This section includes news clips from current online press resources and news archives related to acoustic ecology. Submission of press clippings by readers is most welcome.

Bill Fontanta Sound Art Interview. The Other Minds foundation continues to upload to archive.org, the Internet Archive, an incredible recorded history of contemporary music, most recent among the uploads an interview, along with musical examples, with Bill Fontana, one of the original sound artists. The sounds in the pieces he discusses were sourced from, among other natural and man-made resources, the Danube and a selection of songbirds.
Says Fontana, "What I’ve been interested in with sound recording is as much the way a photographer might try to render visual form with a camera, I’ve been trying to notate or render musical form with a tape recorder." The interview dates from 1990 and was conducted by OM head Charles Amirkhanian for the KPFA radio station (MP3). More info at archive.org and Fontana’s homepage, resoundings.org. (Marc Weidenbaum).

David Rothenberg Serenading Belugas in the White Sea (Orion).The beluga whale, whose name means “the white one” in Russian, might be one of the best species to try to make music with. Called sea canaries by sailors who frequented the Arctic regions, their wide range of whistles, clicks, and buzzes is far more diverse than the vocalizations of dolphins, whose sounds and behavior have been studied the most. Read More.

Noise Annoys. (BBC) We live in a society with a growing aversion to the emptiness that comes not just with silence but, more generally, with a fear of not knowing what to say. Read Article.

Artists seeking sounds of Newcastle suburbs. (1233 ABC Newcastle) The early morning screech of a cockatoo, or the repetitive dink-dink-dink from a nearby scrap metal dealer is no longer the only thing standing between you and suburban tranquility.Read Article.

Airplane noise tied to high blood pressure risk. (Reuters). People who live near airports may have an elevated risk of high blood pressure due to noise pollution, a Swedish study suggests. Read Article

Study makes noises on bird song. (BBC) Researchers at Aberdeen University will spend two years listening to birds to find out how their songs, calls and cries become a part of people's lives. Read Article.

WSEAS Creates a collaborators forum. (WSEAS) The World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society has created an online forum where you can upload your announcements for: academic jobs, projects, research, faculty positions, ph.d. positions research opportunities, books, theses, etc.Visit this forum online.

Wailers for hire to mourn the dead in Taiwan. (Reuters) Across the world, the wealthy have chauffeurs to shuttle them around, advisers to manage their money and in Taiwan, professionals to help mourn their dead. Read Article.

Want some peace at Glastonbury? try silent disco. (Reuters) Britain's Glastonbury music festival, known for its mind-crushing sounds and high volume intensity, has a solution not to annoy its rural neighbors after midnight by providing a silent disco. (Read Article)

Baby Birds' Efforts to Outshout City Noise May Take Toll. (National Geographic) Screeching brakes, wailing sirens, blaring music, roaring jets—the constant din of city noise is enough to drive some of us to distraction. But what of the birds that must share our increasingly motorized world? Can they make themselves heard? Read Article.

Ear to the Earth Network Established. Ear to the Earth Network is an international network of musicians, composers, sound artists, visual artists, scientists, environmental activists, and members of the public who are concerned about the environment.
     The activities of the Network include an annual festival of environmental sound, images, and multimedia in New York City. The Network also produces forums and other events, fosters research and documentation, and enables an exchange of information, sounds, materials, and ideas within a growing community worldwide. And by providing access to the sounds of the world, the Network provides a vehicle for paying ongoing attention to the state of the world.
Visit the site. Listen to a singing jaguar. Listen to the soundscapes of the Bosavi Rainforest in Papua New Guinea, Glacier Bay National Park, and Kits Beach in Vancouver. Listen to the sound of the Kauai 'O'o, an extinct Hawaiian bird. And listen to a composition by David Monacchi based on water sounds. Read the blog entries and go through the articles in the RESOURCES section. Join today. Visit the join-us page to participate.