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Julie Shapiro
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Listening! A lot, always.
Also: @audioflux.bsky.social
Also: @thehorsethread.bsky.social

Previously: Radiotopia/PRX, Ear Hustle, ABC (down under),Third Coast Int'l Audio Festival, many record stores...
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Julie Shapiro @jatomic.bsky.social · Dec 26
In service of the "sonorous new year" I've been wishing others, I'm cooking up a daily listening homage / adventure / practice for 2025, and will be posting about it here. I can promise amazement, bemusement, occasional confusion, and pure sonic delight. More info and daily links start January 1 ✨
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Nov 6 / Totally unhinged 5yo twins give it their all.

310. Harry & Hugo - I'm Tired of the Old Life / Johnny Contananti / Catfish Swimmin / The Ambulance Composition / The Woody Song / Mr Scarecrow Wakes Up His People / The Circus Day / Punk Rock Song [7:06]

#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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November 5 / The Pink Panther may conjure a slinkier, jazzier tune in your mind. But this energetic PP anthem is plenty charming, too. Especially that surf-guitar bit at the end!

309. La Pantera Rosa - El Ladron Picaron [2:07]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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November 4 / Just picture this bold, young thespian sitting in a living room in the middle of somewhere, hollering these classic tales into a reel-to-reel recorder. #cute

308. Unknown - Peter Cottontail/Sesame Street/Three Little Pigs/Old Mother Hubbard [3:46]

#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
jatomic.bsky.social
Big day for @audioflux.bsky.social in Richmond yesterday and for everyone else, everywhere else 🙌
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reposted by Julie Shapiro
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We're upping our STUFF game for Resonate this year. #zines #buttons #stickers #cassettes #tees #rubberstamp #thriftedlight-upchurch
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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November 3 / These 2 had me at "Ruth Patterson's North Carolina Macaroni & Cheese. And cheese. And still more cheese." They scooped the foodie how-to/chatcast scene by 50 yrs 🧀🧀🧀

307. Gaynor and Dorothy Maddox - Steak Dinner [12:55]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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November 2 / Appropriate for Halloween weekend because this is terrifying. Especially the way he says "little head" before the main event begins. 🫣

306. Little Cindy - Happy Birthday Jesus [2:15]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Nov 1 / No audio for today's track, so you'll just have to join me in appreciating the IDEA of The Four Friends in Space.

305. Los Cuatro Amigos en el Espacio - Trácate
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
November 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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October 31 / What's noteworthy here is not the soft-horror narrative, but that it was inserted into Dynamite magazine in 1975. Bring back the flexi disc! And that font! 🧨

304. Dynamite Magazine - Count Morbida's Chamber of Horrors [6:18]

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#listeninging #365DaysProject
November 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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One theme (creative tension) / four stories (wildly different, one to the next). It always works!
audioflux.bsky.social Audio Flux @audioflux.bsky.social · 11d
Introducing... our 06 Circuit Selects! 🎉

A musical taxonomy of pressure, a mysterious maybe-noise, loss and gain across seasons, and a revelation within community.

Four fab fluxworks from Joyce de Badts, Frederik De Clercq 👏@phoebemcindoe.bsky.social 👏 Sarah-Lou Lepers 👏 and Lisa Woolfork 👏
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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October 30 / Before there was Peloton and accompanying apps and instructional media, there was the SLENDERIDE, and this LP, and I'm pretty sure my Grandma Sarah had one in her bedroom.

303. Unknown - Honolulu Slenderide [2:08]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
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October 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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October 29 / Run on ramblings from 1960 on the dark art of selling. Though I should prob sharpen my own persuasive skills on behalf of @audioflux.bsky.social's new podcast.

Subscribe! Now!

301. Millard Bennett - What is Persuasion + The Questions [10:11]

#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Sooooo fun to have the Audio Flux podcast out in the world! 🙌

[They're not *that* dirty, promise.]
audioflux.bsky.social Audio Flux @audioflux.bsky.social · 13d
On today's ep of the AFP: "The Sound of Silence" by Gregory Warner, in which "a mysterious sonic visitation in a trying time brings a lesson about letting go."

Also: a couple dirty jokes & marsupial rescue advice, all of this in just 10 minutes.

Listen! Enjoy! Subscribe! Share! 😘
bit.ly/AFpodlinks
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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October 28 / Stereo separation was a thing! Witness the (perhaps too) persistent right channel tambourine in this recording. Then go enjoy the Cramps' version, sans tambo.

301. Design Records vs. Roy Orbison - Domino (STEREO) [2:13]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
October 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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October 27 / Ah, the Higher Power of Random, Curious, and Compelling Musical Discoveries reigns once more, this time at an ASL-fundraising tent sale out side of Chicago, in 1989.

300. Larry Taylor - Baby Face / Little Boys [4:21]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
October 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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October 26 / Groovy organ soundtrack but so much MANSPLAINING in this anti-Satan, poorly-scripted, cartoonishly-acted radio "drama."

299. Uncle Sam and The All Saved Muplet Band - Sherlock Bolmes Looks For Clues/ Uncle Sam Blows The Whistle On Satan [9:11]

#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
October 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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October 25 / It's very SHOUTY and I truly have no idea what is going on with this recording, except for "spit in my face and hope you die." Can't say I'm enjoying the experience.

298. Marisha Data - The Twist [3:36]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
October 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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"Three minutes just works. It’s the Swiss Army knife of time. And because of that, it has saved who knows how many lives. I’m happy to say that Audio Flux is therefore plugged into something big. The big 3:00. So get Fluxxed!" 🙌 🙌 🙌
audioflux.bsky.social Audio Flux @audioflux.bsky.social · 17d
If you're not yet subscribed to Continuous Wave from @bartona104.bsky.social then fix this! Yes, Audio Flux was featured recently, but every dispatch is smart, funny & rhymes the history of radio with podcasting today. Plus, amazing vintage clip art 🙌

Right this way: continuous-wave.beehiiv.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Reposted by Julie Shapiro
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My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org:

Featuring @claudiarowe.bsky.social, @somers.bsky.social, @sarafredman.bsky.social, @bartona104.bsky.social, @jatomic.bsky.social, @audioflux.bsky.social, @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social, Tat Bellamy-Walker...

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‘Surprise is magic in journalism’ - Nieman Storyboard
Author Claudia Rowe on writing about the foster care system. Plus: Keeping your day job while publishing books with Erin Somers
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October 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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October 24 / COME ON what's wrong with this? Nothing, besides leaving tofu pups out of the equation. Do love a well-deployed 'et' in place of 'eaten.' 🌭🌭🌭

297. Dick "Two Ton" Baker ("The Music Maker") - I'm a Little Weenie [2:48]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Reposted by Julie Shapiro
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I told @jatomic.bsky.social that there's a history angle on everything, and there is definitely a history angle on why three minutes is the magic time in audio. @audioflux.bsky.social knows that instinctively! continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/the-three-...
The Three-Minute Rule
Audio Flux opens our ears to the power of duration — a power that goes back to the earliest days of radio.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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October 23 / Imagine learning about reproduction & pregnancy via this LP & an internationally-acclaimed pediatrician born in the 1800s. 🤯

296. L Emmett Holt Jr M.D. - How a Baby is Conceived / How to Tell If You Are Pregnant [8:12]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
October 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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October 22 / WE ARE ALL ROCK AND ROLL WEIRDOS 🤘

295. Leila and The Snakes - Rock and Roll Weirdos [2:27]
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#listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
jatomic.bsky.social
Today I learned that a string of symbols meant to represent swearing in writing is called a GRAWLIX. I'm more inclined to go for it these days, but still, cool to know. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grawlix
Grawlix - Wikipedia
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October 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Anddddd we're off. To the podcast races. Just kidding, it's not a race. But you should listen! And yes, subscribe.

Short, spirited FUN episodes featuring some truly beautiful fluxworks. We've only just begun...
audioflux.bsky.social Audio Flux @audioflux.bsky.social · 19d
💥 It's not every day the first two eps of your podcast drop! Listen ✨ enjoy ✨ subscribe ✨ share 💥

Find us everywhere: bit.ly/AFpodlinks
October 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM