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Rebel Notion No. 9
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My Sound Art, Experimental Station
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Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0039 Thanksgiving Drumming Tent – Prince Edward County
Dec 1Tap to summarizeThanksgiving Weekend – Percussion Tent at Oeno Park. Prince Edward County. On October 11, after a wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving dinner, the family all headed out to the event Lit Up: Oeno after Dark at the Oeno sculpture park. It was a little chilly, but not too chilly to hang out and be part of the drumming circle in the drumming tent. It was hosted by interactive percussionist, Jesse Stewart. He provided bespoke instruments that invited exploration. From ages 2 to 102, everyone entering the tent tried their hand at making a beat. See what you think as you listen to my soundscape of one of the many groups that gathered in the tent that night. It starts a little haphazard until a beat is finally found. Listen here: Oeno Percussion Circle Soundscape: 6mb 3m44s Hardware and Software Used: Zoom H4 Recorder in 2 channel surround sound, Windows 11, Audacity 3.7.4
Transcribe →Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0038 Thank You for Your Protection
Aug 3Tap to summarizeA Rubber Strap Wrench ™ https://ninjaradio.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/0038rebelnotion9formyprotection.mp3Thank You for Your Protection1There’s a single serving size Of a yogurt smoothie. Peach andMangoThat fliesOff the shelvesAt any price.By far the Bestseller.It’s only conjecture on my part,Its similarity to Mango Lassi,In texture and in taste,Divine.Ready now to crack open This cool one,There is resistanceIn the form of tough plasticTo protect me, I remind myself, as myNails, Evolutionarily made for tasks of this type, Scrape impotently at the plastic,That protects me From the man who put poison in the TylenolBottle.The origin of the price we pay For our continued well-being And role as loyal paying customers of The best drink i’ve ever had that tastes like Mango Lassi Without being Mango Lassi.Pull down when you finally find the perforationAnd sort of presto but but butNot so easy and not so fast or bits of plastic willBe in shreds everywhere. Finally! The cap! Revealed! Don’t think I am ungrateful.Though it is automatic to repeat the mantra,“Thank you for protecting me from the man who puts poison in the Tylenol”2I cannot turn the capHow much more protection could my benefactorBestow? Only Hercules can twist this capBut as I am not ungratefulI say to it, “Thank you for your protection once again”It’s a careful ballet this twisting of the cap.Dry handsWill not succeedThe towel Dry or damp.Will not workThat rubber flexible mat?The size of a trivetWith a drawing of a kangaroo, And a map of Australia thatContours nicely over the capWill still fail.There is a final device.I don’t want to use it.The Rubber Strap Wrench®The rubber strap wrench always amplifies the strength of the userIt’s physics, the scientists saySo knows the implement. It confirms I’m not all that After all.Am I?But it also knows that there is a High percentage of a certain chance That the floor and ceiling may see more Of my precious Mango Lassi substitute Than my taste buds will If the strap wins over all The other kitchen gadgets.Its yellow handle mocks me. It smiles at meSneering as I Wrap the strap around the cap And lock it in place.Anchor myself. For leverage.To the counter. Twist.For my own protection. - May 2025 Ninja Notion
Transcribe →Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0037 Late Afternoon Summer Rain
Jul 14, 2025Tap to summarizeA Bus Detours Up Our Street (AI Image created by Ninja on NIghtcafe) On a hot summer late afternoon, a city bus detours up our street. It is raining steadily and a plane flies by overhead. This soundscape is best listened to in a quiet environment with headphones on. Hardware and Software Used: Zoom H4 Recorder in 2 channel surround sound, Windows 11, Audacity 3.7.4
Transcribe →Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0036 Duck, Geese and Swan on the Bay
Feb 20, 2025Tap to summarizeDuck, Geese, and Swan on Wellington Bay, Wellington, Ontario On Christmas day 2024, Special K and I took a stroll around the bay in Wellington Ontario in the beautiful County of Prince Edward. The only people around were the two of us, so my soundscape is pure Canadian Anatidae. It was difficult to determine which ones were duck geese or swan. Though I think all these types of Anatidae were present, ducks quack, geese honk. and swan make a trumpet sound. Listen and see what you think. Ducks, Geese and Swan on the Bay: 5mb 2mins0sec Geese on the Ice, Wellington Bay, Wellington, Ontario Hardware and Software Used: Samsung S22 for recording and photos, Windows 11, Audacity 3.7.1, Best listened to with headphones.
Transcribe →Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0035 A Dark Poem (Instead of Washing the Dishes)
Dec 16, 2024Tap to summarizeA Joyful Runner (AI Generated Image) Listen : 3m14s I cut my finger, accidentally, at lunch. It was against our very sharp, never used, vegetable peeler, in the drawer. I was reaching for the meat thermometer. Seems like the protective cover came off or one of us nudged it off. I am such a baby. I bled for a while. A lot. And then we went to a closed walk-in clinic. Thinking stitches? I get it. Not enough doctors out there. Thankless job. Be a specialist.A little after we got back home, the bleeding slowed down. We dressed it. In thoseSteri-strips that simulate stitches. All the while me being a fucking baby. Because I don’t want it to get infected. Suppressed immune system. It is no one’s fault. Shit happens. I mean, fuck, we put the peeler in its protective plastic sheath. It must have come off,to effortlessly, slice into my finger like I was soft melon. I could almost hear the flesh object.I knew instantly it was that fucker! But then, realizing I was mad at an inanimate agentless object, focused on the blood sliding over my finger and put it under running water to expel whatever bacteria and metal was trying to invade my bloodstream. Run you fucking white blood cells and platelets!Run! You have a job to do! I fucking love platelets. So handy. It took an hour to finally clot. Maybe a little more because, I was being a baby. I am so bummed out, But you know, this is me going back to being me. Tapering off prednisone. No question. It altered my brain chemistry. Temporarily. I had a strange and wonderful experience, if only for a few weeks, my mind full of clarity and a singular sense of purpose that matters, and if even if it doesn’t matter, it matters to me. So much hope and love. It was a cocktail of joyI had never drunk. Something new. I was grateful for everything in my life, was extra gentle with myself. I even had a run of nights where I went to sleep excited about what the next day might bring. It is fleetingly rare to feel such anticipation about the promise of tomorrow. My life felt very special and precious. Every moment felt special and precious. I felt like, c’mon world, show me what you got! It hasn’t lasted. I guess I should do those dishes. ——– Equipment used: ASUS mixer, Apex Microphone, Windows 11, Audacity 3.7.1 With a shoutout to Kaz (@artbykaz.ca insta and threads) who reminded me that poetry is important too.
Transcribe →Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0034 The Air Show as Heard from Midtown
Sep 19, 2023Tap to summarizeThe CNE, otherwise known as the Canadian National Exhibition, runs for a little over two weeks at the end of the summer. The grounds are very near the northern shore of Lake Ontario in Toronto, about one to two kilometres away. One of the highlights of the CNE is the Air Show that features U.S. and Canadian Forces jets and planes. Sitting on the border of downtown and midtown in Toronto gave the neighbourhood a good chance to see the roaring jets flying overhead. Amid the cicadas, birds, insects, and random comments, the jets drowned out nature. Have a listen to the sound scene I captured of the air show overhead on its second to last afternoon, ahead of Labour Day 2023. Best listened in a quiet room with headphones. Listen Here: 12.1mb 05m05s https://ninjaradio.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/0034rebelnotion9cneairshow.mp3 U.S Navy Blue Angels F18 Super Hornets Hardware and Software: Zoom H4 Recorder in 4 channel surround sound, Windows 11, Audacity 3.1.3, Samsung s22 Ultra for photos. Best listened to on headphones.
Transcribe →Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0033 After the Garden Tour
Jun 21, 2023Tap to summarizeThe garden tour is finally done. Peaceful, but not quiet, the bullfrogs, insects and birds are settling in for the night on June 13, 2023, 9:00 pm. A Picton Garden, Prince Edward County, Ontario Listen Here: After The Garden Show (13mb 5m34s) https://ninjaradio.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/0033rebelnotion9afterthegardenshow.mp3 Hardware and Software: iPhone 12, Windows 11, Audacity 3.3.3. Original recording by L.E.E., postproduction editing by Ninja Notion. Best listened to with headphones. A Picton Garden, Prince Edward County, Ontario
Transcribe →Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0032 – Série Pandémique – International Drumming Festival
Jul 18, 2022Tap to summarizeMaracatu Mar Aberto at the International Drumming Festival at Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Oct 17, 2021 On October 17, 2021 an International Drumming Festival was held at the Wychwood Barns in heart of what we now call midtown Toronto. Mostly, a cool and windy day, later in the afternoon, it rained which ultimately drove Special K and I home. But before we left I captured soundscene audio of some of the performances, presented here for your enjoyment. Here’s the festival’s website: https://www.rootsmusic.ca/2021/10/29/muhtadi-international-drumming-festival-oct-17-at-wychwood-barns-toronto/ Listen right here (17mb 7min9sec) : https://ninjaradio.files.wordpress.com/2022/07/0032rebelnotion9intnldrummingfest.mp3 T-Dot Batu at the International Drumming Festival Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Oct 17, 2021 Hardware and Software: Zoom H4 Recorder in 2 channel surround sound, Windows 11, Audacity 3.1.3, Hauwei P30 for photos. Best listened to on headphones.
Transcribe →Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0031 – Série Pandémique – An Omicron New Year
Jan 30, 2022Tap to summarizeA spectacular cacaphony of fireworks heralded in the New Year on Jan 1 2022. We couldn’t watch them in person. But we could certainly hear them as we stood outside with a small collection of other neighbours. https://ninjaradio.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/0031rebelnotion9anomicronnewyear-1.mp3 Best listened to with headphones. Hardware and Software: Zoom H4 Recorder, Windows 11, Audacity 3.1.0, Canon camera.
Transcribe →Rebel Notion No. 9 – 0030 – Série Pandémique – Inglis Falls, Owen Sound
Nov 5, 2021Tap to summarizeInglis Falls, Owen Sound September 2021 There were two families at the falls while we were there. Two of the boys, who had been running back and forth around the lookout point, stopped when they saw me taking pictures. I saw them out of the corner of my eye. They seemed curious about me, but when I turned around to look back at them, they scooted off as fast as the cascade of water. Inglis Falls in Owen Sound is a tourist attraction that no doubt saw many less people over the last two years. Have a listen to the rushing water. Best listened to in a quiet location with headphones. A Walk Around Inglis Falls (3m48s) https://ninjaradio.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/0030rebelnotion9inglisfallsowensound.mp3 Hardware and Software: Zoom H4 Recorder, Windows 10, Audacity 3.0.2, Hauwei P30 (for photos). Inglis Falls, Owen Sound
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