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Disk vs. Disc
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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How we spell the word disk affects how you view laws about copying recordings of music and movies. Lying in the balance is billions of dollars, and...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:30
Pauline Oliveros - Deep Listening Institute
From: Katherin Vasilopoulos
Series: Technology in the Arts
Caption: Katherin Vasilopoulos
Pauline Oliveros has been a composer and musician for over 50 years. She describes how technology plays a role in her music, her impressions on the...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 1
Ben Neill: Mutantrumpet Ninja
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Ben Neill is the sole player of an instrument called the mutantrumpet. It has three different bells, two sets of valves, a mini-trombone slide and ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shrinking Album Art
From: andrew walsh
Caption: Ryan Clark and his brother created Grammy-nominated album art for the band Norma Jean., Credit: Andrew Walsh
Album covers are shrinking. Gone are the days of the 12". Now designers have to create art that looks good on tiny i-Pod screens. Ryan Clark is one...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2009
  • Length: 02:23
ballad for me
From: Steve Whalley
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abstract interpretation of thought process.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:23
American Idol Redux - Beat-Boxer Daichi Get's Robbed
From: Queena Kim
Series: CyberFrequencies, Pop + Tech Podcast
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CyberFrequencies for May 29, 2009 -- Beat Boxers around the world went on YouTube to win a "Wild Card" slot for a Beat Boxing Competition in Berlin...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: 04:14
Memories of Moog
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Robert Moog
On what would have been his 75th Birthday, we remember Robert Moog, creator of the Moog synthesizer with Roger O’Donnell, former keyboardist with T...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
RadioHodgePodge Show 04 - Radio, Radio
From: Andy Sewell
Series: RadioHodgePodge
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In this week’s show we talk about early radio, the changes it has gone through, where it is going and what radio means to different people.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2009
  • Length: 50:20
Hell Bent
From: Matthew Kordonowy
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Recycling + Electronics = Circuit Bent instruments

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 03, 2008
  • Length: 11:09
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass # 835 Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Good?
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
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segment suggested for Aug 23 - 29, 2008

Bought by KZYX and WAMU


  • Added: Aug 16, 2008
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 2
Your Local Music Spot - An Anachronism?
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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Philosophical view of music scene, with a bit of history & a peak at a local jazz club

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Music Piracy & The Plight of the Starving Artist
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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Grand Theft Audio!

  • Added: Jun 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:51
"We Mobin'": Mics, Plus Beats, Minus Walls
From: Aaron Henkin
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If music is made on the street, why record it in a booth?

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 13:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Day the Music Died
From: Julie Beth Napolin
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A profile of a vinyl record store owner during his last week in business.

Bought by KSRQ, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
Bassist Lyle Ritz: Father of Jazz Ukulele
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Lyle Ritz "Father of Jazz Ukulele", Credit: Courtesy: Lyle Ritz
Ever since Lyle Ritz recorded the world's first jazz ukulele album in 1957, he earned the title, "Father of Jazz Ukulele." He was also a bass play...

Bought by PRX Remix, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and WYSO


  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 3
Abbey Road Reunion
From: Tim Riley
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EMI engineers gather at book launch party

  • Added: May 31, 2007
  • Length: 26:23
The Avant Guardian
From: David Weinberg
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The Avant Gurdian fights crime with surrealism

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
For the love of synthesizer
From: Dan Trudeau
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A New Hampshire man has made his home into a shrine to synthesizers

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Transtyle
From: NAISA
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The recording studio used as a blender of musical style

  • Added: Apr 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:21
TRACES
From: Judith Weber
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An attempt to trace thought

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
New Horizons at Jupiter and Singer Cheryl Wheeler's Orbiting Jupiter
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Two encounters with Jupiter, as we get a status report from Alan Stern on the eve of the New Horizons flyby, and we talk with folksinger Cheryl Whe...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Feb 26, 2007
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Jonathan Coulton's Music Business
From: KUOW
Series: The Works
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Jonathan Coulton discusses his free music downloads.

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 13:00
Active Voice Radio Interview: The Podcast of MySpace Musicans with MUSIC!
From: Chris Goldstein
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An interview with Tyler Sheridan, host of the Podcast of MySpace Musicians.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2006
  • Length: 14:42
So, You Wanna Be A Rock Superstar?
From: Matthew Spitz
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A step-by-step guide on how to be a rock star in today's music industry.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 16:34
Controversy Over Sony's "root kit" CDs
From: KUOW
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Interview about fallout from Sony's failed attempt to protect music CDs from piracy.

  • Added: Nov 23, 2005
  • Length: 12:58