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homeless man.wav

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jasonmchl

June 17th, 2008

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Soundscapes > Urban

Whilst sitting outside a Starbucks in Hollywood, CA, I took notice of a man talking/arguing to a half-empty bottle of Coca-Cola. What ensued was about 26 minutes of stream-of-consciousness homeless speak. Some of the more coherent passages were about gambling debts in Reno, NV. I'm still wrestling with the morality of recording these kinds of things.

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Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

3:06.000

File size

31.3 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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ERH

17 years, 3 months ago

Hey - great slice of life capture - I see no problem with the morality of candid recordings and do it all the time - as do countless photographers. It would be a problem if the "victims" were or could be identified or if personal info was included. Anyway this one hell of an upload.

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