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12 hrs ago | OC Weekly

Ghostland Observatory Fuses the Best of Man and Machine

Ghosts and Their Machines Yeah, Ghostland Observatory use synths and samples. But don't expect them to stand around twiddling knobs Ever since Bob Dylan plugged in, pop music has turned a wary eye toward drive-by-wire music powered by electricity, circuitry or digital wizardry.

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Related Topix: Ghostland, Kraftwerk, Electronic, Daft Punk, DJ Spooky, Music, Entertainment

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Millimeter

Sorenson Media Squeeze Beta Sight

Compression for the event videographer. Figure 1. The Audiences window at the top left of Sorenson Media Squeeze allows you to easily find presets arranged by format or workflow as well as your custom presets.

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Related Topix: Figure, Wedding, Science / Technology, Apple, iPhone, West Chester, PA, Media Players

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Science Daily

Optical Properties of the Antarctic System and New Radiation Information

In a study for a doctoral degree by geophysicist Kai Rasmus, University of Helsinki, Finland, measurements were made during three Austral summers to study the optical properties of the Antarctic system and to produce radiation information for additional modeling studies.

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Related Topix: Information, Europe, Finland, World News, Global Warming

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Slam X Hype

a oeVoices of Naturea Exhibition from Brett Westfall and Joel K

"Voices of Nature" is the culmination of many creative mediums, the first put out by Brett Westfall and Joel K with a series of drawings and retrospective Polaroid's. In addition their band, a oeBarnaclea will play when the show opens at Remix in Osaka, Japan.

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Related Topix: Nature

Tue Nov 17, 2009

WFMU's Beware of the Blog

Anti-Pop Consortium Remix Contest

WFMU and The Free Music Archive are incredibly excited to announce a remix contest featuring Anti-Pop Consortium ! NYC's legendary hip-hop innovators are sharing hi-fi stems & a capellas from "Reflections", a cut off their brand new album Fluorescent Black .

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Anti-Pop Consortium, Reflections

Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Mediaburn Radio Weblog

Source: AMBiENT PiNG RADiO

Buy a disc by Alan Bloor, get a disc by Marc Spybey for free! . We're really pleased to be presenting the latest release from Alan Bloor through the ping things net label as he's one of our very favorite artists in the ambient/improvisational genre.

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Related Topix: Pholde

Brainwashed.com

Steve Roach, 'Destination Beyond'

Steve Roach's 1984 opus Structures from Silence has been a staple of my record collection for years, but it has been about eight years since I last checked out anything new from him.

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Related Topix: Steve Roach

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Undomondo

Vlor / Aarktica

At undomondo we love small indie publishing houses powered by love. Silber Records with their "Drone love honesty sound" motto is one of them.

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Related Topix: Windy & Carl

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Daily Herald

Dugan jury wavers on verdict

Brian Dugan listens to closing arguments Tuesday at the DuPage County courthouse.

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Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Sketch, Wheaton, IL, Geneva, IL, Naperville, IL

Tue Nov 10, 2009

All About Jazz

Jon Hassell: Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street

One of the most significant American composer/musicians of the late twentieth century, Jon Hassell, has served as a synthesist, catalyst, and eventually a sound painter and innovator.

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Related Topix: Jon Hassell, New-Age, Jazz, Nils Petter Molvaer, Paolo Fresu, Erik Truffaz, The Orb, Howie B, Electronic

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Ann Arbor News

American Indian prints exhibit open at MMA

Highlights from Edward Curtis' portfolio prints from "The North American Indian" project have been pulled from Muskegon Museum of Art's storage for two separate exhibition installments throughout the winter.

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Related Topix: Information, Libraries, Arts, Photography, Entertainment

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Dizzies

I'll come running

Eno parted ways with Roxy Music in 1973 after a major falling out with Ferry. Later on, Eno claimed that he knew he was through with Roxy Music when he started thinking about his laundry during performances.

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Related Topix: Eno

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Embedded.com

Modular Computing Extends For New Applications

Developers needing high-performance, high-reliability computing systems have new design options becoming available.

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Related Topix: Computers, Figure

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Tulsa World

Exec for Junior Achievement is held in porn case

ARRESTED, RESIGNED Greg Boyd: He was president of Junior Achievement of Oklahoma before he resigned Saturday after his arrest.

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Related Topix: Broken Arrow, OK, Tulsa Metro, Tulsa, OK, Armstrong

Mon Nov 02, 2009

ENN.com Environmental News

'Where Do Dust Bunnies Come From?' Finally, an Answer

Anyone who has had the pleasure of cleaning their home or office has likely pondered a question which has puzzled and perplexed men and women for generations: where does all this dust come from? Scientists in Arizona are offering an answer: most indoor dust comes from outdoors.

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Related Topix: Anyone

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Art Knowledge News

Artist Stephen Wiltshire Draws NYC His Major Panorama from Memory

Following a 45-minute helicopter ride over this iconic city, Stephen will spend a week at Pratt Institute, the world-famous college of art, design and architecture, where he will draw an 18 ft-long image from memory.

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Related Topix: Stephen, Pratt Institute, New York

Thu Oct 29, 2009

MetaFilter

Louis Armstrong's Collages

When not pressing the valves on his trumpet or the record button on his tape recorder, Armstronga s fingers found other arts with which to occupy themselves.

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Related Topix: Armstrong, Black Entertainment, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Flushing, NY

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Computing

Q&A: European Network and Information Security Agency chief Udo Helmbrecht

The European Network and Information Security Agency , dubbed the EU's cyber security agency, is at the frontline of all the EU's IT security issues.

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Related Topix: Information, Science, Computer Science, Science / Technology, Cloud Computing

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Springfield News Leader

Symphony's 'Sounds of Satchmo!' impresses

'The Sounds of Satchmo!' rang out boldly Saturday at the Springfield Symphony's first pops concert of the 2009-10 season at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Springfield Metro, Springfield, MO, Vocal, Byron, Comedy Movies, Music!, Armstrong, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, St. Louis Blues, Musical Movies

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The London News.Net

Stephen Gately's pal branded 'gay gold-digger'

London, Oct 23 : Georgi Dochev, the Bulgarian who found Stephen Gately's dead body, has been branded a "gay gold-digger" by a leading gay rights activist.zzo Petroff launched a sensational attack on jobless Georgi and his boyfriend Valentin Vasev in a leading Bulgarian paper.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Stephen

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