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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: Julian Rhinehart. Timecode In: 00:00:04. Timecode out: 00:45:56. Notes: Hoover Dam. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Pat Flanagan. Timecode In: 00:57:41. Timecode out: 01:07:52. Notes: Tijuana Estuary. Subject 3: (Interview). Subtitle: P. Flanagan, O. Gonzales, K. Sturdevan. Timecode In: 01:37:33. Timecode out: 02:00:36. Notes: Pat Flanagan, Oscar Gonzales, Kip Sturdevan; Tijuana Estuary. Habitat: ; ; Urban, ; ; Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Stereo; Neumann RSM 190; Neumann KMR 81; B&K 4006 Omni mics. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS WESTERN WATER LOG TAPE 2 JR = Julian Rhinehart PF =Pat Flanagan OG = Oscar Gonzales KS = Kip Sturdevan :01 JR .. HOOVER DAM .. THIS WILL BE THE ROAR OF THE WATER GOING INTO THE SCORLL CASES ... WITH THE TURBINE RUNNERS INSIDE .. :15 .. INSIDE SOUND BEGINS ?? SOME VOICE IN BACK :26 START TO HEAR ROAR .. JR STILL TALKING .. ROAR GRADUALLY INTENSIFIES GET .. AROUND :53 GETS INTENSE ****(THE FOLLOWING STUFF IS SORT OF COOL .. JUST TO GIVE A SENSE OF PLACE .. BUT AMBY MIGHT BE TOO LOUD) 1:06 JR: IF YOU WANT TO ENVISION .. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SIDE OF A GIANT CAN .. THE INSIDE OF WHICH HAS A TURBINE RUNNER .. THE NOISE YOU HEAR IS WATER RUSHING THRU THE BLADES OF THE TURBINE RUNNER SPINNING THE SHAFT OF THE GENERATORS ABOVE US AND BEING DISCHARGED INTO THE TAIL RACE IMMEIDIATELY DOWN STREAM OF DAM GARY ASKS WHAT WOULD HAPEN IF YOU TURNED NOB .HE SAYS I'M NOT GOING TO LN: IS THERE WATER RIGHT BEHIND THE DOOR ? JR. THERE IS WATER .. BUT IN ADDITION TO NOB THERE IS BOLTS .. NOB USED IN ADDITION TO BOLTS .. ***LN: HOW MUCH WATER IS RUSHING THRU THERE? JR: PROBABLY BETWEEN 2 AND THREE THOUSAND CUBIC FEET PER SECOND .. LN: IN GALLONS JR: ONE CUBIC FOOT PER SECOND IS EQUIVALENT TO SEVEN AND A HALF GALLONS 2:16 TALKING ENDS .. AMBY BEGINS ***3:19 AMBY STARTS TO CHANGE SOMEWHAT .. BY ABOUT 3:25 OR SO CHANGE IS DISTINCT .. SOUND IS INCREDIBLE .. GOOD STEREO EFFECT .. SOUNDS LIKE THE JET OF AN AIRPLANE .. BY ABOUT 4:00 IT SEEMS TO GET QUIETER AGAIN 6:10 DRIPPING WATER SOUND WITH ROAR IN BACKGROUND 7:01 .. LEO AND GARY INCRIMINATE THEMSELVES AGAIN 9:45 .. WE CATCH A TOUR .. CAN HEAR THE TOUR GUIDE'S SPIEL .. SOME ROAR OF DAM IN BACKGROUND .. GOES ON FOR WHILE .. NOT TERRIBY INTERESTING ... COULD POSSIBLY BE POSTED REAL QUICKLY THEN USED AS AMBY .. 13: 07 .. SPIEL ENDS .. "THIS WAY PLEASE .. WATCH YOUR STEP .. " PRESUMABLY WE JOIN THE FOLKS ON TOUR BUT FOOTSTEPS ARE BARELY AUDIBLE AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE TALKING MUCH .. EXTREMELY QUIET FOR A CROWD SCENE .. ***15:25 .. BEGIN TO HEAR SOME FOOTSTEPS .. VOICES .. KID OF ECHOEY .. SOME ROAR IN THE BACKGROUND .. 16:45 .. ROAR GETS MORE DISTINCT .. A FEW SECONDS LATER .. GUY BEGINS SPIEL AGAIN ... 23:35 (WE TALK ABOUT WHERE WE WERE ... INSIDE A PIPE THAT WAS USED TO DIVERT WATER SO DAM COULD BE BUILT .. WE WERE LOOKING AT A PIPE WITHIN THAT PIPE .. THE PIPE WITHIN THAT PIPE FILLED WITH WATER EN ROUTE TO POWER PLANT) 24:14 LEO DECLARES THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE TO BE "FAHHSCINATING" .. 25:00 AMBI OF A TOUR IN THE BACKGROUND .. 27:25 GARY AND LEO CONTEMPLATE SEX IN THE DAM .. 28:55 QUIET AMBI .. NEAR ELEVATOR? SOME VOICES IN BACKGROUND .. **29:16 GUARD: "DOWN THIS WAY PLEASE .. JOIN OTHER GROUP ETC" .. VOICES, FOOTSTEPS .. 30:32 .. WE ENTER THE EERIE CHAMBER .. JR: IF YOU LOOK UP FACE OF DAM THERE ARE FOUR VENTS .. THIS IS ONE OF THE VENTS .. YOU CAN LOOK OUT IF YOU WISH .. 31:00 FOOTSTEPS 31:35 .. WE REACH END .. WE ARE ALL AMAZED .. JR DESCRIBES WHERE WE ARE: WE ARE IN ONEOF THE INSPECTION GALLERIES .. AS WE GO DOWN CORRIDOR YO WILL SEE INSCRIOTIONS ON WALL .. ENGINEERING GRAFFITTI .. THEY DEVELOPEDA NEW CONCRETER CURING PROCESS HERE .. WANTED TO SEE HOW IT WORKED SO THEY CAME BACK SEVERAL YEAR LATER AND THEY MEASURED CRACKS ON WALL .. CHECKED ... (Notes truncated)
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- 3 Jun 2005 - Ben Brotman
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- 3 Jun 2005 - Ben Brotman