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ASFO 2022–12–17

Two quotations, one moral imperative, and a great deal of extraneous noise form the matter of this show. I explore the problems, and some alternative views, of the concept of energy efficiency. This is overall a very tub–thumpy episode, in which I repeat a few key phrases over and over again instead of properly expounding my views. Partly that was due to frustration at the noise, the source of which I need to properly work out, if I am going to broadcast remotely with my netbook.

Supplementary Show

2022–12–20 Belatedly realizing that I didn’t really do anything for the 75th anniversary of the first artificial Earth satellite, back in October, I read the preface, by Hermann Oberth, from a 1956 book entitled Satellite! by Erik Bergaust and William Beller ― which leads me down the rabbit–hole of explaining why Oberth could legitimately be called a “Nazi rocket scientist”, and thus to Chapter 5 of Rockets : The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere (third printing with additional information, 1945 January) by the great Willy Ley, The Battle of the Formulae. More of that anon.

Noise, Electronics and Code

A weekly event of electronic music in all its form.

Live coding, Algorave, electronics toys, softsynth, experiments at the edge of the software and hardware world.

We like to focus on improvised creation, but everyone is welcome to perform and experiment on their platform of choice.

Luv’n Time International Episode 4 (2022-12-16)

Archive Download

  • The Budos Band – Up From The South
  • Marva Whitney – Unwind Yourself
  • George McCrae – I Get Lifted
  • The Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s Just Begun
  • The Fatback Band – Yum Yum (Gimme Some)
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – 100 Days, 100 Nights
  • Roy Ayers – The Boogie Back
  • Anderson .Paak – Come Down
  • The Honey Drippers – Impeach The President
  • King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew
  • Dyke & The Blazers – Let A Woman Be A Woman, Let A Man Be A Man
  • Myra Barnes – The Message From The Soul Sisters, Pt. 1 & 2
  • Cymande – Bra
  • Funkadelic – Can You Get To That
  • Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Comment (If All Men Are Truly Brothers)
  • The Turtles – I’m Chief Kamanawanalea (We’re The Royal Macadamia Nuts)

ASFO 2022–12–10

Intercontinental air travel having its usual effects on me, compounded by having to be up early in the morning for an Apollo 17 commemorative event (see me at about 1h20m in), doesn’t make for the most coherent show I’ve ever presented. But I think there may nevertheless be a few items of interest, first and foremost, correspondence! from SDF user eskill. There is also some mention of possible upcoming program content, and new propaganda materials and merchandise I have planned. (Does anyone have a suggestion on an alternative to Etsy?) And the geopolitics of fossil fuels, the hollowness of climate commitments, and the possibilities of real progress through committed engineering effort, attract my attention once more.

Scan of a card with, drawn on it in pen, the words "Man and Atom" in a blocky style, with "92 U" inside the "o".
“Man and Atom” logo drawn by eskill

Supplementary Shows

  • 2022–12–13 Mostly a reading of the last chapter of Commonsense in Nuclear Energy (1980) by (Sir) Fred and Geoff Hoyle. This is itself composed primarily of excerpts from The Lives of the Engineers by Samuel Smiles, illustrating the life of George Stephenson, and in particular the Rainhill Trials which established the position of the locomotive or travelling engine as the key to world transportation. (The reference in the text is to a 1968 edition of this 19th century work.) I also read the preface and the very short first chapter of this very short, trenchant book. If it weren’t in hard covers I’d be inclined to call it a tract.
  • 2022–12–16 Off to a rocky start, but I decided to re–read the bit from Flight Into Space by JN Leonard which got chopped up by a malfunctioning archiver a couple of months back. I occupied the remainder of the time with some extracts from Vignettes in Nuclear Medicine by Marshall Brucer, MD, which are interesting for the way they illustrate the development of scientific practice, in a lively style with personal reflections from someone directly involved in the work.

Luv’n Time International Episode 3 (2022-12-09)

Archive Download

  • The Coasters – Down In Mexico
  • The J.B.’s – The J.B’s Monorail
  • The Blackbyrds – Rock Creek Park
  • Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
  • Liquid Liquid – Cavern
  • Bobby Byrd – Hot Pants
  • Janko Nilovic – Xenos Cosmos
  • Roy Ayers – Aragon (from “Coffy”)
  • Bob James – Nautilus
  • The Bar-Kays – Soul Finger
  • Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Hihache
  • Skull Snaps – It’s A New Day
  • 20th Century Steel Band – Heaven and Hell Is On Earth

Bits In Stereo – 2022.12.04

Tracklist

  • Massano – The Feeling (Original Mix), (link)
  • Recondite – Warg (Original Mix), (link)
  • Damabiah – Irminsul, Le Pilier Du Monde (Andrew Bayer Remix), (link)
  • KAS:ST – Hold Me To The Light featuring Be No Rain (Tale Of Us Remix), (link)
  • Bicep – Glue (Original Mix), (link)
  • ARTBAT & CamelPhat – For A Feeling featuring Rhodes (Extended Mix), (link)
  • Undercatt – Britannia (Original Mix), (link)
  • MIICHII – Are You Serious (Original Mix), (link)
  • Arm In Arm – Hunger For Your Vibe (Moonwalk Remix), (link)
  • JEI BLVCK – Waiting For You featuring Shawni (Original Mix), (link)
  • Sebastian Weikum – Midnight Train (Original Mix), (link)
  • Faithless – God Is A DJ (David Guetta Extended Remix), (link)

Available for download in the archives.

ASFO 2022–12–03

Belgium, or more particularly a Belgian engineer named van Mele, provides me with the material for an extended meditation on global energy use, and especially the topic of energy efficiency, which many people look to for large gains. Having teased it last time, I remember to explain the practical application for Compressed Air Energy Storage which occurred to me. This in turn proves to be another chance to insist on considering the character of the demand for energy when discussing how to meet it. (A comment directed me to an interesting article peripherally related to the subject of district heating, which I often raise.) And I spend a moment talking about the upcoming Apollo 17 anniversary, of which more anon.

Supplementary Show

2022–12–06 Conclusion of the brief biography of Count Rumford, from the 2022–11–29 show. I then read Nuclear Energy and Southern Africa by BFJ Schonland from Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy volume 1, which leads me to ramble on about the origins of “apartheid”, possibly without really knowing enough about the topic.

Atomic Year 25

Eighty years ago today, 2 December 1942, is an epochal date in the history of humanity : the first controlled nuclear fission chain reaction. The very existence of Chicago Pile 1, and the effort in which it was a central part, was a dire secret at the time. The measurements made on CP–1 would provide vital information for the designers of atomic bombs, and the Hanford production reactors for making bomb material. And yet…

Also in this programme, from Let’s Talk About the Atom, Volume 2 :

  • “Atomic Power, Today and Tomorrow” (Milton Shaw, Director, Division of Reactor Development and Technology, USAEC) ― Atomic power is becoming more important in our daily lives with each passing year. Mr Shaw tells about the AEC’s efforts to make this new energy source more efficient, reliable, and economical. He talks about our supplies of fuel for the future, “breeder” reactors under development, and atomic power to desalt sea water for irrigation.
  • “Atomic Energy at the Smithsonian” (Dr Philip Bishop, Curator in Charge, National Museum of History and Technology) ― A new hall of atomic energy is under construction at the Smithsonian Institution. Dr Bishop and his colleagues have assembled an impressive array of unique artifacts that deal with the history of the atomic age ― among them an atom smasher, a replica of the first nuclear reactor, and the historic cigar box in which the first minute sample of man-made plutonium was stored. The Smithsonian has opened up a new world of atomic energy for the six million people who tour its exhibits each year.
  • “What Can the Moon Rocks Tell Us?” (Robert Weeks, Senior Physicist, ORNL) ― Questions about the origin and age of the Moon have puzzled scientists for many years and, at long last, bits of the lunar surface can be studied at first-hand. Samples brought back by Apollo astronauts are now under exhaustive analysis at laboratories across the country. Robert Weeks discusses the scientific search for clues to lunar history and the history of Earth itself.

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Luv’n Time International Episode 2 (2022-12-02)

Archive Download

  • Frank Wilson – Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
  • ESG – Like This
  • Lyn Collins – Think (About It)
  • The Mohawks – The Champ
  • The Soul Searchers – Ashley’s Roachclip
  • Al Wilson – The Snake
  • Booker T. & The MG’s – Slim Jenkins Place
  • James Brown & The Famous Flames – Cold Sweat Part 1
  • The Quik – Bert’s Apple Crumble
  • Ferrante & Teicher – Midnight Cowboy
  • Larry Williams & Johnny Watson – Too Late
  • Archie Bell & The Drells – Tighten Up, Pt. 1
  • David McCallum – The Edge
  • Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul
  • The Beginning Of The End – Funky Nassau, Part 1
  • Augustus Pablo and King Tubby – King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
  • Jean Jacques Perrey – E.V.A.
  • The Mike Curb Congregation – Burning Bridges