MetaFilter posts tagged with archive and audio

You'll put your eye out!

carsonb — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:05:44 -0800

Jean Shepherd was one of the greatest storytellers ever to be heard on radio. The Jean Shepherd Project collects recordings of these historic broadcasts, converts them to mp3 files and makes them available to be revisited by his longtime fans and by those who wish to discover what great American storytelling is all about. Via the Wikipedia entry, via I'm Learning To Share. Also, I don't think the marathon on TV has started quite yet, but the one on the Internet is well underway: A Christmas Story 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Hiccups Archive

hama7 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:30:44 -0800

Hiccups Archive.

A world of sounds.

insomnia_lj — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 04:27:32 -0800

A world of sounds. Despite their difficult URL, The Freesound Project has grown at a rapid pace over the last year, arguably surpassing archive.org's audio library when it comes to sound effects, field recordings, site design, and usability. Now Freesound is combining their sound library with geotagging and Google Maps, allowing users to navigate the world by sound too! (previously on mefi)

Voices from the Days of Slavery.

profwhat — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:07:40 -0800

Voices from the Days of Slavery. A collection of audio recordings made between 1932 and 1975 of African Americans known to have once been slaves. Hear Isom Moseley describe how he used to make soap, and express his opinion of the "white folks" who owned and ran the plantation where he was held. Wallace Quarterman describes his experience as a freed man in Georgia, and recounts the violent atmosphere of the Reconstruction South. Aunt Phoebe Boyd describes the demands of agricultural work. Even more narratives are available as transcripts from the companion exhibit, Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 (linked to previously on Metafilter here), though some of these were unfortunately edited selectively.

RobertLoch — Sat, 13 Apr 2002 08:21:34 -0800

Online Audio Recordings: UC Berkeley Lectures and Events Including speeches by James Baldwin, Walter Blum, Malcolm X, and Noam Chomsky, to name a few.