Thursday, October 4, 2007

Murray St., Milwaukee, 8:45pm


Inside Parkside Beer and Grocery, Freezer

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Between blabbering clerks, 15-year-old girls deciding which energy drinks to buy, and an advertisement for "square-dance nights" at Hooters, the freezer in the front corner of the store was the closest thing I could find to peace and quiet.

Before I could get more than two minutes of soothing refrigerator ambiance, I was asked politely to "Get out that freezer please."


Behind Murray Park Quick Wash

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Leaving the Convenience store, I was drawn to a warbling ambient tone, coming from somewhere behind the building. It turned out to actually be coming from the neighboring establishment, a neighborhood laundromat. Luckily there was no cashier out here to stop me from harvesting this beautiful hum.




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