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A low-fi audiozine exploring the world of cypherpunk technology. Here, you’ll find a blend of articles, music, poems, stories, and sounds that dive into the heart of DIY tech sovereignty. Whether you’re a seasoned cypherpunk or just curious about the scene, there’s something here for you. So, plug in, press play, and keep the tape rolling!
Total 5 episodes
1
Turn On, Tune In, Opt Out
Track List
Side A
Intro
Cocktail Party
Brainwave Resonance by The Ohm
Untitled by Scrotus
Forward to Applied Cryptography read by Average Gary
Side B
The news by Bugle.news
It’s a mod, mod, world of radio by bitpunk.fm
Owen’s Loop
Outro
Notes
Episode heavily inspired by the show Laugh-In. Audio samples from Laugh-In, the Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan, The Grass Menagerie by Henry Gibson, and various Armed Forces Vietnam Network Public Service Announcements. Quotes taken from various 1960s “influencers.” The point of included such clips is to show perhaps not much has changed from the 1960s, but you be the judge. HERE COMES THE JUDGE.
Follow the artists on nostr:
The Ohm:
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Owen: npub1am50jqjytzdtepftqfzf8grh2gs4wpt7d4t90zxc6z288wqazj5skdks29
average_gary:
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bugle.news:
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scrotus:
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40:0005/11/2024
Rewinding the Future HCPP24
Talk presented at Hacker’s Congress Paralelní Polis on 5.10.24.
Rewinding the Future: The Cultural Anarchism of Cassettes
Abstract
Cypherpunks rejoice! We finally have a private, anonymous, and censorship resistant media: the compact cassette. Historically, cassettes have toppled governments, sparked moral panics, and spread subversive messages. But are they still relevant today besides hipster nostalgia? Join me as I recount the transformative history of cassettes, uncovering the parallel societies they have built and explore their modern applications.
In today’s age of pervasive surveillance, the portable, offline, and analog nature of cassettes offers a renewed sense of relevance and freedom. I’ll cover cypherpunk applications of cassettes including innovative uses in backups, ecash, steganography, and analog and digital encryption. And just for fun, you will learn how to make tape loops and DIY sound on sound recording as well. So, get ready to press record and learn how analog recording can aid us in the fight for self-sovereignty and freedom.
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55:5710/10/2024
Sponsorship = Censorship
Side A
ZPI: The Mysterious Tape Episode 1 by bitpunk.fm
The Simulation is Glitching – The Ohm, Reality Fold
Cassette Revolution – AI generated by Suno – prompt by bitpunk.fm
In the Desert – Stephen Crane, 1895. Trumpet, Synth by bitpunk.fm
Bitcoin Veterans SSTV image – HR4BTC
The Box by Ash Overseer
Side B
Wale Watu (Those People) by Billiv
Superintelligence is a Bitcoiner, by the Ohm, Reality Fold
OTP is for you and me, bitpunk.fm
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40:0029/08/2024
Your Results May Vary
Track List
Side A
Intro
Music, Untitled by Camillo
Analog Encryption
SIGSALY article. deinvert.
Ode Bossa Nova
Poem by Arthur O’Shaughnessy. Jeff Lewis Trumpet Arrangement.
Side B
Statism
Original remixed from: United States Department Of The Army, and United State
s Office Of Education. Communism. 1950. Video.
Zklamana, by Bäretta
Cashu over QR over Audio over Cassette
Robot36 app. Signal made with web SSTV.
Ads
80s ad inserted as a reference to cassette culture at the time.
Contributors
bitpunk.fm
Bäretta
Camillo
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38:5122/07/2024
Make BTC Punk again
Debut at BTC Prague & Cypherpunk Meetup. This episode we introduce the audiozine, feature music by Deepologic, and have two articles. The articles are: Consider the Cassette, which is a overview of how magnetic recording works and modern applications. The second is Data-over-Audio where we discuss how to send, well, data over audio.
Links:
GGWave: https://github.com/ggerganov/ggwave
Track list:
Side A (20 minutes)
Intro by Josh Datko
Music by Deepologic
Consider the Cassette, article by Josh Datko
Side B (20 minutes)
Music by Deepologic
Data-over-Audio, article by Josh Datko
Music by Deepologic
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40:0010/06/2024