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bitpunk.fm

<h1>Side A</h1><ul><li>Baia Silko (Single) by Øystein Berge</li><li>Poor Richard by bitpunk.fm</li><li>An Angel without a body (Tony Schwartz and Marshall McLuhan)</li><li>Brackish Dreams by Nick Chapman-Jones</li><li>The Media are Everywhere and Nowhere aired 7 June 2025 on WAIF by bitpunk.fm</li><li>Cursed Tomahawks by bitpunk.fm</li></ul><h1>Side B</h1><ul><li>Mr. Videoman by Prosperous Soul</li><li>You can learn about crime in New York (Tony Schwartz)</li><li>Chrip data-over-audio</li><li>the animals had no names by bridalcreeper</li></ul><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
	</code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
    Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
    You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
    I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
    </code></pre></footer>

Second God

<h1>Side A</h1><ul><li>Stay Awhile by Able and the Wolf</li><li>Luv Song 4 U by HeyCitizen</li><li>Long Distance Dedication</li><li>Light and Shade by Delta OG</li><li>Long Distance Dedication</li><li>Womp Womp Womp Womp by Kurtisdrums</li><li>THE BANJO by Sir TJ the Wrathful</li><li>Don’t Feel Bad by Survival Guide</li></ul><h1>Side B</h1><ul><li>1 year of Bitpunk.fm</li><li>Issue by issue review</li><li>The future</li></ul><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
                         </code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
                         Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
                         You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
                         I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
                         </code></pre></footer>

Cassette Countdown

<h2>Side A</h2><ul><li>Copying is not theft by Nina Paley</li><li>Calibrating Broadcast and Radio Brigade by Mellow Cassette</li><li>HD Radio is not High Definition by Bitpunk.fm</li><li>Crop Circles by Mellow Cassette</li></ul><h2>Side B</h2><ul><li>Madame Psychosis meets Marshall McLuhan. An experimental mashup of radio media.</li></ul><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
                         </code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
                         Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
                         You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
                         I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
                         </code></pre></footer>

Now in HD

<h1>Side A</h1><ul><li>1-877-BIT-LOFI</li><li>914-737-9938</li><li>609-528-2500</li><li>Blood Perfume by Survivial Guide</li><li>206-737-0945</li><li>415-903-4595</li><li>719-838-4002</li><li>707-873-7862</li><li>864-631-2806</li><li>808-973-4380</li></ul><h1>Side B</h1><ul><li>304-867-5309</li><li>On the Doc by And Now Miguel</li><li>336-226-1488</li><li>202-452-3206</li><li>720-856-8500</li><li>917-994-8949</li><li>Witness through Glass by Bitpunk.fm</li><li>630-847-5241</li><li>970-879-7300</li><li>202-762-1401</li><li>DTMF Tones</li></ul><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
                 </code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
                 Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
                 You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
                 I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
                 </code></pre></footer>

Touch Tones

<h1>Side A</h1><ul><li>Solar Weather Forecast</li><li>A Busy Day by Øystein Berge</li><li>Mind Controller by Miter</li><li>Being Born by Jeffrey Salem</li><li>Kerouac by White Triangles</li></ul><h1>Side B</h1><ul><li>Mountains of the Living Dead by bitpunk.fm</li><li>Let’s talk about time by bitpunk.fm</li><li>Get Your Don’t by Survival Guide</li><li>Outro</li></ul><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
                 </code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
                 Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
                 You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
                 I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
                 </code></pre></footer>

Tick Tock

<h1>Side A</h1><ul><li>Turn On, Tune In, Opt Out</li><li>Poetry When Read</li><li>Hear the barn owl screech</li><li>Intermission</li><li>The Teeth Mother Nake at Last</li><li>Thank You Cards</li><li>With Love, Goodbye</li><li>Lovely Spinning Decks</li><li>Tune In, Drop Out</li><li>The Leaves Below</li><li>The Morality of Taxes</li><li>Scattered Photographs</li><li>Leaded Ink</li></ul><h1>Side B</h1><ul><li>No one writes poems for the ants</li><li>She Who Stirs The Abyss</li><li>Speed Altar</li><li>Poem Code</li><li>Outro</li></ul><h1>Cover Photo</h1><p>By Colin Czerwinkski (<a href="https://colinczerwinski.format.com/">https://colinczerwinski.format.com/</a>).</p><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
                 </code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
                 Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
                 You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
                 I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
                 </code></pre></footer>

Make Poetry Punk Again

<h1>Track List</h1><h2>Side A</h2><ul><li>No one writes poems for the ants. Poem by Bitpunk.fm.</li><li>The Platform, LoFi Version from HeyCitizen’s Lo-Fi Hip-Hop Beats to Study and Relax to</li><li>Gonzo book review by Dr. Josh S. Thompson of The Radio Phonics Laboratory, by Justin Patrick Moore.</li></ul><h2>Side B</h2><ul><li>It’s Christmastime Again by HeyCitizen from The Heycitizen Experience</li><li>The Joy of Soldering by Bob Josh</li><li>Outro an annoucements</li></ul><h2>Notes</h2><ul><li>This episode was digitized from the cassette. There is tape hiss in the audio on purpose.</li><li>Watch bitpunk.fm live on a satellite skirmish January 12th, 2025. <a href="https://podverse.fm/podcast/L6Gw3BUtI">https://podverse.fm/podcast/L6Gw3BUtI</a></li><li>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave a crazy voicemail</li><li>Send cash, cassettes, and cards to Bitpunk.fm, P.O. Box 273029Fort Collins, CO 80525</li></ul><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
                 </code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
                 Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
                 You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
                 I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
                 </code></pre></footer>

KBIT-FM 97.5

<p><strong>Track List</strong></p><p>Side A</p><ul><li>Intro</li><li>Cocktail Party</li><li>Brainwave Resonance by The Ohm</li><li>Untitled by Scrotus</li><li>Forward to Applied Cryptography read by Average Gary
                 Side B</li><li>The news by Bugle.news</li><li>It’s a mod, mod, world of radio by bitpunk.fm</li><li>Owen’s Loop</li><li>Outro</li></ul><p><strong>Notes</strong>
                 Episode heavily inspired by the show Laugh-In. Audio samples from Laugh-In, the Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan, The Grass Menagerie by Henry Gibson, and various Armed Forces Vietnam Network Public Service Announcements. Quotes taken from various 1960s “influencers.” The point of included such clips is to show perhaps not much has changed from the 1960s, but you be the judge. HERE COMES THE JUDGE.</p><p>Follow the artists on nostr:
                 The Ohm:
                 npub1senhgukc4mj4tnhkmsvpvl5veg6t6nz5l0gnv3j6fcznhulm9dhs6vwdtx</p><p>Owen: npub1am50jqjytzdtepftqfzf8grh2gs4wpt7d4t90zxc6z288wqazj5skdks29</p><p>average_gary:
                 npub160t5zfxalddaccdc7xx30sentwa5lrr3rq4rtm38x99ynf8t0vwsvzyjc9</p><p>bugle.news:
                 npub1563z6kxmvuy7s8zhzan8m0hzmkavyfzg2aw6h7f0fvcvdms398csaxc9n6</p><p>scrotus:
                 npub1t04cvx3d0a3le22rgnekk20wvr3l4jpg93vkledsyakas96puqaqwm53m9</p><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
                 </code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
                 Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
                 You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
                 I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
                 </code></pre></footer>

Turn On, Tune In, Opt Out

<p>Talk presented at Hacker’s Congress Paralelní Polis on 5.10.24.</p><h2>Rewinding the Future: The Cultural Anarchism of Cassettes</h2><h2>Abstract</h2><p>Cypherpunks rejoice! We finally have a private, anonymous, and censorship resistant media: the compact cassette. Historically, cassettes have toppled governments, sparked moral panics, and spread subversive messages. But are they still relevant today besides hipster nostalgia? Join me as I recount the transformative history of cassettes, uncovering the parallel societies they have built and explore their modern applications.</p><p>In today’s age of pervasive surveillance, the portable, offline, and analog nature of cassettes offers a renewed sense of relevance and freedom. I’ll cover cypherpunk applications of cassettes including innovative uses in backups, ecash, steganography, and analog and digital encryption. And just for fun, you will learn how to make tape loops and DIY sound on sound recording as well. So, get ready to press record and learn how analog recording can aid us in the fight for self-sovereignty and freedom.</p><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
                 </code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
                 Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
                 You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
                 I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
                 </code></pre></footer>

Rewinding the Future HCPP24

<h1>Side A</h1><ul><li>ZPI: The Mysterious Tape Episode 1 by bitpunk.fm</li><li>The Simulation is Glitching – The Ohm, Reality Fold</li><li>Cassette Revolution – AI generated by Suno – prompt by bitpunk.fm</li><li>In the Desert – Stephen Crane, 1895. Trumpet, Synth by bitpunk.fm</li><li>Bitcoin Veterans SSTV image – HR4BTC</li><li>The Box by Ash Overseer</li></ul><h1>Side B</h1><ul><li>Wale Watu (Those People) by Billiv</li><li>Superintelligence is a Bitcoiner, by the Ohm, Reality Fold</li><li>OTP is for you and me, bitpunk.fm</li></ul><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
                 </code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
                 Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
                 You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
                 I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
                 </code></pre></footer>

Sponsorship = Censorship

<h1>Track List</h1><h2>Side A</h2><ol><li>Intro</li><li>Music, Untitled by Camillo</li><li>Analog Encryption
                 <a href="https://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/usa/sigsaly/">SIGSALY</a> article. <a href="https://github.com/windytan/deinvert">deinvert</a>.</li><li>Ode Bossa Nova
                 <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54933/ode-">Poem</a> by Arthur O’Shaughnessy. Jeff Lewis Trumpet <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOLmXas_vXc">Arrangement</a>.</li></ol><h2>Side B</h2><ol start="5"><li><p>Statism
                 <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/mbrs01964101/">Original</a> remixed from: United States Department Of The Army, and United State
                 s Office Of Education. Communism. 1950. Video.</p></li><li><p>Zklamana, by Bäretta</p></li><li><p>Cashu over QR over Audio over Cassette
                 <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/xdsopl.robot36/">Robot36 app</a>. Signal made with <a href="https://ckegel.github.io/Web-SSTV/">web SSTV</a>.</p></li></ol><h2>Ads</h2><p>80s ad inserted as a reference to cassette culture at the time.</p><h1>Contributors</h1><ul><li><a href="https://primal.net/p/npub1f49twdlzlw667r74jz6t06xxlemd8gp2j7g77l76easpl8jsltvqvlzpez">bitpunk.fm</a></li><li><a href="https://primal.net/p/npub1l3e2uj7dzs226s7q9utf9ghml8f3mcv7252hd69nhg2z62updklqv8zq2r">Bäretta</a></li><li><a href="https://primal.net/p/npub1nrup3eerfzmqgpm6upy6swx8uehaq83w8a5vtcp0zyjc5fcyluzq2wumjy">Camillo</a></li></ul><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
                 </code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
                 Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
                 You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
                 I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
                 </code></pre></footer>

Your Results May Vary

<p>Debut at BTC Prague & Cypherpunk Meetup. This episode we introduce the audiozine, feature music by Deepologic, and have two articles. The articles are: Consider the Cassette, which is a overview of how magnetic recording works and modern applications. The second is Data-over-Audio where we discuss how to send, well, data over audio.</p><p>Links:
                 GGWave: <a href="https://github.com/ggerganov/ggwave">https://github.com/ggerganov/ggwave</a></p><p>Track list:
                 Side A (20 minutes)</p><ul><li>Intro by Josh Datko</li><li>Music by Deepologic</li><li>Consider the Cassette, article by Josh Datko</li></ul><p>Side B (20 minutes)</p><ul><li>Music by Deepologic</li><li>Data-over-Audio, article by Josh Datko</li><li>Music by Deepologic</li></ul><footer><p>Call 1-877-BIT-LOFI and leave crazy messages on a real cassette!</p><p>How to get a physical tape:</p><pre><code>Mail a postcard with your return address to
                 </code></pre><p>P.O. Box 273029
                 Fort Collins, CO 80525</p><pre><code>I will mail you the tape for free when the issue is out.
                 You return the value with your time, talent, or treasure.
                 I thank you by adding your name/nym to the jcard (if you provide it).
                 </code></pre></footer>

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bitpunk.fm

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Second God

#11

Cassette Countdown

#10

Now in HD

#9

Touch Tones

#8

Tick Tock

#7

Make Poetry Punk Again

#6

KBIT-FM 97.5

#5

Turn On, Tune In, Opt Out

#4

Rewinding the Future HCPP24

#3

Sponsorship = Censorship

#2

Your Results May Vary

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