The cars in Zimbabwe have ground to a halt - and that's not necessarily a bad thing
Everywhere, people are getting out of their cars to talk. Life is slowing down. There's not much choice in the matter. People are walking the streets again.Cycling is in fashion, and exercise has become a functional necessity. The people, though hungry, remain friendly. And the streets are stupendously quiet. You can actually hear the insects buzzing.
As you traverse the suburbs on your borrowed bicycle, you encounter the spectre - almost like a scene from a science-fiction version of 20th-century anthropology - of abandoned metal hulks, interspersed with large rocks occupying car-sized spaces.
I have been updating the music page with some new releases. The Vibon 2 compilation, which I have a track on, is now available for pre-order from tbtmo records.
Excuse the volume.. I have some catching up to do:
- Bush on North Korea: 'We Must Inavde Iraq' (The Onion)
- Junk Food Diet Brings Scurvy to Modern Age - Eat your fruits and veggies!
- Swappingtons - Another trading post.
- Copied cat hardly resembles original - How about that!
- Before war, give U.S. reasons - 50% think Iraq was involved in 9/11?!
- Golan Levin - Impressive and prolific new media artist.
- Hrvaksi & Greg Davis in Japan (I am facinated w/ Japan): Video, Photos.
- State of the Union.. Not Good - Skillful Bush video hacking.
- Waste not, want not: Thrifty ideas help cut costs in the kitchen
- The Spice House - Best spices!
- The Golden Rule - "It links art, music and even architecture."
- Recursive flash wierdness
- Economists tackle US obesity
- Ask Yahoo
- A Cure for traffic jams - Spread the word!
- Historic Topographic Maps
- Down Beat's Jazz 101
- Taking Aim at Trans Fats - I avoid them as much as possible.
- Amazing photo
- TV Test Card Gallery
- Carbonated Jazz - Flash goodness.
- Origins of Music - Interesting research.
- Takagi Masakatsu - One of my new favorite artists.
- August Strindberg - He was a real person.
- The moon could come crashing down on our heads at any moment!
Oh.. and check out the GeoURL link at the bottom of this page. This is a web trend I can get behind. Localize the internet.
Big news!
I will be performing live next Wednesday January 22nd at MIT's Thirsty Ear Pub in Cambridge, MA. The event is called Signals and Systems and it runs from 10pm-1am.
The pub is at 305 Memorial Drive at the intersection of Massachusetts Ave and Memorial Drive on the MIT campus. Here's a map.
This will be my debut performance using my new semi-generative music system. With just under a week to prepare... it should be interesting.
UPDATE: The date has changed. I will be playing next month instead, which will give me a more realistic time-period in which to prepare. Sorry for the premature announcement. I'll keep you posted on the new date.
Is there time to slow down? "As the world speeds up, how cultures define the elastic nature of time may affect our environmental health."
So silly, yet so profound. I love it.
The Unseen Gulf War by Peter Turnley
This past war and any one looming, have often been treated as something akin to a 'Nintendo game'. This view conveniently obscures the vivid and often grotesque realities apparent to those directly involved in war. As a witness to the results of this past Gulf War, this televised, aerial, and technological version of the conflict is not what I saw and I'd like to present some images that I made that represent a more complete picture of what this conflict looked like.Warning, these are difficult images.War is at best a necessary evil, and I am certain that anyone that feels differently has never experienced or been in it. I have always hoped that true images of conflict give one the opportunity to witness and reflect more fully on the full realities of war. After covering many conflicts around the world in past 20 years and witnessing much human suffering, I feel a responsibility to try to contribute to making sure with my images that no one that sees the brutal realities of conflict, ever feels that war is comfortable and/or convenient.
This looks very interesting: VVVV - A Multipurpose Toolkit
From the FAQ:
What is vvvv?vvvv is a toolkit for real-time video synthesis, connecting physical devices, and developing interactive media applications and systems.
What can I do with vvvv?
vvvv is a flexible product that has many diverse applications, including multimedia installation design, customized vj application development, animation, graphic design, controlling scientific instruments, and even television broadcasting design.
For those of you in the Philadelphia area, my good friend Mike (Nintari man) will be performing tonight. Here's the info.
For those of you who live in Delaware and enjoy independent films, there is good news. A new independent film cinema has opened in Wilmington: Theatre N at Nemours.
What Should I Do With My Life? by Po Bronson
America as Gated Community by Brian Eno
Good news for us tea drinkers (although I don't drink nearly that much!):
Black Tea May Lower Heart Disease Risks
A study of over 3,400 adults in Saudi Arabia--a country of tea-lovers--found that those who drank more than 6 cups per day of the brown beverage had a more than 50% lower risk of coronary heart disease compared to tea abstainers, even after adjusting for other factors such as smoking, diet and obesity.Antioxidants called flavonoids, found in both green and black teas, are thought to be potent weapons in the fight against heart disease. "Tea, the most widely consumed beverage in the world, is a rich source of (these) antioxidants," explain researchers led by Dr. Iman A. Hakim of the University of Arizona in Tucson.