[AH] Parts from Radio Shack?

[c a l i b a n]

	hehehehe, well, there's lots of ways to do it.

	part of the experience for me is that i do 
	improvised music.  i really get a thrill out of 
	oullung signal out of the air, realtime, and
	working with it.

	last gig i played i monitored a single police
	channel - no scanning.  some delay/verb, there
	was this occasional chatter in the background.

	the most spectacular results, though, have been
	from picking up cellfone calls.  i did mention 
	that i had modded the scanner.  i have some dats
	in the queue to rip and mpeg, i'll pull out some
	of the more memorable scanner moments and make
	sure to mention them to y'all.  you can get
	simply hilarious stuff.

	i've even gone so far as to broadcast cellfone 
	traffic during live sets on radio shows.  but
	don't tell the fcc ;)  also it's really great to 
	be blasting part of a fone call at a show and
	realizing that it's probably someone out front 
	in line who is making the call, hahahahaha.

	btw i use only analog cellfones for my own telephony.
	i feel it would be hipocrytical for me to get good
	material from the airwaves without providing plenty
	of my own.

On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Rob & Heather Williams wrote:

]I'd be very interested to know how you use a police scanner
]as a part of your live show.  Seems the action would be hit
]or miss, although pre-recorded/sampled hot scanner action
]could be useful in some cop killer rap songs I guess.
]
]Robert
]
]c a l i b a n wrote:
]> 
]>         my understanding is that their stuff is not
]>         high quality - tape decks for instance.
]> 
]>         nakamichi (or whoever - high end) buys all
]>         these dolby chips and runs them through qc.
]>         qc rejects a lot of them and they sell them
]>         to sony.  sony qc's them and puts x quality
]>         into es-line decks, y quality into the rest,
]>         and sells them... eventually ratshack gets
]>         them.  someone told me this once, could be
]>         bullshit but who knows.
]> 
]>         some things at rs are fine.  batteries are
]>         good'n'cheep there.  generally their scanners
]>         (radio) are great, i've been using my modded
]>         scanner in my live shows for years (long before
]>         "scanner" btw).
]> 
]>         not to mention the concertmate i just sold
]>         for $150 ;)
]> 
]> On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Rob & Heather Williams wrote:
]> 
]> ]Hi folks,
]> ]
]> ]I've always heard (and subsequently passed along) advice to
]> ]my friends, customers and fellow kit builders not to buy
]> ]their electronic parts from Radio Shack if they can help
]> ]it.  It's okay in a bind, but should be avoided.  It was
]> ]something that was taught to me years ago, and I have just
]> ]perpetuated it.  But now I wonder.
]> ]
]> ]What exactly is the basis for this advice we keep passing on
]> ]to avoid RS parts?  Is it just that they are of inferior
]> ]quality, or what?  Maybe I've been slamming RS for no good
]> ]reason.  Since I live in a very rural area, I've always just
]> ]bought my parts mail-order.  Does it hurt a synth to run on
]> ]RS parts?
]> ]
]> ]Robert
]> ]
]> 
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]>  rocky mullin
]>  http://caliban.sf.ca.us/
]>  two strokes are faster than four!
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]


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 rocky mullin
 http://caliban.sf.ca.us/
 two strokes are faster than four!
 this message was composed using the vi editor.
 '83 ur-q - yamaha rz350 - suzuki ts250 -  chaotic good