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The Iconic Drumming Behind "Californication"

"Game over, man!" remixed (Aliens, 1986) Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II

Learning about field recording:

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Kleptocracy

It's Neil Young's Cortez the Killer, covered by Built to Spill from their 2000 album, Live.

A brief history of the legendary dumpster fire called TSR Dave Thaumavore RPG Reviews My favorite comment: "The moral of the story: you can only treat your employees, creatives, customers, vendors, publisher and sales channel like shit for decades before selling out to a like-minded company. 😕"

The Origin and Aftermath of 'Less is More' - Why Minimalism Failed - Stewart Hicks in architecture... sometimes less is less

Korn. In a Can - Still Coming Undone Bill McClintock, of course.

The Gotan Project - La Revancha del Tango:

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Attack of the Doc! (The Epic Story Behind G4TV and Attack of the Show)

The Sony Walkman article was #1 at Ars Technica this year: https://arstechnica.com/staff/2023/12/the-20-most-read-stories-of-2023/ I didn't end up getting one as I felt the ergonomic issues, price, and battery life didn't quite gel, according to some reviewers. There have been several updates to each Walkman (there is a 156-page thread covering the NW-A707 at Head-Fi, 255 pages for the NW-A300 to date), but the prices remain high and people are still complaining about the volume limits on non-Japanese units.

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A wayback playback... if it ain't Baroque... Music for a While - Henry Purcell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_for_a_While Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings, everyone!

The Last Reliant Robin (3-wheeled British car):

Some of the YouTube comments complained the video was long on explanation, short on performance, but that early synthesizer wasn't ideal for performing, from what I can see... more useful for recording and experimentation, I think.

Restored 478-key, 31-tone Moog synthesizer from 1968 sounds beautifully bizarre: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/restored-478-key-31-tone-moog-synthesizer-from-1968-sounds-beautifully-bizarre/

The Hillside Project (Josh Hill) - The Available Light https://thehillsideproject.com/listen

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There's More to This Controversial Painting Than You Think (American Gothic):

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton: Knives Don't Have Your Back

I hope it works out. Harman acquired Arcam and I think it went to hell after that.

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Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (and they're everywhere):