Trent Wolbe appears in the following:
42 Years of Hits in 37 Minutes
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Madea Get Your Gun
Friday, March 06, 2009
"Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" is the latest in the saga of the gun-toting grandma played by Perry in drag. The movies are hugely popular, but are often panned in reviews. Two critics, Melissa Anderson and Armond White, explain ...
In the Land of the Headhunters
Friday, November 07, 2008
Edward Curtis is known for his early 20th-century photos of Native Americans, but he also made a silent movie with an all-indigenous cast, called "In the Land of the Head Hunters." The film is being shown again now, accompanied by a live orchestra - this ...
Black 47
Friday, March 21, 2008
National Guard Captain Padraic Lilly related to Black 47's music instantly. When bandleader Larry Kirwan started hearing from soldiers like Lilly, their experiences fed a new batch of songs about the Iraq war. But Black 47's anti-war message doesn't sit well with all ...
Musical Symmetries
Friday, June 01, 2007
Contemporary composer Steve Reich explains the various symmetrical techniques that animate the music he loves. Produced by Trent Wolbe.
Billboard
Friday, January 26, 2007
In time-lapse photography, the bloom of a flower takes just seconds. Musician and computer programmer R Luke DuBois has developed the aural equivalent: time-lapse phonography. DuBois used the technique to condense Billboard's pop charts into a single piece of music: 42 years of #1 hits compressed ...
Appletronica
Friday, October 20, 2006
Matthew Herbert made a record built entirely of food - or at least the sounds different foods make as they journey from conception to consumption. Trent Wolbe sampled the mix.
The Canon
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Trent Wolbe talks with contemporary composer Steve Reich about the various symmetrical techniques that animate the music that inspires him as well as his own works. Produced by Trent Wolbe.
Number 1 For 37 Minutes
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Luke DuBois is a musician and computer programmer who has spent the last couple of years developing a technique he calls time-lapse phonography. Much like the way financial analysts sample the stock market to determine prices, time-lapse phonography samples sound to create averages. DuBois used the technique to ...
Technicolor
Saturday, June 18, 2005
There are certain things we expect at the movies these days — a bucket of popcorn, too many coming attractions, and color on the screen. But when Technicolor was introduced eighty years ago, it was a revolution. Bob Harris, a restorer of Technicolor films, and historian Scott Higgins tell us ...
Angst-Free Music
Saturday, August 14, 2004
The Polyphonic Spree is out to change the world with music. The 24 members of this rock orchestra from Dallas sing and play music free of angst and anger. Tim DeLaughter, the group's ringleader, and his wife and band-mate Julie Doyle, explain how they get away with ...
Technicolor
Saturday, January 24, 2004
There are certain things we expect at the movies these days — a bucket of popcorn, and color on the screen. But back when movies cost a nickel, they were all in black and white. 80 years ago, Technicolor revolutionized movies forever. Bob Harris, a restorer of ...
Sonic Smells
Saturday, December 06, 2003
We hear how smell and sound go together. Jamie O’Shea is an artist and inventor of the olfactograph, a mechanism designed to capture and record scents, like that of a campfire or an indoor pool. In O'Shea's installations, he often pairs the olfactograph with audio recordings of the places they were captured. It's multimedia ...