If you’re living in New York, mark December 13th
off on your calanders, as that’s the date when Phil Kline and hundreds of New
Yorkers will take over the streets of Manhattan during 2003 Unsilent
Night. 

Each year when we see the boombox carolers it
brings a smile to our faces. Here’s all the info you need to participate:
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From href="http://www.mindspring.com/~boombox/index.htm">Phil:  Every year since
1992 I’ve presented Unsilent Night, an outdoor ambient music event for an
INFINITE number of boomboxes. It’s like a Christmas carolling party except that
we don’t sing, but rather carry boom boxes, each playing a separate tape or cd
which is part of the piece. In effect, we become a city block long stereo
system.

This year it will happen on Saturday December 13th. We will
meet at the Arch in Washington Square at 6:45 pm, begin at 7 pm and proceed
eastward to Tompkins Square Park, where the piece will end around 8 o’clock.
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It would be really cool if you could join us and bring a boom box. The
more tapes we run, the bigger and more amazing the sound will be. Last year
we’ve had around 100 boomboxes and over 500 people total, not to mention a
really great time… If you’d like to do it, please email me at "mailto: boombox@mindspring.com">boombox@mindspring.com so I will know how
many tapes to make. This year i will also make cd dubs for folks who bring cd
boomboxes, and if you want to play one of those it is especially important that
you let me know. If you’d like to do it but don’t have a boombox, I have several
dozen and you can grab one…and if you want to come and just listen, that’s
cool, too. Help us make a BIG (and joyful) noise.

Phil Kline