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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.
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A free Winamp clone, for macOS, with FLAC and Milkdrop visualizations
It might be a funny intersection of interests. But developer Matt Greenwood built a macOS-native clone of the legendary Winamp in Swift, MIT-licensed, with MP3 and FLAC playback and Milkdrop visualization support (including fullscreen).
Peter Kirn - November 14, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
That time Jem and The Holograms went synthesizer shopping
1980s animated Jem and The Holograms was peak Hasbro Saturday morning cartoon and peak US synthpop era. For a glimpse into those two worlds, travel back to an imaginary 1988 synthesizer shopping spree with Jem and the Holograms. That’s right: Jem and Minx went to NAMM.
Windows startup sounds transformed into amazing ambient music
Peter Kirn - August 25, 2015
Music Music tech Stories
Watch a full-length electronic documentary from the 90s, and more free videos
Peter Kirn - August 21, 2015
Music Music tech Stories
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