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Jan 21, 2025 • 0sec

Kirk Pearson, author, "Electronic Music From Scratch" from Jan 20, 2025

Kirk Pearson, author, "Electronic Music From Scratch" Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Kirk Pearson" [0:02:52] - "Mark's comments" [0:41:35] Kirk Pearson - "DIY Techtonic theme song" - n/a [0:54:13] Raymond Scott - "Tempo Block" - Soothing Sounds for Baby, Volume 2 (6-12 Months) [0:55:32] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148227
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Jan 14, 2025 • 0sec

Stone carvers Chris Pellettieri and Arissa Ramoutar from Jan 13, 2025

Stone carvers Chris Pellettieri and Arissa Ramoutar on art made by humans, not AI Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" - "Interview with Chris Pellettieri and Arissa Ramoutar" Horace Ferguson - "Great Stone" [0:54:14] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148075
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Jan 7, 2025 • 0sec

Ken Freedman and Mark Hurst listen to AI from Jan 6, 2025

Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" [0:00:00] - "Mark and Ken discuss AI" [0:02:58] Jebediah Creek - "I Love Pushin' People Over in the Supermarket" [0:08:36] - "Psychedelic Kungfu Funk - Journey From the East" [0:22:41] Large Language - "The Momus from Mnezhige Thistle" - Largely Incwvugble [0:42:17] Momus - "The Enshittification of Everything" [0:54:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147850
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Dec 31, 2024 • 1h 8min

Andrew Smith, author, "Devil in the Stack" from Dec 30, 2024

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" [0:02:35] - "Interview with Andrew Smith" [0:05:06] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:24] Basil Kirchin - "Silicon Chip" [0:57:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147616
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Dec 24, 2024 • 0sec

Guest host Don Fleming: Musical Tech: Naughty or Nice? from Dec 23, 2024

Don Fleming - "Piano Rolls" Frank Milne - "Jingle Bells" [Piano Roll QRS 1798 Piano: Themola (circa 1928) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggrI0dabYy8] Don Fleming - "The Phonograph" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoupment https://www.techdirt.com/2008/08/21/emi-virgin-records-sues-platinum-selling-band-for-30-million-despite-not-paying-them-a-dime-in-royalties/ Are Music Recording Contracts Equitable? An Economic Analysis of the Practice of Recoupment https://www.meiea.org/resources/Journal/html_ver/Vol04_No01/Vol_4_No_1_A5.html] George Gouraud - "Christmas message to Thomas Edison" [This message, the oldest known Christmas-related sound recording in the world, was made by Colonel George Gouraud, Thomas Edison's sales agent in England, on December 21, 1888. https://youtu.be/mIM-af5Ze08] Don Fleming - "The Lap-Steel Pickup" [This is the best of the wiki pages that gets into the history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_coil_guitar_pickup] The Surfers - "Here Comes Santa Claus In A Red Canoe" - Christmas From Hawaii Don Fleming - "Radio" Jimmy Durante - "Inka Dinka Doo" - 1948 Christmas Eve Radio Broadcast [Jimmy Durante Show; Episode: Problems With Christmas Dinner; Original Air Date 12/24/1948.] Don Fleming - "Drum Machines" Can - "Silent Night" - "Silent Night" b/w "Cascade Waltz" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147300
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Dec 17, 2024 • 0sec

Our year of surveillance from Dec 16, 2024

Our year in surveillance: Pokemon Go, Microsoft spy-bots, drones, and more Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The Killer Whales - "Who Controls the Video Screen" [0:54:34] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147130
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Dec 10, 2024 • 0sec

Arvind Narayanan, author, "AI Snake Oil" from Dec 9, 2024

Arvind Narayanan, author, "AI Snake Oil" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Arvind Narayanan" [0:04:54] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:52] Waveshaper - "E.P.R.O.M." [0:55:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146887
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Dec 3, 2024 • 0sec

Nicole Kobie, author, "The Long History of the Future" from Dec 2, 2024

Nicole Kobie, author, "The Long History of the Future" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Nicole Kobie" [0:03:38] - "Mark's comments" [0:41:01] Chris Imler - "The Internet Will Break My Heart" [0:54:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146677
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Nov 26, 2024 • 0sec

Technology we're thankful for, from listeners from Nov 25, 2024

Technology we're thankful for, from listeners Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" [0:00:13] Human Error - "Going to Town" [0:55:57] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146453
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Nov 19, 2024 • 0sec

Astronomer Samantha Lawler on Musk's space junk from Nov 18, 2024

Astronomer Samantha Lawler on Starlink space junk Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Sam Lawler" [0:07:30] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:11] Momus - "The Enshittification of Everything" - Ballyhoo [0:53:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146229

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