“Songs About Packaging” by Randy Ludacer
9 September 2009 | By Popsop Team
At noon on Saturday, September 26th, song-writer & package designer, Randy Ludacer will be performing atop the north capped garbage mound at Fresh Kills landfill/park. Those attending the event will be taken on a Magical-Mystery-Tour-style bus ride to the top of Freshkills Landfill where Ludacer will perform a solo set of his packaging-related songs.
With the support of The New York City Parks Department and a grant from COAHSI (The Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island), Ludacer, a local musician & package designer will be singing some “Songs About Packaging” on top of what was formerly the world’s largest landfill. Serenading, in effect, the decades of discarded packaging buried beneath.
Eventually, Fresh Kills Park will be New York City’s largest new parks expansion since the 1890s, but since it is not yet open to the public, this performance can only be attended by those who sign up for it via the NYC Parks Department website or on Ludacer’s site.
Transportation to the location will be provided by the same bus(es) that are used for the regular tours of the Fresh Kills site.
There is also a recorded 7-song “Songs about Packaging” CD in the works—which will be distributed for free to all those who attend this
event. The CD packaging will be handmade from used packaging. (From the artist’s own personal recycling bin: frozen food cartons, pasta & cereal boxes, etc.)
Expert Comments
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Martin Grimer, Blue MarlinI didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I saw this. I love packaging, I am absolutely passionate about it, but I wouldn’t want to sing about it. Randy, if you can create songs about packaging that people actually want to listen to, then hats off to you mate. But my gut reaction to paeans to packaging is to reach for a beautifully crafted whisky bottle or maybe some earplugs.
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Martin Grimer, Blue Marlin
10 September 2009 02:15 pm
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I saw this. I love packaging, I am absolutely passionate about it, but I wouldn’t want to sing about it. Randy, if you can create songs about packaging that people actually want to listen to, then hats off to you mate. But my gut reaction to paeans to packaging is to reach for a beautifully crafted whisky bottle or maybe some earplugs.