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WikipediaYour bookshelf might not seem interesting at first glance, but it has a strange history that might surprise you.Ever since books began phasing out scrolls… -
WikipediaAmerica's highways are littered with loose ends. In Houston, relics of an incomplete inner city project loom on the east and west ends with nothing…
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Andrew Bales continues with part two of his four-part discussion of iconic stock sound effects.Laughter has a long history in drama: as far back as… -
Andrew Bales begins a four-part series on stock sounds and canned emotion.Long before the luxury of recordings, stage performers created their own sounds… -
When we hear the word “noise,” we think annoyance and distraction. And that makes perfect sense. Noise is essentially interference, something that… -
The barber pole has come a long way to be stationed above old brick shops, to repeat and repeat its lonely spins. In fact, the barbers themselves have a… -
Since the first simple arcade games were developed in the late sixties, the video arcade has fought a war of innovation and marketing with home… -
Christmas celebrations are not all light and warm as we travel around the world.Christmas in America is warm and fuzzy, stuffed with Santa, reindeer and… -
Recycling audio has allowed directors to more easily create the worlds of their films. Just like in life, the sounds that influence the mood of a moment… -
Part three of a four-part series on iconic stock sound effects.The scream might be the glue that holds together horror films, but its reach goes well… -
Part two of a four-part series on iconic stock sound effects.Laughter has a long history in drama: as far back as Shakespeare, plants in the audience… -
For this Into It I’ll try something a little different: instead covering one topic and moving on to the next, this week begins a four-part series on stock…
