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RE-MIX CULTURE

Program 08-07-20-A

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As the Bible famously says, "there is nothing new under the sun." That's pretty bleak. If it's all been said and done before, what's left? In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, remix culture. Digital sampling, audio hacking, mash-ups… In today's music and art it's all about mix and remix again.

SEGMENT 1:

Paul Miller is the unofficial spokesman for remix culture in his persona as DJ Spooky. His latest book is "Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture." DJ Spooky tells Steve Paulson that young artists regard sound as a language they may freely sample to construct new compositions. Listeners can check out DJ Spooky's multimedia performances at http://www.djspooky.com/art/terra_nova.php.

SEGMENT 2:

The mash-up is one form of remix culture. Jim Fleming talks with mash-up artist The World Famous Audio Hacker who's also known as Derek Chilcote Bacco, about what a mash-up is. You can download a copy of Bacco's virtual box set of mash-ups at http://www.audiohacker.com/. Also, we hear a bit of the first ever mash-up: Charles Ives' "The 4th of July." And, Charles Monroe-Kane breaks the law by singing "Happy Birthday," then Lawrence Lessig, a law professor at Stanford, tells Steve Paulson why that's absurd. Lessig is the founder of Creative Commons and his book "Code: Version 2.0" is available for free under a Creative Commons licensing agreement at http://codev2.cc/download+remix/.

SEGMENT 3:

Jason Bittner is the editor of a website called Cassette From My Ex dot com. He talks with Anne Strainchamps and plays samples from various mix tapes he's received. You can share your story of lost or everlasting love, and your favorite mix tape right here.

CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 08-07-20-A.

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Books:

Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid , ed, Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture (MIT Press)

Websites:

• To hear more mash-ups by the World Famous Audio Hacker:
  http://www.audiohacker.com/
• To hear more music or to read more stories from “Cassette From My Ex”: http://www.cassettefrommyex.com/
• For more from Larry Lessig please check out his personal website (including instructions on how to download his book for free):
  http://www.lessig.org/
• For more details on how the Creative Commons works:
  http://creativecommons.org/about/
• To watch Larry Lessig’s lecture at TED please click here: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html

Music:

• DJ SPOOKY
  Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid’s latest book is called, “Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture.” MIT Press. The book also contain a sample CD from which we heard various samples during his interview.
  To view/listen to his work in progress called “Terra Nova: The Antarctica Suite” please click here:
  http://www.djspooky.com/art/terra_nova.php
  For more multimedia work:
  http://www.djspooky.com/art.php
  Other DJ Spooky music we heard came from his CDs titled “Songs of a Dead Dreamer,” “Riddim Warfare,” and “Creation Rebel”

• LAWRENCE LESSIG Lawrence Lessig’s latest book is called “Code: Version 2.0” is available for free under a Creative Commons licensing agreement.
  To download and/or remix:
  http://codev2.cc/download+remix/
  More on the Creative Commons:
  http://creativecommons.org/
  After his interview we played an except from DJ Q BERT’s CD called “A Preschool BreakMIX.”

• THE WORLD FAMOUS AUDIO HACKER
  To download/stream his mash-ups please go to:
  http://www.audiohacker.com/
  
  

• CASSETTE FROM MY EX
  To read more stories/listen to more cassette mixed tapes from Jason Bittner’s website please go to:
  http://www.cassettefrommyex.com/
  And while you are there, PLEASE submit your own stories and mixed tape from your ex!

Distribution dates: week of 07/20/2008 - hour 1 click here for timings and cues

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