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SWWE: "An unlikely champion for our collective sanity" — AV CLUB
Stories and Sound Pieces by Ethan Persoff
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Jun 10, 2022
# 71-A: Vareschi Spot ("Do You Believe in Vocoders?")
GRP V22 Vocoder (Demo and Sound Tests)
This episode is brought to you by Vareschi Mastering. Do you vocode? A good engineer can explain such processes. Ask: https://www.vareschimastering.com/
"A Midnight Drive with a GRP V22 Vocoder"
Full episode (four tracks) https://soundcloud.com/eptc/sets/spoken-word-with-electronics-episode-71
The GRP Vocoder Speaks for Itself! After saving up nickles and tree lint for three years, we happily bring a Vocoder into the show. This is the GRP V22. It is easily the most configurable and sonically expressive analog vocoder to ever exist.
There ARE a few comparable Vocoders in terms of sound: The Bode 7702/Moog Vocoder is one, as is the Sennheiser VSM-201. But neither the 7702 or the 201 provide 22 channels of speech analysis. Nor do either provide the variety of tone shaping and filtering as found on the V22. But enough typing, just hear it. It's one incredible Vocoder. I call the V22 the Buchla Easel of Vocoders. This show introduces it to the family of instruments in the SWWE studio. It took some restraint to not buy anything for three years. But the joy is pretty nice now that it's here.
The vocoder was invented in 1938 by Homer Dudley at Bell Labs as a means of synthesizing human speech. This work was developed into the channel vocoder which was used as a voice codec for telecommunications for speech coding to conserve bandwidth in transmission.
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Jun 10, 2022
# 71-B: "Re-Envisioning the Show as 1980's Local Morning TV" (Bird Alert)
BIRD ALERT: "This thing is like a rusted knife, twisting in my brain!"
Major Urban Problems.
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Jun 10, 2022
# 71-C: "GRP V22 Vocoder Demo" (First Recordings and Initial Field Tests)
GRP V22 Demo, First Recordings and Initial Field Tests
Alternate Title: "Midnight Drive with a GRP V22 Vocoder"
Full show notes (four tracks)
https://soundcloud.com/eptc/sets/spoken-word-with-electronics-episode-71
Tuning in to Channel GRP
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Jun 10, 2022
# 71-D: "Free Will and The Parietal Lobe" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 52)
From The Recovery of Charlie Pickle
Words and Music © Ethan Persoff
A Porcelain Bath Tub / Porcelain Bath Tub /
A Porcelain Bath Tub.
Illuminated by a sharp line of light.
This is a cheap room. No running water. No bed, just an empty bath tub.
It's a flop house. In the middle of downtown.
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May 20, 2022
# 70-A: Vareschi Spot ("How's Your Wire?")
GREETINGS! - DON'T BE ALARMED - This week we hammer out an anti-theft device. It's amazing what sounds are hidden in the world's worst chirping oscillator.
This episode of SWWE is brought to you by Vareschi Mastering. Get your clock checked! https://www.vareschimastering.com/
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May 20, 2022
# 70-B: "Has This Ever Happened to You?" (Our Hyper-Monitored World)
# 70-B: "Has This Ever Happened to You?" (Our Hyper-Monitored World) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 20, 2022
# 70-C: "The Death of an Anti-Theft Device" (with a Hammer)
How's Your ATD?
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May 20, 2022
# 70-D: "You'll Never Leave" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 51)
"YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE"
Words and Music: Ethan Persoff
An uplifting November breeze is whistling on the outskirts of Clarence tonight.
No chance of rain. Mid-40s ... clear skies ... a light curve of a moon.
It's a little after 11pm. Bus Stop.
The room is unnervingly clean.
From The Recovery of Charlie Pickle. Part 51
https://soundcloud.com/eptc/sets/the-recovery-of-charlie-pickle
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Apr 15, 2022
# 69-A: "Pink Clover" (Instrumental)
Welcome back! This week we return to celebrate five years of sobriety (A good mood on that, and regards to those who drink, too) - A discussion on the role of electronic instruments for strength in stress: "Metasonix as a Higher Power"
This episode of SWWE is brought to you by Vareschi Mastering, https://vareschimastering.com/ — Do you Hz/V to V/octave convert? Contact them for your vacuum tube synthesizer production needs.
Featured this episode:
Metasonix R56 Spring Reverb Demo
Metasonix R51 VCA Demo
Metasonix R55 Demo
Metasonix RK7 Demo
Metasonix RK3 Demo
Metasonix RK6 Filter Demo
Metasonix F1 Distortion Pedal
Metasonix S2000 Demo
Metasonix D2000 Demo
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Apr 15, 2022
# 69-B: "Five Year Sobriety Report" (Metasonix as a Higher Power)
# 69-B: "Five Year Sobriety Report" (Metasonix as a Higher Power) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 15, 2022
# 69-C: "And Now, the News" (CLASSICAL ELECTRONIC RADIO, SWWE FM)
# 69-C: "And Now, the News" (CLASSICAL ELECTRONIC RADIO, SWWE FM) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 15, 2022
# 69-D: "Potency" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 50)
# 69-D: "Potency" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 50) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 25, 2022
# 68-A: "Kind of Fun" (Intro with a toy synth 'Trumpet' preset)
Welcome back to the show. This week, our room is a mess. Including a tribute to Vestax DJ Mixers of the 1990s and 2000s, and a two part demo of a rarely heard Moog 984 Four Channel Matrix Mixer. Watch where you step, our room is a mess!
This week's mess is brought to you by Vareschi Mastering. https://www.vareschimastering.com/ — Clean it up!
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Mar 25, 2022
# 68-B: "My Room Is a Mess" (Moog 984 Matrix Mixer Demo)
# 68-B: "My Room Is a Mess" (Moog 984 Matrix Mixer Demo) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 25, 2022
# 68-C: "A Tribute to Vestax DJ Mixers" (and Moog 984, Pt 2)
# 68-C: "A Tribute to Vestax DJ Mixers" (and Moog 984, Pt 2) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 25, 2022
# 68-D: "Sharlene Ramble and Nuclear Fission" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 49)
# 68-D: "Sharlene Ramble and Nuclear Fission" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 49) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 25, 2022
# 67-A: "The Electronic Shirelles!" (Live at SWWE Studios, 1977)
SWWE #67: "Hopeless Dope Addicts!" (and: Hi, Everyone. Are we at war?)
The Electronic Shirelles, performing 'One Night Only'
Live on SWWE Pacific Coast to Coast Radio, 1977, 4am time slot.
This archival episode of Spoken Word with Electronics is brought to you by Vareschi Mastering: https://www.vareschimastering.com/ - Do you multi-track?
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Feb 25, 2022
# 67-B: "We Have a Loud Buzz" (Discussion)
# 67-B: "We Have a Loud Buzz" (Discussion) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 25, 2022
# 67-C: "Headlines Like These" (A Visit to U.S. Narcotics Hospitals)
# 67-C: "Headlines Like These" (A Visit to U.S. Narcotics Hospitals) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 25, 2022
# 67-D: "THE INVISIBLE FILE" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 48)
# 67-D: "THE INVISIBLE FILE" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 48) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 9, 2022
# 66, Side 1: "Can You Pass the Samsung Sulfuric Acid Test?"
Episode 66 - NEW BI-WEEKLY FORMAT. Hi - How've you been? This week was a wet and cold one in local Austin news. But we kept warm with Samsung's new burning hot release: Up to 763,000 gallons of Sulfuric acid waste from an Austin Samsung facility! Buzzing hot.
Show notes: https://boingboing.net/2022/02/09/samsungs-big-leak-up-to-763000-gallons-of-sulfuric-acid-spilled-into-an-austin-tx-tributary.html
This episode of Spoken Word with Electronics is sponsored by Vareschi Mastering: https://vareschimastering.com/ - Visit them to have a good discussion on your recordings. Make what you make sound perfect.
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Feb 9, 2022
# 66, Side 2: "Sam Is on The Couch" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 47)
# 66, Side 2: "Sam Is on The Couch" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 47) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 25, 2022
# 65-A: "How the World Ended, Part One"
Hello welcome back to SWWE. This week we discuss candy mints, or Bit-Mint.
Sometimes the most ordinary things in the world are pulled off shelves for their ingredients. This happened to Certs Mints in 2018 for its inclusion of partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil. That doesn't keep Certs addicts from that mint, though. There are hundreds of listings for expired Certs across the Web, averaging out at $25/roll sold. Certs Mints are hot. This episode, we break it all down into the Mint-Haves and the Mint-Nots. We also discusses the Ukraine crisis, and before the world ends over that, provide a useful tutorial on how to use a Drawmer Noise Gate along with a Trapezoid Envelope Generator.
This episode of Spoken Word with Electronics is sponsored by Vareschi Mastering: https://vareschimastering.com/ — Give them a visit!
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Jan 25, 2022
# 65-B: "The Price of Certs" / "The Price of Bitcoin"
# 65-B: "The Price of Certs" / "The Price of Bitcoin" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 25, 2022
# 65-C: "How to Use a Noise Gate for Your Podcast, Palm Reading, or Broadcast"
# 65-B: "The Price of Certs" / "Noise Gates and Pitch"
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Jan 25, 2022
# 65-D: "The Fastest Talker in The Room" (TV's Unbeatable Pundit)
# 65-D: "The Fastest Talker in The Room" (TV's Unbeatable Pundit) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 6, 2022
# 64-A: "Magical Powers" / “Elephants and Ants”
SWWE #64: Dangerous Emojis and Fornicating Ants
This episode is brought to you by Vareschi Mastering: https://www.vareschimastering.com/ - Give 'em a visit!
Welcome to 2022. This new episode of Spoken Word with Electronics teaches you about microwaves, and asks you if you've ever heard the Ant and Elephant Sex Joke. We run the math on how many ants it might take to equal a 9,000 pound elephant in bed. The episode closes with a tribute to Zip Disks as the efficiency tool of the late 1990s.
Track three is a news item.
Headline: DEA releases list of 'Dangerous Emojis' linked to drug use in text messages
Looking to crack the code on your kids' illicit activities? The Drug Enforcement Administration has posted an "emoji drug code guide" that lets parents know the real use of gas pumps, chickens and rocket ships. These are tools children are using to purchase high quality narcotics. And to help the kids make the order correctly, the government has provided a menu.
Link to the DEA chart…
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Jan 6, 2022
# 64-B: "Pachydermophilia and Extinctions"
# 64-B: "Pachydermophilia and Extinctions" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 6, 2022
# 64-C: "EMOJI SAFETY" (D.E.A. Special Report)
# 64-C: "EMOJI SAFETY" (D.E.A. Special Report) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 6, 2022
# 64-D: "Zip Disks" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 46)
# 64-D: "Zip Disks" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 46) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 15, 2021
# 63-A: "An Improved Room Microphone Set-up"
Happy holidays to you from us at Spoken Word with Electronics. Primary music in track two is goth santas Alien Sex Fiend, whose Stuff the Turkey should be sung around every chimney. We also review an Electro-Voice RE20, whose flat frequency curve at 5K makes it the far better microphone for this show than any Shure product. That mic comparison (RE20 vs SM57 vs SM7B) is discussed in the introduction.
Enjoy the season. Oh, Mariah!
This track: Demo of RE20 on a shockmount in an untreated room. Comparison of Shure SM7B and Shure SM57 to an Electrovoice RE20.
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Dec 15, 2021
# 63-B: "Our Last Xmas?" (A. Sex Fiend and M. Carey)
# 63-B: "Our Last Xmas?" (A. Sex Fiend and M. Carey) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 15, 2021
# 63-C: "Don't Cry, Marie" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 44)
# 63-C: "Don't Cry, Marie" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 44) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 15, 2021
# 63-D: "A Home is Like a Tree" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 45)
# 63-D: "A Home is Like a Tree" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 45) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 24, 2021
# 62-A: "A Trip to the Mountains" (Happy Holidays)
"1, 2, 3, and 4, inside, outside!"
Hi, everyone. Was amused to find a small saxophone hiding in my bottle of kombucha this week. The small pressure of a barely open lid released a torrent of improvisational jazz. If it were a plastic bottle, I'd swear this was the ghost of Ornette Coleman!
This episode of SWWE also features a variety of electronic snow and other winter-related sound. Have a nice holiday. – Ethan
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Nov 24, 2021
# 62-B: "Kombucha Saxophone Solo" (and Electronic Snow Music)
# 62-B: "Kombucha Saxophone Solo" (and Electronic Snow Music) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 24, 2021
# 62-C: "KOHIO Cleveland" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 42)
# 62-C: "KOHIO Cleveland" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 42) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 24, 2021
# 62-D: "Sam is on the Bus" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 43)
# 62-D: "Sam is on the Bus" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 43) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 28, 2021
# 61-A: "The Nature of the Creature" (Introduction)
# 61-A: "The Nature of the Creature" (Introduction) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 28, 2021
# 61-B: "Soy Sauce In Your Mask" / "A Softer Sound"
# 61-B: "Soy Sauce In Your Mask" / "A Softer Sound" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 28, 2021
# 61-C: "O.S. Inventory Report #3" (Issues: 1955, 67, 73)
The Other Scenes Inventory Report is an archive of John Wilcock's Other Scenes
Download related PDFs discussed in this track at http://www.ep.tc/otherscenes
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Oct 28, 2021
# 61-D: "Ben at The Blue Eagle Bar" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 41)
# 61-D: "Ben at The Blue Eagle Bar" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 41) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 6, 2021
# 60-A: "Pretty Good Week, Mood-Wise" (and: "A Bag of Screws")
# 60-A: "Pretty Good Week, Mood-Wise" (and: "A Bag of Screws") by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 6, 2021
# 60-B: "Listener Feedback!" (See Description for Artist Links)
LISTENER FEEDBACK ARTISTS LINKS - WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK!
In order of appearance:
Sam/Bob from Arizona
Bio: Enigma - No social media, no I.D. on file!
Their track: "Just a Vaccination Card"
not available online
Justin Owen / Rotator:
"Neurodevelopmental Assessment (Parts 1-4)"
https://soundcloud.com/rrrotatorrr/neurodevelopmental
3 for Lunarside:
"cakefaxbeds"
https://soundcloud.com/supercargosound/cakefaxbeds
See also: https://soundcloud.com/supercargosound/
Hector Rodriguez:
"#mutableinstruments all elements"
https://www.instagram.com/p/CK4r5o1BBSb/
https://www.instagram.com/hr2332
Michael Weeks / The Wretch
"TERROR OF THE STRATOSFIEND: ELEVATOR GOD"
https://thewretch.bandcamp.com/
https://thewretch.bandcamp.com/album/terror-of-the-stratosfiend-elevator-god
https://endmusikrecords.bandcamp.com/
Eric Barbour (we are honored!)
Feedback provided is a collection of pedal experiments, not available online!
https://www.metasonix.com/
Feedback from a TM-1 pedal, TX-1 Agonizer…
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Oct 6, 2021
# 60-C: "OTHER SCENES INVENTORY REPORT #2" (Issues: 1967)
# 60-C: "OTHER SCENES INVENTORY REPORT #2" (Issues: 1967) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 6, 2021
# 60-D: "A Piece of Dust" / "Packet Drop-Offs" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 40)
# 60-D: "A Piece of Dust" / "Packet Drop-Offs" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 40) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 13, 2021
# 59-A: "The Ring Modulator Can Not Handle It!"
# 59-A: "The Ring Modulator Can Not Handle It!" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 13, 2021
# 59-B: "I'd Really Like Your Feedback Tonight"
BE A PART OF THE NEXT EPISODE! Send us your feedback (Drone, Guitar, or any other acoustic or electronic Noise) and we'll include it in a "feedback to the show" segment to commemorate episode number sixty. All noise will be credited to their original creators.
Ideally send a track through Soundcloud instant message. We thank you in advance for your feedback. I think you'll enjoy what we do with your feedback.
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Sep 13, 2021
# 59-C: "OTHER SCENES INVENTORY REPORT #1"
View the OTHER SCENES archive at http://www.ep.tc/otherscenes
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Sep 13, 2021
# 59-D: "A Good Enough Gig" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 39)
# 59-D: "A Good Enough Gig" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 39) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 25, 2021
# 58-A: "Dentist Drills and Trending Hashtags" (Introduction)
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #58: AN ELECTRIC TOOTH! (And Emergency School Board Meeting)
This week's tutorial:
Hear a Synthesizer recreate getting a Dental Crown
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week the subject is dentistry. I've always been good about going to the dentist. Give me the chair, man! It's like getting a tattoo every six months on your teeth. But due to the pandemic I hadn't been able to get a cleaning for seventeen months, and one of my few fillings (the silver kind from the 1980s) didn't survive. So, pandemic delay accepted, I received the rough prognosis: I NEEDED A CROWN. So this week is dedicated to that very noisy drilling procedure.
Make your own tooth: Using a blend of contrasting highly modulated voltage into filters and pitch on a few synths, we emulate the musical scraping and drilling of the experience. Eurorack and event generators provide a good amount of variety to add in sounds of water, random bits of flying pieces, suction, etc. Dental cr…
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Aug 25, 2021
# 58-B: "Relaxation Records" (Discussion)
# 58-B: "Relaxation Records" (Discussion) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 25, 2021
# 58-C, Raw Audio: "Board of Trustees Emergency Meeting" (TX Public Schools, 08/2021)
# 58-C, Raw Audio: "Board of Trustees Emergency Meeting" (TX Public Schools, 08/2021) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 25, 2021
# 58-D: "The Difficulties of The Week" (Conclusion)
# 58-D: "The Difficulties of The Week" (Conclusion) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 11, 2021
# 57-A, Opening Joke: "A Land Line and a Brochure Walk Into a Bar..."
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #57: TWENTY DOLLAR HELL and The Lost Emotional Sound of Dating on Landline Phones
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This last year (or two) has been a fun dip into Hell, and it's rekindled my interest in Televangelism. I used to record a lot of them on VHS tapes in the 1990s and so this week I thought I'd share my favorite one. I originally labeled it "Reverend Hellfire" on the VHS label. It's an amazing story that is literally rags to riches, from preaching in front of trash dumpsters 45 years previous, that suddenly erupts into a constant flood of thousand dollar bills. He actually talks to God. Do you have $1000? Do you have a phone? CALL NOW! You'll hear the full pitch in this week's Side A.
Side B continues the Charlie Pickle serial, with "The Daily Worry".
The opening half of the show discusses Landline Phones and their wonderful floor of ambient noise as it relates to emotional memory. Plug in and enjoy.
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Aug 11, 2021
# 57-B, Discussion: "Remembering the Room Noise of Analog Phone Connections"
# 57-B, Discussion: "Remembering the Room Noise of Analog Phone Connections" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 11, 2021
# 57-C, Side A: "1990s VHS Recording / Reverend Hellfire on 45 Years of Televangelism" (CALL NOW)
# 57-C, Side A: "1990s VHS Recording / Reverend Hellfire on 45 Years of Televangelism" (CALL NOW) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 11, 2021
# 57-D, Side B: "The Daily Worry" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 38)
# 57-D, Side B: "The Daily Worry" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 38) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 1, 2021
# 56-A: "Abbott & Costello's Youngest Material" (Introduction)
Have you heard Abbott & Costello's 'Ten Year Old Child Bride' joke from 1941?
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week we meander back to the more innocent times of 1941. Universal Pictures released a war film titled "Buck Privates" starring Abbott and Costello. It's mostly silly gags throughout but there's a slightly notorious joke hidden in there about a 40 year old man marrying a ten year old girl. The duo would continue the joke for some years, short-titled "You're 40, She's 10": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO6JcXXAqec
To Costello's credit, though Abbott urges him to pursue his infatuation with the 10 year old, the math on their age isn't right. It sets up the comedy, based on fractions and percentages: When will she be old enough? The duo are best known for other logic problems (like Who's on First?). Here's the entire routine:
Abbott: You're 40 years-old and you're in love with this little girl that's 10 years-old. You're four times as old as that girl and you cou…
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Jul 1, 2021
# 56-B: "Angela Simmons" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 37)
# 56-B: "Angela Simmons" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 37) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 1, 2021
# 56-C: "1960s Mail Order Psychiatry, Pt 2" (Raw Audio)
# 56-C: "1960s Mail Order Psychiatry, Pt 2" (Raw Audio) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 1, 2021
# 56-D: (Side A) "Anything That is Organic Is Neurotic"
# 56-D: (Side A) "Anything That is Organic Is Neurotic" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 1, 2021
# 56-E: (Side B) "Your Analyst Has a Teal Aquarium"
# 56-E: (Side B) "Your Analyst Has a Teal Aquarium" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 9, 2021
Episode 55, Introduction: "Re-Entering Society After 15 Months In Isolation"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #55: Re-Entering Society After Fifteen Months In Isolation
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. A few weeks ago I received my second vaccine shot. Ten days later I knew I was largely free to re-enter much of the world. I'd taken self-isolation pretty enthusiastically for fifteen months, to the equivalent that it felt like a space station in our home. Parts of me really loved it, other parts (like my socialized mental health) knew that the farther I got away from general society the more painful it would be in re-entry. So the process started this past week. I got an eggs benedict at a favorite local diner. I won't lie: The food felt great, the crowd felt tough. So a discussion on that, along with egg yolk facts, is on the menu for this episode. Life is like an egg yolk.
Also, starting this week's show is a multi-episode tribute to mail-order psychiatry lessons. The 1960s offered all kinds of learn-at-home options, and I've been collecting psychotherapy…
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Jun 9, 2021
Episode 55, RAW AUDIO: "1960s Mail Order Psychiatry Records" (Anxiety, Part 1)
Episode 55, RAW AUDIO: "1960s Mail Order Psychiatry Records" (Anxiety, Part 1) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 9, 2021
Episode 55, Side A: "All of Us Develop Patterns" (Tranquilizer Setting #6)
Episode 55, Side A: "All of Us Develop Patterns" (Tranquilizer Setting #6) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 9, 2021
Episode 55, Side B: "Instrumental Run Through a 2254 Diode Compressor" (AML 54F50 Demo)
Episode 55, Side B: "Instrumental Run Through a 2254 Diode Compressor" (AML 54F50 Demo) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 26, 2021
Episode 54, Introduction: "Can You Hear It? It's Lawn Mower Season"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #54: LAWN MOWER SEASON! — and Government Informationals on Mailmen, 1946.
Listen to this 1946 informational on the wonders of post office work.
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week, the focus is on warm weather! Few things say spring or summmer to me more than the sound of lawn mowers. Lawn Mower season came in with a big bang (or buzz) this month, and it is given a tribute in our introduction — It's Lawn Mower Season.
The main audio for this week is a terrific 1946 audio informational from the U.S. Post Office, titled "Meet the Mailman" — You'll find untouched audio here with a re-imagined narrative of Glen Tucker, the bed ridden boy, here. Lots of incredible people, from Charles Mingus to Charles Bukowski (okay, incredible people named Charles) have worked for the USPS over the years, and with Trump threatening its existence and most of us surviving off deliveries for over a year, now is a good time to celebrate the Mail Workers! I l…
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May 26, 2021
Episode 54, RAW AUDIO: "Meet the Mailman" (1946 Informational, United States Postal Service)
Episode 54, RAW AUDIO: "Meet the Mailman" (1946 Informational, United States Postal Service) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 26, 2021
Episode 54, Side A: "This is Glen Tucker" (Our Mailman is Mr Dolan)
Episode 54, Side A: "This is Glen Tucker" (Our Mailman is Mr Dolan) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 26, 2021
Episode 54, Side B: "Kindness is Overrated" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 36)
Episode 54, Side B: "Kindness is Overrated" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 36) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 11, 2021
Episode 53, Introduction: "Seltzer Jokes, Good Deeds, and Rest In Peace, Bob Fass!"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #53: A Broken Appliance Buys You a Room Full of Synthesizers (Tutorial)
How to turn a broken dishwasher into a synthesizer
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week we remember Bob Fass, who passed away on April 24th (the first night we recorded this current episode, on a three week cycle this week) – Fass was an radio innovator, turning a regular control booth into a soundboard for politics, yippie activism, and genuine bizarre antics, even said to influence WFMU's switch to freeform as a format. This episode is dedicated to Fass.
In a practical matter, our discussion this week describes a useful currency exchange system where broken appliances are turned into synthesizers. Our clothes washer's bearing broke a few years ago and I decided to instead sell the individual working parts (circuit boards, front panel, glass lid, cables, screws, rubber feet, etc) and ended up with more money than the new washer, along with thousands of dollars in extr…
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May 11, 2021
Episode 53, Discussion: "A Broken Appliance Becomes a Synthesizer" (Tutorial)
Episode 53, Discussion: "A Broken Appliance Becomes a Synthesizer" (Tutorial) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 11, 2021
Episode 53, Side A: "Brain Water" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 34)
Episode 53, Side A: "Brain Water" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 34) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 11, 2021
Episode 53, Side B: "OTHER EXPERIENCES" (A Viewer's Guide, Charlie Pickle Pt 35)
Television's Greatest Show: "OTHER EXPERIENCES" (1971-1974) — An Introductory Viewer Guide.
"Other Experiences" represents the best in science fiction-based psychology to ever air on Network TV. If you are a citizen of Clarence TX, you can regularly catch re-runs, every Sunday night at 11pm on CLRNCTV, Channel 11.
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Apr 20, 2021
Episode 52, Introduction: "The Dinner Party Email" (And check out our kickstarter: "John Wilcock")
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #52: A Tribute to John Wilcock! (Kickstarter Special)
"Puff It, Swines!" A memory of smoking Hunter S. Thompson's favorite weed.
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week, we give tribute to John Wilcock, who was the subject of the properly titled John Wilcock comic here on Boing Boing for close to a decade. A collection of the book is on Kickstarter this month – get a copy! – and if you're clicking this due to the headline, you might be curious about what pot Hunter S Thompson seemed to enjoy more than any other bag. The answer: John Wilcock's pot!
Check us out this week on kickstarter at: http://www.ep.tc/kick
John was one of the earliest proponents of marijuana being legalized, and his credentials speak well to his taste in quality pot, too. He worked with Tom Forcade to publish National Weed in the 1970s, which became the better known High Times.
John visited my home for a week in 2010 and he arrived with the world's most perfect slende…
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Apr 20, 2021
Episode 52, John Wilcock Special, Pt 1: "Smoking Some of Hunter S. Thompson's Favorite Weed"
Episode 52, John Wilcock Special, Pt 1: "Smoking Some of Hunter S. Thompson's Favorite Weed" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 20, 2021
Episode 52, John Wilcock Special, Pt 2: "Other Scenes, Andy Warhol, and Story Structure"
Episode 52, John Wilcock Special, Pt 2: "Other Scenes, Andy Warhol, and Story Structure" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 20, 2021
Episode 52, Conclusion: "Moth Words, Moth Pockets, and Acid Amendments"
Episode 52, Conclusion: "Moth Words, Moth Pockets, and Acid Amendments" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 18, 2021
Check out the "John Wilcock" comic — On Kickstarter this month http://ep.tc/kick
Check out the book, through April 2021: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949932289/john-wilcock-new-york-years-the-complete-series
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Apr 6, 2021
Episode 51, Introduction: "Road Rubber, No Worries, and Tourettes"
Would Alan Turing even WANT to be on a £50 Bank Note?
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week, we explore the wonderful world of Alan Turing, whose work in cryptography (i.e. code breaking) helped save the world in WW2. He then conceived the basic structure for computers and saw the future of artificial intelligence. He was celebrated in his lifetime by being condemned by the UK government for sex, spending the last year or two of his existence undergoing forced 'chemical castration' by way of experimental estrogen treatments.
The UK has done some good work to remedy the ugly errors of its past, directly addressing it in prepared statements with the bank note itself, which has some very cool details and design: https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1375036561843191813
But this week discusses a basic truth: Government Symbolism, especially its currency, is complicated. To be candid: after someone is abused, as Turing was, they might not want to be the face on their abuser's…
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Apr 6, 2021
Episode 51, Discussion: "Alan Turing, Bank Note Symbiosis, and Turing Machines"
Episode 51, Discussion: "Alan Turing, Bank Note Symbiosis, and Turing Machines" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 6, 2021
Episode 51, Side A: "Turing Machine Music" (Eurorack Module Demo)
Episode 51, Side A: "Turing Machine Music" (Eurorack Module Demo) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 6, 2021
Episode 51, Side B: "A Visit to Electronic Village" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 33)
Episode 51, Side B: "A Visit to Electronic Village" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 33) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 23, 2021
Episode 50, Introduction: "We had a Tool Fight at the Home Depot this week"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #50: TOOL FIGHT! and 1970s VINYL DECAL REPAIR
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week we look back at the finest era in car design: The WOOD AND FAKE WOOD PERIOD. This is when most family cars had wood paneling – or, if you were sporting, fake wood paneling.
The transition from 1960s real world materials into the 1970s dealt with numerous synthetics, and the automobile industry felt this very directly. You'll see the interiors and outer shell of cars begin to lose many metal, wooden, and leather comforts, with a big boom in SYNTHETICS in the 1970s, with plastic everywhere. And that meant big business for VINYL DECALS. Of course, vinyl wood grain decals are far less robust than wood paneling itself – So this week, we share filmstrip audio on VINYL DECAL repair from the 1970s.
A lot of life mantras can be taken from this tutorial. Namely: Use a squeegee to iron out all those bubbles and blisters – Use a heat gun for stubborn blisters – An…
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Mar 23, 2021
Episode 50, RAW AUDIO: "Repairing Exterior Woodgrain Decals on Your Car." (Filmstrip, 1970s)
Episode 50, RAW AUDIO: "Repairing Exterior Woodgrain Decals on Your Car." (Filmstrip, 1970s) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 23, 2021
Episode 50, Side A: "Caring for Your Domesticated Human in a Post-Covid Petting Zoo"
Episode 50, Side A: "Caring for Your Domesticated Human in a Post-Covid Petting Zoo" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 23, 2021
Episode 50, Side B: "The Sunday Morning Cartoons" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 32)
Episode 50, Side B: "The Sunday Morning Cartoons" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 32) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 16, 2021
Episode 49, Introduction: "Mouse Ears, Yellow Shoes, and White Gloves"
This week's show. Important news on MOUSE EARS. And a Ring Modulation cage match (a Moog MF-102 vs. a Rucci RingMod vs. a Metasonix RK3)
Headline: MOUSE EARS! Does Mickey Mouse regularly use a Ring Modulator to sneak onto Air Force One?
https://boingboing.net/2021/03/16/mouse-ears-does-mickey-mouse-regularly-use-a-ring-modulator-to-sneak-onto-air-force-one.html
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week, the discussion is on ring modulators. If you have a synthesizer or a guitar, or even just a voice, you need a ring modulator. They've been around since 1934, and provide some of the most incredible sound effects imaginable.
1934 is an interesting year. Mickey Mouse had just turned six years old, being born in 1928, and most intelligence literature indicates the mouse found ring modulation to be highly addictive. A fan of music and telephones, Mickey Mouse became a ring modulation addict in 1945, and since then has been known to use the many techniques of ring modulation, whi…
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Mar 16, 2021
Episode 49, Discussion: "Ring Modulators!" (Shenanigans Bluff)
Episode 49, Discussion: "Ring Modulators!" (Shenanigans Bluff) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 16, 2021
Episode 49, Side A: "We Heard You Might Like Ring Modulators..."
Episode 49, Side A: "We Heard You Might Like Ring Modulators..." by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 16, 2021
Episode 49, Side B: "Marie, At Twilight" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 31)
Episode 49, Side B: "Marie, At Twilight" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 31) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 9, 2021
Episode 48, Introduction: "I Smell Tomatoes" (The Cornfield Is Always Listening)
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #48: Fruit/Vegetable Senses and Time Travel with the SSL FX Capacitor
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week's episode is a demo on a very peculiar reverb unit called the FX Capacitor from Synthetic Sound Labs.
The SSL "FX Capacitor" is one of the oddest hardware reverb processors on the planet.
SSL is known for modifying computer chips into odd musical uses, be it a Votrax voice chip for its Scat Talker phoneme generator or a digital answering machine chip for its SampleCorder. They're all wonderful products, capable of bizarre sounds with a unique low-fidelity sound that is immediately gratifying. You've heard their modules used on a lot of different music you enjoy. (My likely guesses: Boards of Canada, Depeche Mode, others) I've been curious about the FX Modulator, as it applies the same concept to studio effects, using a Spin Semiconductor at its base.
What is compelling about the FX Modulator, however, is the patch points on the panel:…
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Mar 9, 2021
Episode 48, Demo: Synthetic Sound Labs FX Capacitor / SSL FX Capacitor (Control Voltage Reverb)
Episode 48, Demo: Synthetic Sound Labs FX Capacitor / SSL FX Capacitor (Control Voltage Reverb) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 9, 2021
Episode 48, Side A: "SSL FX Capacitor Reverb Loops" (Birds and 2-XL)
Episode 48, Side A: "SSL FX Capacitor Reverb Loops" (Birds and 2-XL) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 9, 2021
Episode 48, Side B: "Four Momentary Eights" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 30)
Episode 48, Side B: "Four Momentary Eights" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 30) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 2, 2021
Episode 47, Introduction: "Tankless in Texas" (Tankless Water Heaters vs Normal Hot Water Heaters!)
Episode 47, Introduction: "Tankless in Texas" (Tankless Water Heaters vs Normal Hot Water Heaters!) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 2, 2021
Episode 47, Discussion: "The 1978 Mego 2-XL Robot" (How it worked and running it through a Vocoder)
Episode 47, Discussion: "The 1978 Mego 2-XL Robot" (How it worked and running it through a Vocoder) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 2, 2021
Episode 47, Side A: "That Good Ol' Bruce Haack Ghost Took Control of the Midi Player Tonight"
Episode 47, Side A: "That Good Ol' Bruce Haack Ghost Took Control of the Midi Player Tonight" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 2, 2021
Episode 47, Side B: "Clutter, Sunlight, and Time Travel." (Charlie Pickle, Pt 29)
Episode 47, Side B: "Clutter, Sunlight, and Time Travel." (Charlie Pickle, Pt 29) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 23, 2021
Episode 46, Introduction: "So, What Went On Last Week with That Power Grid Failure in Texas?"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #46: The BRUCE HAACK SONGBOOK!
(And the 2021 TX Power Failure)
Hi, everyone, welcome back to SWWE. We're just now getting through an entirely wild week of weather and bureaucratic power grid failure here in Texas. Texas has been on its own power grid since 1935, or approximately since power grids existed in the United States.
This isolationism on Texas' part meant that if we, say, refused to weather-proof our electrical grid (not needed if you aren't regulated!) then, perhaps, close to 4 million people would be without power during the coldest week of weather in decades. And, it's not like TX politicians care about dead bodies, but it would also add to Greg Abbott's death count for 2021, with some very tragic stories. So the first two tracks (introduction and discussion) this week discuss how my wife and I got through a week of blackout, with single digit temperatures outside, no heat – and then, no water. Pretty wild experience! Once water became scar…
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Feb 23, 2021
Episode 46, Side A: Hear a Computer Play "The Bruce Haack Songbook" (RARE ELECTRONIC HISTORY ITEM!)
Episode 46, Side A: Hear a Computer Play "The Bruce Haack Songbook" (RARE ELECTRONIC HISTORY ITEM!) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 23, 2021
Episode 46, Side B: "Hostage Negotiations" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 28)
Episode 46, Side B: "Hostage Negotiations" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 28) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 21, 2021
Episode 46, Discussion: "Mud Water From the Pond!" (TX Utilities Outage Story Continued)
Episode 46, Discussion: "Mud Water From the Pond!" (TX Utilities Outage Story Continued) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 16, 2021
Episode 45, Introduction: "I've Been Reorganizing the Home Studio This Week"
WEATHER DELAY THIS WEEK! Posting the show a day late due to odd weather and predictable Texas Politics. Will discuss next week. Enjoy this week's show, part one of a tribute to Bruce Haack.
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Feb 16, 2021
Episode 45, Discussion: "The Runaway Fire Truck Story" (A Live Reading of Police Transcript)
Episode 45, Discussion: "The Runaway Fire Truck Story" (A Live Reading of Police Transcript) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 16, 2021
Episode 45, Side A: "Ethan Explains - WHY THERE IS NO SIDE A - This Week."
Episode 45, Side A: "Ethan Explains - WHY THERE IS NO SIDE A - This Week." by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 16, 2021
Episode 45, Side B: "GOOD EVENING GOOD GOOD EVENING" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 27)
Episode 45, Side B: "GOOD EVENING GOOD GOOD EVENING" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 27) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 8, 2021
Episode 44, Introduction: "A Workdesk Stacked With Over 130,000 Unread Emails"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #44: "A Group of Over 100,000 Emails Walk Into a Bar…"
It took some effort, but I have finally achieved over 35,000 Unread Work Emails. (and 100,000 Personal Ones)
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. Bit of a fun one this week. Depending on your personality type, the phrase "I have over 130,000 unread emails" will either place you in one of three or four personality categories: Discomfort over the idea of this (That makes me anxious), Competition (I have more than that!), Disconcern (So What?) or Self-Reflective/Assessing (I only have 20, I'm fine). But it's unlikely any of you will envy a person with such a stockpile.
I can't sell this batch of unread emails as a currency, just the number itself, for example. (Though if this were Google, they would be selling the information gathered, but that's another topic) – Really, the acquisition of such a bounty of unread messages is a descriptor of a kind of personality, nothing more or less. But I decid…
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Feb 8, 2021
Episode 44, Discussion: "Making Your Own Unique Sounding Oscillator for FREE" (Instructions)
Episode 44, Discussion: "Making Your Own Unique Sounding Oscillator for FREE" (Instructions) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 8, 2021
Episode 44, Side A: "This Is Music with a Strictly Electronic Beat" (Vocal: THE FUTURE IS NOW, 1950)
Episode 44, Side A: "This Is Music with a Strictly Electronic Beat" (Vocal: THE FUTURE IS NOW, 1950) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 8, 2021
Episode 44, Side B: "Prepping For Party Night" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 26)
Episode 44, Side B: "Prepping For Party Night" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 26) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 1, 2021
Episode 43, Introduction: "Do You Ever Hear Bubble Wrap In Your Pockets?"
Unusual Audio Hallucinations: Do you ever hear bubble wrap in your pockets?
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #43: Do You Ever Hear Bubble Wrap In Your Pockets?
Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the show. This week we get down to the serious question of the day: Do you ever hear bubble wrap in your pockets? Happened to us this week, and it very likely might have been a complete audio hallucination. Fortunately, using specific patented Psychomental Technology, we were able to record the hallucination itself in the audio track. Nice technology that doesn't exist, but great for recording imaginary bubble wrap. This week we also discuss the wonderful GAMESTOP moment. I'm reminded of the cultural Gamestop precursor, Radio Shack, which is a prized part of my youth, which had its own troubles with Hedge Fund assault, see its 2015 battle with hedge fund Standard General: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-31/radioshack-creditors-sue-hedge-fund-over-chain-s-collapse
Example: "By delaying…
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Feb 1, 2021
Episode 43, RAW AUDIO: "Relax and Reduce to New Beauty and Better Health" (1960)
Episode 43, RAW AUDIO: "Relax and Reduce to New Beauty and Better Health" (1960) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Feb 1, 2021
Episode 43, Side A: "Natural Relaxation" (A Basic Primer) — You Will Relax. You Can Relax!
You Are Relaxed. You Feel So Well.
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Feb 1, 2021
Episode 43, Side B: "The True Self and The False Self" (Charlie Pickle Pt 25)
Episode 43, Side B: "The True Self and The False Self" (Charlie Pickle Pt 25) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 25, 2021
Episode 42, Introduction: "What a Relief. Everything Feels Calm."
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #42: Listen to Hundreds of Butterfly Wings, Run Through Hardware Samplers
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. Really, a calm and simple one this week. Biden's in office, hooray, and the peace of mind and decompression from that is TANGIBLE, isn't it. So this week, I thought to look at a collection of audio files I've compiled from field recording in Austin and Chicago over a couple of years. There's butterfly wings flapping, a nearly perfect cicada, peacocks, and a parakeet record. All of this is run through hardware samplers, primarily a Korg MicroSampler, and turned into mechanized insect wing machinery. Have a nice week and enjoy the audio.
Thanks and good insect regards, Ethan
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Jan 25, 2021
Episode 42, Discussion: "Hardware Samplers... with Butterflies, Moths, Cicadas, and Peacock Chirps"
Episode 42, Discussion: "Hardware Samplers... with Butterflies, Moths, Cicadas, and Peacock Chirps" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 25, 2021
Episode 42, Side A: "Teaching a Parakeet to Talk is Fun" (Learn the New VOICE Method, 1951)
Episode 42, Side A: "Teaching a Parakeet to Talk is Fun" (Learn the New VOICE Method, 1951) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 25, 2021
Episode 42, Side B: "The Business Plan" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 24)
Episode 42, Side B: "The Business Plan" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 24) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 18, 2021
Episode 41, Introduction: "WHAT Power" (White Nationalism Has None)
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTIONICS #41, Remembering the KKK Riot on MLK Day in Denver, 1992
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week, it's impossible to not discuss White Nationalism (or my joke for it: "What" Nationalism) – And during this week celebrating MLK Day, I feel inclined to talk about the formative role of the KKK on my mind, growing up as a goth/punk in Denver in the 1990s. The short version of this is "hate has happened before", it will get bad, AND it will go away again. I say this because my parents had their experiences with hate in the 40s and 60s, it went away, then I had my experiences in the 90s and it went away. It's always here, just less represented through position. So it's a less urgent worry about this current strain of the problem. The Feds are clearly on it, too. "What Nationalism" and "What Power" is Fucked.
Contrarians will disagree and say NOPE, this is the worst the White Nationalist threat has ever been. But I'll say that's a narrow view of a lon…
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Jan 18, 2021
Episode 41, Discussion/Memory: "KKK and the 1992 Denver Riot on MLK Day"
Episode 41, Discussion/Memory: "KKK and the 1992 Denver Riot on MLK Day" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 18, 2021
Episode 41, Side A: "Back When EVERYONE Knew At Least One KKK Person" (1990s Denver)
Episode 41, Side A: "Back When EVERYONE Knew At Least One KKK Person" (1990s Denver) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 18, 2021
Episode 41, Side B: "Oatmeal Strain" (The Arrival of Harland Atwater) — Charlie Pickle, Pt 23
Episode 41, Side B: "Oatmeal Strain" (The Arrival of Harland Atwater) — Charlie Pickle, Pt 23 by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 11, 2021
Episode 40, Introduction: "Well, the Insurrection WAS Televised, Wasn't It."
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #40: "A YIPPIE SEANCE!"
A YIPPIE SEANCE! — Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin Take Credit for Last Week's Insurrection.
Spoken Word with Electronics is an audio series delivering to you a two side recording of unusual stories paired with vintage modular electronic sounds
Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the show. This week we're pleased to welcome Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin into the studio. It's their first interview in more than 25 years! Abbie has been in hiding since 1989 and Jerry has gone low profile since 1994, but we meet with them via seance this week. The reason: They want to take credit for the insurrection at DC. Specifically the wikipedia article that didn't exist until January 6, titled: The 2021 storming of the United States Capitol.
It can now be told, and explained, that the charismatic smiling quality of the rabid crazed neo-nazis storming into the Capitol building were, in fact, under the spell of YIPPIE MAGIC — double-crossed into an…
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Jan 11, 2021
Episode 40, Discussion: "But fear not, Friends. This was ALSO the Best Day Ever for Democrats."
Episode 40, Discussion: "But fear not, Friends. This was ALSO the Best Day Ever for Democrats." by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 11, 2021
Episode 40, Side A: "YIPPIE SEANCE!" Abbie Hoffman & Jerry Rubin Take Credit for Last Week's Riot
Episode 40, Side A: "YIPPIE SEANCE!" Abbie Hoffman & Jerry Rubin Take Credit for Last Week's Riot by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 11, 2021
Episode 40, Side B: "Employee Check-In" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 22)
Episode 40, Side B: "Employee Check-In" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 22) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 4, 2021
Episode 39, Introduction: "Learn to Anticipate the Triple D's from the 1972 U.S. Bureau of Customs"
HEAR: "Drugs, Dolls, and Delays" the 1972 U.S. Govt Album on Not Stuffing Narcotics into Your Kid's Toys
Hi, everyone – Welcome back to the show. Bit of a fun one to begin the New Year. This week is about smuggling drugs, or rather the U.S. Govt's history with increasing scrutiny at our borders, with drugs as a justification. Customs used to be more casual, a question about what you might have purchased and what you'll be declaring. But as airports became more militarized in defense of drugs and terrorists, customs itself became more of an inspection process. The record this week is a series of rarely heard Radio Spots that were prepared to let you know about these increased measures, featuring Jack Webb from Dragnet and a beautiful sounding Ricardo Montalbán, speaking in Spanish. You are also introduced to the head of U.S. Customs Vernon D Acree, whose wonderfully uptight voice completes the long-awaited threesome for J. Edgar Hoover and Richard Daley. A lot of wonderful samples h…
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Jan 4, 2021
Episode 39: "DRUGS, DOLLS & DELAYS" — Radio Spots, Dept of the Treasury, Bureau of Customs, 1972
Informational Messages for the U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Treasury Department. 1972.
(Locked Groove recording, you will hear a click inbetween each radio spot)
In order:
SIDE ONE
Commissioner of Customs (60 secs), Commissioner of Customs (30 secs)
Greg Morris (20 secs), William Conrad (60 secs), Robert Fuller (30 secs)
Christopher George (30 secs), Linda Daye George (10 secs)
John Gavin (60 secs), Martin Milner (60 secs), Elaina Verdugo (60 secs)
SIDE TWO
Commissioner of Customs (60 secs), Commissioner of Customs (30 secs)
Commissioner of Customs (30 secs), Christopher George (30 secs)
Elaina Verdugo (30 secs), William Conrad (30 Secs)
Jack Webb and David Janssen (30 secs), John Gavin (10 secs)
Martin Milner (30 secs),
SPANISH: Ricardo Montalban (60 secs), Ricardo Montalban (30 secs)
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Jan 4, 2021
Episode 39, Side A: "Your Paranoia at the Airport"
Episode 39, Side A: "Your Paranoia at the Airport" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 4, 2021
Episode 39, Side B: "The #12 Route Arrives" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 21)
Episode 39, Side B: "The #12 Route Arrives" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 21) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 28, 2020
Episode 38, Introduction: "Happy New Year, Let's Drop Some Acid!"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #38: Acid Is Best on New Year's Eve
Hear how to make Stroboscopic Audio Panning to improve hallucinations on LSD for New Year's.
Greetings, fellow residents of 2020! Welcome back to the show. We're days away from kicking this year to the curb, and in a year as mind-breaking as this one, psychedelics might be one of the few things to make clear-eyed sense of it. I don't have any acid this year, but taking LSD on New Year's is often a great way to end a year and begin a new one. You should always take acid in a controlled space (let the acid itself go out of control for you) and a great electronics trick to learn for acid consumption is filling a room with stroboscopic sound, which is automated panning that can make the room feel like it's moving in a circular twirl. You can make this swirl slowly and also change directions. This week I'll demonstrate this method. I use a Moog Unit Q148, but the effect is also very easy to achieve with some simple electroni…
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Dec 28, 2020
Episode 38, Discussion: "VCA Control Voltage Panning for Hallucinations and NYE"
Episode 38, Discussion: "VCA Control Voltage Panning for Hallucinations and NYE" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 28, 2020
Episode 38, Side A: "Awake in the Freezer Aisle of the All-Night Grocery, Peaking Happily & Alone."
Episode 38, Side A: "Awake in the Freezer Aisle of the All-Night Grocery, Peaking Happily & Alone." by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 28, 2020
Episode 38, Side B: "Hurricanes and Displacement" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 20)
Episode 38, Side B: "Hurricanes and Displacement" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 20) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 21, 2020
Episode 37, Introduction: "We Have Endured THE YEAR of Festivus"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #37: Happy GRIEVANCES! We Have Endured THE YEAR of Festivus.
Hello, all – Happy Grievances! Welcome back to the show. This week is our holiday episode for December, and we're decorating the pole — with nothing! This year has already had its ornaments of bullshit and insanity, no need for glitter or decorations. I'm having a Zoom party for one over here. It's Festivus! The good holiday that Seinfeld made famous. And in so many ways it is the perfect holiday for this year. In a year like 2020, Festivus is a good natured outlet to just let the grievances out. All holidays have their moments where they become more substantial. Columbus Day wasn't anything until he came back with all those slaves, Thanksgiving was nothing until the genocide of American Natives, and Christmas was nothing but a birthday before Thomas Nast invented our modern Santa Claus.
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All these holidays made use of their moment to become a permanent part…
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Dec 21, 2020
Episode 37, Discussion: "WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH Envelope Followers!"
Episode 37, Discussion: "WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH Envelope Followers!" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 21, 2020
Episode 37, Side A: "Festivus Greetings from Spoken Word with Electronics"
Episode 37, Side A: "Festivus Greetings from Spoken Word with Electronics" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 21, 2020
Episode 37, Side B: "A Bus Will Be Here Soon" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 19)
Episode 37, Side B: "A Bus Will Be Here Soon" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 19) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 14, 2020
Episode 36, Introduction: "Looking Back, Basement Living Was Really Good."
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #36: FUN MADNESS with Control Voltage Radio Tuning
Unintended uses of Radio Signals to make Insane Noises
Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the show. The lead image here demonstrates that a radio can be a hat, but I'd like to dive even deeper on radio. Radio is more powerful than we give it credit. Its transformative possibilities as ubiquitous electromagnetic waves make it truly wonderful and ghostly. Did you know a common anxiety in the early century was picking up radio reception in your teeth, btw? But the most insane thing to consider about radio is you are constantly surrounded by hundreds of concurrent station broadcasts, in varying frequencies from around the world, blasting on your head simultaneously.
In many ways, this signal bombardment is similar to reality. One concept of what happens with LSD is the filters that control which signals we see are turned off. That's one trick of hallucination: You see (or think) all the signals at once, making a…
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Dec 14, 2020
Episode 36, Demonstration: "Voltage Controlled FM Radio Tuning" (Arradio Eurorack Module Demo)
Episode 36, Demonstration: "Voltage Controlled FM Radio Tuning" (Arradio Eurorack Module Demo) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 14, 2020
Episode 36, Side A: "Lean In to Hear the Talking Clock" (CV Radio)
Episode 36, Side A: "Lean In to Hear the Talking Clock" (CV Radio) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 14, 2020
Episode 36, Side B: "White Man's Blues" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 18)
Episode 36, Side B: "White Man's Blues" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 18) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 7, 2020
Episode 35, Introduction: "Mr Rogers and 1980s Mail-Order Psychotherapy Cassettes"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #35: Mr Rogers' Rare Words From 1983 on Death and Childhood Illness
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week is a tribute to Mr Rogers. I have one rare tape on Mr Rogers in my library of unusual records, and when I share this with people I present it as "a side of Mr Rogers you may have never heard." Most listeners agree: This is a very incredible album. Specifically, this is Fred Rogers translating the complexity of death and pain into helping parents deal with a huge fear: The death of their kids. He also relates similar comfort to kids themselves. And then you meet the children, who are all wonderful, happy, and seemingly more aware of the moment than many adults three times their age. I'm posting it this week because we need more compassion in the world, presently.
This is what the 1983 cassette "Healing with Love" is all about, and its obscure placement in the Mr Rogers discography only makes it more interesting. This wasn't work for PBS. It…
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Dec 7, 2020
Episode 35, RAW AUDIO: "Healing with Love" Mr. Rogers & Gerald Jampolsky on Children's Illness, 1983
HEALING WITH LOVE
Gerald Jampolsky and Fred Rogers
"A moving account of the healing roles love and support can play in children's critical illnesses" — made available to children and parents in 1983 for purposes of therapy, via cassette.
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Dec 7, 2020
Episode 35, Side A: "Mister Rogers' Metaphysical Phone Line" (Do You Consider Death An Enemy?)
Episode 35, Side A: "Mister Rogers' Metaphysical Phone Line" (Do You Consider Death An Enemy?) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 7, 2020
Episode 35, BONUS: "Fred Rogers Soundboard"
Episode 35, BONUS: "Fred Rogers Soundboard" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 7, 2020
Episode 35, Side B: "DRINK ALL THE COFFEE" (Charlie Pickle, Part 17)
Episode 35, Side B: "DRINK ALL THE COFFEE" (Charlie Pickle, Part 17) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 30, 2020
Episode 34, Introduction: "Making Music from Modem Noises, Fax Machines, and Firmware Bootloaders"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #34: Making Music with 2600 Hz Tones and Firmware Audio Update Files
Number-based trivia: 2600, the hacker quarterly, is named after this 2600 hertz tone, which is a single tone that can override a payphone's pricing controls with one single command.
Hi everyone, welcome back to the show. This week is about loud noises made by computers. Awful sounds like modems, faxes, and my favorite unbearable noise: The firmware update file. Firmware can be updated via an audio file and to demonstrate this, we discuss audio files from Korg's Monotribe, the W-slash sampler from Whimsical Raps, and Nanoloop.
I thought it would be fun to make comforting music from these noises, and you can jump to "The Roomba is Dreaming" to hear the end result. The discussion for this week is a demonstration of using envelope generators to smooth out the harsh tones of a firmware file. In particular, a trapezoid generator based on an EMS Synthi is used to pull out tonal rhythms.
Last…
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Nov 30, 2020
Episode 34, Demonstration: "Envelope Filtering Audio-Based Firmware Update Files"
Episode 34, Demonstration: "Envelope Filtering Audio-Based Firmware Update Files" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 30, 2020
Episode 34, Side A: "The Roomba is Dreaming" (Music made from Firmware Update Files)
Episode 34, Side A: "The Roomba is Dreaming" (Music made from Firmware Update Files) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 30, 2020
Episode 34, Side B: "Happy Birthday, Susan" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 16)
Episode 34, Side B: "Happy Birthday, Susan" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 16) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 23, 2020
Episode 33, Introduction: "This Week is Our Thanksgiving Episode"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #33: A BAKED HAM DINNER (Thanksgiving Special)
Hear Betty Crocker's "Cooking for the Blind" series from the 1950's, and prepare a Thanksgiving Dinner with canned food.
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week is our first Thanksgiving Episode, and with most of us opting to stay home and not travel this year, I thought I'd share one of my favorite records in my collection. This is a 40 album set from The Minnesota Department of Public Welfare. Specifically this is a part of the "Talking Books for the Blind" – an endeavor that is still very much alive in public education. I have a friend who has read trigonometry into a recorder for use in math courses at the university level for decades, as an example.
Betty Crocker's 1954 "Good and Easy Cookbook" was recorded, in full, for this series of vinyl. The fidelity is choppy, as these are flexidiscs with a loud noise floor. There's another issue, too: My copy, which might be the only complete survivin…
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Nov 23, 2020
Episode 33, Discussion: "Betty Crocker's Good & Easy Cookbook, Cooking for the Blind Edition, 1956"
Episode 33, Discussion: "Betty Crocker's Good & Easy Cookbook, Cooking for the Blind Edition, 1956" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 23, 2020
Episode 33, Side A: "A Baked Ham Dinner with Dessert" (Thanksgiving Instructions, 2020 Edition)
Episode 33, Side A: "A Baked Ham Dinner with Dessert" (Thanksgiving Instructions, 2020 Edition) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 23, 2020
Episode 33, Side B: "The Abrupt Decline of Clarence TX, 1965-1968" (Charlie Pickle, Part 15)
Episode 33, Side B: "The Abrupt Decline of Clarence TX, 1965-1968" (Charlie Pickle, Part 15) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 16, 2020
Episode 32, Introduction: "Hi -- How's Everyone Doing?"
Episode 32, Introduction: "Hi -- How's Everyone Doing?" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 16, 2020
Episode 32, Discussion: "Battery Eliminators!" (And Parallel Battery Adapter Holders)
Episode 32, Discussion: "Battery Eliminators!" (And Parallel Battery Adapter Holders) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 16, 2020
Episode 32, Side A: "The Treemont Family Trust"
Episode 32, Side A: "The Treemont Family Trust" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 16, 2020
Episode 32, Side B: "9PM DOOR CALL"
Episode 32, Side B: "9PM DOOR CALL" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 9, 2020
Episode 31, Introduction: "So Damn Relieved Biden Won."
Hi , everyone. Welcome back to the show. This week, a Nanoloop arrived from Germany. I was elated. It showed up with great timing, too, on the afternoon of the day of the Election. Not sure it's possible to describe how stressful that day felt, though I imagine it's relatable. A drum machine synthesizer that is built off of the sounds of classic Nintendo Gameboy circuitry was just what the doctor ordered, so I turned off the news (to the best of my ability, anyway) and recorded Nanoloop beats for a week. You'll find that mood journal here for Side A.
The Nanoloop itself is a legendary component of chiptune music, and other electronic formats, providing instant acid house-esque rhythms. It's really wonderful for sound design, too. It's four concurrent 16-step grids, four voices, and is played like a video game. You'll hear Nanoloop on some recordings you love, from Aphex Twin to Boards of Canada, and elsewhere. A discussion on that is included.
The Nanoloop began as a cartridge for th…
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Nov 9, 2020
Episode 31, Discussion, "A Nanoloop Arrived on Election Day."
Episode 31, Discussion, "A Nanoloop Arrived on Election Day." by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 9, 2020
Episode 31, Side A: "Nanoloop Hardware Demo" (All Factory Sounds, No External Effects)
Episode 31, Side A: "Nanoloop Hardware Demo" (All Factory Sounds, No External Effects) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 9, 2020
Episode 31, Side B: "The Sunset Investors" (Charlie Pickle, Part 12)
Episode 31, Side B: "The Sunset Investors" (Charlie Pickle, Part 12) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 2, 2020
Episode 30, Introduction: "Hello, Have You Seen My Joke Calendar?"
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week is a precarious one, as we post the episodes on Monday. The Election happens on Tuesday, however, and that means the world might become a very different creature in the next seven days. So to anticipate GOOD or BAD, this week is all about jokes. For total distraction, I have 45 minutes of jokes that I will read to you this week. You can press play and just forget the world as you meditate on such classics as "Did you Hear About the Invisible Man's Family? His Kids Were Nothing to Look At, Either!" – 45 minutes of that, thank me or pie me later.
The jokes for this episode actually come from my Joke Calendar, which I had at my office at work. I tormented 30-50 people at work so much (true story) that they stole the calendar from me, and placed it in the ice box! I responded to the prank with "The Joke Calendar", which is a track I'm also including in this week's humor pack for Side A. This track is from my album This is the TRUTH, whic…
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Nov 2, 2020
Episode 30, Distraction: "A Year's Worth of Jokes to Get You Through the Week"
Episode 30, Distraction: "A Year's Worth of Jokes to Get You Through the Week" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 2, 2020
Episode 30, Side A: "The Joke Calendar"
Episode 30, Side A: "The Joke Calendar" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Nov 2, 2020
Episode 30, Side B: 1984 VHS Porn Titles, L-Z: "Let Me Count the Lays" through "Zolita"
Episode 30, Side B: 1984 VHS Porn Titles, L-Z: "Let Me Count the Lays" through "Zolita" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 26, 2020
Episode 29, Introduction: "Those Good Old Blue Tapes"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #29: "Lary King's 1984 Guide to Adult Video Cassette Movies"
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week focuses on an independently produced book from 1984. Title is "Lary King's Encyclopedic Guide to Adult Video Cassette Movies" and it is a wonderful surviving snapshot of adult movies from that era. Incidentally, 1984 is the stated end of The Golden Age of Porn and the titles included, which contain films from 1960-1984, don't disappoint. Porn at its best is very clever. This is from the time adult movies were scripted, filmed (not videotaped), and these movies contained some of the funniest titles imaginable.
So, in 1983, an archivist by the name of Lary King (not Larry King! we hope) endeavored to list every single one of these film titles available on VHS and LaserDisc. There are no pictures in the book, highlighting the value and insane delights of the titles themselves, naked and alone. The surviving rare book shows the variety of content fro…
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Oct 26, 2020
Episode 29, Discussion: "The Lary King Encyclopedic Guide to Adult Video Cassette Movies"
Episode 29, Discussion: "The Lary King Encyclopedic Guide to Adult Video Cassette Movies" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 26, 2020
Episode 29, Side A: 1984 VHS Porn Titles, A-L: "Adventures in Bondage" through "Lesbians Galore"
Episode 29, Side A: 1984 VHS Porn Titles, A-L: "Adventures in Bondage" through "Lesbians Galore" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 26, 2020
Episode 29, Side B: "Morrie Treemont" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 11)
Episode 29, Side B: "Morrie Treemont" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 11) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 19, 2020
Episode 28, Introduction: "Classroom Filmstrip Lessons of the 1960s-1980s"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #28: A Tribute to Patch the Pony
Greetings, everyone. Welcome back to the show. This week is our Halloween episode. It's a tribute episode to a familiar childhood pony, named Patch, of the 1960s-1980s. Patch the Pony taught children an easy to remember rule: "Nay, Nay! From Strangers Stay Away!" — I love the story of Patch the Pony.
To keep with the Halloween season, audio from Patch is turned into a Halloween Movie. This is done with a variety of synthesizer beds, spray-can webbing, fake plastic hands, witches broomsticks, rattling skeletons, and vampire teeth. It's also achieved through the soundtrack of Patch the Pony itself, an unusual story of a wandering Pony who watches over children, and the peculiar voice acting for The Stranger who has a ball of candy, and an offer to "climb in" and ride in his new automobile. Nay, Nay, Stay Away!
Patch the Pony is a nice success story of an independent creator, too. While most cartoon mascots were corporate…
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Oct 19, 2020
Episode 28, Raw Audio: "Patch the Pony" (1968)
Episode 28, Raw Audio: "Patch the Pony" (1968) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 19, 2020
Episode 28, Side A: "Patch the One-Eyed Horror Movie" (A Tribute)
Episode 28, Side A: "Patch the One-Eyed Horror Movie" (A Tribute) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 19, 2020
Episode 28, Side B: "Psychiatric Notes #1" (Charlie Pickle, Part Ten)
Episode 28, Side B: "Psychiatric Notes #1" (Charlie Pickle, Part Ten) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 12, 2020
Episode 27, Introduction: "My Five Minute Phone Call with Donald Trump"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #27: A Phone Interview with Donald Trump, 26 Days Before the Election.
Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week, our close friend Donald Trump phones in for a five minute interview, where we discuss his second term ambitions. This phone call was made earlier last week, and just a day or so after being released from Walter Reed for the Guinness World Record in Hospitalized Covid Recovery. Incredible!
The White House switchboard was muting any moment Trump coughed, but one got past their censor button, so we've isolated the hacking wheeze and cough and have made it available as a free ringtone.
We then take a train down to Hell to hear The Devil's opinion on 'Stupid Covid Masks', and conclude the episode with Part Nine of Charlie Pickle.
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Oct 12, 2020
Episode 27, Ringtone: "Donald Trump's Covid Cough" — 100% Authentic! Free Download
Episode 27, Ringtone: "Donald Trump's Covid Cough" — 100% Authentic! Free Download by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 12, 2020
Episode 27, Side A: "Visiting Dante's Hell to Check-In on the Republican Party"
Episode 27, Side A: "Visiting Dante's Hell to Check-In on the Republican Party" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 12, 2020
Episode 27, Side B: "The Seasoner Purchase" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 9)
Episode 27, Side B: "The Seasoner Purchase" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 9) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 5, 2020
Episode 26, Introduction: "Welcome to Mind Surgery" (Learn the 1985 'UNIQUE-TECHNIQUE' Program)
Learn how to do 'Thought-Based MIND SURGERY' with this 1985 self-help cassette
"A Self-Help Course on MIND SURGERY and JUNK-PROOF FILTERING"
Hi, everyone – Welcome back to the show. This week we present a course on Mind Surgery, which is a cassette I found in a thrift store bin in Denver in 1993. The tape itself is a product of Denver, a part of the 'UNIQUE-TECHNIQUE' Program, based in suburban Littleton in 1985. I've enjoyed the lessons on Junk-Proof Filtering, avoiding the NIOPS, and celebrating the MMMS for years. So this episode is a tribute to the Mind Surgeon. You'll find full audio, along with a tribute track.
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Mind Surgery is an unusual audio product, especially if you listen to a lot of self-help audio. It's overwhelmingly positive, for one, it doesn't blame you for your problems. It lives in its own self-made psychology, which is delightful, and it doesn't have a manipulative agenda. I'd label it "outsider psyche". There's a benevolent Scientolog…
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Oct 5, 2020
Episode 26, Raw Audio: "Mind Surgery and The Junk-Proof Filter" (1985, Self-Help Cassette)
Episode 26, Raw Audio: "Mind Surgery and The Junk-Proof Filter" (1985, Self-Help Cassette) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 5, 2020
Episode 26, Side A: "Undergoing Mind Surgery" (A Tribute to The Mind Surgeon) #NIOPS #MMMS
Episode 26, Side A: "Undergoing Mind Surgery" (A Tribute to The Mind Surgeon) #NIOPS #MMMS by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 5, 2020
Episode 26, Side B: "Roadside Politics" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 8)
Episode 26, Side B: "Roadside Politics" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 8) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 28, 2020
Episode 25, Introduction: "Do You Practice Thumb Hypnosis?"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #25: Do You Believe in THUMB HYPNOSIS?
Hi, everyone – Welcome back to the show. This week is all about Thumb Hypnosis. That might provide more questions than answers. Specifically, "Thumb Hypnosis" is a 1960s recording (I'm presuming, it's undated) that arrived to me with other hypnotism records some years ago. I love self-pressed hypnotism recordings, and "Thumb Hypnosis" is one of the best out there. It answers no questions. It solves all problems. Thumb!
Enjoying THUMB HYPNOSIS, raw audio is provided in track two, with a full reworking of sampling opportunities in track three. Audio is processed through a Radio Music module, 907 Fixed Filter Bank, and an SSL Samplecorder. Also, a quick demo of a Korg MicroSampler is provided, which is one of the nicest and most playable pieces of Korg hardware ever made, sadly pulled from production after less than a year on the market. It's a GREAT sampler, very similar to a vintage E-MU, but much easier to program…
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Sep 28, 2020
Episode 25, Raw Audio: "Thumb Hypnosis"
Episode 25, Raw Audio: "Thumb Hypnosis" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 28, 2020
Episode 25, Side A: "Pitch Shifters and Samplers" (Under the Influence of Thumb Hypnosis)"
Episode 25, Side A: "Pitch Shifters and Samplers" (Under the Influence of Thumb Hypnosis)" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 28, 2020
Episode 25, Side B: "Doorway Accounting" (Charlie Pickle, Part Seven)
Episode 25, Side B: "Doorway Accounting" (Charlie Pickle, Part Seven) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 21, 2020
Episode 24, Introduction: "Tales of Shock, A Childhood Memory"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #24: How Much Electricity Can Kill You?
https://soundcloud.com/eptc/sets/spoken-word-with-electronics-episode-24
Greetings, everyone. Welcome back to the show. This week, survival and home safety is on our mind, and the discussion is on THE FATAL CURRENT! (Including this article from 1966, linked below, which advises you to not wear wet shoes, or a soaking wet robe, when working near electricity)
There's a lot of misconceptions about how electricity becomes deadly. Appliances around the house are JUST as dangerous, or SAFE, as large electrical sources. For example, a static shock can be thousands of VOLTS but lacks the CURRENT to kill you. So we discuss the difference between voltage and current, the fun rule about how your hands can complete a circuit across your heart (don't try it) and include a basic primer on Ohm's Law. A fun discussion, including my own electrical injury at age ten, which nearly became a cautionary tale, titled: "Death By Alarm Cloc…
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Sep 21, 2020
Episode 24, Discussion: "How Much Electricity Can Kill You?"
Episode 24, Discussion: "How Much Electricity Can Kill You?" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 21, 2020
Episode 24, Side A: "The Brochure" (Charlie Pickle, Part Six)
Episode 24, Side A: "The Brochure" (Charlie Pickle, Part Six) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 21, 2020
Episode 24, Side B: "Electronic Electricity Session" (Outro)
Episode 24, Side B: "Electronic Electricity Session" (Outro) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 14, 2020
Episode 23, Introduction: "1-900 Bird Party for President"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #23: 1980s Telephone Voting Hardware
Greetings everyone, welcome back to the show. This week we look back at telephone polling hardware from the 1980s and ask the question: "What if they'd evolved into how we vote in elections?" The technology for phone voting became pretty robust, including synthesized voices and other nice ideas. But nice ideas are quickly exploited, so it got quickly monetized into the foul world of 1-900 numbers.
The monetization of spending 50¢ to call a 1-900 number and leave an opinion destroyed public perception of the phone as a democratic tool, but before that happened there were a few wonderful innovations. Bell Labs had been working on voice recognition since the 1950s, for example, and this week's episode of SWWE focuses on one company's effort to develop two devices: The simply named TELEPHONE POLL from 1982 and the exotic named follow-up, the ESCAPE-600, from 1986. Here is a collection of brochures and other material on bo…
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Sep 14, 2020
Episode 23, Discussion: "1980s Telephone Polling Hardware"
Episode 23, Discussion: "1980s Telephone Polling Hardware" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 14, 2020
Episode 23, Side B: "Weekly Electronic Drum Solo #1" (Outro)
Episode 23, Side B: "Weekly Electronic Drum Solo #1" (Outro) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 14, 2020
Episode 23, Side A: "The Lobby" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 5)
Episode 23, Side A: "The Lobby" (Charlie Pickle, Pt 5) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 7, 2020
Episode 22, Introduction/Live Set: "Hi, Everybody. This Episode Will Be About Meditation."
Greetings, all. Welcome back to the show. This week, the discussion is on meditation and making our body into a conductive circuit. A meditation device called the SOMA Quantum Ocean arrived from Russia last month. It's an experimental device from Moscow that has four coin-shaped sensor pads.
The device arrives with a book (also downloadable here as the "QO Book") of exercises to perform while you are meditating. This list of exercises suggest thinking different things or focusing on different goals when in session with the device, and seeing if the sounds change. They might!
This episode of SWWE includes a demo of twenty minutes of Quantum Ocean sound, along with instructions from the first session, which asks you to identify one path of noise in the chaos of the audio and follow it as it moves within the sea of other noises.
Two of the pads send a small amount of voltage through your body, and two of the pads are radio receivers. Essentially this is similar to a feedback loop, usin…
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Sep 7, 2020
Episode 22, Demo: What Does the Soma Quantum Ocean Sound Like? (Meditation Tool)
Episode 22, Demo: What Does the Soma Quantum Ocean Sound Like? (Meditation Tool) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 7, 2020
Episode 22, Side A: "SUNSET DRIVE"
Episode 22, Side A: "SUNSET DRIVE" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 7, 2020
Episode 22, Side B: "The Last Home On This Street is a Duplex"
Episode 22, Side B: "The Last Home On This Street is a Duplex" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 31, 2020
Episode 21: Are TEMP N TOSS Adhesive Thermometers the Future of Foreheads? (Introduction) "
Episode 21: Are TEMP N TOSS Adhesive Thermometers the Future of Foreheads? (Introduction) " by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 31, 2020
Episode 21, Recap/Time Capsule: "The Five Week News in Review"
Episode 21, Recap/Time Capsule: "The Five Week News in Review" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 25, 2020
Episode 21, Side B: "Do We Exist?" (AUDIO POSTCARD #2)
Hi, all: After watching the first night of the RNC last night, my existence was sure questioned! What a freak carnival.
Here's the second piece from The Recovery of Charlie Pickle, which will be serialized with parts three and four in episode 21 of SWWE. I'll see about another postcard this week.
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Aug 23, 2020
Episode 21, Side A: "Welcome to Clarence, TX" (AUDIO POSTCARD #1)
Hello, all: I hope you've been well - Sorry I haven't kept up with posting, as I mentioned I'd intended to do while taking a break from the show.
Gearing up to start new episodes in a week. I have a new piece I'll be serializing with these new sets of episodes. The story is called "The Recovery of Charlie Pickle", and here is the first installment, titled "Welcome to Clarence TX".
Thanks for following the show and see you soon, Ethan
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Aug 20, 2020
Episode 10, Headline #2, How to Prank a Bird with a Watermelon
Episode 10, Headline #2, How to Prank a Bird with a Watermelon by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 20, 2020
Episode 10, Headline #1: Jules Verne Was a Copycat
Episode 10, Headline #1: Jules Verne Was a Copycat by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 20, 2020
Episode 10, Headline #3: Ice Cream on TV is Mashed Potatoes
Episode 10, Headline #3: Ice Cream on TV is Mashed Potatoes by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Aug 20, 2020
Episode 10, "The Parts Left Out of Swiss Family Robinson"
Episode 10, "The Parts Left Out of Swiss Family Robinson" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 27, 2020
Episode 20, Introduction, "We Will Arrive at Goodland, Soon"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #20: A Tribute to Anne Sexton
Greetings, all. This is the final set of SWWE for a few weeks. This has been a crazy experience to put together an hour-long show every week for around twenty episodes, and I need a little time off to regroup, record some new music, and write out a few other pieces. This final episode catches me up, personally, with posting a bunch of work, too.
Much of this show originated as a proposed album series on writers I love. It became a weekly show, partly out of Covid changing my focus and time. But there have been a number of writers I love included here from those earliest recordings: from David Berman, Henry Miller, Kathy Acker, e.e. cummings, Paul Krassner, and even performers like Mel Blanc or Belle Barth.
The final piece from those original set of music are two tracks I'm posting today. It's a tribute to Anne Sexton, and I suppose a subheading could be "Romancing our worst intentions". — I think about Anne Sexton a lot. I…
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Jul 27, 2020
Episode 20, Memory: "My Suicide Note at Age Six or Seven"
Episode 20, Memory: "My Suicide Note at Age Six or Seven" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 27, 2020
Episode 20, Discussion, "When Someone Dies, When Anne Sexton Dies, When David Berman Dies"
Episode 20, Discussion, "When Someone Dies, When Anne Sexton Dies, When David Berman Dies" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 27, 2020
Episode 20, Side A: Anne Sexton, "Wanting to Die" (Vocal, 1962) - Music by SWWE, 2019/20
Episode 20, Side A: Anne Sexton, "Wanting to Die" (Vocal, 1962) - Music by SWWE, 2019/20 by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 27, 2020
Episode 20, Side B: Anne Sexton, "The Truth the Dead Know" (Vocal, 1971) — Music added by SWWE, 2020
Episode 20, Side B: Anne Sexton, "The Truth the Dead Know" (Vocal, 1971) — Music added by SWWE, 2020 by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 20, 2020
Episode 19, Introduction, "Odd Times, Making the Room Into a Loud Scream"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #19: Odd Times, Loud Noises
Hi everyone, welcome back to the show. Pictured in the Boing Boing post week is my studio, or the main corner of it. A lot of wonderful noise makers in the room, and the stress of this year has finally started to hit me. A room of equipment like this is very good for moments like this. So this week is about making as loud a noise as possible.
Jump in for a fun ride as we turn the studio into the tornado of sound, with leading contributions from Metasonix, Soma Labs Lyra-8 and Pulsar 23, Moog, and Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim's collaboration, the OB-6. Lead vocals by the Landscape HC-TT, a manually controlled tape player.
I purposely decided to make these beautiful instruments into as noisy and obnoxious a set of sounds as possible. I think you'll enjoy the stress relieving sound of a thousand oscillators out of tune with one another, going off like 700 springs clanging out of a mattress. Or at least that was the working idea. R…
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Jul 20, 2020
Episode 19, Side A: "Synthesizer Freak-Out" (A Room of Noise)
Episode 19, Side A: "Synthesizer Freak-Out" (A Room of Noise) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 20, 2020
Episode 19, Side B: "Bug and Machine Tapes" (Music #2)
Episode 19, Side B: "Bug and Machine Tapes" (Music #2) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 20, 2020
Episode 19, Discussion, "The Poor Help the Rich" (not the other way around)
Episode 19, Discussion, "The Poor Help the Rich" (not the other way around) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 13, 2020
Episode 18, Introduction, "Riots That Never Happen, Never Die"
Often Feel Like You're Missing Eleven Days From Your Life? Blame the British Empire for The Calendar Act of 1750.
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #18: The Calendar Act of 1750 & The Fake or Real Calendar RIOTS of 1752
Hi, everyone - Welcome back to the show. This week, the topic is on Time Keeping, and asks: What's your favorite Riot? My favorite riot is mythically referred to as "The Calendar Riots". It was a reaction across the British Empire for a government theft of eleven days from September 1752. Specifically September 2nd would immediately be followed by September 14th, with September 3rd-13th deleted.
People stormed through villages demanding these stolen eleven days, and the possible loss of experiences, be returned. Some say the riots didn't happen, and I think that makes the riots even better. You can't control an invisible riot, and a riot that never happened is one that never stops.
As to why, The British were one of few standouts on shifting from the flawed Julian Calend…
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Jul 13, 2020
Episode 18, Track Two, "The Calendar Act"
Episode 18, Track Two, "The Calendar Act" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 13, 2020
Episode 18, Side A: "The Calendar Act in America, TODAY!"
Episode 18, Side A: "The Calendar Act in America, TODAY!" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 13, 2020
Episode 18, Discussion: "Calendar Math for Astronomers and Profit"
Episode 18, Discussion: "Calendar Math for Astronomers and Profit" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 13, 2020
Episode 18, Side B: "Bug and Machine Tapes" (Music #1)
Episode 18, Side B: "Bug and Machine Tapes" (Music #1) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 6, 2020
Episode 17, Introduction, "Finding Sanity in Eraserhead and 2001 Sound Design"
SPOKEN WORD WITH ELECTRONICS #17: Sound Design Tutorial for ERASERHEAD and 2001: A Space Odyssey
Hi, everyone - Welcome to back to the show. This week is all about noise. Noise in a home can be a disruption, like when an air conditioner cranks on suddenly; that's a common disruptive noise source. But noise in a sculpted sense can add a second layer to your home and help transport a space. Two of my favorite examples of this are the inventions of sound design found in Eraserhead and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Both of these films use noise as an core part to the world they present. So for this week's episode, I thought it'd be nice to use only the technology available to Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch at the time of their films to recreate those sonic atmospheres.
So this week you'll learn how to use noise to modify your home, including a tutorial on how to make your kitchen sound like a room from Eraserhead or turn your attic into a control center from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It turns out…
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Jul 6, 2020
Episode 17, Discussion: "The Colors of Noise" (ROOM MOOD)
Episode 17, Discussion: "The Colors of Noise" (ROOM MOOD) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 6, 2020
Episode 17, Demonstration: "How to Make Eraserhead and 2001 with a Fixed Filter Bank and Noise"
Episode 17, Demonstration: "How to Make Eraserhead and 2001 with a Fixed Filter Bank and Noise" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 6, 2020
Episode 17, Side A: "A Small Upright Antique Piano" (The Apartment, Part Five)
Episode 17, Side A: "A Small Upright Antique Piano" (The Apartment, Part Five) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jul 6, 2020
Episode 17, Side B: "The Apartment, Conclusion" (Part #0297, 2N3904, NPN, T)
Episode 17, Side B: "The Apartment, Conclusion" (Part #0297, 2N3904, NPN, T) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 29, 2020
Episode 16: Introduction, "Trump Trigger Effect" and "The People of Texas vs. Greg Abbott"
Episode 16: Introduction, "Trump Trigger Effect" and "The People of Texas vs. Greg Abbott" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 29, 2020
Episode 16, "Analog Drum Machines and the Republican Mind"
Episode 16, "Analog Drum Machines and the Republican Mind" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 29, 2020
Episode 16, Demo: "Analog Clocks Explained" (Syncing Drum Machines with an LFO)
Episode 16, Demo: "Analog Clocks Explained" (Syncing Drum Machines with an LFO) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 29, 2020
Episode 16, Side A: "Her Break-In Period" (The Apartment, Part Three)
Episode 16, Side A: "Her Break-In Period" (The Apartment, Part Three) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 29, 2020
Episode 16, Side B: "For Use As Evidence, If Needed" (The Apartment, Part Four)
Episode 16, Side B: "For Use As Evidence, If Needed" (The Apartment, Part Four) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 22, 2020
Episode 15, Introduction: "SPAMP!, Rockman, and Tom Scholz' Proper World View"
Episode 15, Introduction: "SPAMP!, Rockman, and Tom Scholz' Proper World View" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 22, 2020
Episode 15, "SPIT-COIN" — The Points and Saliva Proposal to Solve Money
SPIT COIN!
Hi. I'm talking to you from the future, specifically the year 4079. Here we have solved the problem of money in your society by liquidating all of it. We converted everything to SPIT-COIN.
SPIT COIN can be broken up into two main currencies: SPIT, which is simply a watery liquid made by most mammals, and POINTS, which is a valueless numeric quantity or amount.
Let's discuss POINTS first and then jump into Saliva....
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Jun 22, 2020
Episode 15, Side A: "The Apartment", Part One (A Recovered Memory of Chicago, 1996)
Episode 15, Side A: "The Apartment", Part One (A Recovered Memory of Chicago, 1996) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 22, 2020
Episode 15, Side B: "The Landlord's Name was Nina" (The Apartment, Part Two)
Episode 15, Side B: "The Landlord's Name was Nina" (The Apartment, Part Two) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 15, 2020
Episode 14, Introduction: "Alien Appearances, Human Hubris, and Grasshoppers"
Episode 14, Introduction: "Alien Appearances, Human Hubris, and Grasshoppers" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 15, 2020
Episode 14, "Lightning Bugs and Hyenas"
Episode 14, "Lightning Bugs and Hyenas" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 15, 2020
Episode 14, "Ladybugs and Hummingbirds"
Episode 14, "Ladybugs and Hummingbirds" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 15, 2020
Episode 14, Side A: "Cicada Slow-Down" (Austin TX Cicadas at Various Speeds)
Episode 14, Side A: "Cicada Slow-Down" (Austin TX Cicadas at Various Speeds) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 15, 2020
Episode 14, Side B: "Cicada Textures" (Insects and Synthesizers)
Episode 14, Side B: "Cicada Textures" (Insects and Synthesizers) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 15, 2020
Episode 14, Discussion: "Alien Life and Electromagnetic Radiation"
Episode 14, Discussion: "Alien Life and Electromagnetic Radiation" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 15, 2020
Episode 14, BONUS TRACK: "Bug Hour" (One Hour of Insects and Soma Ether)
Episode 14, BONUS TRACK: "Bug Hour" (One Hour of Insects and Soma Ether) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 8, 2020
Episode 13: "Introduction, Headlines, Red Wasps are Dicks, The Color of Dreams, Cicadas, and Music"
Episode 13: "Introduction, Headlines, Red Wasps are Dicks, The Color of Dreams, Cicadas, and Music" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 8, 2020
Episode 13, "CICADA PANDEMIC: Behold, MASSOSPORA! The Psychoactive Cicada Horny Sex Disease!"
Episode 13, "CICADA PANDEMIC: Behold, MASSOSPORA! The Psychoactive Cicada Horny Sex Disease!" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 8, 2020
Episode 13, Side A: "Fill Your Room With Electronic Moths!" (Moths In The Air, 1 Minute Version)
Episode 13, Side A: "Fill Your Room With Electronic Moths!" (Moths In The Air, 1 Minute Version) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 8, 2020
Episode 13, Side B: "Bug Night" (Electronic Insects During An Evening Storm)
Episode 13, Side B: "Bug Night" (Electronic Insects During An Evening Storm) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 8, 2020
Episode 13, Closing Editorial: "America, What the F-ck is Happening."
Episode 13, Closing Editorial: "America, What the F-ck is Happening." by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 1, 2020
Episode 12, "THE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY STANDARDS ROAST!" (Introduction)
Episode 12, "THE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY STANDARDS ROAST!" (Introduction) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 1, 2020
Episode 12, Banning Tutorial: How to do the "LINT" Test
Episode 12, Banning Tutorial: How to do the "LINT" Test by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 1, 2020
Episode 12, Side A: "A Visit to Community Standards City!"
Episode 12, Side A: "A Visit to Community Standards City!" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jun 1, 2020
Episode 12, Side B: "Here's How They Ban Your Art" and A CLOSING JOKE
Episode 12, Side B: "Here's How They Ban Your Art" and A CLOSING JOKE by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 25, 2020
Episode 11, Introduction: "David WHO, Exactly? And How Do You Pronounce That Name?"
Episode 11, Introduction: "David WHO, Exactly? And How Do You Pronounce That Name?" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 25, 2020
Episode 11, Side A: David Wojnarowicz, "Death, Anger, and Illusions Of Law" (Vocal 1991, Music 2020)
Episode 11, Side A: David Wojnarowicz, "Death, Anger, and Illusions Of Law" (Vocal 1991, Music 2020) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 25, 2020
Episode 11, Side B: "The Summer Song" by The Cicadas (Austin TX)
Episode 11, Side B: "The Summer Song" by The Cicadas (Austin TX) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 25, 2020
Episode 11, Notes on Equipment, Alternate Take, and "Daybreak" Conclusion
Episode 11, Notes on Equipment, Alternate Take, and "Daybreak" Conclusion by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 18, 2020
Episode 10, Introduction "TX Thunderstorm and a Sony MX-650 Six Channel Stereo Microphone Mixer"
Episode 10, Introduction "TX Thunderstorm and a Sony MX-650 Six Channel Stereo Microphone Mixer" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 18, 2020
Episode 10, Headlines: Cancelling Jules Verne, Pranking Birds, & Ice Cream on TV is Mashed Potatoes
Episode 10, Headlines: Cancelling Jules Verne, Pranking Birds, & Ice Cream on TV is Mashed Potatoes by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 18, 2020
Episode 10, Anniversary Segment: "Sober Doesn't Wear Off" My Life at 3Yrs Without Alcohol (No Music)
Episode 10, Anniversary Segment: "Sober Doesn't Wear Off" My Life at 3Yrs Without Alcohol (No Music) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 18, 2020
Episode 10, Side A: Extinction TV with Representative Doofus Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma
Episode 10, Side A: Extinction TV with Representative Doofus Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 18, 2020
Episode 10, Side B: Melania Trump Wishes You a Happy Reptile Mother's Day
Episode 10, Side B: Melania Trump Wishes You a Happy Reptile Mother's Day by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 11, 2020
Episode 9, Introduction: "Bad Neighbors"
Episode 9, Introduction: "Bad Neighbors" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 11, 2020
Episode 9, Side A: "Who Was Belle Barth?"
Episode 9, Side A: "Who Was Belle Barth?" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 11, 2020
Episode 9, Side B: "THE 1980 GARGAMEL SMURF TOY HEIST"
Episode 9, Side B: "THE 1980 GARGAMEL SMURF TOY HEIST" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 11, 2020
Episode 9, Belle Barth Comedy Examples
Episode 9, Belle Barth Comedy Examples by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 4, 2020
Episode 8, Closing Comment, "Pence Has Eyes for Teeth"
Episode 8, Closing Comment, "Pence Has Eyes for Teeth" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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May 4, 2020
Episode 8, Introduction: "FAKE NEWS NOW"
Episode 8, Introduction: "FAKE NEWS NOW" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 27, 2020
Episode 7, Second Segment: "I Have a Lot of Cereal to Share"
Episode 7, Second Segment: "I Have a Lot of Cereal to Share" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 27, 2020
Episode 7, Side B: "MARIJUANA" (The Devil's Remix)
Episode 7, Side B: "MARIJUANA" (The Devil's Remix) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 27, 2020
Episode 7, Side A: "MARIJUANA" (The Shortwave Flower)
Episode 7, Side A: "MARIJUANA" (The Shortwave Flower) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 27, 2020
Episode 7, Introduction: "Setting Up Your Own Home Bomb Bunker"
Episode 7, Introduction: "Setting Up Your Own Home Bomb Bunker" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 20, 2020
Public Domain Sample: "Food Horder! She's a Food Hoarder! Food Hoarder!"
Public Domain Sample: "Food Horder! She's a Food Hoarder! Food Hoarder!" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 20, 2020
Public Domain Sample: "Food Horder! Food Hoarder!"
Public Domain Sample: "Food Horder! Food Hoarder!" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 20, 2020
Episode 6, Side A: "She's a FOOD HOARDER!" (2020)
Episode 6, Side A: "She's a FOOD HOARDER!" (2020) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 20, 2020
Episode 6, Side B: "Mel Blanc Run Through Every Filter In My System" (2020)
Episode 6, Side B: "Mel Blanc Run Through Every Filter In My System" (2020) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 20, 2020
Episode 6, Introduction: "Hi, Everybody" (New Format)
Episode 6, Introduction: "Hi, Everybody" (New Format) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 19, 2020
Episode 6, Second Segment: "What Would Something Sound Like..?"
Episode 6, Second Segment: "What Would Something Sound Like..?" by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 13, 2020
PREVIOUS TRACKS:
PREVIOUS TRACKS: by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 13, 2020
NEW THIS WEEK:
NEW THIS WEEK: by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 12, 2020
Episode 5, Side A: "No Longer a Poor Woman" (Kathy Acker, Vocal, 1985)- Music added in tribute, 2020
Episode 5, Side A: "No Longer a Poor Woman" (Kathy Acker, Vocal, 1985)- Music added in tribute, 2020 by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 12, 2020
Episode 5, Extra Track: "Nightwalks During the Pandemic" (SOMA Ether, D2000 Drum Machine, Eurorack)
Episode 5, Extra Track: "Nightwalks During the Pandemic" (SOMA Ether, D2000 Drum Machine, Eurorack) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 6, 2020
"Captain, I Suppose You'll Be Very Glad To Get Home Again." "...Yes."
"Captain, I Suppose You'll Be Very Glad To Get Home Again." "...Yes." by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Apr 6, 2020
Episode 5, Side B: "A Yamaha Loop and a Metasonix Thyratron VCO" (2020)
Metasonix R55 with a Yamaha CP Reface
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Apr 6, 2020
Episode 4, Side B: E.E. Cummings Reads 'anyone lived in a pretty how town' (Music added, 2020)
Episode 4, Side B: E.E. Cummings Reads 'anyone lived in a pretty how town' (Music added, 2020) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Mar 30, 2020
Episode 2, Side A: Henry Miller Reads From The Colossus Of Maroussi (Vocal, 1949, Music added, 2019)
Episode 2, Side A: Henry Miller Reads From The Colossus Of Maroussi (Vocal, 1949, Music added, 2019) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Jan 21, 2020
Pat Cipollone's Opening Words in Defense of Donald Trump (Jan 21, 2019)
Pat Cipollone's Opening Words in Defense of Donald Trump (Jan 21, 2019) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Dec 11, 2019
Four Minutes with the SOMA Pulsar-23 Drum Machine (Serial #11, Direct Line Out, No Patch Cables)
Just arrived this morning. Over the moon. This thing is serious.
No psychedelic required! It's like having a small David Cronenberg creature, living and talking, on tap in the living room.
Here's four minutes with no patch cables. Ending moment just shows a few drum hits to isolate sounds for those curious. This is a very flexible and amazing device.
I seriously have no idea how the planet is going to spend the next 20 years getting to fully understand all you can do with one of these.
Very fun time to be alive.
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Oct 29, 2019
Selection from Soundcloud for Ending Credits:
Selection from Soundcloud for Ending Credits: by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 28, 2019
"Listeners of KUZU" (Version 2, 30 Seconds) — THE BUREAU on KUZU (Radio Announcement #4)
"Listeners of KUZU" (Version 2, 30 Seconds) — THE BUREAU on KUZU (Radio Announcement #4) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 28, 2019
"Listeners of KUZU" (Version 1, 50 seconds) — THE BUREAU on KUZU (Radio Announcement #3)
"Listeners of KUZU" (Version 1, 50 seconds) — THE BUREAU on KUZU (Radio Announcement #3) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 28, 2019
"Radio Listeners" — THE BUREAU on KUZU (Radio Announcement #2)
"Radio Listeners" — THE BUREAU on KUZU (Radio Announcement #2) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Oct 28, 2019
"Citizens of Denton" — THE BUREAU on KUZU (Radio Announcement #1)
"Citizens of Denton" — THE BUREAU on KUZU (Radio Announcement #1) by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 6, 2019
A Calming Fog Covers the Ground (Disquiet0401)
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0401-noise-pacing/25247/21?u=eptc
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Sep 2, 2019
David Berman Tribute 1/3, "Governors on Sominex" — Spoken Word with Electronics
David Berman Tribute 1/3, "Governors on Sominex" — Spoken Word with Electronics by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 2, 2019
David Berman Tribute 2/3, "The Moon" (Live in Romania, 2016) — Spoken Word with Electronics
David Berman Tribute 2/3, "The Moon" (Live in Romania, 2016) — Spoken Word with Electronics by Spoken Word with Electronics
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Sep 2, 2019
David Berman Tribute 3/3, "My Life at Home During Banking Hours" — Spoken Word with Electronics
From Spoken Word with Electronics Issue #1
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Apr 16, 2019
Tucker Carlson's STEW and YUM (Half Speed)
Reference: https://twitter.com/nick_ramsey/status/1118312786776469506
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Mar 12, 2019
AN EVENING WALK: ONE HOUR WITH THE SOMA ETHER (Raw Audio, Downtown Austin TX, March 11, 10pm-11pm)
Took the Soma Ether out for a night! There seems to be no end to what sounds can be caught with this wonderful EMF receiving 'anti-radio' from Soma Labs / Vlad Kreimer. Just received the Ether from Russia via USPS this morning. Here's raw audio of an hour in downtown Austin.
Only had it for a day but finding it's very variable. In quieter environments, Ether can find produce/receive very calming ambient tones and purr along with some very polite static and reception. You can play it like a theremin, too, attenuating and gesturing on a signal frequency, and loop on something (or a device) til it fades out of reach. But this is a demo of how loud and nicely argumentative it can be as a noise source outside among a lot of activity. It feels like a nice audio photograph of the evening and street.
Download available here: https://eptc.bandcamp.com/album/an-evening-walk-one-hour-with-the-soma-ether-raw-audio-downtown-austin-tx-march-11-10pm-11pm
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