There's a snow storm brewing on the east coast of the United States. Inside the spartan studios of the sounds found audio yard, we're turning Pretenders loops into irregular heart beats and setting a melancholy tone, noting the passing of the beautiful singer Lhasa De Sela. Our musical selections include Tsegué-Maryam Guébrou (from Ethiopiques Vol. 21), Bola De Nieve, Lhasa De Sela, and Ramito, with Chuito el de Bayamón. We have sounds found from the Pretenders, Sharpe James and Mr. Softee.

You listen. You really listen. We're celebrating our largest jump in listeners since we started this podcast. Thanks. We appreciate your ears. We have sounds found from a 2005 interview with jazz great Paquito D'Rivera, Cheech & Chong, and the JC sanitation department. Our musical selections include some samples of Charles Mingus, playing piano, singing, and playing bass, of course, Los Lobos, a mix of various Tango selections, including Astor Piazzolla, Maxwell, Lou Reed and Friends of Dean Martinez. We welcome your comments and contributions. Send e-mail to [email protected].

Old skool Salsa greats and weird-ass hip hop sampling make for a heady SF experience. We have sounds found from Paul Okenfold, LL Cool J, Biz Markie, De La Soul, Clifford Brown, Tila Tequila, Paula Abdul, the Jersey City Police Department, Eddie Palmieri and Ray Barretto. Musical selections include John Coltrane, Grupo Jose Maria Vitier, Mahalia Jackson and Bebo Valdes and Cigala. We welcome your comments and contributions. Send e-mail to [email protected].

Psychedelia leads to a heady mix of Coltrane (Alice) and Stones (Rolling), along with sounds found from renowned Latin music scholar and author Isabelle Leymarie. Musical selections include Bob Dylan, Music Music Music, Paul Simon, Teddy Pendergrass (RIP TP!) and the Flamingos.

It's a new year and a new Sounds Found. Vicky takes a break, for starters, and the producer takes over. Our musical selections include Joe Jackson, Prince, James Brown, Talking Heads, Miriam Makeba, Tito Puente, Carole King, Diane Birch, Thelomious Monk and Charles Mingus. We welcome your comments and contributions. Send e-mail to: [email protected].

On the last week before Christmas Vicky is thinking warm thoughts. We have sounds found from the beach at Asbury Park, a special reading of "the Christmas Cow" with Gary Walker, Doug Doyle and Andrew Meyer and the Jetsons Theme. Our musical selections include Bebel Gilberto, Marissa, Ojos de Brujo, Mono Blanco, Chicago and the Waitresses. We welcome your comments and contributions. Send e-mail to [email protected].

As we hustle and bustle towards Christmas, we have sounds found from the bells of St. Anthony's Church, a sample of Yomo Toro, Juan Cartagena explaining el asalto navideño and John Green reading Jabberwocky. Our musical selections include Jimmy Smith, Louis Armstrong, Ramito de Puerto Rico, Ray Charles, the Clash, Canned Heat, ELO, Prince, Jorge Ben, Charlie Parker, and Yo Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin. We welcome your comments and contributions. Send e-mail to [email protected].

Wherein Vicky returns after a short vacation. (Thanks for filling in, Alex.) We have sounds found from a kiss off phone message, stories told out of school and a call to prayer from places unknown. Musical selections include the Beatles, King Coya, the Specials, Cornershop, MFSB, the Bells, Wyn Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb (Miles sat out), Isaac Hayes, Nat Cole Trio, Leny Andrade, Concha Buika, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Serge Gainsbourg with Eddie Mitchell and the Dip Tse Chong Ling Monastery. We welcome your comments and contributions. Send e-mail to [email protected].

Vicky finally has a day off. Alex has an uneven debut on the mic., but makes up for it in the lab. We have some seasonal sounds found from an instructional video on carving your bird and a Thanksgiving call home. Our musical selections include The Ventures, a Beatles, Joe Jackson and Electric Light Orchestra mix, Gary Wright, David Bowie, Erik Satie, Natural Spiritual Orchestra, Charles Mingus samples, Dave Cortez and the Moon People, Cortijo y su Combo (featuring Ismael Rivera), Laurie Anderson, Lole y Manuel, Yusa, Bob Marley and Quinteto Villa-Lobos. We welcome your comments and contributions. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

In which Vicky takes a request and says a belated Arriba! We have sounds found from the Jersey City police department, a sample of "Mas Que Nada" by Sergio Mendes, Cachaito, and George Carlin. We have music from Tipica 73, Ray Barretto, Los Zafiros, a Frank Sinatra/Skanatra mash-up (by request), Bad Plus, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong with Duke Ellington and his orchestra. We welcome your comments and contributions. Send e-mail to [email protected].