Author Archives: smallworld

In the Belly of the Fail Whale

Written by smallworld. Posted on March 3, 2010. Filed under smallworld, smallworld podcast. Tagged bazooka joe, rob gokee, smallworld, twitter. 2 Comments.

On today's show we're going to talk with Rob Gokee, author of In the Belly of the Fail Whale: How Twitter Changed My Life in One Year.

Michael Hayes, singer/songwriter

Written by smallworld. Posted on January 29, 2010. Filed under smallworld, smallworld podcast. Tagged bazooka joe, michael hayes, small world. No comments.

Michael has been in several bands such as the Vinyl Skyway and Lemonpeeler and released several albums and recently put out a 22 song retrospective album called Diamonds Down the Drain.

the SmallWORLD: Steampunk

Written by smallworld. Posted on January 15, 2010. Filed under smallworld, smallworld podcast. Tagged Ben Houge, bruce sterling, david simkins, Evelyn Kriete, Ez3kiel, Hannah Fury, In the Nursery, Jack Wall, Skerror, steampunk, steampunk tales, syfy, The Difference Engine, Unextraordinary Gentlemen, warehouse 13. No comments.

Steampunk combines science fiction elements from the Victoria era with the edginess of Cyberpunk of the 1980s. So why is Steampunk exploding in popular culture in the 21st century?

solipsistic NATION: A/V

Written by smallworld. Posted on January 1, 2010. Filed under smallworld, smallworld podcast. Tagged bazooka joe, documentaries, electronic music, electronica, magazines, movies, small world, Solipsistic Nation, techno. No comments.

On solipsistic NATION I play the best of all genres of electronic music and I often interview musicians and music labels and other people from the electronic music community. If NPR did a show about electronic music I imagine it would sound exactly like solipsistic NATION.

the smallWORLD: Natalia Paruz, the Saw Lady

Written by smallworld. Posted on December 18, 2009. Filed under Podcasts, smallworld, smallworld podcast. Tagged bazooka joe, christmas, cowbells, hand bells, hark an angel sings, Music, musical saw, natalia paruz, small world. No comments.

Today on the Small World our guest is Natalia Paruz who plays such novelty musical instruments as the musical saw, pitched Austrian cowbells, handbells, the glass harp, theremin and more.

the smallWORLD: Science Fiction and New Media

Written by smallworld. Posted on December 4, 2009. Filed under smallworld, smallworld podcast. Tagged bazooka joe, cory doctorow, Escape Pod, J.C. Hutchins, podcast, smallworld, Soulphonic Soundsystem. 2 Comments.

The world we live in is pretty amazing and is rapidly changing in astonishing and unexpected ways thanks to our advancing technology. But if we are living in a world that seems straight out of a science fiction novel, then how is our current technology changing science fiction?

the smallWORLD: Joseph Matheny, Alterati

Written by smallworld. Posted on November 20, 2009. Filed under smallworld, smallworld podcast. Tagged adobe, alterati, bazooka joe, grey lodge, hukilau, incunabula papers, Joseph Matheny, ong's hat, small world. 3 Comments.

On the last edition of the small WORLD I announced that the small WORLD had found a new home on Alterati. But what is Alterati? That's the topic of today's show.