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a spot of vernacular creativity on the street
Given that busking paid my rent over several summers back in the day, I have a special place in my heart for buskers, and street drummers are super cool. I captured this video (on my phone, sorry!) while out strolling around sunny Boston with all the other tourists this afternoon. Enjoy. Here’s a direct link…
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DJ Spooky at the European Graduate School
One of several European Graduate School videos featuring famous Capital-T Theory dudes available at YouTube. (Thanks Glen). This presentation by DJ Spooky aka Paul Miller on the theory and practice of Rhythm Science is my favourite.
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the buddha machine: lo-fi zen minimalist heaven
In the mail yesterday, I got a buddha machine, brought to us by FM3. I love it, and I made a minimalist lo-fi film to celebrate (see below). Incidentally, it was not only shot but also edited in about 10 minutes using the VideoDJ application (which is a perfectly functional video editing tool) in my…
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Belkin TuneTalk Stereo shipping this month
An announcement from iLounge: Belkin today announced that its new TuneTalk Stereo will be available in North America in mid-June, with launches in Asia, Europe, and Australia to follow closely. The $70 device, first shown at Macworld Expo in January, lets you record audio in CD-quality stereo sound. It features two high-quality omnidirectional microphones, an…
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audio recording on ipod video: signs of life (updated)
From Gizmodo: Xtreme Mac have announced the upcoming release of a voice recorder that attaches to the ipod video via the dock connector, allowing the user to record at 22khz through the flexible microphone provided or with any mic via the 3mm input. What I really want, though, is a built-in stereo microphone or at…
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love and the mechanical sublime
In Adelaide over the weekend, I used Harry Potter as an excuse to experience the Capri Theatre first-hand. The Capri is a majestic, massively high-ceilinged theatre, with wooden floors, and two tiers of plush velvet seats. It is also home to the SA branch of the Theatre Organ Society, and boasts the most incredible theatre…
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iPod video
One of many interesting discussions about the affordances, limitations and possible uses of the video iPod is happening at Adrian Miles’s blog. As I say in the comments, I’m quite positive about the implications of the iPod for small-format, visually humble and sonically rich cinema – like what my team had in mind with the…
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Post-punk seminar: git along!
THE CENTRE FOR CRITICAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES PRESENTS Dr Graham St John Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland Making a Noise˜Making a Difference: From Techno-Punk to “Punk-Hop” Date: Thursday 16th June 2005 Place: Seminar Room 402, Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, 4th Floor Forgan Smith Tower, St Lucia Campus, The…
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Musical Baton
Anne has passed the musical baton to me, so… Total volume of music on my computer I haven’t put much on the iBook, so: 1.6GB (pathetic). But the external hard drive with legacy MP3s from my desktop PC has in the region of 10GB (still pathetic). There is some of absolutely everything in there, trust…
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Archaelogy of the Voice
Ever since MIT4 last week, I’ve been exploring a recent epiphany to do with the sonic characteristics, and not only the visual ‘construction’ of digital stories In this article from 1997, performance theorist and archaeologist Mike Pearson reflects on some of the issues raised by the Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth’s (then) recent conference on…