Radio Chthulucene 87.9 FM

Finishing up!

I’m quite excited to be finalizing my project and setting up the radio station. I’m sure everyone else feels the same way.

Something I did not enjoy at all was recording my voice. I dislike how my voice sounds in the first place, but recording myself speaking Spanish was an entirely daunting task. I have an accent that is not usually present when I speak Spanish regularly. In my recording, I sound a more like someone trying to speak Spanish rather than being a native speaker. Perhaps that adds to the overall message of my piece, though? The gradual loss of my native tongue? I do feel a little embarrassed at how I sound in my recording.

I’m in the process of editing my recording and finalizing everything (for example, getting the audio into the microSD card that I finally bought). It feels like torture having to hear my own voice over and over again as I edit, though. I have some videos of Taco from many years ago in which he was whining and barking, so I think I’ll utilize those in my audio. I also want to incorporate some music: I was thinking about using Mitski’s “I Bet on Losing Dogs” and/or “Over the Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. I listened to those songs religiously during my grieving period because they made me cry, and I’m someone that needs to just cry everything out to feel better. I based some of my lines within my work on Mitski’s song as well, so I think it fits perfectly.

Something that’s been on my mind is testing the project, and I plan to bring this up in class. How do we test that the radio is running correctly? Is there an app we need to use or do we need to obtain some sort of transmitter? I want to make sure my radio station is working before the exhibition period.