Michael Brown

Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 01:40 UTC

"Many businesses believe Bach & Mozart are the ultimate crime deterrents" & are using #classicalmusic to deter loitering & prevent crime; better than Bach & Mozart, they should blast Birgit Nilsson singing Wagner #opera arias at high volume~!

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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 22:40 UTC

This story about Gill Civil - of the legendary Flying Nun group Marie and the Atom- is a great read. Written by Amanda Miller for Audio Culture.

www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/gill...

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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 04:44 UTC

Monterey Pop! film poster, 1968. From the New Zealand Students' Arts Council Posters Collection, Victoria University.

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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 22:56 UTC

"Radio With Pictures is videotaping Knightshade and Stonehenge", Auckland, 1980s

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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 04:30 UTC

The latest "In the Vault" music playlist from the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, featuring tracks by the Hokowhitu-Atu Concert Party, Tony and The Initials, Prince Tui Teka, Barbara Ewing, and more.

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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 00:30 UTC

"Archie", Robot

Mr Bill Raikuna of Fiji Visitors Bureau with 10 foot 6 inch robot "Archie" at National Exhibition in Tauranga, May 1968

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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 21:29 UTC

Useful perspective on the (comparatively small) impact of web archiving.

A decade of UK web history (2013-23) comprises one petabyte, which requires "just 0.0001%, or one millionth of the power Bitcoin consumes."

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