Marks on Mechanics - Encore Presentation

In 1993 I made a summer series of five 30 minute programmes on the history of recorded sound. The series was inspired by a visit to the Museum in Utrecht, which then was called From Singing Tower to Street Organs. The museum is still there. I then discovered people who were collecting pianolas, gramophones, phonographs and jukeboxes. Of course, it wasn't just the devices. It was the stories that went with them. I've re-released them here as high quality MP3's.

Although not a Media Network show, I have had requests from people to put these documentaries into the collection, since they have a connection with communications. This first programme looks at all kinds of clocks that perform melodies. Another one all this week to complete the series. Enjoy.

Marks on BBC World TV

Got an e-mail from BBC World asking me to test out their web application and appear on a live "Have Your Say" edition devoted to technology (following on from CES). Had to switch my virus scanner off in order to connect to the server in London and they could'nt hear the sound in the studio, so had to use the phone. There are better technologies out there now (which I guess CNN was using during the blogger debates). But it was fun to try it out.