This profile of "sound mechanic" Neil Feather works neatly on different levels for different types of listeners - the sound art aficionado, the uninitiated, even one who finds this kind of work insufferable. Like myself, I'm loathe to admit. That's why I think this piece is so well done. Ask me to listen to someone who thinks a pile driver makes a "cool sound" and I'd run in the opposite direction. But I was intrigued by Feather as I was lured gently into his world of sometimes very ungentle sound. The musical atmosphere seemed to underline the theories and descriptions and I could almost visualize his studio and strange instruments. I might never want to attend one of Feather's concerts (unlike him I was traumatized by a Captain Beefheart gig at an impressionable age) but I listened to this piece twice in one sitting without flinching. A perfect,off-beat piece for any culture or music (yes, even music) program.