Bears listening several times! Flows effortlessly through decades of history. The musical choices and the mixing are spot on. Happy Third Coast is reminding folks of this gem.
Good Look Back and Forward. Your mention of your 45 RPMs on the shelf makes me think of a few 78's I still have with nothing to play them on. Even one of the modern radio stations where I have been recently asked to do some work, no longer even has a turntable -- not to mention a reel-to-reel recorder (what's that? some may ask) but does have a couple of cart machines in Studio Z on the back lot.
I hope that a lot of stations in the United States will air your series. It seems to be not only good nostalgia for those who have been around for awhile, but good background, a good history for those born in the digital era to hear something of the progression of how audio was and is now captured.
You call your program, interestingly, "The Wire." I remember as a child actually seeing and hearing (faintly -- it wasn't that great but it did work) an old wire recorder. It was an analog recording device that actually recorded on, and played back from, a moving wire that wound from reel to reel much the way magnetic tape was later used moving past a recording/playback head. The wire was standard old thin-guage wire like you would see at many a farm (not the barbed kind -- the smooth, round single-strand steel wire). Very good job you're doing here!
Sonically beautiful - I tuned in out of interest in the subject - the origins of art and electricity - and stayed happy all the way through with the attention to compositional detail - the program would fit right in with any station combining even a bit of fresh, modern music with spoken ideas. I'm there for episode 2.
A fantastic kick-off to what promises to be a fascinating series (knowing that the second & third episodes have already recieved prestigeous awards!) Exhaustively researched, expertly mixed, and with a unique style all its own, it's the ideal topic for radio listeners young and old. From Edison's gramaphone to the latest re-mix technologyy, from Caruso to Bjork - and this is just the beginning! In this episode, of particular interest is the contoversy stirred when radio began replacing live musicians with records - labels stating "for home use only" didn't do much to help, not to mention the juke box! Can you say "I-pod" or "intellectulal property."? I wish I had the time to listen to the whole series in one sitting. But like a good book, its probably best to savor it one luscious chapter at a time.
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Rachael Myrow
Posted on October 02, 2008 at 02:08 PM | Permalink
Review of The Wire Episode 1: Hallo, Hallo
Bears listening several times! Flows effortlessly through decades of history. The musical choices and the mixing are spot on. Happy Third Coast is reminding folks of this gem.
Stephen L. Gilbreath
Posted on January 11, 2006 at 10:34 AM | Permalink
Review of The Wire Episode 1: Hallo, Hallo
Good Look Back and Forward. Your mention of your 45 RPMs on the shelf makes me think of a few 78's I still have with nothing to play them on. Even one of the modern radio stations where I have been recently asked to do some work, no longer even has a turntable -- not to mention a reel-to-reel recorder (what's that? some may ask) but does have a couple of cart machines in Studio Z on the back lot.
I hope that a lot of stations in the United States will air your series. It seems to be not only good nostalgia for those who have been around for awhile, but good background, a good history for those born in the digital era to hear something of the progression of how audio was and is now captured.
You call your program, interestingly, "The Wire." I remember as a child actually seeing and hearing (faintly -- it wasn't that great but it did work) an old wire recorder. It was an analog recording device that actually recorded on, and played back from, a moving wire that wound from reel to reel much the way magnetic tape was later used moving past a recording/playback head. The wire was standard old thin-guage wire like you would see at many a farm (not the barbed kind -- the smooth, round single-strand steel wire). Very good job you're doing here!
Marjorie Van Halteren
Posted on December 12, 2005 at 09:14 PM | Permalink
Review of The Wire Episode 1: Hallo, Hallo
Sonically beautiful - I tuned in out of interest in the subject - the origins of art and electricity - and stayed happy all the way through with the attention to compositional detail - the program would fit right in with any station combining even a bit of fresh, modern music with spoken ideas. I'm there for episode 2.
David Swatling
Posted on October 19, 2005 at 03:47 AM | Permalink
Review of The Wire Episode 1: Hallo, Hallo
A fantastic kick-off to what promises to be a fascinating series (knowing that the second & third episodes have already recieved prestigeous awards!) Exhaustively researched, expertly mixed, and with a unique style all its own, it's the ideal topic for radio listeners young and old. From Edison's gramaphone to the latest re-mix technologyy, from Caruso to Bjork - and this is just the beginning! In this episode, of particular interest is the contoversy stirred when radio began replacing live musicians with records - labels stating "for home use only" didn't do much to help, not to mention the juke box! Can you say "I-pod" or "intellectulal property."? I wish I had the time to listen to the whole series in one sitting. But like a good book, its probably best to savor it one luscious chapter at a time.