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James Whittemore

@synchro17.bsky.social

Retired tech exec - financial services. Punk Rock musician 1977-82. Synthesist since 1969, office manager for US importer of EMS synths 1976-79; sold large Moog modulars to schools. Fraud Investigator in 1980s. Still busy with music.

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Last week, pt 2; Cellblock Rock - Scientific Americans, 1983; Phone Call from Leavenworth - Chris Whitley, 1991; Chain Gang - Persuasions, 1971; Police in Helicopters - John Holt 1983; Murder in my Heart - Moby Grape, 1967; Police Car - Larry Wallace, 1977; Living with the Law - Chris Whitley, 1991.

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Last week: Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3, 1997; Daylight - Kinks, 1972; Morning Will Come - Spirit, 1970; Days of Wine and Booze - The Minus 5, 2003; Another Night with the Boys - The Persuasions, 1971; Nighttime - Big Star, 1978; Rainy Night in Georgia - Steve Ellis, 197o.

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December, 1993

I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now

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Starts in 25 minutes. www.korcfm.com

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Dennis Kelley wrote:
The EMSA (EMS America) studio in Northampton, MA, 1976. Note the (near-) life-size color photo of the Putney studio in the upper right corner - and oh yeah, innumerable Synthi products, plus RMI Electra-Piano, Moog Series 35, ARP Axxe and Sequencer, TEAC 3340, my drums....

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Dennis Kelley wrote:
The EMSA (EMS America) studio in Northampton, MA, 1976. Note the (near-) life-size color photo of the Putney studio in the upper right corner - and oh yeah, innumerable Synthi products, plus RMI Electra-Piano, Moog Series 35, ARP Axxe and Sequencer, TEAC 3340, my drums....

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Here I am in 1977 playing the EMSA Moog 35; there were 2 15s nearby as well.

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I don’t think so. I reorganized all the business records and remember most of the schools listed.

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Controversial Paxil β€œStudy 329” earns expression of concern after critic sues publisher After more than 20 years of criticism and calls for retraction, a journal has placed an expression of concern on a study of the antidepressant Paxil in teens that critics say has led to unwarranted…

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This was my setup at a local coffee shop for an evening of synth performances.

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Episode 2 tomorrow, 10/16 at 2:55 pm Pacific www.korcfm.com

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2024 study led by researchers at Stanford University found that out of 382 medical questions posed to ChatGPT, the chatbot gave an β€œinappropriate” answer on roughly 20% of them.

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My 7-decade music collection became sentient, named itself NΓΆ AI, & broke into the closest radio station. First show will be at 2:55 pm Pacific on Thursday, 10/9, running 1 hr+ & then weekly same day/time. Tune in locally at 105.9 FM or better yet, online via www.korcfm.com TurboTunes with NΓΆ AI

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310 dB: The volume of an 1883 eruption on the volcanic island of Krakatoa; ruptured eardrums 40 miles away and remains the loudest sound ever recorded.

nonsense. Having done sound for many punk, no wave, & new wave shows 1976-82, I’ve been pummeled with louder.

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Still have the memories and this button we made and gave away. One of my favorite gigs from 45 years ago.

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Family from NYC visited this week. We visited riverfront, campus, downtown, waterfalls, coastal mountain, and finished yesterday on the coast. I think they were impressed by Oregon. Fun event of the year so far for us.

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We were there yesterday. And yes, always nice.

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Corvallis, Oregon, USA last week.

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The studio continues to grow by shrinking.

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It is s different person with the same name in the same county.

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Pointing to the bad behavior of others to justify your own is both a logical fallacy and a moral failure.

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β€œInvestigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirkβ€˜β€œ - Wall Street Journal. I hope this is false.

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Today is a reminder that sometimes you really don’t need to share your opinions so eagerly.

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September 8th here.

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2013 Day of Noise Festival at Stanford University. My first public performance since filming a 1-hour PBS special in Hadley, Mass. in 1982.

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Todd Rundgren at Wollman rink in Central Park NYC, early 1970s. Hall & Oates sang backup, the Brecker Brothers band provided horns, Kevin Ellman played like a God, and Frog, Ralph, Moogy, John, & Todd were the greatest live rock act of all time. Instamatic b&w photo by me, great times. Utopia

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Revealing the Paper Mill Iceberg: AI-Based Screening of Cancer Research Publications. Paper mills are fraudulent organisations that publish fake manuscripts for profit. Paper mill-supported papers have been identified in the cancer research literature, where some papers show features o...

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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