Michael Gallagher http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk Explorations in sound, space, music and geography Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:17:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Risky engagements: some thoughts on geography and art http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/683 http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/683#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:41:47 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/?p=683 Bookmark and Share I'm uploading some audio clips from a recent presentation I gave at an event on 'Risky engagements: encounters between science, art and public health'. This took place at the University of Manchester and the Whitworth Art Gallery, 5th-6th January 201]]> http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/683/feed 0 Send/Receive: a film about experimental music http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/671 http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/671#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:45:51 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/?p=671 Bookmark and Share Some friends of mine recently made a documentary about DIY/noise/experimental music/sound. It involves interviews with, and live footage of, musicians based in the central belt of Scotland, mainly Glasgow, but I have a strong sense that there are sim]]> http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/671/feed 0 Roxstedy http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/575 http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/575#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:31:56 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/?p=575 Bookmark and Share Here's something I saw in Edinburgh recently: Looking at the age range, it seems they want someone for an 80s style band who was born between 1983 and 1993. In other words, someone who, at best, would have only early childhood memories of ]]> http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/575/feed 0 Babylon shall fall http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/585 http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/585#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:20:47 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/?p=585 Bookmark and Share Where to start? Perhaps with my sense that the sheer accumulation of dramatic events, both in the UK and far beyond, demands some kind of response from an academic in my position. And a growing concern that my research interests in sound and audio me]]> http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/585/feed 0 Chris Watson workshop audio http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/568 http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/568#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:01:40 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/?p=568 Bookmark and Share Jonathan Prior and I have produced a five minute audio piece documenting the workshop led by Chris Watson earlier this year. It's a mixture of recordings we made on our trip out to the seaside at North Berwick and a few clips from an interview we did]]> http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/568/feed 1 27,000 people running down my road http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/553 http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/553#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:43:35 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/?p=553 Bookmark and Share I live on the route of the Edinburgh Marathon, so a few weeks ago I had the opportunity to see and hear around 27,000 people running down my road. Here's a recording made from my window: [audio:http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/wp-content/uplo]]> http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/553/feed 0 Event: the uses and abuses of field recordings http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/558 http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/558#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:44:29 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/?p=558 Bookmark and Share This is a little late notice, but I'll be presenting at an event at CRiSAP (Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice) in London tomorrow. Info as follows: the uses and abuses of field recording June 9th, 2011, 3pm to 6pm Podium Lecture Theatre]]> http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/558/feed 0 London Sound Survey; bird sound archive; drone gig http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/534 http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/534#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 10:42:00 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/?p=534 Bookmark and Share A few things that might be of interest: An interview with Ian Rawes, who runs the excellent London Sound Survey, an archive of field recordings made in and around London. Read the full interview here. There are some recordings from the London Sou]]> http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/534/feed 0 Desert Island Discs http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/522 http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/522#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 12:39:27 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/?p=522 Bookmark and Share Debby Harry was on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island discs this morning. For anyone who isn't familiar with the show, each week a different guest is asked to choose eight pieces of music that they would take with them if they were going to be a castawa]]> http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/522/feed 0 Wish You Were Here http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/507 http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/507#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 14:09:20 +0000 Michael http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/?p=507 Bookmark and Share In January this year whilst visiting London, I found myself inside the Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush on a Saturday lunchtime. It's one of those flagship biggest-shopping-centre-in-the-UK developments, a 1.6 billion-pound retail cat]]> http://www.michaelgallagher.co.uk/archives/507/feed 1