Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" [0:02:22] - "Interview with Andrew Smith" [0:05:15] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:24] Basil Kirchin - "Silicon Chip" [0:58:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147616

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

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

Arvind Narayanan, author, "AI Snake Oil" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Arvind Narayanan" [0:04:54] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:52] Waveshaper - "E.P.R.O.M." [0:55:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146887

Nicole Kobie, author, "The Long History of the Future" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Nicole Kobie" [0:03:38] - "Mark's comments" [0:41:01] Chris Imler - "The Internet Will Break My Heart" [0:54:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146677

Technology we're thankful for, from listeners Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" [0:00:13] Human Error - "Going to Town" [0:55:57] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146453

Astronomer Samantha Lawler on Starlink space junk Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Sam Lawler" [0:07:30] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:11] Momus - "The Enshittification of Everything" - Ballyhoo [0:53:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146229

Music behind DJ: [Author and Historian David Suisman on Music and the Military, interviewed by Station Mgr Ken] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145970

Dystopia update Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" CEL - "Five minutes to self​-​destruct" [https://gagarinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/five-minutes-to-self-destruct] [0:54:01] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145741

Members of the Luddite Club on not using smartphones or social media Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Interview with Luddite Club members" Maps - "Lack of Sleep" - Counter Melodies [0:54:58] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145508

Christopher Brown, author, “A Natural History of Empty Lots” Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Christopher Brown" [0:04:42] - "Mark's comments" [0:46:16] Hurst & Ottsc - "I Won't Google That" [0:54:19] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145230

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Yaroslav Trofimov" [0:07:02] - "Mark's comments" [0:40:34] Kalush Orchestra - "Stefania" [0:53:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145042

Silkie Carlo, director, Big Brother Watch Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Silkie Carlo" [0:03:38] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:14] Highly Effective People - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144808

Tim Schwab, author, "The Bill Gates Problem" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Tim Schwab" [0:02:28] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:55] John Dog - "Twitter Must Die" [0:54:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144583

What if no one wants AI? An argument in three parts. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" [0:00:09] Plone - "Plock" [0:37:07] New Riders Of The Purple Sage - "Fun, Fun, Fun" [0:37:08] The Organizing Committee - "The Day Computers Became Obsolete" [0:53:24] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144344

Helen Phillips, author of the dystopian novel "HUM" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Helen Phillips" [0:03:41] - "Mark's comments" [0:37:45] The New Existentialists - "Last Days of the Internet" [0:55:02] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144052

Even more devices are spying on you: surveillance phones, cars, and more... Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" John Fekner City Squad - "2 4 5 7 9 11" [0:55:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143859

Carl Öhman, author, "The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Carl Öhman" [0:05:18] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:37] Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" [0:53:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143612

Music behind DJ: Rancho Mastatal [www.ranchomastatal.com] [0:00:00] Music behind DJ: - Appropriate Technology [https://ranchomastatal.com/appropriate-technology] [0:08:50] Music behind DJ: - Building with Earth [https://ranchomastatal.com/earth-building-intensive] [0:14:50] Music behind DJ: - El Pueblo De Mastatal [https://ranchomastatal.com/people-of-mastatal] [0:24:20] Music behind DJ: - Permaculture Design [https://ranchomastatal.com/permaculture-design-course-fall] [0:35:30] Music behind DJ: - Timber Framing [https://ranchomastatal.com/natural-building-timber-frame-construction] [0:40:20] Music behind DJ: - Bamboo Construction [https://ranchomastatal.com/natural-building-bamboo-construction] [0:52:20] Music behind DJ: - Wilderness First Responder [https://ranchomastatal.com/wilderness-first-responder] [0:54:25] The Grateful Dead - "Jack Straw" - Grateful Dead Europe 1972 [0:57:20] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143344

Paula Bialski, author, "Middle Tech: Software Work and Culture of Good Enough" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Paula Bialski" [0:08:14] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:59] Paula and Karol - "Expectations" [0:55:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143172