Wade Tilton and Raymond Carr take a break from rehearsals to talk about their newest production, This Darker Life. THIS DARKER LIFE is a performance emersion devised from five original stories. Told by accentuating the tension between light vs. dark and radio drama vs. theater it becomes similar to listening to your favorite NPR show while being shown captured glimpses from your own imagination. • Aerial projections • Lazy susan seating • Giant puppetries • Stories everywhere • In near total darkness Performances: //Thur October 23rd 8PM & 10:30PM //Fri October 24th 8PM & 10:30PM //Sat October 25th 8PM & 10:30PM // Sunday October 26th 8PM Tickets are general seating and $7 This Darker Life is a collaboration between Raymond Carr/Ninja Puppet Productions and Raymond Tilton (W,). This multi-media theatrical experience features stories by: - Raymond Carr - Bill Taft - S. Bedford - Dani Herd - Brian Griffin - Gregg van Laningham - Victor Wilson https://www.facebook.com/events/594165054039525/

Mark DiNatale talks about the difficulties of installing a 10 dumpster art piece in downtown Atlanta as part of Elevate 2014. We also speak to 4 of the artists to hear the stories behind their particular dumpsters and get a taste of the marching band from Friday's block party. D_MPSTERS is a Goat Farm Arts Center curated program utilizing 10 dumpsters to create visual art environments scattered throughout the Atlanta cityscape. D_MPSTERS will be on display as a part of the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs week-long ELEVATE 2014 public art celebration. The exhibitions will be open to the public Friday October 17th and continue until Thursday, October 23rd. All exhibits are free and open to the public. Music courtesy of the Elevate Block Party marching band, Caleb Heron and the Relay Social Synth. For more information on D_MPSTERS and a schedule of events head over to http://goatfarmdumpsters.com

The second in a series of live performances from Atlanta's Chamber Cartel. Each month as part of their New Ears series, we'll bring you a live recording from the Goat Farm or its satellite location Erikson Clock. This month's feature is a segment of The Immeasurable Space of Tones. In addition to this recorded performance, Chamber Cartel will be playing this piece live as part of Elevate 2014 and the Goat Farm's Dumpsters series. Head over to GoatFarmDumpsters.com for more info and schedules. To hear the entire piece without interruption, check out the Cartel's own Sound Cloud at soundcloud.com/chamber-cartel Chamber Cartel performed John Luther Adams' amazing piece at the Goat Farm Arts Center on March 30th 2013. It was raining that night as you can hear in the recording which seemed to suit the evening perfectly. The performers are Paul Stevens, Bill Pritchard, Amy O'Dell, Alexandra Tadros, Cecilia Trode, Gabe Monticello, Caleb Herron. Catherine Hofius conducted. Recorded live by Jon Ciliberto. Thanks to Caleb Herron and Jon Ciliberto

After a hugely successful IndieGoGo campaign, longtime Goat Farm resident Nick Pantano has opened Sound Space. In a completely remodeled room at the farm, Sound Space is Nick's vision of what instrument lessons should be. From guitars, bass and percussion to basic music theory, Nick's experiences in several instruction programs along with his time in local bands (including Sorry No Ferrari) have given him new perspective on how music and music lessons can be a part of student's lives. Reach out to Nick at http://soundspaceatl.com Thanks to Courtney and Cora Hall and Erika Audrey for letting us sit in on their lessons!

As a new monthly feature of the Cylinder Podcast, we'll be bringing you a live recording of a Goat Farm performance by local ensemble the Chamber Cartel. Artistic Director Caleb Herron guides us through each performance, helping to put a spotlight on the modern, "new" music that they play. This month they bring us a performance of "Iris", a piece by composer Christopher Adler. If you like what you hear, the Cartel have a whole season of shows coming up at the farm and around Atlanta. Follow them on Twitter: twitter.com/chambercartel or on Facebook: Facebook.com/chambercartel Their next show happens Saturday at Goodson Yard. More information here - http://on.fb.me/1pzCcR3

This month the Cylinder takes a walk around the farm to talk with Joe Dreher aka Joe King. Joe is the farm's resident architect/advisor and has been helping with the restoration of Erikson Clock, the Goat Farm's satellite project in Castleberry Hill. Joe and his family have spent the last year or so volunteering in the local Atlanta arts scene and the results have been nothing short of amazing. For more information on One Love Generation - http://onelovegeneration.org And for more info on Free Art Friday Atlanta - http://www.fafatl.com Thanks to Dylan York for the photo. See more of his photography at @DylanYorkATL on Instagram. Thanks to David Baerwalde for some of the music in this one. Check out his art at http://dbaerwalde.wix.com/site

Dad's Garage improvisers Rueben Medina, Kevin Gillese and Amber Nash sit down to talk about the art of improv and the upcoming Dad's Garage and Friends benefit July 11th at the Goat Farm. More Info http://www.dadsgarage.com/shows/season-19/special-events/dads-garage-and-friends.aspx Also check out Dad's Garage TV on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/user/DadsGarageTV And Rueben's new project with two other Dad's improvisers. https://www.youtube.com/user/edtomandrueben

This year's Hambidge Auction at the Goat Farm Arts Center was curated by Lance and April Ledbetter of Atlanta record label Dust to Digital. The Grammy winning label specializes in rereleasing rare, vintage music, or as they say, "high-quality, cultural artifacts." Lonnie Holley is the only living musician to be released on Dust to Digital. Starting in the 80s as a found object sculpture artist, Lonnie makes incredible but often difficult art. His music follows the same vein, not easily approached but ultimately rewarding. We spoke with Lonnie, Lance and Matt Arnett (art curator and owner Grocery on Home). Thanks to Lance, Lonnie and Matt! More info about Lonnie and Dust to Digital can be found at http://www.dust-digital.com.

The Goat Farm is proud to announce it has selected its’ next AIP Recipient (Arts Investment Package Recipient), choreographer, T.Lang and the Atlanta premiere of Post Up. We caught up with T during rehearsals at Spelman College. More info about Post Up https://www.facebook.com/events/261718487346207/ Tickets available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/684147 Thanks to sound artist and musician John Osburn for the amazing sounds and tunes. Additional thanks to Goat Farm resident David Bearwalde for also allowing us to incorporate an original audio piece. http://dbaerwalde.wix.com/site

The Atlanta Film Festival recently hosted its Sound and Vision party at the Goat Farm Arts Center. Here are a few of the sounds from the amazing party.

For the premier episode of The Cylinder, we talk with Elizabeth Jarrett, a producer at Trick3D and resident of the Goat Farm Arts Center.

the @Ab8ta and @RadioFreeArt Fourth of July Extravaganza! The sound flag is going out at record stores all over town tomorrow!

PeeWee's Free Art Friday

Its the final number station recording. This is your last chance to catch a deadnaut and fight forces of the 5th dimension! Our techs have been unable to decode this particular broadcast. It hit the airwaves just last week so our best scientists feel that an invasion is imminent. Decode this fast and don't leave us defenseless. It is suggested that you refer to previous recordings if you have any problems with deciphering. Look for patterns and hopefully you'll have better luck than our brightest. Fight the good fight and best of luck!

Years after Holger disappeared, a storage unit was found leased in his name. Inside the unit, a small collection of old computers and peripherals were discovered. After technicians scoured through the hard drives, only one file was able to be saved - an audio recording of yet another number station. It's damaged and corrupt but perhaps you can decipher the codes. Good luck, hunter. Fight the 5th!

A recording of the 3rd number station was discovered amongst Holger's own private tape library. Notations on the tape label seemed to specify today's date, March 1st, 2014. This particular tape was stored with 13 others in a box labeled only "5th". Good luck. http://fightthe5th.tumblr.com