Trent Wolbe

Trent Wolbe appears in the following:

42 Years of Hits in 37 Minutes

Thursday, March 12, 2015

In “Billboard,” avant-garde musician and programmer R. Luke Dubois compresses four decades of chart-topping hits into one very strange-sounding song.  

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Sonic Smells

Saturday, April 10, 2004

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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ArtBots

Saturday, July 26, 2003

Can a hunk of metal and plastic learn to make art? The Robot Talent Show that took place in New York City two weekends ago featured several robots whose builders claim they actually...create. Produced by Trent Wolbe.

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