Otokichi
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Got a mountain of 8 Track cartridges? Want to play them anywhere but the car and your home system? "Techmoan" has something for you! But first, some repairs are needed to get this weighty 8 Track "Boombox" working. Press PLAY to find out if Matt can repair this dodgy 8 Track cartridge player...
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And now for something completely different. Submitted for your amusement, variations on the "Gravity Falls" theme music. Does anyone admit to watching this 2012-2016 "Kid's Show"? Press PLAY and use the Time Rule to take a trip back in time...;)
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I came across the original Gershon Kingsley performance on the Moog Synthesizer. I saw this link to a street performer and clicked on this "analog version." Press PLAY to hear a "water glass virtuoso" make you forget the electronic version.;) "Top of the Pops" #1 tune/song in 1969!
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For people who like visual music displays but have problems with the LP jacket or CD case, "Techmoan" has a solution for you! Press PLAY to "get the flash" in your music...
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Now that the LucasFilm/Disney mess has slunk off the radar, it's time to look back. Have you ever wondered about "The Raiders March" fits the movie or the Indiana Jones character?
Press PLAY to find out what John Williams wrought in the early 1980's...
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Feeling a bit square today? Take a look at what fans of Roblox and "Subnautica" have wrought. Press PLAY if your life has gotten too dull recently...;)
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It's "back to the future" time again, with "Techmoan." Return to the mid-1980's in Japan, where 3D is about to take the video market by storm as The Next Big Thing! But it wasn't, either in Japan or the rest of the world, since this was sub-Laserdisc video quality. Nevertheless, 3D fan "Techmoan" will take you there as he looks at what/how this CD-pickup system worked and why it failed, only to be revived in the DVD era, for a while. Ready, Set, Go! if you don't mind a few glitches, in the darkest room in your place...;)
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Viewing South Korean films, "I Saw the Devil" kept coming up, so I clicked on a YouTube review. I stooped part way into the review because of the subject/content/characters. Billed as a Revenge movie, it goes far deeper, as we see the Rapist/Serial Killer "hiding in plain sight." The protagonist, a South Korean Intelligence agent, can't leave his post, even though his pregnant girlfriend calls him from her damaged car. She doesn't survive the night. The next day, a kid finds a plastic bag by a river and looks inside. The Human ear sets off a massive Police search, capped with a severed head in the river. The Spy takes a couple of weeks off, has a colleague drop off some surveillance tech, and lines up four suspects to interrogate. Warning! This is a violent, gory, first-person look at the serial killer and the pursuing revenge-seeker that features torture, violent beatings, and bloody murder! NOT for gentle souls or the easily offended! Click on the link if you dare...
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I've heard this song off and on over the years. but didn't know it by name. Submitted for your amusement, "The Thing," a 1950 novelty song. Press PLAY if you hanker for a semi-nonsense song "to sing around the camp fire.";)
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If/when your local TV station has a "the Flipster has been fried!" moment, what did they play while engineers solved the problem? The "Techmoan" Mood Music Channel presents: "Music to cover TV breakdowns." Press PLAY to "Lemons and Oranges" from the BBC.;)
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Time to visit Mansfield, Ohio. "What's there?" you ask. "The Shawshank Redemption' movie site. Let's walk for a bit in the shoes of Brooks Haddon, Andy Dufresne, and Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding. Press PLAY to get on the Wayback Machine to 1949...
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Do you have a "filmless wonder" Polaroid rattling around in a drawer? Do you have a large changing bag and some 135/120/Sheet Film experience? If so, this video is for you, the tinkering photographer. Can 135 film be used in an old Polaroid? Press PLAY to find out what can be done with Dr. Land's technology...
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A Hollywood director chooses a film to be a teaching instrument. Take away the Color and John Williams' OST, with the latter replaced with an electronic music soundtrack. To what end? to illustrate Steven Spielberg's directorial genius. Press PLAY to see an "Indiana Jones" movie that, stripped of color and John Williams music, makes Disney's latest "Indy" movie look like fan fiction after the 20-20 minute opening scenes.;)
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You're running late or ran out of pocket change and come across a vending machine with liquid refreshment waiting for you. Do you break open the bottle and take a grateful slug of a popular drink? Or do you regard the "left out on the dock" beverage with some suspicion? Press PLAY to hear about this unsolved serial killer case...
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Do you remember music CDs? "Techmoan" does, and wondered if stand alone music CD players are still being produced. The next question was, could a video game console or "modern computer" still play music CDs? Press PLAY to find out if your should be looking for a PS3 or original XBox. Then there's album artwork, which is scarce, even for Gracenote.
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I'd heard that there was a short about "Dug the Dog" from the movie "Up," but didn't look it up. A "Cinema Therapy" post about the movie "Up" (2009) "put the subject back in memory." After a false start, here's "Dug" and his continuing adventures with "Carl Fredericksen.";) Press PLAY if today's been OK, or if a rain cloud is following you.
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Another "slide show" music video created by AI. Press PLAY for Kansas, and ponder The Future.
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Since the World War II channel is in Europe, it's June 6th over there. Press PLAY to start "24 Hours of D-Day" as Allied forces storm ashore at Normandy to "take it to Hitler."
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Do you have 37:46 in your life to spare? Good, legendary gamer/commentator "The Last Bacon" talks with en Unknown Worlds game developer about "Subnautica 3." Since this is a conversation/Podcast, you can do something else while game development/mechanics/aims are discussed. Press PLAY if you want to know what didn't make it into "Subnautica" and what was left in via community feedback.
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This Disney channel "kid's show" wasn't on my radar, but a YouTube reactor steered me to this "kid's level X-Files/"Twin Peaks" animated series. Press PLAY if "the woods are full of strange/bizarre/scary creatures" is your bent.;)
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Maria, the Marine Biologist who screamed through "Subnautica" and purred through "Abzu" looks at the "Meg 2" trailer. Press PLAY for a wonderful experience and some educational content. "Release the Cocaine Bear, er Megalodon!";)
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"Techmoan" has "left the past behind" and arrived in the 21st century. Press PLAY to see what Matt found in this "modern media consumption system."
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An interesting NHK series on Nippon Golden Network is "Document 72 Hours," where a camera crew explores and interacts with people at, say, a Zen Cat Temple, a long concrete pier on Tokyo Bay's Eastern shore, or the Ito-ya Stationery store in Ginza. This lovely song is heard as the 72 hours ends. Press PLAY for something wonderful.
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Ho-hum, another high school production of..."The Producers"!? How good can these youngsters be? Press PLAY to find out how another New Jersey high school makes music!
1983 National SL-N25 Sound Player
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So a relative has dropped a pile of LPs into your lap and you're intrigued about this "moribund audio technology"? From "Techmoan's" attic, the tech bodger has something that can play Gene Belcher's weird Christmas LP. However, this disc spinner needs some repairs before those "tinny National speakers" can play, say, Thelma Houston's "I Got The Music In Me" Direct-to-Disc LP. Press PLAY ro see if "Techmoan" can work his magic again.;)