The Real Story Behind Britain's Rock 'N' Roll Pirates

from NPR


Richard Curtis, director of the new film Pirate Radio, which is based on these events, was an 8-year-old boy confined to a posh boarding school when he first heard the broadcasts. While he wasn't allowed to listen to music during the day, he remembers hiding a radio under his covers at night .

SURROUND SOUND

Surround sound is a very broad term that covers many different audio configurations. The number of channels and the placement of the speakers vary with each format. 5.1 is the most common, but other types include many more channels and can even reproduce the experience of height. The future will very likely bring new formats and applications of the surround experience, such as the highly versatile format of 10.2.

Spooky Tesla Spirit Radio

The Spooky Tesla Spirit Radio is a crystal radio circuit in a jam-jar. It makes awesome spooky sounds when it responds to electromagnetic fields or light sources. This non-powered radio plugs into the computer sound-in jack, and makes use of audio software for real time sound effects.

An archaeological study of chirped echo from the Mayan pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza

by David Lubman

What is very interesting is that the chirped echo sounds arguably like the primary call of the Mayan sacred bird, the resplendent Quetzal.

Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us

Independent Radio Astronomer Thomas Ashcraft Captures Celestial Signatures

Artist and independent scientist, Thomas Ashcraft, moves easily between observing and sculpting microscopic terrestrial realms while recording and documenting celestial spheres.

The Long Range Acoustic Device

The Long Range Acoustic Device™ (LRAD®) is a highly directional acoustic array that is designed for long-range communication and unmistakable warning. The LRAD device can issue a verbal warning and has the capability of following up with a deterrent tone to influence behavior or determine intent.

Phone Recording Archive

Here are a bunch of phone company recordings that I have recorded off of my phone.

PALAOA - Transmitting live from the Ocean below the Antarctic Ice

You can listen to the underwater sound of the Antarctic Ocean with a delay of a few seconds here.

Western Soundscape Archive

The Western Soundscape Archive (WSA) recognizes the vital connection between places and their soundscapes and features audio recordings of animals and environments throughout the western United States

Recording the sounds of the West

Two archivists aim to catalog the soundscapes of Western states -- birds, rattlesnakes, bats -- before the racket of modern life drowns them out.

Eerie Sounds of Saturn's Radio Emissions

Saturn is a source of intense radio emissions, which have been monitored by the Cassini spacecraft. The radio waves are closely related to the auroras near the poles of the planet. These auroras are similar to Earth's northern and southern lights. This is an audio file of radio emissions from Saturn.

Why pirates are currently legal

From Pirate Cat Radio's website

Thanks to George Bush for declaring the "War Against Terrorism" and U.S. Code of Federal Regulations title 47 section 73.3542, it is now technically legal to operate a radio transmitter with out a formal license.

Take a look for you self:

§ 73.3542 Application for emergency authorization.

(a) Authority is granted, on a temporary basis, in extraordinary circumstances requiring emergency operation to serve the public interest. such situations include: emergencies involving danger to life and property; a national emergency proclaimed by the President or the Congress of the USA and; the continuance of any war in which the United States is engaged, and where such action is necessary for the national defense or security or otherwise in furtherance of the war effort.

Homemade "quick and dirty" record disc-cutting lathe

World Health Organizaton: Noise and health

Noise seriously harms human health and interferes with people’s daily activities at school, at work, at home and during leisure time. Traffic noise alone is harming today the health of almost every third European.

AURORAL ACOUSTICS

Study of Sounds & Acoustical Effects Related to
Geomagnetic Storms and Aurora Borealis

Favorite Recorded Scream: at last, a record that’s really worth shouting about

The result, available on a 12-inch LP simply entitled Favorite Recorded Scream, is a superb marriage of concept and execution, as meticulous a deconstruction and re-examination of pop music’s formal elements as anything that has recently emerged from the world of sound art.

Construction of Radio Equipment in a Japanese POW Camp

Transcript of a recording by Lieutenant Colonel R G Wells, on the construction of radio equipment whilst in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp after the fall of Singapore.

Listen to Africa

Recordings of rural and urban soundscapes made during our 24,000 kilometre bicycle expedition across the continent.

Drivers to quote Gandhi on Tube

Transport for London has commissioned Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller to compile a list of bon mots to be used by Tube drivers.

Among the quotes on offer will be Gandhi's, "there is more to life than increasing at speed".

Deller hopes they will make commuters' journeys a bit more thought provoking.