Blog: Listening Post - Wired Blogs

Drag racing aficionados Cole Coonce and Ikky Shivers of Nitronic Research, formerly known as "the thinking man's drag racing site" before it went offline in '03, have returned with an album made of field recordings from the drag racing world and surf music. It wasn't easy. "I loaded up consoles, mics, cables and tape machines into the hatchback of a Japanese car, drove to drag strips here and yon, and ran mic cable up and down the length of the track to get these sounds," explained Coonce via e-mail. "The project was an homage to the [...]