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1. Feed music through a poor analogue connection and massage the connection ( eg manually crackle a bad connection.)

2. Digitally gate some audio .. alter frequency and duration of gating.

Just heard about this! http://www.lmhrsheffield.co.uk/ looks good, I look forward to hearing more of it, and getting the record.

‘Love Sheffield Music Hate Racism’ Album Launch Party!!!!!! Thursday 5th October @ THE HUBS, HALLAM UNION, SHEFFIELD

“Ignorance and misunderstanding are the underlying causes of racism. Music cuts through all that crap so we can judge a human being by the quality of their soul and musicality which are so much more important than the color of there skin or their nationality” Richard Hawley, June 2006.

Sheffield city has a long and proud history of challenging racism and an equally proud history of producing great music. We decided to promote the energy and quality of our SHEFFIELD MUSIC and use it to celebrate diversity; by putting together the ‘LOVE SHEFFIELD MUSIC HATE RACISM ALBUM’, a double CD featuring Sheffield artists.

The Community Radio group got their RSL for this month, but were stuck trying to get the feed from the studio to the transmitter. At short notice we put together a solution, using the dynebolic Linux distribution, wireless routers and 2 icecast servers to bypass restrictive firewalls. Things we've learnt. 1. If it can break it will. The studio was burgled.

Currently showing: One Spot

Recent graduates from Sheffield Hallam University show an installation of new work exploring the relationship between nature and technology

I went to see Jay Baker's film "Get over it" last Thursday.
Enjoyed it.
Watch it if you get the opportunity...

Details:
http://www.mediaactivist.com/

Hello. I'm writing to let you know about www.artsheffield.org - a quarterly guide to art exhibitions and events in Sheffield. The website is a comprehensive What's On guide that includes a whole range of shows, artist talks, private views, performances and film screenings at various galleries, artist studios, exhibition spaces as well as more unusual locations throughout the city.

There's a huge of variety of art happening across the city, and so we want to spread the news far and wide!

AbbeyField Park Festival

Promises to be bigger and better than ever this year.

We'll have interactive chat available in irc.burngreave.net

We'll be streaming the audio from the main stage, with the help of the Community Media Organisation. To listen to the event as it happens click here or connect with your favourite media player to http://icecast.commedia.org.uk:8000/aph

There will also be live updates on the http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk Web Site and of course Burngreave's Finest Burngreave Messenger

Of course there'll be full roaming wifi access provided by consumesheffield and burngreave.net

See you there !

With the success of Burngreave Community Area Network, we need to start building on it and putting some content in through the pipes..

Next steps ?

1. plug residents who are interested working with Community Organisations directly into the CAN ?

2. get timebank software going ? Use it to coordinate volunteer activity ?

3. find ways of 'can' abling every community group in Burngreave ?

Lawrence Lessig's Latest Book "FREE CULTURE: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity" is available as a free download on from http://www.free-culture.org/freecontent/

Community Library

Register and Share!

Register your details with http://library.burngreave.net and start to build an online community library for Burngreave and Sheffield.

The Distributed Library Project is an experiment in sharing information and building community in Sheffield and initially in the Burngreave Area.

Unfortunately, the traditional library system doesn't do much to foster community. Patrons come and go, but there is very little opportunity to establish relationships with people or groups of people. In fact, if you try to talk with someone holding a book you like - you'll probably get shushed. The Distributed Library Project works in exactly the opposite way, where the very function of the library depends on interaction.

How does it work?

Create an account, then list the books and videos that you own. You will then have access to the multitude of books and videos available in other people's collections. You can search for specific authors or titles, browse individual collections, find nearby users, or find people who like books in common with yours. You will have access to user-written reviews and have the opportunity to write your own.

If the owner of a book or video you're interested in has time for you to pick it up, you can check out items for a 2, 7, 14, or 30 day period (at the owner's discretion). Returning books late will get you negative feedback, while returning books promptly will get you positive feedback. You are never under any obligation to lend an item if you don't feel comfortable doing so.

How do you manage trust?

While this is a community site based on good will, we have an ebay-style feedback system for managing trust. Lenders have the opportunity to leave positive or negative feedback for borrowers when an item is returned. These positive or negative points contribute to an overall "score" which lenders can use to gauge the trustworthiness or responsibility of a borrower. Lenders can also leave comments along with the points to be more specific.