Serendipity here..

I was just listening to the BBC (Because Radio France International English service employees have been on strike for 2 months...I support the strike, but miss my RFI)

And they are engaged in a program called "Save Our Sounds" which is recording and cataloging sounds that have or are disappearing. One was the sound of a manual typewriter. Others were dot matrix printers.

I wrote about how in the U.S. the sound of church bells have pretty much disappeared, due to various noise ordinances. I have not actually heard a church bell for over 30 years.

I was informed that this is not the case in "secular" Europe, in an exchange of emails with the program moderator. In London, people are wakened by the tolling of various bells (a bit too early for their liking)

Which brings me to the point.

A K&K of the sounds of Paris, on location, rather than at the "Not Coffee Table Studio" might be very interesting.

OOooooooh this is SO interesting... ESPECIALLY because the last two tourist tips (touristtips.katiaandkyliemac.com) were recorded outside, in a park next to Notre Dame, and you can really hear the "sounds of paris"! We love love love the idea of doing stuff "on location" with the city moving around us! In fact, I'll let you in on a little secret.... you should be hearing more of this in the future ;)

I'll be waiting for it!

In the states, go to Charleston, SC. There are churches everywhere and bells every 15 minutes from 8am to 7pm. It actually gets kind of annoying!

But that is a really cool idea, and I love the on location stuff!!

I am going to visit Charleston in a few months for a small much needed vacation. I will have to listen for the bells.

But at least I convinced my girlfriend to take our next Euopean vacation in Paris. I had originally convinced her that the South of Spain was a very nice place, because I spent a lot of time there and she has not, but now Paris is on for the next chance we get a couple of weeks.