Understanding the DVD region code in 2014.
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Revisiting Region Codes
The Best Show on WFMU: 2000-2013
Some reflections on The Best Show on WFMU as it ends its thirteen-year run.
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On Radio: “Mirth, Music, and Mayhem”: In Praise of The Best Show on WFMU
Broadcast over Jersey City’s listener-supported radio station WFMU, The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling is what happens when many of commercial radio’s most noxious elements—bizarre callers, comedy routines, running gags, and irascible hosts—transform and coalesce into a singularly entertaining program perfectly calibrated for cult attraction.
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April Fools’ Day and the Ghosts of Media Past
On April 1, 2011, several websites joked around with media history.
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Late to the Party: Let’s Get Small and A Wild and Crazy Guy
In the latest installment of Late to the Party, I familiarize myself with Steve Martin's classic stand-up comedy albums.
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Analog Video and Derisive Laughter
What's so funny about old videotape?
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