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A conversation from 2016 with inventor and eccentric Wilf Lunn. This was first featured on Documentally.net Please subscribe over there.
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Fulfilling a promise and remembering Will...
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I recorded this audio not long after the funeral of my friend Will Green.
The music at the end is Bach, Suite for CelloSolo No 4 played by Slava Grigoryan and borrowed from Will’s British Mac ARM podcast 31st of July 2020.
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Audio recorded at the Thinking Digital conference 2023 for my newsletter http://www.documentally.net.
The supercomputing cosmologist that Bill refers to was Andrew Pontzen.
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A glimpse into the world of #HamRadio. I tune into the Tuesday for me to net on my amateur radio only to find out I might have to be the net controller.
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These words were spoken to the attendees of the 1984 Symposium. This audio and other moments from the day including a clip of a talk by Richard Blair, George Orwell's son featured in this post https://documentally.substack.com/p/the-pursuit-of-a-vigilant-society
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This audio was recorded for #AudioMo Day 23 and http://Documentally.net. Unfortunately I made a mistake with the mic set up but as it was still audible I left it as it was. I just added my comment on the mistake and a brief cameo from a previous conversation I had with Lauren Laverne. Otherwise it is as is.
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What are you doing on June 25th? I'll be at a picnic and you are more than welcome.
George Orwell, renowned author and social critic, remains exceptionally relevant in our modern world. His life and writings offer us profound insights into power dynamics, government control, surveillance, and the manipulation of information.
Orwell's works, particularly "1984" and including "Animal Farm," provide crucial warnings and reflections on the perils of authoritarianism and the erosion of individual freedoms.
Despite being written 73 years ago Orwell's "1984," depicts a pervasive surveillance state not dissimilar to our own era of government surveillance and mass data collection. And we continue to have concerns about the balance between security and privacy.
More relevant than ever is Orwell's concept of "Newspeak", reflected in the manipulation and distortion of language for political purposes in our current age of misinformation, fake news, and the weaponisation of social media.
His exploration of thought control and the suppression of dissenting voices is still a cautionary in societies where democracy and freedom are under threat.
Here in the UK, in the midst of political spin and the use of vague and manipulative language, it's as if no one read Orwell's "Politics and the English Language", with it's call for clarity and honesty.
I recently re-read "Animal Farm," where Orwell highlights social inequality, exploitation, and the abuse of power.
Themes still resonant in societies grappling with a rich poor divide, social injustice, and systemic oppression.
So, as the work of George Orwell aka Eric Arthur Blair serves as an enduring reminder of the need for vigilance, critical thinking, and the protection of our individual liberties, we should continue to question authority, challenge propaganda, and defend the values that underpin a just and open society.
All that said, at its heart, the 1984 Symposium is simply a picnic with friends. People who attend for a variety of reasons. Tribute and remembrance, curiosity, activism, community building, and the desire to remind ourselves and others of Orwell's ideas in the pursuit of a more informed, just, and democratic society.
This year will be the 17th consecutive picnic and will coincide with the official gathering of the Orwell Society.
If you fancy coming along, bring a packed lunch, a drink and something to sit on.
11am Behind The Church of All Saints, The Green, Sutton Courtenay,
Oxfordshire, OX14 4AE
behind.plants.couches
The music used in the audio is called Broke For Free by Night Owl.
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Listen if you are interested in knowing how much internet bandwidth the average UK family needs vs how much most are getting.
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Listening to a storm pass over in the garden, wondering if I should unplug my Ham Radio antennas.
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This audio was created for AudioMo. If you want to hear the original WiFiHat post it's here https://audioboom.com/posts/156237-wifi-enabled-hat
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A fortuitous chance encounter with Suzi Moore, wife of the late Simon Moore. Recorded for #AudioMo
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A post for AudioMo day 13. There is more info on what this was recorded on and how this was recorded here: https://documentally.substack.com/p/chlorine-and-freedom-audio-51#details
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In this piece of slow audio, I take a hydrophone down to a nearby river and record where the we're meets the Great Ouse.
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Written at a bus stop in Bangkok on Sunday, 20th October 1996 Day 6 of 143 day trip.
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I have a chat with Ash Levitt, President & CEO Heil Sound at Podcast Show London.
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Made for #Audioboo Day6 Subscribe for free to Documentally.net to find out more.
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This is a conversation I had with my dad about a very longterm project he has on his farm in Wales.
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Recorded for my weekly email delivered from Documentally.net
I was cycling past a village record store and suddenly remembered it was Record Store Day. As I entered, I was welcomed with free beer and sunshine.
A few minutes later a band started playing some wonderful dream pop folk.
It felt like summer had arrived. They were called Lost Chimes and their set was one long and lovely sigh. I was blissfully lost in it all.
Music expresses what can’t be said and is one of the most beautiful vehicles for story. And these two do it so well.
The audio above is a chat I grabbed with Gemma and Nicky Kirk as they packed up.
I will assume you have already found their music on Band Camp. Their previous band Hunt Us is also there.
Lost Chimes have new album on the way and while you wait for that, i’ll leave you with their beautiful cover of Joy Division’s, “Love will tear us apart”.
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In this audio I clipped on a lav mic and headed out to test the Zoom F2 Field Recorder. - Visa fler