Forget channel closures: watch every decade of MTV music videos online

No, MTV is not shutting down, though Paramount Skydance did shutter some all-music video channels in various markets. But never mind: the internet can best even vintage MTV. Tune into MTV REWIND and hit shuffle by decade.

A poetic, open-source video made on 1979’s Apple II+ and BASIC

It might trigger a flood of grade school memories or open a world of computing you never got to experience. But either way, “Jed’s Other Poem (Beautiful Ground),” a music video coded in Applesoft BASIC, is itself “vintage” now. At 20 years old, it’s a window into a time when open-sourcing a music video was the thing to do.

Peter Kirn - September 16, 2025

The best Microsoft Songsmith mash-ups, from an age before generative AI

Wait – maybe that’s the worst mash-ups. They’re so bad they’re good, though. Microsoft Research Songsmith, a 2009 automatic accompaniment software that worked with monophonic vocal input, was best known for its viral, cringeworthy promo video. But long before generative AI came on the scene, Songsmith also gave us these. Queen – I’m sorry. Rewind/flashback time…

Peter Kirn - May 30, 2025

Arturia V Collection 11 hands-on: Pure LoFi, Jup-8000 join latest update

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2025

MCO mk2 module showing different modes on color display, with graphics - DigiWave, SuperSaw, ToneSum (Additive), LFO Rate, FOrmant, Spread, Shape (Noise), and Voice BC8000 (Vari-mode), panel with CV1, CV, CV3 inputs and push-button knob/navigation.

ALM’s new MCO mk2 packs a studio of classic digital synths into 6HP, VCV

Peter Kirn - December 3, 2024

Ableton Operator FM synth at 20: 100 free presets; tons of history, tutorials

Peter Kirn - September 11, 2024

Journey to early 2000s Indian music via an electronic media zine

Peter Kirn - August 19, 2024

Peder Mannerfelt made a track where the lead is just a flip phone

Peter Kirn - June 28, 2024

Roland V-Synth at 20: discover its history and sonic secrets in this video

Peter Kirn - August 21, 2023

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