Archive for November 2008

Beep

In Reviews on 24 November 2008 tagged ambient, Audio, beverages, books, electronic, fantasy, fiction, graphic novel, literature, mastering, movies, Music, plugin, recommended, synth

Recent consumption: Listening: Monolake in the morning, Biosphere in the afternoon Watching: My Neighbor Totoro, Dark City (Director’s Cut), Thieves Like Us, Quiet City Reading: The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House, Coraline, Stardust by Neil Gaiman Drinking: Starbucks Serena Blend Organic Coffee, Xingu Black Beer, Red Stripe Lager Playing: Circle Synth, AAS Modeling Collection, [...]

links for 2008-11-20

In Links on 20 November 2008

JS-909 – Cameron Adams has created a fully-functioning drum machine in JavaScript (without libraries or Flash) Processing for VJing and Performance, with Mother VDMX + Quartz Composer, in Free Video Tutorials TouchOSC and Logic: look mom, no cables! – I’m working on getting this working with Ableton Live using OSCulator Shooting Self-portraits Free Kick Drum [...]

November show recap

In General on 18 November 2008

Thanks again to everyone who was able to attend my recent live show. The setup was easy, the turnout was good and everything sounded great. I went on earlier than expected and only played for about 35 minutes, but there weren’t any real problems. I didn’t record it, but my set list sounded a lot [...]

links for 2008-11-14

In Links on 17 November 2008

New Software Turns Your iPhone Into A Four Track Audio Recorder Unknown “Structures” Tugging at Universe, Study Says – my ears perk-up whenever I hear about new discoveries from ‘outside’ of our universe Kata’s laptop & SLR bag: different, fresh, and desirable – slick Technology | Change.gov – Obama’s Technology agenda Annals of Business: The [...]

Elseworlds

In Reviews on 12 November 2008 tagged books, comics, graphic novels, reading, storytelling, worlds

After a few false starts trying to get into some books on my to-read list, I switched strategies and have been rediscovering graphic novels. Besides some sparse interest in my youth and again in college, I never really got into reading comics. These days, I’ve been interested in the various ‘story worlds’ that exist in [...]

2008-11 practice live set

In Music on 10 November 2008 tagged electronic, live, Music, performance

I have uploaded a second practice set for my upcoming live performance (45min, 88.1Mb MP3) for your consideration. The track list has evolved with more new material and interesting mash-ups. I’m also focusing more on cutting-up and remixing things on-the-fly. I expect to play around 11pm, so come on out and have a listen. Read [...]

links for 2008-11-05

In Links on 5 November 2008

Productivity 2.0: How the New Rules of Work Are Changing the Game The Wonders of Blood – Our blood is the foundation of our very existence as multicellular animals, Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping M-Tron First Look – I’ve always secretly wanted a Mellotron A Call For Search Literacy – In an age [...]