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May 11, 2017

The subject of today's show is noise musician and artist Victoria Shen. Victoria performs noise music in the Boston area and around the world with her band Trim. She also performs as a solo act.

We discuss why she was drawn to noise music, how she discovered the scene herself, the context of noise music in the art...


May 11, 2017

In today's episode I speak with my brother Robert Gallagher about his lifelong passion for police scanners and radios. 

We discuss how radio systems have changed over time, who he's listened to over the years on the radio, and how his knowledge of radio systems allowed him to be the first person to know about snow days...


May 11, 2017

In today's episode I have a conversation with Hugh James MacNeil on photography and how the medium has changed over his lifetime. Hugh has been a photographer since the 1970's and has a rich history with the medium.

We discuss the transition between the analog film world to digital, chasing perfect photos, and how art...


May 8, 2017

In today's episode we sit down with Erich Hochstrasser to discuss his interest in modular synthesizers and electronic musical equipment. Erich builds his own modular synthesizers by hand and has been doing so for years. 

 

We discuss what initially got him into building modular synths, how they work, and why he...