Fall 2012 Mixtape

12 years ago

It was a good summer for records.  I happened upon a few excellent collections; one of highbrow folk rock circa…

Absurd Vintage Hi Fi Website

12 years ago

Good fkkng god.  3,300 original hi-fi catalogs and datasheets scanned (in good quality), cataloged, and uploaded.  Get ready to be…

1985: I am the KeyBro

12 years ago

There's this new thing called MIDI. I am no longer One-Man I am now an Army Of Sounds, all tied…

Keys Break: 1980

12 years ago

Today: a quick look at some forgotten synths+keys from circa 1980 A.D.  Above: the Electro-Harmonix Mini Synth, a pretty cool…

Without a doubt the stupidest fkkng thing i have ever posted

12 years ago

...but try to tell me you didn't laugh. Courtesy of this eBay auction. New actual PS dot com content coming…

Max Neuhaus, Electronic Music Pioneer

12 years ago

Above: Neuhaus at work on an aquatic sound installation Download a three-page article by Joan LaBarbara on the 1970's work…

Forgotten Formats: The Elcaset

12 years ago

Here's the thing about experimental anything.  Experimental music, experimental writing, experimental technology: if it really, truly is experimental, that means…

Visual Culture: the late 1970’s

12 years ago

Today on PS dot com: a quick survey of some wonderful Hi-Fi visuals circa 1977.  Above: Fuji blank cassette media. …

Great Ladies of Electronic Music: Rosalyn Tureck

12 years ago

Bach Expert Rosalyn Tureck at-work at the Moog Modular circa 1977.  Tureck was a student of Leon Theremin and made…

Augmenting the Feeble Groans Of Hopeful Teenagers (aka Signal Processing)

12 years ago

RCA Studio circa 1964.  Ed Begley resists adjusting the controls.   Download an eight-page article, again from 'Easy Guide To…