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Development of Film, TV, Videotape

Updated March 2, 2024 | Published March 12, 2021 by Mic Hael

• How his video tape recorder saved the ABC network • Who coined the term “glitch” • Why the first video field shoots involved 1 ton “portable” video decks on pickups • Why it was so hard to invent the video tape recorder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwt26VPO9tw The development of film, television, and videotape represents significant milestones … Read more

Insight into why the musical magic of Muscle Shoals / FAME, stellar at first, then “faded”

Updated February 22, 2024 | Published March 26, 2021 by Mic Hael

Spot-on, I think, Comment from the video — “It’s funny that it starts out mentioning that the engineer knew and made (or at least serviced) all the equipment, and the sound quality was great. But then, technology moved in, and the engineer became disconnected, and there hasn’t been “that sound” or any true hit ever … Read more

Welcome fellow traveler, discerning, open-minded and rational afficionado of truth and beauty, to our constantly-curated cornucopia of curiosities delving deeply beyond the beyonds of esoterica, eclectica, engineering, and “-ologies” of endless endearment.

Here is our collection of “excellent, important info” for smarties, a cornucopic top-drawer overflowing delicious variety and intrigue. This website largely concerns vibrations and oscillations — vibratory anything, with life, physics, science, music is primary focus plus oddball tidbits mixed-in for flavor and zest.

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Ben Franklin

All is inseparably connected via vibration. Per scripture, sound was the beginning: If “God is two octaves above man,” but ‘silence is golden,’ doesn’t that leave us somewhere between precious and divine? We should live up to that.