[Rumori] sort of an expanded, and smoother, 'Chart Sweep'

Steev Hise steev at detritus.net
Mon Jun 27 10:55:32 PDT 2005


hi all, If you remember discussions here of Hugo Keesing's 'Chart
Sweep', ( and if you don't, see
http://detritus.net/contact/rumori/200211/0090.html ) this might
be of interest:
 This guy in Florida, Mike Apsey, who happens to have been
friends with my father since they were in grade school (I got my
middle name from him, actually), has been doing similar collages
of hit songs, one for each year, starting from 1942. He's up to
1959 now. each one features dozens of songs (the latest has 107,
actually, and is about 25 minutes long), all ones that he claims
to remember. The collages are edited such that they are more
'suave' and easy to listen to than Chart Sweep, and the pace of
change is slower, of course. but still interesting as a sort of
musical anthropologic document.  Also it is another data point in
the continuing De Certeau-ian saga of what people are doing with
everyday pre-existing culture using what are now everyday tools.
not as 'art', not as intellectuals, just cuz it's fun and
interesting.  They also feature lots of songs you never hear on
"oldies" stations - it's stuff people of that generation actually
heard and remember, not the artificially created, calculated,
list of "hits" that the industry has come up with after the
fact.

here's his explanation of the project:
http://apsey.org/?p=610

here's the latest:
http://apsey.org/?p=626

clicking on the 'radio' category of his blog will get you links
to the rest, i think...
http://apsey.org/index.php?cat=22

I look forward to when he gets to the 80s and 90s.

enjoy,

smh

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