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Friday January 22nd, 2021 with Heavy Ben
Apple Macintosh and Computing in the 1980s

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Chance meeting on a circuit board of innovation and hype Apple introduced Macintosh on January 22, 1984 - promising a different kind of 1984. While an amazing machine at the time, Apple's campaigns against IBM and mainframes, hyper corporate branding, proprietary technology and privacy breaches has their legacy closer to Big Brother than was advertised.
Bits and Bytes Theme
Harry Forbes, George Axon - Bits and Bytes - TVOntario - 1983 Canadian
Chip Bytes
Kerry Beaumont - Video-Tech 4 - Parry Music Library - 1985 Canadian
Leading The Way
Apple Computer, Inc. - The Apple Boogie - Apple Computer, Inc. - 1987
Apple Macintosh Ad ("more sophisticated")
Apple Computer, Inc. - - - Apple Computer, Inc. - 1984
Norton Apple Software
Doris Norton - Personal Computer - Durium - 1984
It's More Fun To Compute
Kraftwerk - Computerwelt (Computer World) - Kling Klang / EMI - 1981
Synchromatics No. 2
Bruce Mitchell - Future Motion - Parry Music Library - 1984 Canadian
Ripples [excerpt]
Apple Computer, Inc. - The Apple Boogie - Apple Computer, Inc. - 1987
Apple Macintosh Ad ("the real genius")
Apple Computer, Inc. - - - Apple Computer, Inc. - 1984
Computer Age (Push The Button)
Newcleus - 12" - Sunnyview - 1984
A Guided Tour Of MacDraw [excerpt]
Apple Computer, Inc. - A Guided Tour Of MacDraw - Apple Computer, Inc. - 1984
Apple Macintosh Ad (Intro to Mac during Super Bowl)
Apple Computer, Inc. - - - Apple Computer, Inc. - 1984
Directed by Ridley Scott and targeting IBM via George Orwell's 1984, this ad introducing the Macintosh was aired on television only once - during the 3rd quarter of the 1984 Super Bowl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfqw8nhUwA
Computer Age
Neil Young - Trans - Geffen - 1982 Canadian
Blue Busters
Apple Computer, Inc. - The Apple Boogie - Apple Computer, Inc. - 1987
Bytes & Blocks
Harry Forbes - Video-Tech 3 - Parry Music Library - 1984 Canadian
Bits and Bytes Episode 10: Computer Music [excerpt]
Luba Goy, Billy Van, Fred Napoli - Bits and Bytes - TVOntario - 1983 Canadian
Apple Macintosh Ad ("the computer you already know how to use")
Apple Computer, Inc. - - - Apple Computer, Inc. - 1984
Telephone Computer
Crazy Gang - We Are The Crazy Gang - Bubble - 1983
リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー (Lisa Frank 420 / Modern Computing)
Macintosh Plus - Floral Shoppe - Beer On The Rug - 2011
Interactive CKCU
PeterB
Ha! Great theme Heavy! Waaay back ion the day i wrote programs for Mac. And i have a VCR with the original add somewhere...

3:05 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Ha, good to hear PB. I learned to program on Apple computers back in the 80s, too. Such a different world!

3:17 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Dan
Those are some cool sounds from Doris Norton. Bon après-midi de Montréal!

3:20 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Hey Dan - are you listening to Apple computer songs on your Apple computer?

3:22 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Dan
Home office desk has two Dell laptops hogging all the space, so instead using my Apple wireless internet pocket calculator telephone gameboy.

3:29 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Jas Nasty
Cool show Ben! ooooh Newcleus! Have you heard Suzanne Ciani's 'Lixivation' ? She has a few crazy Atari and Coca Cola adds that are in a similar 80s computer vibe.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbEDKT3Hkt0

3:29 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Jason
Great show! I am loving this trip down random access memory lane! I owned a bunch of 68k macs back in the day. Do much fun.

3:33 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Jas
of course had you had to play Neil Young Trans! :)

3:34 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Stefan
Still the best Young album

3:36 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Jas - yes to Ciani! Those synthesized ads are great. And well of course any opportunity to play Neil Young's best album ;)

3:37 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
10 ECHO HELLO JASON RUN

3:38 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Dan
Good line from allmusic about Trans: "the music sounded less like new Kraftwerk than like old Devo"

3:41 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Less goofy than Devo, but definitely not as forward thinking as Kraftwerk. So, fair.

3:48 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Shawn Roske
So good! You took me right back to being 8 years old and playing in my neighbors basement with the very first Mac. Billy Van! Thanks man. Great vaporware

3:55 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Ben Armstrong (host)
Glad to have connected, Shawn! And yes this vaporware is rather nostalgic for a "new" production. Slowed down Diana Ross sample...

3:58 PM, January 22nd, 2021
Scott
Excellent show Ben!

2:57 PM, January 24th, 2021