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Nine songs on Searching Eye Records, paid for by mp3.com downloads.", "facet": "dream", "published": "2001", "headings": [ "Paid for by downloads", "Listen", "Conspiracies" ] }, { "route": "/transmissions/i-before-e/", "url": "https://www.sarth.net/transmissions/i-before-e/", "markdown": "https://www.sarth.net/transmissions/i-before-e/index.md", "title": "I Before E", "description": "I Before E, track six of Suspension by Number19, 2001, and Sarth Calhoun’s note ib4e and Robert Trujillo, written May 2022, as written.", "facet": "dream", "published": "2001", "headings": [ "The song" ] }, { "route": "/transmissions/through-the-brambles/", "url": "https://www.sarth.net/transmissions/through-the-brambles/", "markdown": "https://www.sarth.net/transmissions/through-the-brambles/index.md", "title": "Through the Brambles", "description": "Through the Brambles, the 360° VR film from Third Wall Studio directed by Jacob McCoy, May 2026, built inside Burlap from prompted 360° imagery.", "facet": "dream", "published": "2026-05-11", "headings": [ "How it was made" ] }, { "route": "/transmissions/introspections/", "url": "https://www.sarth.net/transmissions/introspections/", "markdown": "https://www.sarth.net/transmissions/introspections/index.md", "title": "Introspections", "description": "Introspections, Sarth Calhoun's improvised drone pieces from 2015 on Continuum and Kyma: For Lovers with Jacob McCoy, Sunset Meditation, and a Warper Party clip. Built on the meditation music made with Lou Reed and Metal Machine Trio.", "facet": "dream", "published": "2026-09-23", "headings": [ "For Lovers", "Sunset Meditation", "Warper Party, 2015", "Reflections", "Contemplations", "Conspiracies" ] }, { "route": "/transmissions/lou-reed-live-at-lollapalooza-2009/", "url": "https://www.sarth.net/transmissions/lou-reed-live-at-lollapalooza-2009/", "markdown": "https://www.sarth.net/transmissions/lou-reed-live-at-lollapalooza-2009/index.md", "title": "Lou Reed Live at Lollapalooza 2009", "description": "Lou Reed Live at Lollapalooza 2009, the official DVD of Reed's Grant Park set of August 9, 2009, with Sarth Calhoun on electronics and Continuum, Rob Wasserman on bass and Ulrich Krieger on saxophone. 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Sarth Calhoun of Reaktor with Michele Stone of Paramount, moderated by Ian Fosbery; the recording is on YouTube.", "facet": "message", "published": null, "headings": [ "The panel" ] }, { "route": "/rumors/", "url": "https://www.sarth.net/rumors/", "markdown": "https://www.sarth.net/rumors/index.md", "title": "Rumors", "description": "Press on Sarth Calhoun: Book of Sarth, Metal Machine Trio, Lulu, Lucibel Crater. Verbatim quotes. The Verge, New York Times, Billboard, Rolling Stone, The Wire.", "facet": null, "published": null, "headings": [ "Spine", "Book of Sarth", "Lucibel Crater", "Metal Machine Trio", "Lulu", "Books" ] }, { "route": "/devices/", "url": "https://www.sarth.net/devices/", "markdown": "https://www.sarth.net/devices/index.md", "title": "Devices", "description": "Physical objects on Sarth Calhoun’s table: Symbolic Sound Kyma, Haken Continuum Fingerboard, Ableton Live, Runway. Used in Metal Machine Trio, Lulu, Lucibel Crater, Book of Sarth, Burlap.", "facet": "machine", "published": null, "headings": [ "Symbolic Sound Kyma (Paca / Pacarana)", "Haken Continuum Fingerboard", "Ableton Live", "Runway", "Bass" ] }, { "route": "/citations/", "url": "https://www.sarth.net/citations/", "markdown": "https://www.sarth.net/citations/index.md", "title": "Citations", "description": "Every outbound citation on sarth.net, grouped by page, with a machine-readable JSON version for agents.", "facet": null, "published": "2026-09-22", "headings": [ "What first-party means here", "[Sarth Calhoun](/)", "[About](/about/)", "[Citations](/citations/)", "[Awakening (To Blacklist)](/conspiracies/awakening-to-blacklist/)", "[Book of Sarth](/conspiracies/book-of-sarth/)", "[Burlap](/conspiracies/burlap/)", "[The Creation of the Universe, ambisonic installation](/conspiracies/creation-of-the-universe-ambisonic/)", "[The Gralbum Collective](/conspiracies/gralbum-collective/)", "[Hidden Books, Hidden Stories](/conspiracies/hidden-books-hidden-stories/)", "[I Just Believe in Christmas](/conspiracies/i-just-believe-in-christmas/)", "[Ingather](/conspiracies/ingather/)", "[Junior Dad](/conspiracies/junior-dad/)", "[Lou Reed’s 2011 European tour](/conspiracies/lou-reed-2011-european-tour/)", "[Lou Reed’s song band](/conspiracies/lou-reed-song-band/)", "[Lou Reed spring 2008 U.S. tour](/conspiracies/lou-reed-spring-2008-tour/)", "[Lucibel Crater](/conspiracies/lucibel-crater/)", "[Lulu](/conspiracies/lulu/)", "[Metal Machine Trio](/conspiracies/metal-machine-trio/)", "[Number19](/conspiracies/number19/)", "[Poughkeepsie](/conspiracies/poughkeepsie/)", "[Power and Serenity](/conspiracies/power-and-serenity/)", "[Reflections, Vol. 1](/conspiracies/reflections-vol-1/)", "[Third Wall Studio](/conspiracies/third-wall-studio/)", "[Vivid LIVE 2010](/conspiracies/vivid-live/)", "[Yellow Pony](/conspiracies/yellow-pony/)", "[Adam Matta](/conspirators/adam-matta/)", "[Alex Wyly](/conspirators/alex-wyly/)", "[Andrew Beck](/conspirators/andrew-beck/)", "[Aram Bajakian](/conspirators/aram-bajakian/)", "[Billy Martin](/conspirators/billy-martin/)", "[Bora Yoon](/conspirators/bora-yoon/)", "[Carla Scaletti](/conspirators/carla-scaletti/)", "[Dominic Bouffard](/conspirators/dominic-bouffard/)", "[Doron Lev](/conspirators/doron-lev/)", "[Jacob McCoy](/conspirators/jacob-mccoy/)", "[Joe Kelly](/conspirators/joe-kelly/)", "[John Zorn](/conspirators/john-zorn/)", "[Jonathan Arons](/conspirators/jonathan-arons/)", "[Kevin Hearn](/conspirators/kevin-hearn/)", "[Kurt Hebel](/conspirators/kurt-hebel/)", "[Laurie Anderson](/conspirators/laurie-anderson/)", "[Leah Coloff](/conspirators/leah-coloff/)", "[Lippold Haken](/conspirators/lippold-haken/)", "[Lou Reed](/conspirators/lou-reed/)", "[Marc Ribot](/conspirators/marc-ribot/)", "[Marc Urselli](/conspirators/marc-urselli/)", "[Mark Righter](/conspirators/mark-righter/)", "[Metallica](/conspirators/metallica/)", "[Michael Patrick Flanagan Smith](/conspirators/michael-patrick-flanagan-smith/)", "[Mike Acerbo](/conspirators/mike-acerbo/)", "[Mike Rathke](/conspirators/mike-rathke/)", "[Moldover](/conspirators/moldover/)", "[Paul Chuffo](/conspirators/paul-chuffo/)", "[Phil Weinrobe](/conspirators/phil-weinrobe/)", "[Rich Kulsar](/conspirators/rich-kulsar/)", "[Rob Wasserman](/conspirators/rob-wasserman/)", "[Robert Wilson](/conspirators/robert-wilson/)", "[Savas](/conspirators/savas/)", "[Scott Hampton](/conspirators/scott-hampton/)", "[Shahzad Ismaily](/conspirators/shahzad-ismaily/)", "[Steve Hunter](/conspirators/steve-hunter/)", "[Stewart Hurwood](/conspirators/stewart-hurwood/)", "[Sxip Shirey](/conspirators/sxip-shirey/)", "[Tetiana Khodakivska](/conspirators/tetiana-khodakivska/)", "[Tony Diodore](/conspirators/tony-diodore/)", "[Tony “Thunder” Smith](/conspirators/tony-thunder-smith/)", "[Ulrich Krieger](/conspirators/ulrich-krieger/)", "[Contact](/contact/)", "[Contraptions](/contraptions/)", "[Devices](/devices/)", "[Rumors](/rumors/)", "[Sightings](/sightings/)", "[Reaktor Live, June 27, 2023](/sightings/reaktor-live-2023/)", "[Transmissions](/transmissions/)", "[Beautiful Tornado](/transmissions/beautiful-tornado/)", "[DuckDB, where have you been all my life](/transmissions/duckdb-where-have-you-been-all-my-life/)", "[External Tables, Partitions, CTEs, Window Functions, and Partitions](/transmissions/external-tables/)", "[Building on external tables](/transmissions/external-tables/building-on-external-tables/)", "[Current truth with window functions](/transmissions/external-tables/current-truth-with-window-functions/)", "[Defending the boundary](/transmissions/external-tables/defending-the-boundary/)", "[Living with the code](/transmissions/external-tables/living-with-the-code/)", "[Why append-only](/transmissions/external-tables/why-append-only/)", "[I Before E](/transmissions/i-before-e/)", "[Introspections](/transmissions/introspections/)", "[Lou Reed Live at Lollapalooza 2009](/transmissions/lou-reed-live-at-lollapalooza-2009/)", "[Peggy Sue](/transmissions/peggy-sue/)", "[Singles](/transmissions/singles/)", "[Solsbury Hill](/transmissions/solsbury-hill/)", "[SQL as the data language](/transmissions/sql-as-the-data-language/)", "[Suspension](/transmissions/suspension/)", "[The Creation of the Universe](/transmissions/the-creation-of-the-universe/)", "[The Family Album](/transmissions/the-family-album/)", "[Through the Brambles](/transmissions/through-the-brambles/)", "[Transmissions from the Book of Sarth](/transmissions/transmissions-from-the-book-of-sarth/)", "[Visual Reference Prompting](/transmissions/visual-reference-prompting/)", "[Why Python is the default for data work](/transmissions/why-python-is-the-default-for-data-work/)", "[Window functions, the mental model](/transmissions/window-functions/)", "[Work](/work/)" ] }, { "route": "/contact/", "url": "https://www.sarth.net/contact/", "markdown": "https://www.sarth.net/contact/index.md", "title": "Contact", "description": "Contact Sarth Calhoun. mailto:sayhello@sarth.net. 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