A friend wrote me that she has just adopted a whale from the Ocean Alliance. I attach a whale song which she sent me. It sounds mystical, as if it came from Moby Dick himself. The person who recorded the song said that it comes from a master singer back in the 30's who has probably got killed by now. These days, the whales don't sing so well, she says, as their master singers die out. (Real whale song, or imitation? Those in the know, please explain.)
I encountered this recording once when I worked as a sound editor in LA (and stole parts of it in a film whose name I shall not disclose). You are supposed to play it all night and sleep under its spell, or treat it as an aphrodiasiac. In these regards, the recording certainly works better with its ontological status unquestioned (or to adopt a Bazinian attitude towards it). ;-)
We need to play them some records.
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