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14 Nov 2023
NOW OPEN: A #popupexhibition of items from our Physical Objects Collection @uoplibrary, Sounds Beyond Music! Visit in person or download the FREE PDF exhibit catalogue from our website here: museumofportablesound.com/so…
#soundstudies #museumstudies
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9 Oct 2023
Hear the very first ghost story ever committed to an audio recording at the Haunted Museum of Portable Sound this year!
Get full details on how to visit and pick up tickets at museumofportablesound.com/ha…!
#waxcylinder #hauntedmuseum #halloween #halloween2023 #ghoststory
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13 Sep 2023
It's #BackToSchool season, which means it's time once again to repost our classic #SoundStudies meme What Is The Title Of Your Sound Studies Thesis?
Build your own two-part paper title and get researching!
#thesis #dissertation #sound #title #titlegenerator
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12 Sep 2023
The Swimaphone (1934): what could possibly have gone wrong?
#swimming #telephone #wires #underwatertelephony #telephony #whatcouldpossiblygowrong
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11 Sep 2023
Our Education Dept gives guest #lectures, teaches #classes & runs #workshops!
📚We're now taking bookings for Education events this autumn: museumofportablesound.com/ed…
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11 Sep 2023
Polemical Audio Format Alignment Chart – let the angry opposing comments commence
#audioformats #polemic #dungeonsanddragons
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10 Sep 2023
A #NewAcquisition to our #ResearchLibrary: the Norton Critical Edition of #WilliamFaulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!, which includes a chapter on sound in Faulkner’s writing by Julie Beth Napolin #soundstudies #literature #americanliterature
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9 Sep 2023
The original Communications earpiece worn by Lt. Uhura (#NichelleNichols) on the original #StarTrek TV series is currently up for auction. The starting bid for the 2.5-inch long aluminum & plastic prop is US$4,000.
#Uhura #Listening #PortableSoundOnTelevision
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8 Sep 2023
Just so you know...German engineer Fritz Pfleumer invented magnetic audio tape in 1927. So why isn't he famous? Without him, hipsters everywhere wouldn't have cassettes to fondle & not play in 2023.
#FritzPfleumer #SayHisName #MagneticTape #CassetteCulture #audiotape #inventor
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6 Sep 2023
This 1978 TDK Head Demagnetizer proves that, while the jury is still out on whether tape head demagnetizing is necessary, results don't matter when the tool just looks this plain awesome.
#CassetteTapes #headdemagnetizer #TDK #70s
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5 Sep 2023
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4 Sep 2023
In 2020, a group of researchers @UChicago created an #ultrasonic privacy bracelet which was capable of effectively blocking the microphones of all #smartphones, smart speakers, and other tech industry info-capturing devices in range of the wearer.
#want #privacy
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3 Sep 2023
Pro-Wired Headphones diva #BellaHadid was recently spotted sporting one of our exclusive "Ew, Airpods" t-shirts! Make your own Gen-Z-style judgemental #fashion statement by grabbing your own tee/sweatshirt/tote from our Gift Shop today! museumofportablesound.com/gi… (1/2)
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3 Sep 2023
Pro-Wired Headphones diva #BellaHadid was recently spotted sporting one of our exclusive "Ew, Airpods" t-shirts! Make your own Gen-Z-style judgemental #fashion statement by grabbing your own tee/sweatshirt/tote from our Gift Shop today! museumofportablesound.com/gi… (1/2)
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2 Sep 2023
Wishing a #HappyBirthday to @adamcurry (MTV VJ and "Father of the #Podcast"), reminding him that his lifetime achievement award for #audioheritage is still here, just waiting for him to pick it up.
#HeroesOfAudioHeritage #MuseumOfPortableSound
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