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Heh. I just found 40 minutes of BBC's hot air balloon idents. https://youtu.be/tdKbtvaSskA https://youtu.be/tdKbtvaSskA I love the internet.

867-5309 7y ago
I speed read that as "incidents" and and after brief viewing and realisation am both disappointed and relieved
- DonHopkins 7y ago
  I speed read that other word as "baboon" and had the same feelings.
DonHopkins 7y ago
CBS's children's television news spot "In The News" had an iconic spinning globe animation, to mesmerizing electronic music in the style of Raymond Scott. (I don't know if he personally made that music, but it sure sounds uncannily like Soothing Sounds for Babies, etc.) CBS' "In the News" - from 1977!! (In which President Jimmy Carter sets up strict code of ethics and rules of conduct for public officials. Turns over peanut business to prevent appearance of conflict of interest.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stX3zM2oL8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stX3zM2oL8g CBS' In The News On Chernobyl (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgWVjmDabAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgWVjmDabAg Synesthopia: CBS’s In the News Theme. (The comments link to some other cool intros and theme songs.) https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2014/03/17/in-the-news/ https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2014/03/17/in-the-news/ Raymond Scott ‎- Soothing Sounds For Baby Vol. 1 (1962) FULL ALBUM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k66nGplNRmQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k66nGplNRmQ HN discussion of "Repair of Iconic ’60s Era Synthesizer Turns into Long, Strange Trip for Engineer (cbslocal.com)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19997110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19997110 >nineteen999 10 months ago | parent | favorite | on: Repair of Iconic ’60s Era Synthesizer Turns into L... >This reminded me a little of the story of Raymond Scott's "Electronium" machine, which was not a digital synthesizer, but a very early analog "algorithmic composition/generative music machine", back in the 60's and 70's: HN discussion of "Ask HN: What, if anything, do you listen to while coding?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17119729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17119729 >scyclow on May 21, 2018 | parent | favorite | on: Ask HN: What, if anything, do you listen to while ... >I'm a big fan of Raymond Scott's electronic stuff because it's interesting, non distracting, and usually doesn't have lyrics. https://youtu.be/rYVIDJtKU-A https://youtu.be/rYVIDJtKU-A HN discussion of "Daphne Oram: Portrait of an electronic music pioneer (2008) (theguardian.com)": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10995733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10995733 >firstworldman on Jan 29, 2016 | parent | favorite | on: Daphne Oram: Portrait of an electronic music pione... >Raymond Scott is probably more well known, particularly because of having been sampled by Dilla. Oram and certainly also Delia Derbyshire deserve all their due... I can't imagine how exciting it must have been to be creating these sounds that no one had heard before. >The BBC Radiophonic Workshop is more influential than they're ever given credit for, even now that the story is somewhat well known. And they were at the time too... If you're looking for 'pop' musicians who were influenced by those experiments in early electronics, check An Electric Storm by White Noise (band that featured Delia and Brian from BBC RWS), as well as United States of America's self-titled 1968 record. Both radical and timeless.
- nerpderp82 7y ago
  Thanks Don, as always your posts are from a wonderful alternative timeline. Perhaps we can rejoin it someday.

867-5309 7y ago

I speed read that as "incidents" and and after brief viewing and realisation am both disappointed and relieved

DonHopkins 7y ago
I speed read that other word as "baboon" and had the same feelings.

DonHopkins 7y ago

CBS's children's television news spot "In The News" had an iconic spinning globe animation, to mesmerizing electronic music in the style of Raymond Scott. (I don't know if he personally made that music, but it sure sounds uncannily like Soothing Sounds for Babies, etc.) CBS' "In the News" - from 1977!! (In which President Jimmy Carter sets up strict code of ethics and rules of conduct for public officials. Turns over peanut business to prevent appearance of conflict of interest.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stX3zM2oL8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stX3zM2oL8g CBS' In The News On Chernobyl (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgWVjmDabAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgWVjmDabAg Synesthopia: CBS’s In the News Theme. (The comments link to some other cool intros and theme songs.) https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2014/03/17/in-the-news/ https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2014/03/17/in-the-news/ Raymond Scott ‎- Soothing Sounds For Baby Vol. 1 (1962) FULL ALBUM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k66nGplNRmQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k66nGplNRmQ HN discussion of "Repair of Iconic ’60s Era Synthesizer Turns into Long, Strange Trip for Engineer (cbslocal.com)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19997110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19997110 >nineteen999 10 months ago | parent | favorite | on: Repair of Iconic ’60s Era Synthesizer Turns into L... >This reminded me a little of the story of Raymond Scott's "Electronium" machine, which was not a digital synthesizer, but a very early analog "algorithmic composition/generative music machine", back in the 60's and 70's: HN discussion of "Ask HN: What, if anything, do you listen to while coding?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17119729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17119729 >scyclow on May 21, 2018 | parent | favorite | on: Ask HN: What, if anything, do you listen to while ... >I'm a big fan of Raymond Scott's electronic stuff because it's interesting, non distracting, and usually doesn't have lyrics. https://youtu.be/rYVIDJtKU-A https://youtu.be/rYVIDJtKU-A HN discussion of "Daphne Oram: Portrait of an electronic music pioneer (2008) (theguardian.com)": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10995733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10995733 >firstworldman on Jan 29, 2016 | parent | favorite | on: Daphne Oram: Portrait of an electronic music pione... >Raymond Scott is probably more well known, particularly because of having been sampled by Dilla. Oram and certainly also Delia Derbyshire deserve all their due... I can't imagine how exciting it must have been to be creating these sounds that no one had heard before. >The BBC Radiophonic Workshop is more influential than they're ever given credit for, even now that the story is somewhat well known. And they were at the time too... If you're looking for 'pop' musicians who were influenced by those experiments in early electronics, check An Electric Storm by White Noise (band that featured Delia and Brian from BBC RWS), as well as United States of America's self-titled 1968 record. Both radical and timeless.

nerpderp82 7y ago
Thanks Don, as always your posts are from a wonderful alternative timeline. Perhaps we can rejoin it someday.