HSP

The squeaky squeak of wheeled suitcases on a smooth surface,

the crunching rumble of wheeled suitcases on concrete slabs and porous asphalt.

Screeching tires (during cavalier starts and sporty braking)

Car horns – best of all in concert (southern flair!!!).

The sound of sliding side doors of so-called sprinters, minivans and other vans being torn open or slammed shut with force.

Violent slamming of the car door – preferably in a fully occupied 5-door car, whereby the tailgate is of course opened and closed several times in succession due to driverlessness.

The annoying warning beeping of trucks, garbage trucks and cranes (are we in the USA???).

The clatter of garbage cans at six in the morning,

neurotic stamping and stomping in the apartment above,

Read-out service announcements of all kinds ( airplane, ICE, S-Bahn, etc. ) a la “we welcome you on board of our … we will shortly reach … ),

any kind of computer-generated voices. (Track…One…Regional Express…to……..usw….)

Telephone waiting loops of all kinds,

Radio jingles,

The hits of the 80s and 90s blare loudly from the open windows of the cars,

The cheap 3-tone general MIDI fanfares when announcing the next stop on the regional express.

Rattling V-belts,

howling mopeds,

roaring motorcycles;

helicopters circling in the air,

the cutting signal tone when the train doors close,

Button function confirming beep tones in every conceivable form, funny ringtones from funny cell phones.

People’s public cell phone chatter.

Any scrabbling or smacking sound that has to do with popcorn at the movies,

nesteling sandwich, candy and cellophane wrappers.

Flickering rustling when turning the pages of oversized newspapers (Zeit, FAZ, NZZ; SZ…), or when trying to flick the upper part of the pages back up again.

The slamming of newspapers,

Any kind of Muzak in supermarkets, department stores, hotel lobbies, airplanes and waiting areas (“waiting lounges”).

The insidious whirring of refrigerators and air conditioners in rooms, the droning hum of cooling units and air conditioning generators from the backyards when the windows are open, the chugging and whirring of radiators,

Standing bass drone from some apartment in the house.

Cars parked in front of the house with the engine running, topped off with the engine howling at intervals in the upper rev range at idle speed to prevent the wretched mill from sinking,

Thousands of hiccup-like attempts to start cold vehicles in the early morning in winter,

the bad-tempered crunching of snow clearing shovels,

frustrated kicks of the motorcyclist against the so-called kickstarter: from routine and relaxed at the beginning, to a spirited climb to a faster and more aggressive one, ending after the climax in a despairing and miserable decrescendo ralantando.

Noisy walkway cleaning vehicles,

unbearably loud, howling portable leaf blowers,

the diligent-filigree, coarse-cracking or sad-dark ticking of grandfather and cuckoo clocks,

cabaret music ensembles oiling through the rows of tables in restaurants and on public transport,

the nervous, busy clacking of fingers on notebook keyboards,

aisle doors opening and closing for no reason on the ICE,

distortion from the headphones of portable music players,

the overdriven croaking from defective loudspeakers on public transport

the squeaking of training shoes on smooth walking surfaces,

Bicycle brakes squeal in the rain,

Rattling of mudguards,

Chewing gum, slurping soup, gulping drinks,

Mosquitoes and mosquitoes,

Blowfly humming (depending on size in varying pitches from alto to tenor),

the laughter, howling and bawling of people who want to have fun in a crowd,

Hammering, sawing, vacuuming and knocking somewhere in the house,

the howling of the crane during continuous slewing,

the ratcheting of Velcro fasteners on bags and shoes.