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A Bite of Stars, a Slug of Time, and Thou: “Who Goes There”

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:09:24 -0700

Discussion of John W. Campbell’s “Who Goes There” (A Slug of Time podcast) #TheThing #SciFi #podcast

Jon Ronson On… Voices in the Head

Sun, 01 May 2011 11:43:38 -0700

Eleanor Longden started to hear voices in her head when she was at university and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic - a label she totally rejects. Now she is a high achieving academic. What started the voices and how did she get to a point where she not only lives happily with the voices that still exist but also works with others who have the same experience? With contributions from writer Graham Linehan and comedian Josie Long.

Errors in Things and “The Friendly Medium”

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:39:59 -0700

What is it about a particular media that makes it successful? Drawing a mini history from printing-press smudges to digital compression artefacts this lecture considers the value of error, chance and adaptation in contemporary media. Biological evolution unfolds through error, noise and mistake. Perhaps if we want to maximise the potential of media, of digital text and compressed file formats, we first need to determine their inherent redundancy. Or, more profoundly, to…

Open Media (lecture series schedule)

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:54:36 -0700

The concept of openness is often employed as part of a radical critique of the closed-off worlds of what might be called ‘traditional media’. It is variously used to urge for the right to transparency, the ethics of sharing, the value of re-use and the benefits of connecting.

This series of research seminars will explore various aspects of openness. Special attention will be given to the benefits and drawbacks of openness, and to the many possibilities openness offers for the future of media production, use and critique.

All Programs Considered by Bill McKibben

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:50:00 -0700

Radio receives little critical attention. Of the various methods for communicating ideas and emotions—books, newspapers, visual art, music, film, television, the Web—radio may be the least discussed, debated, understood. This is likely because it serves largely as a transmission device, a way to take other art forms (songs, sermons) and spread them out into the world. Its other uses can be fairly pedestrian too: ball games and repetitive, if remarkably effective, right-wing commercial talk radio. Rush Limbaugh is the radio ratings champ; according to the industry’s trade journal he reaches 14.25 million listeners in an average week. Sean Hannity, working…

The Endpoint of All Gravity Is the Grave (Triple Canopy podcast)

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:35:00 -0700

On July 29, as part of its Sender, Carrier, Receiver program, Triple Canopy presented a briefing on the activities of the International Necronautical Society's Berlin Inspectorate at Program. As heard in this unofficial recording, Provan, Triple Canopy's editor, and Yamamoto-Masson disputed the INS's claim that Berlin is the World Capital of Death, and discussed attempts by its members—chief among them writer Tom McCarthy, artist Anthony Auerbach, and philosopher Simon Critchley—to surreptitiously recruit agents and take over major cultural landmarks. Click here to read the draft copy of their internal report, and here to listen to a file of covert INS…

CERN Podcast | Chris Morris

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:53:00 -0700

Chris Morris is considered to be one of the greatest satirists ever and has been responsible for some of the most controversial, and let’s face it funny, programmes on television. In the UK, comedy writers and performers ranked him number 11 out of the 50 greatest comedy acts ever, above people including Bill Hicks, Peter Sellars and Eddie Izzard.

Apart from being a comedy great, he’s an incredibly interesting guy. He’s performed with Peter Cook, Stereolab used his sketches as lyrics on one of their albums, he won a BAFTA for his first short film and, for…

Inside Code: A Conversation with Dr. Lane DeNicola and Seph Rodney

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:25:00 -0700

posted by Daniel Rourke

A couple of weeks ago I was invited to take part in a panel discussion on London based, arts radio station, Resonance FM. It was for The Thread, a lively show that aims to use speech and discussion as a tool for research, opening up new and unexpected angles through the unravelling of conversation.

The Thread's host, London Consortium researcher Seph Rodney, and I were lucky enough to share the discussion with Dr. Lane DeNicola,…

audio essay : On Pharaohs, Cults and Parasitism (The Condition of Division)

Mon, 24 May 2010 10:29:22 -0700

audio essay : On Pharaohs, Cults and Parasitism (The Condition of Division)

Originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM as part of Antepress’ Digestives series, Monday 24th May 2010

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/noise : Blues, Reds (and some Yellows)

Sun, 09 May 2010 07:21:00 -0700

Podcast: 7th May 2010 / theme = Blues, Reds (and some Yellows)

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/noise : You and Your Parents Should Give a Listen

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:41:00 -0700

Podcast: 26th March 2010 / theme = You and Your Parents Should Give a Listen

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Two podcasts about sound art

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:48:00 -0700

"Starting with the precedents set by Charles Ives and John Cage, VARIATIONS presents the principal milestones of Sampling Music, looking at examples from 20th century composition, popular art and the mass media, and the way all of these currents converge today." Curated by Jon Leidecker, who records and performs as Wobbly. "Poet Kenneth Goldsmith presents selections from UbuWeb, the learned and varietous online repository concerning concrete & sound poetry, experimental film, outsider art and all things avant-garde" in Avant-Garde All the Time. Goldsmith's the founding editor of UbuWeb and sometime DJ on WFMU as Kenny G. (Previously: CodPaste - a…