An experimental narrative about going to a wedding, not being able to sleep at night, meeting a girl, the healthcare system and the history of disease. Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. A pale horse looking back at us, it is the strong contagion.

Featuring the voice talents of Eric S. Humphrey, Peter Rosenbloom, Brian Taylor, and Jenny Walters. Engineered by Philip von zweck. Written, composed and produced by John Wanzel. Executive producers Philip von Zweck and John Wanzel.

I’ve never been to Philadelphia; it’ll be alright originally aired on August 1, 2004 live to air on WLUW 88.7 Chicago.

Blind Spot (2004-2006): a weekly live experimental radio program exploring sound collage, performance, music, improvisation, and field recordings as a broadcast form.

Two voices recount the stories of Sisyphus and Prometheus, again and again, circling the circular stories with shifts in emphasis, detail, and tone. In these first person accounts, Sisyphus delivers an impassioned account of his endless labor, pushing the boulder uphill, feeling the strain and repetition in his body, while Prometheus speaks with a measured detachment, almost bored by the familiarity of his perpetual punishment. Cello and tuba provide a slow, resonant accompaniment.

Featuring the voices of Eric S. Humphrey and Thom Baily, improvised cello by Peter Rosenbloom and tuba by John Wanzel. Conceived and produced by Philip von Zweck. Executive producers Philip von Zweck and John Wanzel.

Sisyphus v Prometheus originally aired on July 25, 2004 live to air on WLUW 88.7 Chicago.

Blind Spot (2004-2006): a weekly live experimental radio program exploring sound collage, performance, music, improvisation, and field recordings as a broadcast form.

A game show set in a futuristic version of 1982, in which the contestants are robots and their very lives are on the line. A satire of reality television and neo-futurist comedy, the program imagines a world in which the robot population has grown so large that the only way to reduce their numbers is to make them fight for survival as public entertainment.

Human listeners deciding who lives and who is decommissioned!

Among the contestants: a Wild West cowboy who was once a missile defense robot; a meticulous automaton who dreams of long walks on the beach between filing and collating; Ulton—part comedian, part killer—and many more.

Conceived and written by Thom Baily. Performed with improvisation by Peter Rosenbloom, Chris Hammes, Philip von Zweck, Joe Sterns, Thom Baily, and Eric Humphrey. Engineered by John Wanzel. Sound design and produced by Thom Baily. Executive produced by Philip von Zweck and John Wanzel.

Hour of the Robots originally aired on July 18, 2004 live to air on WLUW 88.7 Chicago.

Blind Spot (2004-2006): a weekly live experimental radio program exploring sound collage, performance, music, improvisation, and field recordings as a broadcast form.