Jeremy Braddock
@jbraddock.bsky.social
media studies sound studies modernism book history dub techno shoegaze music still scoring my own baseball games
Giant Slide 19 Holes Underground Parking https://jeremybraddock.substack.com/
Giant Slide 19 Holes Underground Parking https://jeremybraddock.substack.com/
Thanks, @bartona104.bsky.social for inviting me onto her great Continuous Wave newsletter. This week's installment features an excerpt from the radio/How Can You Be in Two Places at Once chapter of Firesign (with color photos). @firesigntheatre.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social
Find out how @firesigntheatre.bsky.social are the missing link between radio's creative past and present, thanks to this fantastic guest post by @jbraddock.bsky.social continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/stoners-ke...
Stoners Kept the Flame
A guest post from Jeremy Braddock on Firesign Theatre, the countercultural comedians who romped through the old "mecca" of Golden Age radio drama, paying tribute while also mocking the past.
continuous-wave.beehiiv.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Thanks, @bartona104.bsky.social for inviting me onto her great Continuous Wave newsletter. This week's installment features an excerpt from the radio/How Can You Be in Two Places at Once chapter of Firesign (with color photos). @firesigntheatre.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social
includes discussion of Sonic Youth's Martin Mull cover:
history of the rock-comedy 7", part two
comedy and airplay in the 1970s — the game Cheech & Chong won (and then got tired of winning)
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
includes discussion of Sonic Youth's Martin Mull cover:
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Yes, ripped from the maw of the historical void—or more specifically from an open reel tape marked simply "Claypool"!We've uploaded WAV and MP3 files to the Internet Archive where they'll be saved for posterity and free to all comers. Now FINALLY this great art by @mahendra.bsky.social can pay off
October 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yes, ripped from the maw of the historical void—or more specifically from an open reel tape marked simply "Claypool"!We've uploaded WAV and MP3 files to the Internet Archive where they'll be saved for posterity and free to all comers. Now FINALLY this great art by @mahendra.bsky.social can pay off
Beginning of my reckoning with Cheech and Chong (but not only them). C&C's records always sounded great, and there was a reason for that.
@firesigntheatre.bsky.social @sidfudd.bsky.social
@firesigntheatre.bsky.social @sidfudd.bsky.social
history of the rock-comedy 7", part one
comedy and radio airplay in the 1970s — the game Cheech & Chong won
jeremybraddock.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Beginning of my reckoning with Cheech and Chong (but not only them). C&C's records always sounded great, and there was a reason for that.
@firesigntheatre.bsky.social @sidfudd.bsky.social
@firesigntheatre.bsky.social @sidfudd.bsky.social
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One from the vaults: Lost NBC Pilot "WAP! V.1.0" (2000), featuring Scott Adsit, @blainecapatch.bsky.social, @gregproops.bsky.social, @philproctor.bsky.social and @mariabamford.bsky.social
youtu.be/9sDz3AT0mtY
youtu.be/9sDz3AT0mtY
WAP! V.1.0 unsold pilot, Messina Baker Productions
YouTube video by Firesign Theatre
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One from the vaults: Lost NBC Pilot "WAP! V.1.0" (2000), featuring Scott Adsit, @blainecapatch.bsky.social, @gregproops.bsky.social, @philproctor.bsky.social and @mariabamford.bsky.social
youtu.be/9sDz3AT0mtY
youtu.be/9sDz3AT0mtY
Final ep of an 8-part series on radio sources for the Firesign Theatre's *How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All.*. This last installment felt eerily up-to-the minute. @firesigntheatre.bsky.social
[Links to all 8 episodes at the bottom of the post]
[Links to all 8 episodes at the bottom of the post]
Firesign sources #8 / FDR Pearl Harbor address
radio sources for the Firesign Theatre's *How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All*
jeremybraddock.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Final ep of an 8-part series on radio sources for the Firesign Theatre's *How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All.*. This last installment felt eerily up-to-the minute. @firesigntheatre.bsky.social
[Links to all 8 episodes at the bottom of the post]
[Links to all 8 episodes at the bottom of the post]
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I mentioned a while ago that I was obsessed with the Firesign Theatre's comedy LPs as a teen. I just got a copy of Jeremy Braddock's Firesign, which deconstructs the technical and cultural composition of these albums. Talk about a treasure trove!
September 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I mentioned a while ago that I was obsessed with the Firesign Theatre's comedy LPs as a teen. I just got a copy of Jeremy Braddock's Firesign, which deconstructs the technical and cultural composition of these albums. Talk about a treasure trove!
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"Eggs to Market: The Story of Automated Egg Processing" (1964, Film Associates of California), featuring uncredited narration by our own David Ossman (who says "I think I did a half dozen voiceovers for these guys"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzRH...
Eggs To Market (1964)
YouTube video by A/V Geeks 16mm Films
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Eggs to Market: The Story of Automated Egg Processing" (1964, Film Associates of California), featuring uncredited narration by our own David Ossman (who says "I think I did a half dozen voiceovers for these guys"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzRH...
part two of my trip into Ginsberg, audiotape, war, rock, &c.
Allen Ginsberg's 1965
In my last post (see above), I was writing about Allen Ginsberg’s audiotape experiments, which he began in late 1965 and produced one of his greatest poems the following year, “Wichita Vortex Sutra.” ...
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July 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
part two of my trip into Ginsberg, audiotape, war, rock, &c.
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The @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social had a long piece about Jeremy Braddock's book about the @firesigntheatre.bsky.social. Now available through @ucpress.bsky.social.
Link in replies.
We also released Firesign's double #LP for Dope Humor of the Seventies (scroll for image), available on our site now.
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We also released Firesign's double #LP for Dope Humor of the Seventies (scroll for image), available on our site now.
There’s a Seeker Born Every Minute | Los Angeles Review of Books
Colin Marshall reviews Jeremy Braddock’s “Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums.”
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April 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social had a long piece about Jeremy Braddock's book about the @firesigntheatre.bsky.social. Now available through @ucpress.bsky.social.
Link in replies.
We also released Firesign's double #LP for Dope Humor of the Seventies (scroll for image), available on our site now.
Link in replies.
We also released Firesign's double #LP for Dope Humor of the Seventies (scroll for image), available on our site now.
I wrote about the audiotape Allen Ginsberg used to compose his great Vietnam-War-and-media poem "Wichita Vortex Sutra"
@firesigntheatre.bsky.social
@firesigntheatre.bsky.social
Ginsberg goes electric }}}}{
poetry and audiotape in the year of revolver and blonde on blonde
jeremybraddock.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I wrote about the audiotape Allen Ginsberg used to compose his great Vietnam-War-and-media poem "Wichita Vortex Sutra"
@firesigntheatre.bsky.social
@firesigntheatre.bsky.social
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 6 // Artificial Intelligence, as reality //
with Steve Jackson, Mendi and Keith Obadike, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, and The World According to Sound @mendiandkeith.bsky.social
with Steve Jackson, Mendi and Keith Obadike, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, and The World According to Sound @mendiandkeith.bsky.social
Media Objects 06: Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 2
In the previous episode, we heard how so-called artificial intelligence is being sold to the public as a revolutionary, inevitable technology that is going to completely transform society. This claim
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June 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 6 // Artificial Intelligence, as reality //
with Steve Jackson, Mendi and Keith Obadike, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, and The World According to Sound @mendiandkeith.bsky.social
with Steve Jackson, Mendi and Keith Obadike, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, and The World According to Sound @mendiandkeith.bsky.social
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 5 // Artificial Intelligence, as metaphor //
with Gili Vidan, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, and The World According to Sound
with Gili Vidan, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, and The World According to Sound
Media Objects 05: Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 1
With today’s so-called generative artificial intelligence, we’re being told that we have finally arrived. We’re now beginning to build true “thinking machines,” machines that will do everything a huma
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June 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 5 // Artificial Intelligence, as metaphor //
with Gili Vidan, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, and The World According to Sound
with Gili Vidan, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, and The World According to Sound
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 4 // Typewriters //
with Philly Typewriter and The World According to Sound
with Philly Typewriter and The World According to Sound
Media Objects 04: Typewriters
Text written with a typewriter is not the same as text written by hand, composed on a computer, sent in a text message, or generated by artificial intelligence. Like all media, the typewriter does not
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June 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 4 // Typewriters //
with Philly Typewriter and The World According to Sound
with Philly Typewriter and The World According to Sound
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 3 // Buttons //
with Rachel Plotnick, Roger Moseley, and The World According to Sound
@rachelplotnick.bsky.social
with Rachel Plotnick, Roger Moseley, and The World According to Sound
@rachelplotnick.bsky.social
Media Objects 03: Buttons
We increasingly interact with the world through the binary, on/off medium of buttons—from keyboards and appliances, to the digital interfaces of phones and tablets; but it didn’t have to be this way.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 3 // Buttons //
with Rachel Plotnick, Roger Moseley, and The World According to Sound
@rachelplotnick.bsky.social
with Rachel Plotnick, Roger Moseley, and The World According to Sound
@rachelplotnick.bsky.social
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 2 // Containers //
with Brooke Erin Duffy, Jeremy Packer, and The World According to Sound / @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social
with Brooke Erin Duffy, Jeremy Packer, and The World According to Sound / @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social
Media Objects 02: Containers
While extensions are masculine coded and deal with tools that extend what human beings already do, containers offer a different and more feminine concept of media: something that selects, stores, and
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June 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 2 // Containers //
with Brooke Erin Duffy, Jeremy Packer, and The World According to Sound / @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social
with Brooke Erin Duffy, Jeremy Packer, and The World According to Sound / @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 1 // Extensions //
with Andrew Campana, Anna Shechtman, Erik Born, and The World According to Sound
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with Andrew Campana, Anna Shechtman, Erik Born, and The World According to Sound
soundcloud.com/worldaccordi...
Media Objects 01: Extensions
Writing is an extension of our voice, cars of our legs, guns of our fists, telephones of our ears, televisions of our eyes…Marshall McLuhan considered all media to be technology that extended the huma
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June 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
MEDIA OBJECTS episode 1 // Extensions //
with Andrew Campana, Anna Shechtman, Erik Born, and The World According to Sound
soundcloud.com/worldaccordi...
with Andrew Campana, Anna Shechtman, Erik Born, and The World According to Sound
soundcloud.com/worldaccordi...
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The Library of Congress is a research library.
The Congressional Research Service researches for Congress.
Scholars & researchers apply for passes to research.
NO children’s section.
Even the general public has very limited access.
The Congressional Research Service researches for Congress.
Scholars & researchers apply for passes to research.
NO children’s section.
Even the general public has very limited access.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Library of Congress is a research library.
The Congressional Research Service researches for Congress.
Scholars & researchers apply for passes to research.
NO children’s section.
Even the general public has very limited access.
The Congressional Research Service researches for Congress.
Scholars & researchers apply for passes to research.
NO children’s section.
Even the general public has very limited access.
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THE POPE'S MOM WAS A LIBRARIAN
May 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
THE POPE'S MOM WAS A LIBRARIAN
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📺 Just released by the BBC: a powerful video on the mission of the Internet Archive & the Wayback Machine.
“A time machine for the web,” preserving everything from lost government websites to books & records—before they vanish.
🔗 Explore: web.archive.org
🎥 Watch ⬇️ youtu.be/jh98N46DM5k
“A time machine for the web,” preserving everything from lost government websites to books & records—before they vanish.
🔗 Explore: web.archive.org
🎥 Watch ⬇️ youtu.be/jh98N46DM5k
Can the Internet Archive save our digital history? | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
📺 Just released by the BBC: a powerful video on the mission of the Internet Archive & the Wayback Machine.
“A time machine for the web,” preserving everything from lost government websites to books & records—before they vanish.
🔗 Explore: web.archive.org
🎥 Watch ⬇️ youtu.be/jh98N46DM5k
“A time machine for the web,” preserving everything from lost government websites to books & records—before they vanish.
🔗 Explore: web.archive.org
🎥 Watch ⬇️ youtu.be/jh98N46DM5k
I had a blast talking with @leev.bsky.social on his great STS Peoples & Things podcast. Topics discussed: Firesign Theatre, the history of recording, Trevor Pinch, obscure robot statues. @ucpress.bsky.social @firesigntheatre.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/firesign
newbooksnetwork.com/firesign
Jeremy Braddock on "Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums" - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I had a blast talking with @leev.bsky.social on his great STS Peoples & Things podcast. Topics discussed: Firesign Theatre, the history of recording, Trevor Pinch, obscure robot statues. @ucpress.bsky.social @firesigntheatre.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/firesign
newbooksnetwork.com/firesign
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An insightful article in #LARB by Colin Marshall brings back memories of 1960s-1970s Firesign Theater like "the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist." Contextualizes them, uncovers layers I had no idea were there. lareviewofbooks.org/article/ther...
There’s a Seeker Born Every Minute | Los Angeles Review of Books
Colin Marshall reviews Jeremy Braddock’s “Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums.”
lareviewofbooks.org
April 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
An insightful article in #LARB by Colin Marshall brings back memories of 1960s-1970s Firesign Theater like "the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist." Contextualizes them, uncovers layers I had no idea were there. lareviewofbooks.org/article/ther...
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I'm reading Daniel Weizmann's neo-noir debut and a book about the media collective/comedy group the Firesign Theatre
January 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'm reading Daniel Weizmann's neo-noir debut and a book about the media collective/comedy group the Firesign Theatre
Like so many others, I am so sad to learn of the death of Jonathan Sterne yesterday. A decade ago, he came to Cornell and asked why the humanists, STS people, Information Science, and Communication faculty weren't collaborating (look at the people you have!).
We are mourning the loss of Jonathan Sterne: author, editor, contributor, mentor, and friend.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Like so many others, I am so sad to learn of the death of Jonathan Sterne yesterday. A decade ago, he came to Cornell and asked why the humanists, STS people, Information Science, and Communication faculty weren't collaborating (look at the people you have!).