Introducing Irony by Maxwell Bodenheim (1892 - 1954).
Volunteers outside the USA: Maxwell Bodenheim died in 1954. His work is still protected by copyright in places, like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years.
Maxwell Bodenheim was once known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians after moving to New York from Chicago where he was one of the founders of the The Chicago Literary Times. But his life took a downward spiral and he became a panhandler and led a desultory life, finally ending in his murder, along with his third wife, in a Bronx apartment.
The title of this book characterizes the tone of these 22 poems and 10 small stories, full of dark cynicism and twisted irony, with titles such as Seaweed from Mars and Insanity.
( Larry Wilson)
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Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
DURING recording:
• No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
• At the beginning of the recording, read the abbreviated "LibriVox disclaimer":
"[Poem title], by Maxwell Bodenheim, read for LibriVox.org" by [your name] or some variation on that, adding date, location, your personal URL, etc., if you wish.
• Then read the poem.
• At the end, say: "End of poem. This recording is in the public domain." [For 23-32 say, End of STORY. This recording is in the public domain." and leave five seconds of silence.
At the end of the book, say, "End of Introducing Irony by Maxwell Bodenheim"
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
Please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!
Please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!
AFTER recording Need noise-cleaning?
Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some constant background noise (hiss/buzz), you may want to clean it up a bit. The latest version of Audacity is recommended for noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide. Save files as
128 kbps MP3
irony_##_bodenheim_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. irony_01_bodenheim_128kb.mp3)
Example ID3 V2 tags
(To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/What_is_ID3)
Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!
Artist: Maxwell Bodenheim
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: Introducing Irony
Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.
Transfer of files (completed recordings) Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.
Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: alg1001
When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
Hi Larry,
I'm onboard as MC. The mw is ready now.
Cheers!
Amy
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
alg1001 wrote: ↑October 21st, 2019, 5:37 pm
Hi Larry,
I'm onboard as MC. The mw is ready now.
Cheers!
Amy
Thanks so much, Amy!
I do have a question for you.
I've put in the short disclaimer, but we have the little stories at the end that aren't poems. Do you think we should do the standard disclaimer for these?
MW is filled in and we are ready for a DPL and Readers!
I do have a question for you.
I've put in the short disclaimer, but we have the little stories at the end that aren't poems. Do you think we should do the standard disclaimer for these?
For consistency I think the short disclaimer should be used.
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
can I claim 23, Insanity?