MF2009 featured performer Gregory Whitehead’s recent radio opus entitled “Bring Me the Head of Philip K Dick” will be featured on BBC Radio 3 this Sunday (3/8) at 8 pm GMT or 3 pm EST; it will be also available online for the entire week following. From the BBC website (see link for the cast list):

“Gregory Whitehead’s dark, surreal and satirical drama, set in contemporary America, centres on a deadly futuristic weapon in the shape of the android head of science-fiction writer Philip K Dick. Invented by a shadowy research unit inside the Pentagon, the head - which believes it actually is Dick himself - is wreaking havoc on society and must be stopped before it finds its body.”

And from GW himself: “Featuring extraordinary performances from my Berkshire ensemble, and stunning music by Nick Zammuto and Laura Wiens.”

Via Today and Tomorrow.net, two conceptually opposite projects:

First, a nifty flash tool from Ze Frank, used for creating drawings with sound. Low volume to turn counter-clockwise, medium to go straight, and high to turn clockwise. Try it out here.

And second, an installation from Amit Pitaru called the Sonic Wire Sculpture. Unfortunately, you can’t use it online, but there is a nice demonstration video below (it gets especially interesting towards the end):

Here’s something fun. A very thoughtful YouTube user uploaded a 2003 documentary about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, complete with archival footage of Dr. Who theme composer and my longtime steady girlfriend Delia Derbyshire.

Watch it before those mean old YouTube admins take it down. Parts two through six after the jump.

Part one:

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The New England Phonographers Union is a mix of local sound artists and field recordists who together work with untreated and unprocessed recording of the rich and diverse sounds available in rural and urban environments and everyday life. They perform this Thursday at the Axiom Gallery in JP.

The first part of the event is a live, in-progress investigation of the sound environment in and around Axiom’s locale. There will be a short break and then a second part will commence of edited sound sequences ordered and then sourced in improvisation as an ensemble.

This coming Friday sound artist and unconventional percussionist Jarrod Fowler (not that Jarrod Fowler) will throw a CD release party for his new release “‘percussion’ as percussion”. The Pierre Menard Gallery in Harvard Sq., Cambridge will host this free event: come on by to enjoy works by Fowler, JLIAT, Seth Kim-Cohen and more along with a special DJ set by DeloFi (OH). Tasty refreshments will be provided. And you might run into some of the Megapolis organizers too.

Susanna of Rare Frequency fame conducted this interview with Jarrod in 2007.