Out Like a Lamb
ISSUE #48
*sunrise over sodden beams across the bar floor, splinters stir with foraging rodents*
*kicks aside twisted mic stand, wipes broken reading glasses on blood-stained khakis*
If anybody's interested, we'll be getting breakfast at Huddle House in about half an hour. If you need to sleep here, feel free. DJ, could you please play "Soothe Songs."
*gingerly picks up mangled banner spelling "V•tn lo•e, Jel"*
Irv Teibel, who released the influential Environments records over ten years from 1969–79, was a pioneer in putting field recordings (i.e., nature sounds) into the hands of stressed-out college students and, eventually, anyone who needed to drown out all the noise. Turns out that was a lot of people.