1: The percent of income musicians are encouraged to donate toward climate issues, as formulated by Brian Eno’s EarthPercent.
2640: The year when an ongoing concert of John Cage’s music will end. It began in September 2001.
9,000: The amount of money, in $U.S., one person made in 2019 reporting idling trucks for emissions and noise pollution. The individual, George Pakenham, “lobbied the city of New York to create the Citizen Air Complaint Program.”
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¹Footnotes: EarthPercent: earthpercent.com. Cage: latimes.com. Idling: motorbiscuit.com.
Originally published in the February 7, 2022, edition of the This Week in Sound email newsletter tinyletter.com/disquiet.