Noise Diary 003: Volcanic Doom!

You might have heard that there's some kind of goddamn Volcano going on in Iceland.

©Marco Fulle, via Astronomy Picture of the Day

Good old Silent Listening has just the sounds for us:

Suffice to say that it was a bone-chilling and mesmerizing experience which is not really carried along with this uncompressed and raw sound recording if heard at normal level – so please turn up the volume for a bigger effect (and imgine the smell of sulfer crawling up your nose)…

Andreas Bick - Mt. Yasur (2004)


And because a) I can and b) "Mother Earth" is today's fucking buzzword

Happy Earth Day: LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)

Live Show Log 001: Amanda Fucking Palmer in Reykjavik

Dresden Dolls - Missed Me (2002): performed yesterday by Amanda Fucking Palmer in Reykjavik at a Volcanic Ash Sekrit Ninja Gig while her flight was grounded, recorded by Whitechapellian Iceland Bob:

Towards the end she broke the piano and nearly blew up the PA system (screaming “I´M A VOLCANO!”), before bringing it all to a close with a soft rendition of Leonard Cohen´s “Hallelujah”.