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--------------------------------------------------------------- [ARCHIVE] [DONATE] [JOBS] [BLOG] [VOLUNTEER]--------------------------------------------------------------- Browsing the Archive September 22, 2016 [FEATURE IMAGE] MUSIC [SAVING THE 78s] Two dimensions are better than three, at least when it comes to audio recordings. At least that’s what empirical evidence would suggest: 78 RPM recorders replaced wax phonograph cylinders over a century ago and they were still commercially distributed through the 1950s. But 78 records haven’t disappeared entirely; the Internet Archive has almost 200,000 in our physical possession. The most recent addition: 48,000 78s from Barrie H. Thorp Collection, via the Batavia Public Library in Illinois. The worth of a collection isn’t measured in numbers but in quality, and the Thorp Collection is filled with amazing artists most people have never heard of, including Koen Kobblers, Bill Mooney and his Cactus Twisters, Ozie Waters and the Colorado Hillbillies, and many more rare recordings that would excite any audiophile. [READ MORE] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Internet Archive newsletter image] CONNECT [THE INTERNET ARCHIVE TURNS 20!] We’re celebrating the Internet Archive’s twentieth birthday next month by throwing a party. A big party. A really, really big party. Please join us at 5pm on October 26 here at 300 Funston in San Francisco for a lovely evening. Have a peek behind the curtains and see how we digitize books, films, and music. Meet the people who make it happen and see what we’re working on next, including a virtual reality arcade and new ways to travel back in time with our Wayback Machine. And if you're still sitting on the fence, perhaps we should mention free cocktails and tacos? How could it get any better? Well, [we're always looking for volunteers]! [READ MORE] --------------------------------------------------------------- [FEATURE IMAG] MUSIC [ALL MIXED DOWN] Most of us get bored from time to time, so the next time you have 150 days to fill, you could do worse than to plug into the Internet Archive’s hip-hop mixtape collection. That brings up the obvious question: What’s a mixtape? First, they’re not necessarily tapes. These collections are now widely distributed as compact discs, .flac, .MP3, .wav files and more. The people who created and/or curated did so in order to promote their abilities as musicians, curators, or, more often than not, to bring great music to a broader audience. Parental advisory: Because of subject matter and language, these recordings are for mature audiences. [READ MORE] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Internet Archive newsletter image] TELEVISION [POLITICAL TV ADS: THE LAST 40 DAYS] Americans will go to the polls in a few weeks to vote in one of the most chaotic Presidential elections in generations. This year scholars, journalists, politicians and other civic institutions have a new tool to help citizens make informed choices: the Internet Archive's [Political TV Ad Archive]. We’ve recently updated and enhanced the website to make it easier and more intuitive to use. Now you can search, filter, and find expert fact-checking of political ads by sponsor, TV programs, and more—all in one place. We’re tracking broadcasts in a dozen different states, ten of which are swing states, and five that feature key Senate races currently rated as “toss-ups.” Stay tuned! [Read More] --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Internet Archive newsletter image] PRESERVE [10,000 AUDIOBOOKS AND GROWING] In 2005, Hugh McGuire asked, “Can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to help bring books in the public domain to life through podcasting?” The answer is yes. Thanks to the help of many, [LibriVox], McGuire’s nonprofit organization, has made tremendous progress in producing and distributing free audiobooks of public domain work. After adding its 10,000th recording last month, LibriVox is one of the largest publishers of audiobooks in the world, and certainly the largest publisher of free public domain audiobooks. The Internet Archive is proud to host LibriVox's audio and web infrastructure. Go have a look and a listen! [HEAR MORE] [Internet Archive newsletter image] FILM [MINNIE THE MOOCHER] Betty Boop, America’s favorite flapper, is alive and well at the Internet Archive. Max Fleischer’s slightly risqué heroine teamed up with Cab Calloway and his orchestra for the 1932 cartoon, [Minnie the Moocher]. As a bonus, viewers get to see Calloway himself dance—an unforgettable sight—in the prelude to the short feature. It’s just one of the Betty Boop offerings in our [Film Chest Vintage Cartoons] collection, which includes more cartoons from the 1930s, such as A Song a Day, Is My Palm Read, More Pep, Betty Boop’s Ker-Choo, and The Candid Candidate. In 1934, The Motion Picture Production Code, also known as the Hays Act, required Betty Boop to get a bit of a makeover in order to appear more demure. 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