. Thematic playlists run throughout from "Acconci" to "ZzzŠ" programmed by Vicki Bennett.

This has been a great project to curate and create, and although the theme is Slowness, we urge you to get over there now and have a listen!

Listen to Radio Boredcast http://wfmu.org/playlists/zz
Co-commissioned by AV Festival http://avfestival.co.uk and BASIC.fm http://basic.fm
Vicki Bennett http://peoplelikeus.org/boredcast.html
Blog entry http://www.avfestival.co.uk/blog/2012/02/19/radio-boredcast-presents
WFMU http://wfmu.org/about.shtml

Moon programs for Radio Boredcast!

Here is the list of Moon interviews for the A/V festival Radio Boredcast curated and organized by Vicki Bennett.
. There are a lot of good artists and musical material (24 hours worth!) on each of the days.

Day 1: Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - The Ice Show - in conversation with Chris Watson

Day 5: Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Human Evolution - Part 1- A conversation with Andrea Lucky, North Carolina State University

Day 13: Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Human Evolution - Part 2- A conversation with Jiri Hulcr, North Carolina State University

Day 14: Rebroadcast of Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Human Evolution - Part 2- A conversation with Jiri Hulcr, North Carolina State University

Day 20: Rebroadcast of Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - The Ice Show - in conversation with Chris Watson

Day 21: Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Sleep - A conversation with Dave Armitage, University of California, Berkley

Day 24: Rebroadcast of Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Sleep - A conversation with Dave Armitage, University of California, Berkley

Day 26: Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Rust - A conversation with John Selegue, University of Kentucky

Day 28: A rebroadcast of Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - The Ice Show - in conversation with Chris Watson

Day 29: A rebroadcast of Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Rust - A conversation with John Selegue, University of Kentucky

That is a lot of days folks!!

Scientific Discussions about Slowness for A/V Festival

Vicki Bennett is currently curating a 744 hour long radio station called Radio Boredcast, to run for the duration of AV Festival 12. As part of this broadcast I am conducting a series of factual interviews with scientists that deal with 'slow' issues such as: Rust, Evolution, and Sleep in Bats. You will be able to find the interviews here, through A/V festival, or later archived on WFMU.
"AV Festival 12: As Slow As Possible is a Festival in slow motion. For the first time the Festival runs for a whole month from 1-31 March 2012. It's the most adventurous edition to date including over 15 major exhibitions, more than 50 film screenings and music events, weekend walks and an online radio broadcasting for 744 hours. The programme takes place at different speeds, paces and times of day across Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough and Sunderland, including an accelerated 24 Hour Launch. Programme highlights and our new website will be launched in November, sign up to our email list to keep in touch and follow us on facebook and twitter".

From the Radio Archives: Insect Corner on DO or DIY

Irene Moon and friends with Insect Corner on WFMU in 2009 featured on DO or DIY hosted by People Like Us. Below are the links to the archives right to the insect corner selections (not in any particular order)!


1. Pat and Ellen. A rebroadcast of Questions from Pat and Ellen about Spider Mites.

2. Leafhoppers and Frass

3. Insect Diversity

4. Heinz tells tales of New Jersey Insects

5. Heinz tells tales of WWII insects

6. Introduction to Insects from Curator Bill with a Social Insect Focus

7. Aunty Pat and Aunty Ellen fill in for Ken: Insect Corner Branches out on the Phylogenetic Tree with Tapeworms.

The podcasts use the WFMU popup flash audio player...

Irene Moon on Touch Radio

Touch Radio 58 | Irene Moon

20.12.10 - My Queen & I: An introduction to the bees and their closest relatives – 24:37 - 128 kbps

Recorded live at The Rymer Audorium, Music Research Centre, York on 17th December 2010 by Tony Myatt as one lecture in part of the Bee Symphony. An evening that celebrated one of our favorite pollinators..the bees. This lecture discusses the diversity of bees worldwide, concentrating on demonstrating the complexity of the implications of the word "Bee".

Upcoming Special Programs on WFMU

Dave Soldier + Irene Moon
Wednesday, September 22nd, 7pm - 8pm
on Do or DIY with People Like Us
An old musician's joke is on the order of "it takes him half an hour to play the Minute Waltz". Today, WFMU's favorite local classical music composer Dave Soldier visits for a live performance of his newest collaboration, with the late Frederic Chopin and living electronic musician Sean Hagerty. Soldier performs the Minute Waltz on the grand piano at Le Poisson Rouge very very slowly, lasting a half hour, while Hagerty stretches each piano note out over time. Chopin may make a surprise appearance.

Irene Moon and a cast of characters from the Auk Theater perform a musical mystery theater about insects. Each character has an insect of choice that is suspect in a recently discovered serial murder. Information about insects is introduced as they try to unravel the "who done it." Not all of the content is logical, but it is absolutely factual. Irene is an entomologist and musician at North Carolina State University whose present research involves the dissection of wasp heads and the representation of the muscles found within the head. She was quoted recently to say, "social bees and wasps are commonly found and easily organized. It's the non-social beasts that fascinate and truly demonstrate how many creative methods there really are to dispose of an unfriendly caterpillar."

Radio station for the alligators

The strip of highway 75 between Miami and Naples that runs through the everglades is lovingly called Alligator Alley. The highway has many wonderful overlooks, an educational rest stop and its very own radio station. Everglades Radio Network runs educational snippits and weather warnings and information. You can also listen to ERN 98.7 WFLP-LP and FM 107.9 WFLU-LP while in Alligator Alley or via their website.


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Not much here to spin tunes for but the alligators are rockin!