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Signal Cannon

Aug 17, 2017

It began as a group of friends making experimental 4-track cassette recordings in rural Louisiana but became the country-wide lightning rod for lo-fi underground talent in the 90’s. Bands like Neutral Milk Hotel, orbited a nucleus of childhood friends that would go to produce some of the most notable indie records of...


Aug 10, 2017

A budding comedian looking to make the leap to film. A studio on the ropes. This movie needed to be a hit.

This week, Signal Cannon looks back at a cult classic film from one of the world’s most prolific musicians and comedians. Hear how the bizarre movie they made during one of the busiest blockbuster summers ever...


Aug 3, 2017

September, 1814. 
 
British naval forces begin moving toward Fort McHenry in Baltimore after setting fire to Washington. A lawyer and soldier by the name of Francis Scott Key is dispatched by President James Madison on a peaceful mission to facilitate a prisoner exchange. 
 
Aboard the British vessel HMS Tonnant,...


Jul 27, 2017

The history of video game music offers a look into the history of computers themselves. In the early days computing power was very limited and playing graphics and sound together was an expensive engineering and programming challenge. The Apple II in the late 70's could cost you over 10 grand in today’s dollars. Today...


Jul 20, 2017

In 1977 NASA sent the Voyager spacecraft to take pictures of the outer Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. But it also carried a very special piece of cargo: a phonograph record containing the sights and sounds of Earth in the hopes that an alien civilization might one day find it and learn about...