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FUSE-in techno fest lineup is announced
Topic: Arts 12:01 pm EDT, May  3, 2005

The lineup for the annual Detroit Electronic Music Festival..

] Sponsors include Pepsi, Molson, Verizon and Big Boy.

only in MI would Big Boy possibly make the sponsor list for a techno festival... sheesh.

line up looks good, including stalwarts like Aux 88, Slum Village, Stacey Pullen, UR, and Mos Def and of course the regulars like Carl, Richie, Kevin and the other pioneers.

My favorite act though just might be Raiders of the Lost Arp. What a great name.

FUSE-in techno fest lineup is announced


RCA Synthesizer: 50 Years Later
Topic: Arts 12:16 am EDT, Apr 13, 2005

] The Princeton, NJ chapter of the ACM (Association for
] Computing Machinery) is celebrating 50 years of the RCA
] Synthesizer on Thursday, April 14.

Jack Danger wants you to know this.

RCA Synthesizer: 50 Years Later


Crowded House drummer dies
Topic: Arts 1:36 pm EST, Mar 28, 2005

] Crowded House drummer Paul Hester was a world-class
] drummer known for his antics both on-stage and off and a
] prankster who struggled with bouts of depression.
]
]
] The Australian musician who also played for Split Enz
] held a special place in Kiwi pop music history.
]
]
] But Hester, the father of two girls, was found dead on
] Sunday at Elsternwick Park in Brighton, a suburb of
] Melbourne. He was last seen walking his two dogs on
] Saturday night.

Bummer. I guess the Aussies like to kill themselves for some reason. The real tragedy here is that he was widely known for being upbeat and happy.

Crowded House drummer dies


Home Sweet Studio
Topic: Arts 12:42 pm EST, Mar 20, 2005

] Mr. Pierce is part of a quiet revolution in music-making:
] the move from professional studios to home recording.
] Making an album used to mean booking a fixed amount of
] very expensive time in a well-equipped but unfamiliar
] room; now, it can be a matter of rolling out of bed and
] pressing a button. Whether it's Mice Parade's indie-rock,
] Aesop Rock's underground hip-hop, the twilit ballads of
] Keren Ann, the mercurial California rock of the Eels or
] sweeping Top 40 contenders from Moby, more and more music
] is emerging not from acoustically perfect
] state-of-the-art studios, but from setups tucked into
] bedrooms and basements or simply programmed onto a
] laptop.

This dynamic also parlays into the vast overabundance of musical content available, and the relatively poor way in which the recording industry has leveraged it.

Home Sweet Studio


Monty Python Comes to Broadway with Musical 'Spamalot'
Topic: Arts 1:09 pm EST, Mar 14, 2005

... A critical darling in its pre-Broadway run and a box-office smash before it even opens ...

The current Broadway season has seen several new musicals disappoint, but "Spamalot," which is scheduled to open on the Great White Way on Thursday, could be the savior.

Monty Python Comes to Broadway with Musical 'Spamalot'


N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella)
Topic: Arts 11:47 pm EST, Dec  5, 2004

Gnutella is one of the many peer-to-peer file-sharing protocols which emerged in the wake of Napster. Unlike Napster, there is no central server and no single company in control. Because Gnutella is completely decentralized, it is legally and technologically challenging to shut down. But it can also be difficult to locate and download specific music; searches can take a long time to return results, and downloads sometimes grind to a halt before they can finish.

These shortcomings of Gnutella are exactly what fascinates me most about the network. Even when I cannot find music I am searching for, the search process itself is interesting; the network constantly surprises me with what it finds. And even if files do not download quickly, completely, and reliably, I find the download process itself captivating; the wildly varying download speeds reflect the chaotic nature of the network itself. In many ways, using Gnutella reminds me of the early days of the World Wide Web, before the big media companies and retailers took over. The process of searching, of serendipitous discovery, can be as engaging as the content itself.

N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella) turns the process of searching for and downloading MP3 files into a chaotic musical collage. The software continuously checks the status of all downloading songs and uses their respective download speeds to prioritize song segments for real-time playback while they download. Users can control many different aspects of the algorithm, such as how many songs may play simultaneously, how quickly N.A.G. moves amongst songs, and whether N.A.G. varies playback speed and volume in proportion to the download speeds of each song. Essentially, N.A.G. becomes a simple instrument with which users can "play" the Gnutella network.

N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella)


:: gameboyzz orchestra project ::
Topic: Arts 12:39 pm EDT, Oct 13, 2004

This project is like a hattrick for me. An art project that produces music from playing classic video games, AND their from POLAND!

:: gameboyzz orchestra project ::


Five major changes in the 'Star Wars' DVD
Topic: Arts 12:20 pm EDT, Sep 21, 2004

] But the most noticeable change -- and perhaps one some
] "Star Wars" diehards will have a tough time stomaching --
] is Hayden Christensen (who plays young Anakin in the
] prequel trilogy) now appearing in the scene where the
] "force ghosts" of Anakin, Obi Wan, and Yoda smile at
] Luke.

More proof that George Lucas has absolutely ruined his own creation beyond recognition.

Five major changes in the 'Star Wars' DVD


MINISTRY - EViL DoER tOUr
Topic: Arts 10:17 am EDT, Aug 25, 2004

Who's fatter and more bloated? Alain or Vince Neil?

MINISTRY - EViL DoER tOUr


The Resurrection of 'Donnie Darko'
Topic: Arts 6:36 pm EDT, Jul 22, 2004

On Friday a director's cut of "Donnie Darko" will open in New York.

To prevent the events of that world from happening in this one, Donnie must turn back time or watch it turn back around him.

"It's designed to be this puzzle, There's a lot to chew on."

The resolution, such as it is, involves the complexities of time travel — wormholes, tangent universes and so forth — in a way that asks larger questions about free will.

The Resurrection of 'Donnie Darko'


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