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Gregory Whitehead 1. If a Voice Like, Then What? 1984, voice cut-up, Tellus cassette, 2:48, why talk is a struggle 2. What Words Want 1984, voice cut-up, various compilations, 4:19, lumen de lumenes 3. Zigurrat 1984, dance soundtrack and compilation release, 4:38, chant degeneration 4. Eva Can I Stab Bats in a Cave? 1984, dance soundtrack and Tellus cassette, 1:17, palindrome drone 5. Dead Letters 1985, documentary essay, NPR, 55:20 6. Display Wounds microcast, diverse stations, 1:31 7. Radio Degree Zero 1986, radio play, New American Radio, 26:30, vulnerological investigations 8. Adioradio 1986, microcast, diverse stations, 1:42 9. The Pleasure Of Ruins CD release, staalplaat, 14:33, it's the pleasure, and it's alive 10. Totenklage/Lacrymosa 1987, phonetic cross-cut, on Pleasure of Ruins CD, 3:35, the invisible generation, dead, torched 11. Twilight for Idols 1987, microcast, Pleasure of Ruins CD, 4:37, radio utopia is no place 12. The Problem With Bodies vocal apparatus exercise, polycast, 1:20 13. Oral or Anal? 1988, lettrist rotation from the cassette Writing on Air, 1:06 14. Rats Live On No Evil Star 1989, palindromic inversion from the cassette Writing on Air, 0:54 15. The Respirator 1990, microcast, New American Radio, 5:51, our policy is to keep the patient breathing 16. Principia Schizophonica 1990, lecture demonstration, 7" release, RRR, 6:31 17. How To Pronounce "Prosthesis" 1991, language lesson, for Tellus CD Site-less Sounds, 4:50 18. This Is Not a Test 1991, emergency broadcast, for Tellus CD, 2:10 19. Lovely Ways to Burn 1991, docufiction, New American Radio, 27:00, a pyromentary for those who got the fever 20. Pressures of the Unspeakable 1992, documentary performance, ABC, 40:00, from the Institute for Screamscape Studies produced with Roz Cheney and John Jacobs 21. We All Scream Alone 1992, excerpt from Pressures of the Unspeakable, 4:54 22. Shake, Rattle, Roll 1993, radio play manifesto, New American Radio, 22:40 23. Here Comes Everybody excerpt from Shake, Rattle, Roll, 2:23, radio litany, with Dan Lander and an anonymous chorus 24. The Thing About Bugs 1994, radio performance/play, New American Radio, 28:30, later CD release on Generator Sound Art Christof Migone and GW in philosophical improvisation 25. The Exterminating Angel excerpt from The Thing About Bugs, 3:57 26. The Night Train 1995, telephonic journey for Rappel CD compilation, 15:00, you can't get there from here 27. Degenerates in Dreamland 1995, cabaret for the disembodied, New American Radio, 27:42, knees, noses and a phallus impudicus 28. L'Indomptable radio essay, France Culture, (excerpt, 2:24), by GW and Allen S. Weiss, duration of complete program, 45:00 29. Nothing But Fog 1996, musical navigation for radio, Sound Culture SF, 40:00, GW and Richard Busch, with Ilse Pfeiffer 30. Scratch Peace 1997, Villa Arson jukebox, 3:47, found voices 31. On a Very Dirty Street 1997, Villa Arson jukebox, 5:11, found voices 32. Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered 1997, documentary meditation, ABC, 40:00, with Michelle Griffiths, Leandro Katz, Chantal Thomas 33. Ice Music 1997, LIAR report, NPR, 2:27 34. Brain Mash 1998, LIAR report, NPR, 3:38 35. The Bone Trade imaginary conversation, BBC4 14:00, celebrity necrobilia with Walter Sculley 36. The Hidden Language of Trees 1998, imaginary conversation, BBC4 14:00, they are trying to tell us something 37. The Bottom of the Mind 1998, imaginary conversation, BBC4, 14:00, walking the circle via the existential phonograph 38. Mind, Body and Soul 1998, imaginary conversation, BBC4, 14:00, artist eats three big books 39. Mr. Whitehead, Are You There? 1999, group love letter for mother radio, 5:26 40. The Marilyn Room 2000, radio play, BBC4, (excerpt, 3:07), voices on excerpt: Henry Strozier, Leslie Nixon, duration of complete play is 56:00 41. All About Squid for Writing Aloud CD, 2:10 42. Marinade á la Tête 2000, cooking show, BBC4, 4:00 43. Eau de Moi 2000, entrepreneurial performance, BBC4, 4:00 44. Delivery System No. 1 2001, voice/face play for radio, 9:30, Genrator Sound Art release 45. American Heavy 2001, radio play, BBC4, (excerpt, 5:28), voices on excerpt: Jonathan Epstein, Corinna May, Allyn Burrows and Elizabeth Ingram, duration of complete play is 56:00 46. Evil Axis 2002, wordplay cartoon, BBC3, 1:44 47. On One Lost Hair 2003, documentary performance, BBC4, (excerpt, 4:25) the last voyage of Horatio Nelson, duration of complete program: 14:00 48. Resurrection Ranch 2003, docufictive travelogue, BBC4, (excerpt, 3:17), with Virginia Crompton, GW, and Karen Lee as Cat Slade, duration of complete program is 27:30 49. The Loneliest Road 2003, radio road movie, BBC 3, (excerpt, 11:08) music by Nick Zammuto and Paul Dejong. voices on excerpt: Karen Lee, Jon Swan, GW and Anne Undeland. duration of complete play is 88:30. 50. Little Tina 2004, excerpt from WFMU live-to-air screamscape, with Kenny G. 51. The Knee 2004, song setting for a poem by Christian Morgenstern, 2:21, performed on the whistled snymbal, by GW 52. As We Know 2004, outcast epistemology, after Donald Rumsfeld, 2:09, no we just don't know 53. Danse Macabre soundtrack for marionette theater, 11:34 voice by Michel Nedjar 53. Project Jericho 2004, docufictional report, BBC3, (excerpt, 3:53), produced with Mark Burman, duration of complete program: 19:30 Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, October 19, 2002 1. Brian Kim Stefans' Introduction (2:52) : MP3 2. Gregory Whitehead's Introductory Comments (2:30) : MP3 3. Proposition 2 (1:07) : MP3 4. Intro: Radio Cartoons (2:18) : MP3 5. Evil Axis (1:59) : MP3 6. Intro: Martha (1:58) : MP3 7. The Meaning of MARTHA (2:34) : MP3 8. Intro: Linguistic Hermaphrodites & Rats Live On No Evil Star (2:24) : MP3 9. Eva Can I Stab Bats in a Cave? (0:45) : MP3 10. Intro: The Squid Piece (1:38) : MP3 11. All About Squid (1:20) : MP3 12. Intro: Amsterdam Intervention (2:23) : MP3 13. Bugs Bardo Radio! (2:55) : MP3 14. Into: The Dream of Freezing Sound (1:44) : MP3 15. Ice Music (2:48) : MP3 16. Intro: Fake Science Things (2:12) : MP3 17. Brain Mash (3:58) : MP3 18. Intro: Glossolalia Anagrams (1:42) : MP3 19. Everything I Know About Glossolalia (2:45) : MP3 complete reading (42:04): MP3 All castaways for private and educational use only. For broadcast rights, or to request complete versions of excerpted works, contact info@gregorywhitehead.com NOTES Gregory Whitehead is a writer, audio artist, and the director of sea-crow media. He has produced over fifty radio features, voice works, and earplays for programs in the United States and abroad. Drawing on his background in improvised music and experimental theater, Whitehead has created a body of radiophonic work distinguished by its playfully provocative blend of text, concept, voice, music, and pure sound. Production credits include: Dead Letters, Pressures of The Unspeakable (Prix Italia, 1992), and New American Radio commissions: Lovely Ways to Burn (1990), Shake, Rattle and Roll (1992) (BBC Award, Prix Futura, 1993) and The Thing About Bugs (1994). He is also the author of numerous essays on subjects relating to language, technology, and "the public", and he co-edited Wireless Imagination: Sound, Radio and the Avant-Garde, a selective history of audio and radio art (MIT Press).