On certain dates the past feels like a stereo, two speakers broadcasting radically different songs that somehow harmonize. August 24 is one of those days. In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted and erased Pompeii and Herculaneum in a convulsion of ash, pumice, and poisonous wind, turning everyday gestures into eternal artifacts. In 1891, Thomas Edison …
In 1878, Thomas Edison, the legendary American inventor, forever changed the way humanity experienced sound with the patenting of the phonograph. This remarkable invention allowed for the recording and reproduction of sound, a concept that was revolutionary at the time. Before the phonograph, sound could only be heard in real-time, and if missed, it was …
