The ShasPod is a solution to a vexing question: how does a commuter
study a 2,711-page book? By Alex Mindlin, New York Times
iPod Delivers Death Sentence To Tapes
iPod Delivers Death Sentence To Tapes01/17/2004 10:39 PM Analysts predict that [iPod] will revolutionise the way we buy and
listen to music. But they also warn that introduction of the svelte
memory pod will herald the death of the audio cassette within two
years. By William Lyons (The Scotsman via MyAppleMenu)
In the annals of corporate corruption, the words of the Enron
Energy traders who chortled (CBS) over the screwing their company was giving
California and other western states in the 2000 energy crisis are
amazing mostly for their brazen quality.
Still, if California's political leaders -- from both parties --
hadn't made such a mess of deregulation, the crooks from Enron and
other companies never would have had the opportunity in the first
place. That doesn't excuse them, any more than a burglar is excused
for entering a residence where the owner forgets to lock all the
doors.
Someday we'll know who Cheney's energy buddies were -- the ones he's
trying so hard to shield from the public. The only surprise will be if
Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling aren't among them.
Noise Pop mix tapes
Noise Pop mix tapes05/10/2004 10:17 AM Noise Pop, San Francisco's gem of an indy music festival, and KQED are
streaming various underground musicians' playlists-du-jour. The latest
selections come from Greg Ashley, a Bay Area psych-folk artist whose
exquisite taste ranges from Leonard Cohen to Os Mutantes.
Link(Thanks, Birdman!)
Et Cetera: the lost tapes
Et Cetera: the lost tapes03/08/2004 11:08 PM Round up featuring more (yes!) social networking, virtual churches,
some XBox 2 news, and more.
Just hearsay, or the new Watergate tapes?06/17/2005 03:33 PM At a crowded basement forum on the Downing Street memo, Democrats
demanded an inquiry into what Bush knew about Iraq war planning and
when he knew it, but stopped short of calling for impeachment.
Joe Bussard's basement tapes
Joe Bussard's basement tapes05/11/2004 11:59 AM Joe Bussard has 20,000 vintage 78
rpm records from the 1920s and 1930s in his basement. For $15, Joe
will put together a custom cassette compilation for you of 20 tunes
from his collection, perhaps the largest of its kind in the world. I
wish Joe and his friends would rip all of his 78s so he could sell MP3
CDs of these ultra-rare recordings. Here's a great NPR All Things
Considered piece on Joe Bussard from last year.
"'The truest form you'll ever hear in American music is on
these records,' Joe says. 'It was put there, and it's remained there
for seventy years. It hasn't changed.'"
"Your
Joe Bussard entry reminded me of another, similar story that was
pretty big news in DC last summer: Leon Kagarise of Baltimore, who
recorded around 4,000 hours of artists like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline,
Ernest Tubb, etc. during the late 50s through early 70s on a
reel-to-reel tape deck at the outdoor music festivals prevalent in the
vast rural area that previously surrounded Washington."
NPR's Morning Edition did a piece on Kagarise last summer. He's
working with Joe Lee, a friend and local record store owner, to sell
the recordings. Not surprisingly, the Library of Congress, the Country
Music Hall of Fame, and others are apparently interested.
"You know, these [performers] were people from the
mountains and from the rural South," Lee told NPR. "And once they were
put in a studio, and they had a producer looking down at their snoot
at the guy. And an engineer telling them, 'Well, if you make one
mistake, we have to stop and start all over again.' It lost the
atmosphere. It's like trying to play guitar in a straightjacket on...
It's sort of like being in the zone. When you're really at ease, when
there's no intimidation factor, then it really soars. And the proof is
in these tapes here."
Not long left for cassette tapes06/17/2005 05:05 PM Forty years after global cassette production began in earnest, sales
are in terminal decline, says the industry.
Miramax Chief: Gimme the Tapes11/01/2003 06:22 AM Miramax Films urges major Hollywood studios to relax a controversial
new rule that restricts the practice of sending out tapes and DVDs of
Oscar-nominated films to Academy Award voters.
Docs Say Schiavo Tapes Don't Tell Story (AP)03/26/2005 10:04 PM AP - They say film doesn't lie, but does that mean it tells the truth?
The public sees fleeting videotaped images of Terri Schiavo, appearing
to many to turn toward her mother's voice and smile. They hear what
sound like moans and laughter. They watch her head move up and down,
seemingly following the progress of a brightly colored Mickey Mouse
balloon. And often they ask: How could anyone conclude but that she is
aware of her surroundings?
Doctors: Schiavo Tapes Don't Tell Story (AP)
Doctors: Schiavo Tapes Don't Tell Story (AP)03/26/2005 04:44 PM AP - They say film doesn't lie, but does that mean it tells the truth?
The public sees fleeting videotaped images of Terri Schiavo, appearing
to many to turn toward her mother's voice and smile. They hear what
sound like moans and laughter. They watch her head move up and down,
seemingly following the progress of a brightly colored Mickey Mouse
balloon. And often they ask: How could anyone conclude but that she is
aware of her surroundings?
The Jewish Encyclopaedia
The Jewish Encyclopaedia07/05/2004 02:59 AM The Jewish
Encyclopaedia. 'This website contains the complete contents of the
12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between
1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the
public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.'
Tapes Reveal More Peterson-Mistress Calls (AP)08/16/2004 08:11 PM AP - Scott Peterson continued to pursue his former mistress even a
week after his wife disappeared and the search for her continued,
according to telephone recordings played for jurors Monday at his
double-murder trial.
Calif. Reacted Differently to Terror Tapes (AP)
Calif. Reacted Differently to Terror Tapes (AP)08/11/2004 04:42 AM AP - One set of terrorist videos. Two communities. Two entirely
different responses. When Spanish authorities uncovered al-Qaida
surveillance of major American landmarks in summer 2002, California
officials issued a public warning and doubled police security on San
Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge because it appeared in the videos.
Letterman Tapes Christmas Eve Show in Iraq (AP)
Letterman Tapes Christmas Eve Show in Iraq (AP)12/25/2004 04:58 PM AP - David Letterman brought his late-night show to Marines serving in
Iraq on Friday, loosening up the Camp Taqaddum crowd with the line,
"Anybody here from out of town?"
Guantanamo Cell Tapes Turned Over to U.S. Officials
Guantanamo Cell Tapes Turned Over to U.S. Officials (Reuters)
Guantanamo Cell Tapes Turned Over to U.S. Officials (Reuters)06/13/2004 05:03 PM Reuters - Officers
at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay have turned over to
military authorities more than 500 hours of videotape showing
guards subduing prisoners and forcibly moving them from cells,
senior officials said.
"they're going after Jewish professors in America"
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A Jewish Madonna? Is That a Mystery?
A Jewish Madonna? Is That a Mystery?06/18/2004 11:21 AM Madonna's flirtation with things Jewish causes mixed reactions among
Jewish professors and rabbis.
More Jewish settlements 'must go'
More Jewish settlements 'must go'08/12/2004 01:11 PM Israel's deputy prime minister says more Jewish settlements on the
West Bank will have to be evacuated to reach peace.
On Tapes, Peterson Seeks to Visit Frey (Los Angeles Times)
On Tapes, Peterson Seeks to Visit Frey (Los Angeles Times)08/18/2004 04:57 AM Los Angeles Times - REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — After hundreds of
recorded conversations between Scott Peterson and his mistress, he
desperately asks if Amber Frey would meet him at her Fresno home or a
friend's place in Lake Arrowhead.
CBS News | More Enron Tapes, More Gloating | June 9, 2004 01:16:42
CBS News | More Enron Tapes, More Gloating | June 9, 2004 01:16:4206/10/2004 06:06 AM More Enron Tapes, More Gloating: The Department of Justice reportedly
has thousands of hours of Enron employees recorded during the West
Coast power crisis. Now, some in Congress want all the tapes released
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Jewish Settlers Warn of Violence (AP)03/29/2005 07:23 AM AP - Jewish settlers said Tuesday that they'll take their fight to the
streets, and militants among them threatened violence and civil war,
inflammatory comments a day after they lost the final political battle
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