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The Debut Release from Stop Smiling Books

How to Wreck a Nice Beach

The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop

Dave Tompkins

The history of the vocoder: how the Pentagon’s speech scrambling weapon transformed into the robot voice of pop music

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How to Wreck a Nice Beach

Coming in June 2010

Listen to the Echoes

Listen to the Echoes

The Ray Bradbury Interviews

Sam Weller

Upcoming Events

Thursday, June 10, 7pm

Readings at the STOP SMILING Storefront

1371 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL. 60622

Stop Smiling Books and the University of Chicago present a Q&A with Robert K. Elder, author of Last Words of the Executed

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Monday, June 14, 7pm

Readings at the STOP SMILING Storefront

1371 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL. 60622

Stop Smiling Books and the University of Chicago present a Q&A with Martin Preib, author of The Wagon and Other Stories from the City

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