Auditory Explorer Gifts

"Now. Hear. This."

I tried listening to an e-book, but I missed the tactile sensation of the tip of my finger on glass.

"I don't ignore her. I just can't hear her calling my name."

Marimba

Sounds that various toys make when they are vacuumed up.

"Woke up this morning, someone had nicked my guitar..."

'Office Woofers. For the quiet and obnoxious boss.'

"I scream! You scream! I can't stop the screaming!"

Saxophone Player.

'From albums to 8-tracks to cassettes to CD's...What a long, loud trip it's been!'

Guitar Man.

Edison invents the personal stereo

"The subwoofers really help."

"Albert is the first whistler to use hearing aid feedback as an intro to one of his tunes."

Joe Henry

"My next witness is his Google Assistant."

'And I say he makes us look bad when he rides around listening to those books.'

For every moment in life there is a song that describes it perfectly.'

Computer Music

Frank Zappa

"This is my own arrangement...of a song I wrote...about me."

This is called "The Ballad of a Self-Taught Guitarist."

Snake with headphones.

'Ocean sounds won't be heard, so that we may bring you a paid commercial program on offshore investment opportunities.'

'Is that you cell phone or mine?'

Manopause: The time when a man has more hair growing out of his nose and ears than he does his head.

"I call it 'You kids turn down that so-called music. I can't even hear myself scream.'"

A Peek into the 2021 Noise Pollution L'Accord

The Invention of Bagpipes

Recording Studio

At the CD shop.

Cowpunk

"This next song is about those times when you don't feel really happy or really sad, but just feel okay."

Music Shop Percussion. I don't know if I should get a snare, kettle, bass or bongos. That's a conundrum!

'It's OK, it's not somebody strangling one of our friends: It's just a bagpipe player...'