As music gets more and more heavily produced, there's a growing group of artists who are experimenting with technology from the primitive early days of gaming.  8-bit can refer to a style of electornic inspired by the sound of old computer consoles from the 8 bit era of video games.  This music will often reflect sounds from technology that is seen as primitive or "outdated" such as the Game Boy, Atari and Activision systems and home made synthesizers.

DJ Anonymity (I hope I spelled that correctly) brings you some incredible retro-inspired music with new twists.  Take a time trip back to the 80s with FRESH CARTRIDGE, the first in a series called 8 BIT CHIPPER CHANNEL.

WRITING/HOST/VOICEOVER: DJ Anonymity
SOUND EDITOR: DJ Anonymity
AVATAR: Mister Jayson Stewart
MUSIC provided with permission: "Conas de Miho" by Jijies Allemente, "The 8-Bit Touch" by Reverand Protocal,, "My Game Girl" by Skylabrinth, "Stoptime Rag" by Kashioboy and "You Make Society Cry" by Oxygenstar.  Thanks to 8bitcollective.com for the music.

Jessi read the short story "Mirror Image" by Lena Coakley as part of her grade 11 University English course.  The story follows Alice, a teenage girl who dies but whose brain is transplanted into another body.  This realistic science fiction story warns us of the dangers that can arise when vanity meets medical science. 

This is Jessi's response.

WRITER/VOICEOVER: Jessi Burk
SOUND EDITOR: Jessi Burk
MUSIC: Jessi Burk
AVATAR: Jessi Burk and Mister Stewart

Content, not including music, is Creative Commons and can be freely used with acknowledgement to spartanyouthradio.com

From craphound.com:

Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.

But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they’re mercilessly interrogated for days.

When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.

REVIEWER/VOICEOVER: Kyera Landry
EDITOR/PRODUCER/AVATAR: Mister Stewart
MUSIC: Donated by DJ Toxic aka Brad Bourcier

Gary Duquette brings you his take on Ubisoft's first person shooter, Haze.  Haze was one of the most highly anticipated and hyped Playstation 3 games of the first half of 2008 and Gary tells you what he liked and didn't like about the game.

REVIEWER/WRITER/VOICEOVER: Gary Duquette

PRODUCER: Mister Stewart

SOUND EDITING: Mister Stewart

AVATAR: Mister Stewart using Creative Commons material.

MUSIC courtesy of songstowearpantsto.com

That's My Opinion is a regular feature of Spartan Youth Radio where teens share their thoughts on important issues. 

Jewel asks poignant questions about acceptance, beauty and the extreme lengths people take to look gorgeous. 

HOST: Jewel Sanftenberg
EDITOR: Mr. Jayson Stewart
AVATAR: Mr. Jayson Stewart using creative commons material
MUSIC: Courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network and featuring "Never Met An Opinion" by Ric Seaberg and "Beautiful" by Adrienne Pierce.

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Sports reporter Nathan Phillips goes on the road the with Espanola Junior Boys Volleyball team.  Here's a video montage of the rivetting action.

Reporter: Nathan Phillips

Camera: Nathan Phillips

Video Editor: Nathan Phillips

Producer: Mr. Jayson Stewart

Music courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network, featuring "1 Electric Guitar" by 2006 PlasticSoul,  a professional musician from Tokyo, Japan.

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Wade and Robear hit the roads around Espanola High School to talk to staff and students during the 2008 Terry Fox Run. 

VOICEOVERS: Wade Owl and Robear Assinewe
EDITOR: Wade Owl and Robear Assinewe
MUSIC: Mean Gene Kelton and the Die Hards "Running From the Law" courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network

All content, except for music, is Creative Commons with the request that spartanyouthradio.com be credited.

Kris and Jessi report on sensational motivational speaker, teacher and comedian Allan Johnson, who visited Espanola High School in October 2008. Take a listen, laugh a little and take some great ideas away with you.

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