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Joe Banks has been working with Very low frequency (VLF) since the early nineteen-nineties. His various installations have been exhibited and performed worldwide and been shown on national TV & Radio stations including BBC Radio Four's Today Programme. His challenging experiments into Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) demonstrate the minds conscious and unconscious working in a conflicting synergy.
In this episode Joe speaks to me and my excellent co-host and inspiration, Leila Johnston about how playing with his Dad's trainset as a child propelled him to the Sonic voyage of the Disinformation project, his family and future projects.
Warning- this show does contain some loud noises, headphone users beware!
This show contains the following extracts, in appearance order:
50 secs: National Grid 96-99
1'10: Hari Kunzru Sky TV 1999
5'20:Electric Skies C4 eqinox
6'50: Stargate, Disinformation 1996
13': National Grid Live in Moscow Sept 2000
20':Doppelganger, Sense & Data Perception, Disinformation 2004
30'30: Sine Wave Speech Psychoacoustics Demo 2022
47'50: Martelsham Heath, Joe Banks 2022
50'30:Language [as] Meta Technology 2018
1h10'50: Sound Mirrors - Disinformation - Barry Hale 1997-2002
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Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Sofa Club live reportage
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Dan Farrimond and myself reflect on the Chunky Fringe live show, with Jamie Nemeth and Jason Robertson.
The Audio was provided by Dan from his live stream that you can see with pictures on his YouTube channel.
Thanks again to @grimfandango and Jamie Nemeth and his awesome twitch channel.
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Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Teletext Sofa Club Live at Harrow Arts Centre
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
This is a live show hosted by myself and Dan Farrimond during Chunky Fringe, the teletext expo that took place at the same venue and day as the Digi Live 30 show held by Mr Biffo.
We speak to Jason & Rich from What's wrong with Wolfie? Podcast as well as teletext movers and Shakers Jason Robertson, Steve Horsley and Chris Bell.
The recording was kindly made by
Ash Versus of Under Consoletation: The GamesMaster Retrospective Podcast, get him at one of the following:
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Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Stuart Ashen on being Ashens
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Stuart Ashen is a Actor, Screen writer, comedian and critic. He has near 1.6 million YouTube subscribers and 600 million views.
I also got his name wrong in the intro, we discuss where it all started and the possible future trends as well as the challenges faced when running a large YouTube Channel.
Stuart gives me his thoughts on social media the recent name change of twitter to X.
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Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
AI special with Dr Emily Anderson
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Dr Anderson has worked in AI for over a decade, she completed her Ph.D. in computed science and focused on machine learning and I was lucky to have a moment to speak to her about this remarkable technology.
But what is AI? How is it transforming our lives, at home and in the workplace?
Dr Anderson explains the ethical implications and givers her thoughts on how Human-AI collaboration is a key to augment human capabilities.
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Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
teletext People - John Earls Planet Sound
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Planet Sound was a cult music magazine that reached every teletext set n the UK, John Earls and his team championed many new acts of the 90s & 2000's including Artic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Arcade Fire, Franz Ferdinand, Keane, Editors, Snow Patrol, Klaxons, Kasabian, Hard-fi, Elbow, The Feeling, Scissor Sister, Guillemots, Amy Winehouse and Dizzee Rascal to name but a few!
John Speaks to me about his time at Teletext and explains Robert Smiths carrot cake recipe and Nicky Wires objection to Bono's hotel due to its lack of teletext TV sets!
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Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
teletext People - Tim, Twitter’s @Ceefaux
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Tim, better known to his thousands of followers as @ceefaux uses the distinct looks of old Ceefax tv listings to inject his brand of humour on to the social media world of twitter.
His account is barley 15 months old but he has a amassed an avid following of fans.
In this episode Tim explains to me and Dan Farrimond how he got involved, his inspiration and challenges for the future.
We even cover serious subject like AI and trampolines.
Thanks as ever to @illarterate Dan for hosting with me.
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Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
teletext People - Graham Norwood
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
"We were the first people in the World to do this sort of thing..."
Graham Norwood.
Graham is a prolific travel writer and Formula One fan, but before all of this he cut his journalistic teeth at BBC Ceefax.
Graham recalls the stories and events that the service reported on and conveyed to the public in it's unique way.
There is also a rare insight into how some Ceefax staff felt in the food-chain of BBC journalists. Were these fair observations?
Listen and share your thoughts...
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Byte High No Limit
A pod series that covers the history of my favourite childhood arcade, the origin, the people and the machines.
Also the future of the site now the Arcade is gone.
Also the Teletext people series, where we speak to the people who made the UK's first TV info system work and others who now keep it's historic legacy going.
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