Michael Raphael

When Musician Miya Masaoka tours she often sits in her hotel room for hours, watching her musical collaborators interact. Her collaborators are Madagascar hissing cockroaches. She has another composition that she performs with a chorus of bees. Produced by Michael Raphael.

The Danielson Family regularly plays trendy rock clubs, like New York’s Knitting Factory, but they’re not your average rock band. They’ve built quite a following among both Christians and non-Christians and they say that they want their shows to express faith, and create spectacle. Produced by Michael Raphael.

The sound artist Janek Schaefer got a commission to make something "about Minnesota". As a Brit, he had to ask friends what defined Minnesota for Minnesotans. They gave him one word: weather. So, during a storm, Schaefer sent a cell phone up into the stratosphere in a weather ...

The Danielson Family regularly plays trendy rock clubs, like New York's Knitting Factory, but they're not your average rock band. They've built quite a following among Christians and non-Christians and they say that they want their shows to express faith, and create spectacle. Produced by Michael Raphael.

Songwriter Lee Hazlewood has had many ups and downs in his long artistic career, and lately his music has resurfaced in some unexpected places. Produced by Michael Raphael.

Graphic designer and writer Steven Heller looks at the only trash you let come in your house every day. Junk Mail. Or as the industry calls it, direct mail. Produced by Michael Raphael.

Music made out of tones that you can't always hear — but you can feel. The artists who make microsound think that even minute sonic changes can affect us. We asked three composers — Dan Abrams, Steve Roden, and Taylor Deupree — to ...

For the past decade singer songwriter John Darnielle has earned his reputation with clever dark songs he chose to record straight into a boom box. The sound was lo fi but the stories in the songs were lush. Michael Raphael says that in his latest record, Darnielle has ...

Studio 360 shows you three composers who have responded to the machine age in music: Annie Gosfield, a young contemporary composer; Genesis P-Orridge and his 1970's rock band Throbbing Gristle; and George Antheil, one of the Futurist composers from the 1920's. Produced by Michael Raphael.

Music made out of tones that you can't always hear — but you can feel. The artists who make microsound think that even minute sonic changes can affect us. We asked three composers — Dan Abrams, Steve Roden, and Taylor Deupree — to tell us about their ...

Almost all of us, given the opportunity, indulge the eavesdropping urge, especially overheard cell phone conversations. The sound artist known as "Scanner" has been incorporating the frequency band of cell phones in his work since the early 1990s. Produced by Michael Raphael.

It's Mad Magazine's 50th anniversary. Kathleen Horan caught up with Al Jaffee, one of Mad's original illustrators. Produced by Michael Raphael.

The photographer Clifford Ross has spent several years chasing down hurricanes along the East Coast. Waist-deep in the stormy water, Ross captures the moment when the waves turn from ominous to terrifying.

Songwriter Lee Hazlewood has had many ups and downs in his long artistic career, and lately his music has resurfaced in some unexpected places.

Sound artist Janek Schaefer gives the scratches and pops of vinyl records some respect.

On drums, calfskin was the membrane of choice for centuries — until plastic came along. But what role does calfskin play now?

Every Wednesday at noon in Times Square, New York City, educator George Nobl sets up a table. He lays out different math problems that need to be tackled and a row of Snickers bars for anybody who gets them right.