INTERNATIONAL NOISE AWARENESS DAY

April 16, 2008

HEAR FOR THE FUTURE

Join us, and nations all over the world at

Twisted Village 12b Eliot St. Cambridge


Beginning at 2 pm on Wednesday, April 16th:

•In-Store hearing tests administered on an audiometer

•International Minute of Silence 2:15 – 2:16 local time

•8 pm Concert – Brendan Murray, Asher, Jed Speare

The concert at 8pm will feature an investigation into the earliest known recording, from 1860, predating Edison’s by 28 years. A recent article in the NY Times on Edourard-Leon Scott de Martinville’s phonautogram included the sound file of this recently played-back recording. (To read the article and listen to the sound file, go here.) Brendan Murray, Asher, and Jed Speare will exclusively source this recording as the form-building basis for their concert, signaling a clear intent to transform. While juxtaposed within the confines of Twisted Village’s aeons and multitudes of recorded sound, this pause for reflection, of 148 years, beckons new sonic awareness, here for the future.

(from the League of the Hard of Hearing)

Recipe for A Quiet Diet

Take these few, simple steps to preserve the peace and quiet in your life:

ALL DAY:

Pay attention to the noises you make and respect your neighbor's right to peace and quiet.

Turn down the volume two notches on your radios and personal stereo systems with headphones.

Turn down the volume one notch on your television.

Do NOT honk your horn, except in the case of imminent danger.

Do NOT tip cab drivers who honk their horns illegally.

Avoid noisy sports events, restaurants, rock concerts and nightclubs unless you use hearing protection.

Replace noisy activities with quiet ones such as taking a walk, visits to libraries and museums.

Ask your health club instructor to lower the music.

Ask the movie theater manager to turn down the volume.

Wear adequate hearing protection if you must be in a noisy environment (the subway, mowing the lawn)

Turn off the television during dinner and have a quiet conversation instead.

Get a free hearing screening.

Organize a town meeting to review (or develop) a local, enforceable noise ordinance.

Participate in the Noise Center's letter writing campaign to reestablish the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Noise Abatement & Control.

Spread the word about the danger of noise,

and remember... OBSERVE ONE MINUTE OF NO NOISE FROM 2:15-2:16 P.M (regardless of location)