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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: CD-Writer and Audio CDs question |
| Date | Sat, 04 Dec 2004 08:04:33 -0500 |
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At Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 11:44:59 Andrew Hickey wrote:
>On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 03:01:27 -0600, Ken Kase <kenkase@nighttimes.com>
>wrote:
> > Another interesting thing: Earlier this year, I heard a story on
>National
> > Public Radio about how the Library of Congress preserves music. You
>won't
> > believe what they're doing! They are transferring CD's to 78 rpm shellac
> > discs because that's the most resilient form of preservation (provided
>you
> > don't drop them).
>
>I *loved* reading that, and was about to post about it to another
>list, but then I googled to find the relevant information.
>Unfortunately, the date of that broadcast was April 1, 2003...
>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1216161
Take a closer look at the header on the NPR article....it says: "An April
Fool's Day Treat from All Things Considered".
The sidebar has a saucy little piece about NPR hot Rick Karr: "The next wave
of the future? NPR's Rick Karr shouts into the horn of a newfangled audio
recording device that records his voice on a hardened wax cylinder. Rick
Karr holds an audio-enabled wax cylinder. The grooves on the cylinder can
play back his own recorded voice. The experimental wax cylinder prototype
may one day replace shellac -- just as soon as scientists can conquer the
challenge of melting."
At the bottom of the article is a number of links to April Fool's spoofs
from previous years.
Methinks people have been hoodwinked. This piece smells like an
ONION....without the biting satire.
Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye Records
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