music JBL's new speaker removes instruments so you can play along Séamus Bellamy

music Vintage microcassette recorders great for authentic tape effects Rob Beschizza

bbc BBC unveils the Moog Synthesizer – "the future of music" in 1969 Mark Frauenfelder

colorado Listen to fictional noise at the Denver Colorado soundwalk Popkin

music After home taping was killing music, record profits were made Rob Beschizza

gadgets Teenage Engineering's TP–7 field recorder has a motorized "tape reel" Rob Beschizza

Japan What it's like to stay in a tiny apartment in Tokyo's space-age Nakagin Capsule Tower Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets These six voice recorders are all tiny, but mighty — and also, on sale Boing Boing's Shop

1960s Enjoy the boss radio sound of KHJ 93 Los Angeles Mark Frauenfelder

DIY Build your own bagpipes out of a trash bag and record and learn to play in quarantine Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets The Sony Walkman is 40 years old Rob Beschizza

books Now in print: William S Burroughs' lost guide to overthrowing a corrupt government Cory Doctorow

Audio A brief documentary about the sensorial wonders of field recording David Pescovitz

surveillance FBI surveillance van from the 1980s on eBay David Pescovitz

happy mutants A Trump Christmas Carol Cory Doctorow

dead media This month, Japan will manufacture its last VHS video cassette recorder David Pescovitz

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