There's a trend among some of the longer-running US TV shows of, after a few seasons, releasing a musical special. I guess once a show's creators know they're on safe ground, and that their show isn't going to be cancelled in the near future, they can take the risk of making a themed episode - and music seems to be a common theme. Shows that have had their cast break out into song for an episode include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Community, Psych and Scrubs. And, although I'm not a fan of musicals, this issue of our newsletter will be focusing on music and audio.
Kicking us off, I briefly introduce the Most Mysterious Song on The Internet - honestly, most of the article's actually about the old PC game Doom! Committee member Brad MacClure follows up with an article about the magical frequency 432Hz. Then I look into vinyl records, and whether they're superior to modern digital audio encoding technology, followed by Bronwyn bringing you some truly atrocious songs from cults. We then finish off with a double whammy from me, looking into some of the nonsense health claims about the uses of binaural beats, and talking about how I spent some of my youth testing out claims of there being hidden backwards messages in rock music.