Larry Lessig, the Nets most celebrated lawyer, cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the "ASCAP cartel" in his argument for reviving our creative culture.
Roland Engineers discuss the initial concept of the TR-808 which was conceived and built in 1980. Although it was designed to create "backing tracks," creative musicians started to use the Rhythm Machine as an instrument and music changed forever. Now the evolution begins...
Moldover teaches you how to turn a simple and inexpensive MIDI keyboard into a custom audio controller. The hilarious thing is all he does is pull out some keys, glue rubber on the rest of them, draw on the case and assign controllers to stuff. I have to say this is completely stupid and awesome...