Today, a special audio edition:
-If you like British accents, the British Library lets you explore almost 700 English accents and dialects, complete with analyses. [via marylaine]

–Get your fix of old time radio. Abbot & Costello, Dick Tracy, Gunsmoke, and more. I love those old commercials: cigarettes ads beamed right to your ear. There’s another where the announcer talks about Quaker Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice for about 2 minutes solid. [via lisnews]

–OperaCast helps you find current opera broadcasts going on across the planet, for your scheduling convenience.

-The ever-resourceful Library of Congress hosts a collection of Edison’s early cylinder and disc recordings. Check out the 12th Street Rag performed by the Imperial Marimba Band.

-The Observer suggests 50 albums that changed music. Which doesn’t necessarily mean for the better.