Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU

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Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU episodes

  • Kirk Pearson, author, "Electronic Music From Scratch" from Jan 20, 2025
    Kirk Pearson, author, "Electronic Music From Scratch"
    Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
    - "Mark's intro"
    - "Interview with Kirk Pearson" [0:02:52]
    - "Mark's comments" [0:41:35]
    Kirk Pearson - "DIY Techtonic theme song" - n/a [0:54:21]
    Raymond Scott - "Tempo Block" - Soothing Sounds for Baby, Volume 2 (6-12 Months) [0:55:32]
    https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148227
    1 hr 6 min
  • Ken Freedman and Mark Hurst listen to AI from Jan 6, 2025
    Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" [0:00:00]
    - "Mark and Ken discuss AI" [0:02:58]
    Jebediah Creek - "I Love Pushin' People Over in the Supermarket" [0:08:36]
    - "Psychedelic Kungfu Funk - Journey From the East" [0:22:41]
    Large Language - "The Momus from Mnezhige Thistle" - Largely Incwvugble [0:42:17]
    Momus - "The Enshittification of Everything" [0:54:48]
    https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147850
    1 hr 6 min
  • Guest host Don Fleming: Musical Tech: Naughty or Nice? from Dec 23, 2024
    Don Fleming - "Piano Rolls"
    Frank Milne - "Jingle Bells" [Piano Roll

    QRS 1798

    Piano: Themola (circa 1928)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggrI0dabYy8]
    Don Fleming - "The Phonograph" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoupment


    https://www.techdirt.com/2008/08/21/emi-virgin-records-sues-platinum-selling-band-for-30-million-despite-not-paying-them-a-dime-in-royalties/


    Are Music Recording Contracts Equitable? An Economic Analysis of the Practice of Recoupment

    https://www.meiea.org/resources/Journal/html_ver/Vol04_No01/Vol_4_No_1_A5.html]
    George Gouraud - "Christmas message to Thomas Edison" [This message, the oldest known Christmas-related sound recording in the world, was made by Colonel George Gouraud, Thomas Edison's sales agent in England, on December 21, 1888.

    https://youtu.be/mIM-af5Ze08]
    Don Fleming - "The Lap-Steel Pickup" [This is the best of the wiki pages that gets into the history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_coil_guitar_pickup]
    The Surfers - "Here Comes Santa Claus In A Red Canoe" - Christmas From Hawaii
    Don Fleming - "Radio"
    Jimmy Durante - "Inka Dinka Doo" - 1948 Christmas Eve Radio Broadcast [Jimmy Durante Show; Episode: Problems With Christmas Dinner; Original Air Date 12/24/1948.]
    Don Fleming - "Drum Machines"
    Can - "Silent Night" - "Silent Night" b/w "Cascade Waltz"
    https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147300
    1 hr 10 min
  • Our year of surveillance from Dec 16, 2024
    Our year in surveillance: Pokemon Go, Microsoft spy-bots, drones, and more
    Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
    - "Mark's comments"
    The Killer Whales - "Who Controls the Video Screen" [0:54:34]
    https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147130
    1 hr 6 min

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A show from WFMU about our shift to a digital future. Mark Hurst interviews creators and thinkers about technology, community, videogames, and whatever else is next.

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