hat tips jesse patrick martin, timothy james kelly, others
January 2011
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nintendocore vs apple store indie (not viewable in IE; pics from yourscenesucks.com)
Greg Egan's Zendegi envisions "side-loading" of modeled human brain functions from scans of people now dead to perform mechanical turklike tasks
finally saw Dog Day Afternoon, uncensored, from start to finish. great but only "30% true" according to the actual bank robber
they moved me to new twitter! celebrated by drinking New Coke
am i wrong to have no interest in a movie about a ballerina who becomes mentally ill? or a remake of true grit without glen campbell?
two panel post with r.m.x-ed gifs by @pjbaldes (left) and ace (right) (not viewable in IE)
"The marketing focus is to penetrate Gabriel's core fan base as well as fans of all genres and in all demographics..." (product description)
Sosuke, betrothed at age 5 with his mom's blessing, decides in high school he doesn't love Ponyo anymore & Ponyo turns into sea foam
magazine apps are failing? but steve jobs was going to be the guy who finally monetized the web through tightfisted control and hardware!
need to see the un-Americanized Ponyo - Lasseter's jones for Miyazaki is commercial blessing, creative curse
lumet's latest: from the way mom used that pistol i'd say albert finney had help turning his sons into criminals but we'll never know
dreamed about a fast food restaurant where people talked and spit food into a "smart cup" to place their orders
an interesting statement from Van Vliet was that he was "against the hypnotic" - he didn't want you to be able to sink into music
Van Vliet's harshest critics musically said he "merely" translated jazz atonality into rock - that rather ignores his songwriting & voice
worst advice ever: stop being a musician to be taken seriously as an artist (Michael Werner to Don Van Vliet)
"how would you like to own a car like that, kid?" "yes, sir!" "well, you never will" (pierrot le fou)
"I wonder what's keeping the cops--we should be in jail by now" "They're smart--they let people destroy themselves" (pierrot le fou)
people who type "muah" are not to be trusted; however, people who type "muwah ha ha" are true netizens
seeing La jetée in 2010 for the first time; visitor-from-the-future-take: it's a film about time and the poignance of silver nitrate photos
La jetée is more than its medium, of course; but was constantly struck by the beauty of the contrast-y B&W photos, so much of their era
comparison of La jetée to Ink (2009) (not viewable in IE)
"MSHouse Nation"
"MSHouse Nation" [mp3 removed -- updated version is on Bandcamp]
By rough count, this is the 500th song I've posted, including some remixes and collaborations. The rhythm track was done a while back using the Electribe groovebox to the left. "Carbon 2" was used for the keyboard parts. Some additional bass and percussion was added. One of the best compliments I've had was from an artist who noted the similarities in my music, drawing and animation work. The title is in honor of what I hope is an essential home computer nerdiness, working across media.