03.30.08 SG #273 The Pre-Edison Phonautograph
Sunday, March 30th, 2008Download the show here sucka:

A multidimensional intro (in so many ways). Dr. Strange was a cool movie. Is a hope an idea? Ryan tells an interesting story while I rudely eat popcorn. The Phonautograph, the first ever audio recording device, invented by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville and patented in 1857. In this episode we include the first EVER recording, made using the phonautograph, in 1860. It’s a French lady singing Au Clair de la Lune. This is the earliest known recording of sound to be played back as well as the earliest known recorded sound confirmed to be playable, predating Frank Lambert’s 1878 recording of a talking clock by nearly two decades and the Edison Company’s 1888 phonographic recording of a Handel concert by nearly three. Ryan popped his head on the chin-up bar on the upskip. He’s got a bag of frozen brussel sprouts on his head. I throw one like a hot potato (even though it’s a frozen brussel sprout). Some shout-outs. John from UKshire (happy birthday, UK J!) Consider my self’s back patted.
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