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Recordist's notes
At lunchtime during the In The Field symposium at the British Library I sat in the library cafe eating my ham and egg sandwich. Within seconds of pressing record a lady approached me and asked "Can we steal your chair". An interesting collection of words - 'we' as in not just her and 'steal' as in taking something that belongs to someone else. Recorded on iPhone 5 with 'iSaidWhat?!' App. Trimmed and saved in Audacity.
About the place
London is a city of about 8,961,989 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 171 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Smartphones. Phones have become surprisingly capable field recorders – many sound-map recordings were made on one.
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Sources & credits
- “British Library Cafe - Can We Steal Your Chair?” by Richard Fair – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0