from the press kit: "It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert? WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business."
wnyc.org: "Leander Kahney, Managing Editor of Wired News, looks into the recent allegations of sweat shop factories being run by an iPod assembly company in mainland China." Listen here
bbc.co.uk: "Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a live improvised solo set by Norwegian singer Maja Ratkje, using electronic processing to extend her voice, recorded at the Bath International Music Festival." Listen here
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Listen to this song from CD "American V: A Hundred Highways", the latest CD of Johnny Cash. This was the last CD Cash was working on, shortly before he died. Listen here
NPR.org: "In rock 'n' roll, it's rare for a band's original members to stay together for nearly a quarter of a century. And most bands that do are simply cashing in on their past hits.
Sonic Youth is an exception to both rules. The New York art-noise band is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and its new recording, Rather Ripped, is one of the most straight-ahead rock albums the band has ever made." Listen here
postpunkjunk.com: "My goal with PPJ is, with each post, to provide rare tracks by bands from the original post-punk period (largely considered to be ‘78-’84), as well as offering up selections from newer bands that follow in the post-punk tradition. Hopefully with this juxtaposing, younger rock fans will take note of older bands that’ve influenced the newer groups they like now, and older rock fans will dispel the myth that nothing new these days is any good." Post Punk Junk
dradio.de: "Informationstechnik. - Die Gefahren im Internet sind zahlreich - und wachsen ständig weiter. Auf der Sicherheitskonferenz ETRICS 2006 in Freiburg erörterten Fachleute jetzt, wie sich mit so genannten "Recommendern", die aus Seitenaufrufen von Surfern auf deren Interessen schließen, umfassende Nutzerprofile gewinnen lassen.[...] Sogar im renommierten Buchladen Amazon passiert das. Dort wollte ein fundamentalistischer, christlicher und schwulenfeindlicher US-Laienprediger sein neustes Buch verkaufen. Gleichzeitig gelang es amerikanischen Schwulen-Aktivisten, ein pornografisch angehauchtes Buch über detaillierte homosexuelle Sexualpraktiken mit diesem Buch in Verbindung zu bringen nach dem Motto: "Wer dieses Buch kauft, kauft auch jenes." Das Ergebnis: Jeder, der sich für das Buch der Fundamentalisten interessierte, wurde unfreiwillig auch auf ein Buch mit sehr detaillierten Sexualpraktiken gestoßen." Weiter
discogs.com: "A staple in the Los Angeles underground hiphop scene, Awol One has established himself through his work with The Shapeshifters, Daddy Kev, Fat Jack, and Mike Nardone." Read on
"The Highly pleasing debut album by Dutch musician Rutger Zuydervelt is eminiscent of Willian Basinski and Harold Budd among others, but has plenty of twists and turns of it's own. 'Kreukeltape' is particulalrly Basinski-esque, but it's as if the music has been amplified and subjected to a still more extreme aging process. Drifting like an electronic Marie Celeste, it manages to convey a substantial sense of absence. Even the minimal piano interventions seem excessive and garrulous, such is the mood Zuydervelt creates here." Read on
thewire.co.uk: "Download or stream an unreleased, exclusive to The Wire track dating from 1980. "Sketch For 'Helen's Face'" is a variation of the instrumental pieces making up the composition "Tower of Meaning" and the orchestral music is mixed with ambient records of a rumbling tug boat. Courtesy of Audika Records." Download here
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no-signal.net: "This journey reveals John's musical kaleidoscope and his consolidated approach to song-writing, field recordings and electronics. A significant development from John’s earlier works, he manages to produce seamless transitions between electronics and song-writing. The end result is the creation of a new all encompassing genre." Read on
New Music from Turkey
There's new music from Turkey on this New Sounds program. We’ll dip liberally into the soundtrack from the new film, “Crossing The Bridge,” in which the musician and composer, Alexander Hacke (of the German avantgarde band Einstürzende Neubauten), sets out with his mobile recording studio on the streets of Istanbul to capture a cross-section of Turkish music. Listen here
Digital Dervish
With one foot in Montréal, and one foot dancing and lingering in his native Turkey, the 21st century dervish Mercan Dede has taken the electronic groove and beats out of the DJ booth and melded them to traditional instruments like the darbouka, santur, and ney. Listen here
Brian Eno - Audio Landscapes
On this New Sounds, we’ll hear Eno’s audio landscapes, as both a producer - featuring his sound sculpting skills on Paul Simon’s latest record, “Surprise,” Robert Fripp’s Exposure, and a release from a star-studded EP by Fovea Hex – and as a solo artist in his own right with his latest release, “Another Day On Earth.” <a href="www.wnyc.orgMachine Music
Hear works played by real people but inspired by the sounds of machinery on this edition of New Sounds. Listen here
Electro-Acoustic Music
For this New Sounds, we’ll dip into the new collection of works by Eve Beglarian.Listen here
New Music for Thumb Piano
Nearly ubiquitous in sub-Saharan Africa, the thumb piano (also known as mbira, kalimba, sanza, and other regional names) has both a musical and spiritual legacy. Listen here
The Ethicist Weighs In
Burning, Downloading, and Scalping -- these are just a few of the practices that create ethical quandaries for music consumers. Today, Randy Cohen, who writes the weekly column "The Ethicist" for the New York Times Magazine, weighs in. Listen here
The Refugee All Stars
The reggae-style band "The Refugee All Stars" formed in a refugee camp in Guinea after being displaced by Sierra Leone's brutal civil war. The group's three year journey from the camps to the recording studio was captured by filmmakers in a new documentary, "The Refugee All-Stars." Listen here
Music Killed the Video Stars
DVD sales are big business for TV shows like The O.C. and The Sopranos, but they are facing a big problem: music licensing fees. Gord Lacey, head of the website TVShowsOnDVD.com explains why music rights may prevent you from ever seeing The Wonder Years on DVD. Listen here
gesendet von Radio SWR2. Eine sehr interessante Diskussion mit:
Dr. Thilo Weichert, Beauftragter für den Datenschutz in Schleswig-Holstein Datenschützer
Dr. Dieter Wiefelspütz, MdB, innenpolitischer Sprecher der SPD-Fraktion
Bettina Winsemann, Internet-Initiative “Stop 1984?
Stasifizierung der Demokratie?
npr.org: "In just six months, YouTube boomed from a startup viral video site to a Web phenomenon, a virtual library of cultural highlights and amateur video clips uploaded by anybody with a digital camcorder and some time to burn.
Guests discuss the future of YouTube: Is it free publicity -- or copyright infringement?"
Guests:
Thomas Goetz, deputy editor of Wired magazine
Mike Miliard, staff writer for the Boston Phoenix
Paul Kedrosky, writes the "Infectious Greed" blog"
Listen here
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"The Highly pleasing debut album by Dutch musician Rutger Zuydervelt is eminiscent of Willian Basinski and Harold Budd among others, but has plenty of twists and turns of it's own. 'Kreukeltape' is particulalrly Basinski-esque, but it's as if the music has been amplified and subjected to a still more extreme aging process. Drifting like an electronic Marie Celeste, it manages to convey a substantial sense of absence. Even the minimal piano interventions seem excessive and garrulous, such is the mood Zuydervelt creates here." 
no-signal.net: "This journey reveals John's musical kaleidoscope and his consolidated approach to song-writing, field recordings and electronics. A significant development from John’s earlier works, he manages to produce seamless transitions between electronics and song-writing. The end result is the creation of a new all encompassing genre." 