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Last 20 Shows Michael Hayes, singer/songwriter Today's guest on the Small World is singer/songwriter Michael Hayes.
I met Michael back when we both worked in the design team producing presentations for an investment company. Looking back, that team was the best group of people I've ever worked with. We were a tight knit group not only because each person's strengths made up for another person's weaknesses but because we all really liked each other and hung out with each other outside of work.
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SteampunkSteampunk combines science fiction elements from the Victoria era with the edginess of Cyberpunk of the 1980s. So why is Steampunk exploding in popular culture in the 21st century?
To find out, today on the Small World, we'll talk with Bruce Sterling who, along with William Gibson, wrote The Difference Engine, the book that first pushed Steampunk into mainstream culture.
Photo credit: Kyle Cassidy. This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons.
We'll also talk with David Simkins, a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A/VHappy New Year!
I hope you had fun bringing in 2010 because 2009 sure was a bitch, wasn't it?
For today's New Year edition of the Small World I was going to do a segment on Steampunk. The show was going to feature an interview with Bruce Sterling, who along with William Gibson, pushed Steampunk into the mainstream with their novel, The Difference Engine. We were also going to talk with David Simkins, one of the writers and executive producers of the Syfy channel's Warehouse 13 and also ta ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Natalia Paruz, the Saw LadyMusic Monday was a regular feature on the Small World where each week I'd interview a musician and feature three of their tracks of their choice. Since relaunching the Small World on Alterati I've wanted to return to that segment but was uncertain how to do it now that the Small World is a bi-monthly show. I still haven't resolved this problem but I decided to move forward anyway.
Today on the Small World our guest is Natalia Paruz who plays such novelty musical instruments as the music ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Science Fiction and New MediaWe live in a world that increasingly resembles the science fiction stories of our youth.
For example, nearly all of us have mobile phones that are wery much like the communicators that appeared in the Star Trek television series in the late 60s. But in fact, our mobile phones are not mobile phones. They are hand-held computers that we can watch movies on or surf the web or check our email that also happens to be a phone.
The world we live in is pretty amazing and is rapidly changing in as ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Joseph Matheny, Alterati
On the last edition of the small WORLD I announced that the small WORLD had found a new home on Alterati. But what is Alterati? That's the topic of today's show.
Our guest on today's show is Joseph Matheny, the founder of Alterati.
Joseph has been on the small WORLD twice before: once to talk about The Incunabula Papers: Ong's Hat and once to talk about Grey Lodge. Joseph has also worked for Adobe. Joseph has also written and contributed to many books and magazine articles, is involved ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Cory Doctorow, Makers interview: Nov. 16, 2009
Monday 16th at 9:00 AM EST I will be interviewing Cory Doctorow about his new novel, Makers. If you would like to ask Cory a quesiton about Makers or anything else, for that matter, email me your question to smallworldpodcast@gmail.com. Even better; call my voice mail at 1-619-717-6322 and I will play both your question and Cory's answer during the show!
You can buy Makers on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Makers-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765312794 or download a free electronic version at http: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Chris Lackey & Chad Fifer, H.P. Lovecraft Literary PodcastHello! I’m back!
Yep, after nearly two years the Small World is back in action.
We just heard an excerpt from The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast (http://www.hppodcraft.com), which is actually an excerpt from H.P. Lovecraft’s short story, The Picture in the House.
Chris Lackey and Chad Fifer are the host of the H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast and we’ll talk with them shortly. But before we talk with Chris and Chad I’m going to very quickly bring you up to speed with what I’ve b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Music Monday! The Varimezov Bulgarian EnsembleLong-time listeners of the Small World know that I've only done a handful shows in the last few months. The Small World website was hacked by some kids in Turkey a while back and no matter what i did they kept hacking back into the site.
That was a headache but on top of that, the Small World website acts as a kind of calling card when I invite people to be guests on the show. By viewing the website they can get an idea of the kind of show I produce as well as getting a sense of the histor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Marilyn Johnson, The Dead BeatA journalist who's written obituaries of Princess Di and Johnny Cash, Johnson counts herself among the obit obsessed, one who subsists on the "tiny pieces of cultural flotsam to profound illuminations of history" gathered from obits from around the world, which she reads online daily—sometimes for hours. Her quirky, accessible book starts at the Sixth Great Obituary Writers' International Conference, where she meets others like herself. Johnson explores this written form like a scholar, del ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Music Monday! Most People Are DJsThis episode is work safe.
The title comes from the song "Most People Are DJs" by the Hold Steady. A lyric from the song goes "Everyone is a critic and Most People Are DJs" which has become the tagline and mantra. For 30-35 minutes a week Mikel O.D. plays great indie music - usually with an electronic/new wave influenced beat while reviewing the media latest from the outer edges of pop culture.
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Music Monday! KraddyKnown for his intuitive ability to carve beats out of the bits, Kraddy has made a name for himself internationally as a producer and a DJ. His releases on Muti Music, Bless Records, Blunted Funk, Digital Distortions and his own label, Refiner Records have set him apart as a producer with a truly extra-ordinary sound.
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Music Monday! subQtaneousThis episode is not work safe.Described as a "stick of dynamite strapped to reality," (Scenery Zine), subQtaneous is a diverse conceptual, collaborative album. It carves new soundscapes ranging from brutal, pounding industrial to sarcastic hip hop set over carnival music to delicately layered trance. It has been compared to Pigface, probably due to its format, as well as Coil, Mr Bungle, the Tapeworm project, and Frank Zappa.Interview with James Curcio and P. Emerson Williams of subQtaneous ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Music Monday! Kush AroraThis episode is work safe.Bubbling out of the S.F. underground, From Brooklyn to SF is an adventure of Dread Bass,dubstep/dub, and desi dancehall featuring North America's most adventurous vocalists.The singers on this release are Juakali, Zulu, N4SA, Blacksmith, and Gurmeet - this diverse group of talent coming together for this project. This follows the recent release of MC Juakali's 12" EP, where Kush appears alongside dubmasters Alpha & Omega and NYC's Drop The Lime. Kush teams up w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Music Monday! Domino RecordsThis episode is work safe.Domino Recording Company, generally known as Domino Records, is an independent record label based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in the United States, releasing Domino artists' music from the label's Brooklyn offices. In addition, Stephen Pastel presides over the subsidiary label Geographic Music, which releases more unusual British and World music.Interview with Morgan Lebus of Domino Records.We discuss doing today's interview at a grocery stor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Music Monday! Rob SzaboThis episode is not work safe. Rob tours across North America in his beat up '89 Dodge whose odometer he recently pushed past 450,000 kms (281,250 miles). He plays well over 100 dates a year in Canada and the U.S., from Toronto to Vancouver to the Alaska Highway, from San Francisco to New York City to Washington D.C. ... and everywhere in between. His live shows are garnering him an increasingly devoted fanbase of hardcore music lovers who often travel great distances to see him play in per ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Music Monday! Robert RichThis episode is work safe.Robert Rich is an ambient musician and composer based in California, USA. With a discography spanning over 20 years, he is widely regarded as a figure whose sound has greatly influenced today's ambient, new age, and even IDM music.Interview with Robert Rich.We discuss the msuic he created for the film Atlas Dei; his revious works that were incorporated into Atlas Dei; what Atlas Dei is about; how he and artist Dan Colvin through Global Mindshift; his relationship w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Aimee Baldridge, The Camera Phone BookThis episode is work safe.Marketing experts predict that by 2009, nearly 90% of all cell phones will contain a camera, as manufacturers race to create cheaper, easier-to-use models with more sophisticated cameras, more pixels, flash units and even multiple lenses. Already revolutionizing audiovisual communication, it's a trend that will only grow more explosively—and who better than National Geographic to create a how-to book aimed directly at the millions who carry a camera phone everywher ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
small WORLD Weekend Mix 78: The Synth Pop Edition
The Synth Pop EidtionThis episode is work safe.Kick off the weekend by kicking out the jams with the small WORLD Weekend MIX!This edition of the small WORLD Weekend Mix features the following artists...
Von Iva "Do It!"
Space March "About To Explode"
I, Synthesist "Red Clouds"
Oliver Future "Happiness Machine"
Alan Replica "A Broken Eve"
The Calculators "Dead Is Dead"
Charlie Slick "I Know You Love My Synthesizers"
Thomas Dolby "Europa and the Pirate Twins (Live)"
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Music Monday! Genius of SoulThis episode is work safe.Sleep Now is a refreshingly jazzy album that illustrates how powerful talented live instrumentation can be in hip-hop.Interview with Id and Timeless of Genius of Soul.We discuss their song, "Sleep Now"; how Genius of Soul is different and siliar to Id's solo work; what led to the formation of Genius of Soul; Stop Paving Roads; how being in a band has changed Id's lyrics; how the sound of Genius of Soul has changed since the band first formed; why Timeless orgianly ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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