http://www.metafilter.com/tags/anonymouspiraterepents Posts tagged with 'anonymouspiraterepents' at MetaFilter. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:40:53 -0800 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:40:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/68928/Bootleg%2DWoody%2DGuthrie%2Dconcert%2Drestored <a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080209/mathtrek.asp">... a small, heavy package wrapped in brown paper</a> arrived in the mail at the Woody Guthrie Archives in New York City. Inside was a mess of wires. It wasn't a bomb - it turned out to be the only <a href="http://woodyguthrie.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TWGS&Product_Code=TLW&Category_Code=NRS">live recording of Woody Guthrie known to exist.</a> The wire was fragile, bent, stretched and twisted. Jamie Howarth applied some algorithms he had developed to restore old recordings, and the result has been nominated for a Grammy. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68928 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:40:53 -0800 anonymouspiraterepents bootleg news recording science woodyguthrie dylanjames