Smash/Cut
Smash/Cut
xander adams
a sound art podcast exploring form and drama
Quick Rising
a memory from the Great Flood of 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from Rachel Shiff-Arnold**************Audio Production/Sound Design: Alexander Charles AdamsConsulting Editors: Margaret Laurena Kemp & Laine FarberSpecial Thanks: Eleanor McDowall~~~~~~~~~~www.smashcutthepodcast.comtwitter.com/SmashCutCastinstagram.com/SmashCutCast
May 8, 2019
15 min
into the main~frame!
i made this in 11th grade and i totally stand by it... well sit by it... on the floor. --Xander****************"Produced" by Alexander Charles AdamsConsulting Editors: Margaret Laurena Kemp & Laine Farber~~~~~~~~~~www.smashcutthepodcast.comtwitter.com/SmashCutCastinstagram.com/SmashCutCast
May 1, 2019
5 min
A Cave Carol
A Cave Carol comes from a two-minute audio clip Lainey sent Xander after a date with her ex about two years ago. With words and distance, it's become much more. Written with words scratched out and re-written to make sure it's *exactly* what it means.*************Writer: Laine FarberAudio Producer/Sound Designer: Alexander Charles AdamsConsulting Editor: Margaret Laurena Kemp~~~~~~~~~~www.smashcutthepodcast.comtwitter.com/SmashCutCastinstagram.com/SmashCutCast
Apr 24, 2019
9 min
It's a Commitment
"It's a Commitment: A Dance Dialogue" is an audio story composed of dialogue between Drs. Brenda Dixon Gottschild and Halifu Osumare recorded in 2015 at University of California, Davis by theater professor Margaret Laurena Kemp.It is a rare dialogue between two black dance scholars talking about their individual roads to dance, which illuminate the East and West coasts in the 60s and 70s for young, black, women dancers. **************Audio Production/Sound Design: Alexander Charles AdamsExecutive Producer/Consulting Editor: Margaret Laurena KempConsulting Editor: Laine Farber~~~~~~~~~~www.smashcutthepodcast.comtwitter.com/SmashCutCastinstagram.com/SmashCutCast
Apr 17, 2019
23 min
Coming... Time Capsule
today we announce a special returna little radio series on pieces from our junk drawers and dusty boxesfirst new ep released on Apr 17, 2018~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~www.smashcutthepodcast.comtwitter.com/SmashCutCastinstagram.com/SmashCutCast
Apr 10, 2019
5 min
La Fumée Fatale
A young woman who has never had a cigarette fights the self-destructive urge to pick up the first cigarette. Along the way, she finds out what she's really craving.Produced by Monique LaBorde (Transom 2018)Prompt Third Coast Short Audio Doc 2016 ChallengeFather: Robert LaBorde Smoker in Circle: "J.J.", Harry WaznackFriend: Yagmur Menzilcioglu~~~~Smash/Cut is produced by Alexander Charles Adams with editor Laine Farbertwitter.com/SmashCutCastinstagram.com/SmashCutCastfacebook.com/SmasCutCastwww.smashcutthepodcast.com
Oct 1, 2018
3 min
"Deborah"
Produced by Alexander Charles AdamsInterview Magic by Laine Farbertwitter.com/SmashCutCast // smashcutthepodcast.comIn New Orleans, the Sewage and Water Board has left roads in extreme disrepair. Potholes are seemingly permanent fixtures, practically community members. The people of New Orleans have taken to decorating potholes, giving them names, creating social media trends and profiles, and making them more than facts of life. But what happens when a particularly notorious pothole... gets filled? This satire story "Deborah" tells the tale of the St. Ann/Burgundy (pronounced ber-GUN-dee), and her untimely demise. Special Thanks to the People of the Fruit Loop and Greater Foolish Area of New Orleans
Sep 17, 2018
5 min
rags and birds
Producer: Alexander Charles AdamsWords from the Producer:This piece was made in reverse. I found this guitar lying on the gold couch in the Ragdale house living room. All of us got so used to leaving our possessions out because we felt so trusting, but somehow, we never lost the need to comment on doing it, like announcing "oh my goodness I left my laptop in the other house" to the room and then not moving and kept chatting. Anyways, so this guitar. It was tuned differently, D something... anything I struck on it sounded generally nice. I can't play guitar. I've never played guitar. But this made me sound so good. I pulled out my phone and recorded myself for a little while, playing with it. Making chords and fiddling with the strings. And finally running my fingers down the fretboard. When I listened back to the recording, I became obsessed with it. I listened to it over and over again as I walked the Ragdale grounds trying to get unstuck or feel something new about being there. It felt so much like the Ragdale in my head but all on a little tape. I decided to interview each of the residents about their experiences for the same length of time as the unedited guitar tape and set to create a piece where our experiences were composed to the guitar; composed to how I saw Ragdale.
Aug 29, 2018
4 min
building the house
we promise we're working ~ life just makes that hard
Jun 3, 2018
1 min
[Aside] - The Valentine's Show
While at the Hearsay International Audio Festival, our producer made this little audio present for their partner. We wanted to share it in the spirit of Valentine's Day if you're into that :)Produced by Alexander Charles AdamsSpecial Thanks to Veronica Simmonds and Phil Smith for leading us in drunken song and joy.~~~~~Twitter/Facebook/Instagram - @SmashCutCastOur show creator/producer is Alexander Charles Adams and our editor is Laine Farber on the Two Guys and a Rogue Podcast Network
Feb 14, 2018
8 min
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