{"id":448,"date":"2009-08-12T08:43:34","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T15:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2010-10-02T19:07:53","modified_gmt":"2010-10-03T02:07:53","slug":"thrift-store-sounds-shoe-stretcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/12\/thrift-store-sounds-shoe-stretcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrift Store Sounds: Shoe Stretcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_461\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-461\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-461\" title=\"Shoe Stretcher\" src=\"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/shoestretcher.jpg\" alt=\"Shoe stretchers are vocal little artifacts.\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/shoestretcher.jpg 280w, https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/shoestretcher-145x145.jpg 145w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shoe stretchers are vocal little artifacts.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m always looking for weird things that make noise. Some artists dig in crates for rare vinyl, but I dig for fresh sounds at the thrift store.<\/p>\n<p>If I have one primary skill in life, it&#8217;s not being afraid to look or act like an idiot in public. This pays off big time as I go into a thrift store, start handling the merchandise, putting it up to my ear, and then handling an item like I intend to break it. Rinse, repeat. I must be a bundle of fun to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <em>Thrift Store Sound<\/em> &#8211; the first in an occasional series! &#8211; come from the humble shoe stretcher. At the local <a title=\"Yep, they have a website!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thrifttown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thrift Town<\/a> in San Francisco&#8217;s Mission District, there&#8217;s a whole box full of them. As soon as I handled one, I looked at its components and realized the possibilities: Multiple springs under tension, a metal joint\/ratchet, and several wooden parts, all put together loosely. This curio had a whole language it could speak, if only someone would record it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[soundcloud url=&#8221;http:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/5764080&#8243; params=&#8221;show_comments=true&#038;auto_play=false&#038;color=ee0000&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; height=&#8221;81&#8243; ]<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">[OktavaMod MK012 mic with cardioid capsule into Sound Devices 702 recorder]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m always looking for weird things that make noise. Some artists dig in crates for rare vinyl, but I dig for fresh sounds at the thrift store. If I have one primary skill in life, it&#8217;s not being afraid to look or act like an idiot in public. This pays off big time as I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63,4],"tags":[62,60,321,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1844,"href":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/1844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}