Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Sound Observation in Port City Java

I hear Lorde playing behind the counter from a small speaker. To my right two people speak about an assignment they have due with a group who is not taking part in the effort. In front of me heavy wooden chairs drag across the hardwood floors as people attempt to rearrange the table layouts to fit to their own convenience. There are footsteps in the distance. A lot of footsteps. They start briefly and then stop. A barista asks what a customer wants. After the transaction the footsteps occur once again for a moment. Across the room a group of girls laugh. I can tell it is across the room because of the echo but the laughs are at such a high volume that they drown out everything else. Everything is drenched in the ambience of a loud refrigerator running at the bar. Once again I hear feet tapping to my right and the two people complain about other things. More chairs drag again. The footsteps occur again and the pattern of sounds reoccur with slight variation.

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