Ep. 991: Where we're trapped in a cube Video

Video description: Steve "The Spherical Audiophiliac" Guttenberg makes his first 2012 appearance on the show this morning and adds a few more descriptors to his middle name. He brings in a few noise cancelling ear buds and headphones into the studio for a head-to-head, and we'll confer about which modern artists have the talent to stick around another 30 years...

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The Audiophiliac Steve Guttenberg makes an unusual midweek appearance on today's 404 episode and as usual, the discussion topics cover Steve's audiocentric stream of consciousness with a touch of disillusionment, like a Web site that takes the creativity out of naming your band, a mask that enhances audio, the unnatural origins of 3D, and the degrading quality of CD-Rs over time.

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