Track 1: Soundscape
Sound Map
| Time (Approximate) |
Character Classification Green Text = Nature Maroon Text = Culture Blue Text = Transportation |
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| 0:00 | Water flowing across rocks at the confluence of the Kaw & Missouri Rivers |
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| 0:05 | Crash of thunder! | |||
| 0:10 | Cracking of prairie fire | |||
| 0:20 | Squawking birds in Loose Park | |||
| 0:25 | Train whistle & sound of footprints | |||
| 0:30 |
Walter Page's Blue Devils "Blue Devil Blues" Instrumental Jazz Trumpet on Melody | |||
| 0:40 |
Ice in a Glass Shuffling Cards Coins Dropped and Spun | |||
| 0:50 | Car tires on Roanoke Boulevard (Sole brick road in KC system) | |||
| 1:00 | ||||
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1:05 | Crash of Thunder! | |||
| 1:10 |
Clear Up KC Advertisement (undated) Lyrics: "Clean up, paint up, fix up / why don't you do it yourself today? / join the contest of improvement / in Kansas City the month of May / the work you do may be on your home or store / send a picture taken after and one before / so, clean up, paint up, fix up / your Kansas City, today." | |||
| 1:20 |
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| 1:30 | ||||
| 1:40 |
"Our City Manager" Musical Courtesy in Loose Park 1953 Summer buzz of locusts in the background and a barking dog Unknown Speaker: This is a musical courtesy entitled "Our City Manager" written by Dr. D. Robertez to Mr. Cookingham, thank you. Instrumental music begins L..P. Cookingham: "Ladies and Gentlemen, I've had a lot of things said about me and words written about me but I’ve never had any notes written about me before and I'm just thrilled to death with this musical score which I hope will be recorded here tonight" | |||
| 1:50 | ||||
| 2:00 | ||||
| 2:10 |
Inauguration of Mayor Bartle, 1955 Mrs. Margaret Straum, City Clerk: "Please raise your right hand do you H. Row Bartle solemnly swear that you possess all of the qualifications for the office to which you've been elected under the charter of Kansas City, Missouri, that you will support the constitution and laws of the United States and of the state of Missouri and that you will obverse the provisions of the charter and ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri and that you will faithfully discharge the duties of said office, so help you God?" Bartle: "I do." |
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| 2:20 | ||||
| 2:30 | ||||
| 2:40 | Cheering Sounds at Arrowhead Stadium (Professional Football) | |||
| 2:45 |
"Let's Go Royals" Chant at Kaufmann Stadium (Professional Baseball) Let's Go Royals (clap clap - clap clap clap) Let's Go Royals (clap clap - clap clap clap) | |||
| 2:50 | Drone of interstate traffic recorded at intersection of I-70 and I-35, downtown Kansas City |
Mayor Kemp announcing (from Inauguration of Mayor Bartle) Kemp: "And now, ladies and gentlemen, I've come to the very last official act of mine as mayor of Kansas City and it is with greatest pleasure and pride that I present..." |
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| 3:00 | ||||
| 3:10 |
Marva Whitney "Daddy Don't Know About Sugar Bear,"
Lyrics: "Ahhhhhhhhh - Daddy's little girl got herself a man / daddy don't know he don't understand / he don't allow me no lovin' man / he scared somebody gonna change his family plans / I said daddy's little girl got herself a man / daddy don't know he don't understand" | |||
| 3:20 |
Gates BBQ "May I help you" Gates employee: "May I help you? May I help you? Hi, may I help you? If your order had not been taken, step down to the left please" | |||
| 3:30 |
Sporting KC Chant (Professional Soccer) Drums Chant: "No other club but SKC / for the glory of the city / no other club / but SKC / for the glory of the city" | |||
| 3:40 | ||||
| 3:50 | ||||
| 4:00 |
Tech N9ne "It's Alive" Lyrics: "Yo, you don't know / I'm about to blow, KCMO / better bang this / people make their jokes and say we're off to see the wizard but me and Dorothy and Toto's on your ass when you visit" |
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| 4:10 |
CRASH
OF
THUNDER | |||
| 4:20 |
Tech N9ne "It's Alive" Instrumental and laughter Spoken: "Give me one more" Further instrumental |
Kansas City Streetcar Sound of bell Screech of stop Automated voice: "This is the streetcar to River Market" | ||
| 4:30 |
Sound of paddles in water Kayaking on the Kaw River |
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| 4:40 | ||||
| 4:50 | ||||
| 5:00 | ||||