A huge treasure trove of songs and interviews
recorded by the legendary folklorist Alan Lomax from the 1940s into the 1990s
has been digitized and made available online for free listening.
The Association for Cultural Equity, a nonprofit organization founded by Lomax in the 1980s,
has posted some 20,000 recordings.
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Effizientes Solarmodul der Welt: Ein praxisnäherer Rekord
Right, that's the record player in place and running! Anyone suggestions on the right (non-poncy) way to clean records and keep it happy? Some, like this one have been in jackets for a long time but are relatively clean; but I also have a big box of singles that probably more careful attention.
Now, the only bit of highfi equipment I need to look at is the Reel-to-reel player (which there's no longer room in that cabinet for)
A US DOJ operation disrupted four botnets that infected 3M devices and includes the Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets used in a 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack in December 2025 (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/us-takes-down-botnets-used-in-record-bre…
IFPI: global recorded music revenues hit $31.7B in 2025, up 6.4% YoY, total streaming revenue surpassed $22B, and users of paid music subscriptions reached 837M (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusin…
i found these two gems at the record store up the street and, at twelve bucks each, couldn't resist. i listened to these LPs (and dream weaver and forest flower) a ton in high school.
#jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords
Hey - whatdayaknow!? Peter Beck sells out entirely: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/590037/rocket-lab-wins-record-contract-with-us-department-of-war If I was the kaumatua of Mahia Peninsula, I'd be telling RocketLab to hit the…
"Oldest-known whale song recording provides new insight into ocean sounds"
#Oceans #Animals #Environment
Bills promote GM Brandon Beane despite turbulent 2025 season, checkered draft record https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6983482/2026/01/19/brandon-beane-promoted-bills-gm-draft-record/
Paraform, which connects tech companies with specialized recruiters, raised a $40M Series B led by Scale VP (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/03/18/paraform-ai-recruiting-series-b