how things are made

how things are made

How things are made is a mostly improvised music podcast made by the band How things are made. Listen to our entire catalogue at howthingsaremade.bandcamp.com

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April 28, 2019 16 mins

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Dining room tables have been in countless Emmy award-winning sit-coms and antique shows, but how long will it last? Lu-Han Li plays the Pipa in with How Things Are Made in a room that has many tables, but none of them were used for dining.  

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And the award goes to...squeezeboxes! 

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The Trophy and Plaque Manufacturers Society presents The Fifth Triennial Ornamental Honor Object Awards Industry Council Awards with host Tina "the in-gray-vuh!" McNebben, Associate VP of Marketing at the Award Object Manufacturing and Wholesaling Research Council. Lookin' forward to it!

Eric Weidenhof plays cello on this with How Things Are Made in a space that may or may not contain any Acrylic Awards. 

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How things are made is joined by pizza podcasters Tim McGuigan and Todd Saulle in our first crossover episode. Check out Pizza, Places and Things here! IF YOU LIKE PIZZA YOU WILL LIKE THIS TOO.

This week's music features a delightful and insightful, oceanic reflection on alkaline batteries.

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Our crossover episode with Pizza, Places & Things continues with special guests Emily Rodgers and Erik Cirelli performing from excerpts from Lori Jakiela’s memoir The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious.

Anything can be about pizza, but not everything. 

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On this episode of How Pizza, Places and Things are Made, Todd Saulle and Tim McGuigan are a pizza. 

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Put this in your oven and sing about it.

On this final part of our crossover with Pizza, Places & Things, Todd Saulle talks low moisture mozzarella and milk powder as Albert Manders, Kevin Sapp, David Mathews, and Derek Bendel are a pizza with How Things Are Made (HTAM). 



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Professional golf courses across the world have been forced to redesign holes to accommodate increased efficiency in golf ball technology. They were first made of wood. Then made of leather-bound feathers. Then Gutta Purcha. Then rubber with plastic. Then liquid with plastic. Technology abolished the constraints of the terrain. It was less difficult. People jumped the dogleg. Par 5 in 3. Double Eagle. No sweat. But the designer sai...

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Brian is a homeowner with a toilet in his basement. The conservative media wants to know about it. How things are made performs a composition by Ralph Lewis

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Sometimes you have a choice while parking. Other times you have no choice. This time Derek Bendel, David Mathew, Albert Manders, Kevin Sapp and all them are in the car. Where to park?

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Dave and Matt bribe each other into believing one another made a product in order to make a sale. Brian plays wind chimes. Is how things are made moral failure? Oh come on. 

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Do you know about the notes in between the notes? Think of it this way; its a lot easier to cut a loaf of bread into multiple equal portions than it is to cut a fish, meaning, technique. The trick with bread is not to squish it. The trick with fish is guts and bones. You can make bread from scratch. Fish is just there in the water for the taking. It is simple to cut bread after it's made, but not a fish, cooked or not, especial...

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Stephen Weigel explains xenaharmonic music, and the Now&Xen podcast, while talking over his own 14 edo composition. Mr. Handy and Mr. Handy each teach a guitar lesson, each believing the other is the student. 

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Stephen Weigel of the Now&Xen podcast pairs food with tuning systems while his own 14EDO music plays, fan mail from our instagram, and a live recording of how thing are made playing in a basement


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Stephen Weigel of the Now&Xen podcast tells us about his favorite piece of equipment/ HTAM grooves with poetry/Stephen explains the tuning systems up for retirement/"Membrane Switches"/outro

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Automated baseball mascots have taken the minor leagues by storm, but do pro teams see the same inevitability on the horizon? All this plus a passionate listener call and the first half of an extended duet between Matt and Brian at the Glitterbox Theater called "Sulkies". 

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Susan Kuo introduces "Bagpipes". The members of How Things are Made are solicited and so are you!

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Susan Kuo introduces "Yule Logs". Dave and Matt enter a one minute contest. Advert for automated baseball mascots. Nonsense poems over fancy grooves. Congratulations to Lisa Fender for a two-day class. Unreferenced remix. 

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Automated baseball mascot. Word of the day! "Fishing Lures"! OK this was a weird one.

 

Are you sick and tired of buying insurance to cover the risk of harming the human that you stuff into an unventilated poly-foam synthetic suit and pay to dance for children and give fake high fives to umpires? Well, thanks to the great minds at screwball technologies, your ballclub can keep the light entertainment flowing between innings...

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