Tumbled Thoughts On American Muslim Life

Word is Bond
Removing the incidental and the accidental from the quintessential conversation of Islam in America. That's my schtick. www.marcmanley.com
  • December 23, 2011 7:26 am
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    Field recording from the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.

  • December 20, 2011 9:58 pm
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    Voice through reinforced cardboard. Recorded on a Samsung H2n Zoom.

  • December 12, 2011 10:08 pm
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    Penn Center, recorded on December 12th, 2011 around 7pm, Philadelphia.

  • November 28, 2011 10:53 pm
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    Field recording from the corner of 34th & Walnut, taken with the Samsung Zoom H2n.

  • June 9, 2011 10:35 am
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    Song Seven | marcmanley

    Doodling. Recorded with Google’s home page virtual guitar.

  • June 7, 2011 10:44 pm
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    Fatal Narratives | a deletion poem. 

    For my sound production course.

  • April 21, 2011 11:32 pm
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    Allahu Akbar, from Sound Track to 65 Vol. IV. Created using that little magical squares web app.

  • March 24, 2011 8:29 pm
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    Santa Barbara, the new track on Sound Track to 65 Vol IV.

    I used to live in Santa Barbara, and as a result I still get missed calls from there. This one reminded me of the chill atmosphere of the afluent beach town. Here’s to you, Johnny!

  • December 18, 2010 12:47 pm
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    For reasons I cannot explain, cab drivers love talking to me. Perhaps it’s from my own days as a cabbie. This particular character, Tommy Taylor, was really something else. Animated and firery, he told me about his time as a musician, playing with such bands as The Coasters. All this took place on the way in his cab, recorded on my cell phone.