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Second Edition

New Website and 2017 Call for Contributors

2016-10-192016-10-19 IssyReleases

We launched a new website! In addition to generally looking less like 2003 and more like 2013, the site should be more easily navigable. The artists page is simplified, making it easier to locate specific recordings and also easier to discover new music. […]

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30-hour Wake Broadcast with Soundart Radio

2016-04-042016-10-16 IssyLive Events and Performances

To celebrate the anniversary of the Wake’s publication (4 May 1939), Soundart Radio will broadcast the entire second edition of Waywords and Meansigns. 3 May through 4 May. Soundart Radio is on the dial at 102.5 FM in the Totnes […]

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Joycean Libations in Victoria

2016-03-212016-10-16 IssyLive Events and Performances

guest post by Robert Amos The Joyceans of Victoria met at the legendary James Joyce Bistro on the night of February 1 (which was by then February 2 in Dublin, James Joyce’s birthday) to salute the launch of the second edition […]

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Happy Birthday James Joyce

2016-02-022016-10-16 IssyReleases, Reviews and Coverage

Jim Joyce, another year around the sun… To celebrate you we set Finnegans Wake to music unabridged — all audio freely distributed online, right here on this site! This process has been incredibly fun. Thank you to everyone who has […]

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2 February, Waywords and Meansigns Premiere

2016-01-252016-10-16 IssyReleases

Dear Friends of the Wake, James Joyce’s birthday is coming up on 2 February and we have big news. The second edition of Waywords and Meansigns premieres next week! We set Finnegans Wake to music unabridged once already last spring, and now […]

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Radio Free Midwich Review of Neil Campbell & Steve Gregoropoulos

2016-01-242016-10-16 IssyReviews and Coverage

Joe Murray of Radio Free Midwich reviews two chapters from the forthcoming edition of Waywords and Meansigns, by Neil Campbell and Steve Gregoropoulos. “The first thing about having a [Neil] Campbell breathing into me lugs is… it feels super normal.  […]

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Mr. Smolin’s Trippy Take on the Wake

2016-01-232016-10-16 IssyReviews and Coverage

Grateful Web published an article about Mr. Smolin & Double Naught Spy Car’s contribution to Waywords and Meansigns. In the article composer Chris Rael responds the project: “Waywords and Meanings is one of the most meaty and brazen musical responses […]

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Maharadja Sweets premiere on Allston Pudding

2016-01-232016-10-16 IssyReleases, Reviews and Coverage

Anna Marketti and Boston’s blog for underground music, Allston Pudding, premiered an excerpt from cassette label head Maharadja Sweets’ contribution to Waywords and Meansigns. Discussing this contribution to Waywords and Meansigns, Maharadja Sweets revealed, “working on this project was the […]

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Flavorwire’s Alternate Routes Column on Waywords and Meansigns

2016-01-232016-10-16 IssyReviews and Coverage

Waywords and Meansigns was profiled in Flavorwire’s Alternate Routes column by Jesse Jarnow. Jarnow clearly gets what we’re about as a mega-music project, released without record labels and in the realm of creative commons rather than copyright: “the possibilities of […]

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Neil Campbell Reviewed in The Wire

2016-01-182016-10-16 IssyReviews and Coverage

We are thrilled to see that Neil Campbell’s chapter-long contribution to Waywords and Meansigns was reviewed by Dan Barrow in the February issue of The Wire magazine: “Covering just over 20 pages of the book and a little more than […]

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