November 2012

found photo of the year

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Lawn_Mower_on_fire

Hat tip Frankhats for this image, originally from a South African repair website called Lawnmower Ranch. The scenario radiates evil: an unexplained, smoke-belching inferno on a quiet suburban street, no humans in sight. Horrible things are happening off camera, or everyone simply disappeared, leaving comforting day-to-day items in a state of deadly conflagration. The slightly antiquated machinery, greasily charred, stands as a mute requiem to the fossil fuel era and dreams of utopia turned bleak and meaningless. And by the way, you need a new lawnmower.

"BS Cascade (Suite)"

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These one minute songs are coming fast and heavy so I'm just going to combine the last four in a single post and use the word "including" like King Crimson used to do.

"BS Cascade (Suite)"
including
i. Trance (Generator Powered Groovebox) [mp3 removed]
ii. BS Cascade I [mp3 moved to Bandcamp]
iii. BS Cascade II [mp3 removed]
iv. Trance (Generator Power) [mp3 removed]

All were done with various combinations of modular synths and sampled sounds, using both the computer and hardware. The lumbering rhythm of the BS Cascades is made using the Doepfer Quad ADSR module as a pseudo-delay triggering the start times of four VCOs.
The groovebox version of "Trance" takes the same raw material as the non-groovebox and homogenizes it somewhat. I accidently saved one riff at the wrong rate and it made some interesting sounds.

creepy to the end

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Mitt Romney’s Campaign Cancels Staffers’ Credit Cards In The Middle Of The Night
(via Naked Capitalism)

The relevant excerpt from the NBC News story:

From the moment Mitt Romney stepped off stage Tuesday night, having just delivered a brief concession speech he wrote only that evening, the massive infrastructure surrounding his campaign quickly began to disassemble itself.

Aides taking cabs home late that night got rude awakenings when they found the credit cards linked to the campaign no longer worked.