September 2011
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Two Long Notes on Radiohead's Roseland Ballroom...
Part One: The King of Limbs Live
In the middle of listening to Feral live, I had a realization about TKOL and my inability to connect with it as a studio album. At first listen, it seems like an album of sonic gestures, a sketchbook which for any other band would be considered brilliant, even masterful. For Radiohead, though, the gestures disappoint an audience largely accustomed to RH albums...
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“I think the dubstep that has come over to the US, and certain producers—...”
– James Blake on American style “Brostep” dubstep.
Two Things:
1) I saw James Blake last night and was totally blown away. I was not at all prepared for how much influence/similarity his work live would have with Burial and Trentemoller. A colleague described his sound as Bon Iver meets...
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“It seems that my tribute to Edward Said on the anniversary of his death has...”
– From “Missing Edward Said”
I’m a few days late on posting this reflection on the anniversary of Edward Said’s death. I will say that Representations of the Intellectual was one of the most life changing books I have ever read. Similar to Adorno’s Minima Moralia, both...
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Hire us so we won't have to marry each other. →
“Meet Charli and Alex. Charli is German. Alex is American. They may have boys’ names, but Charli and Alex are girls. Straight girls. But they love each other, or at least working with each other.Charli’s visa expires on october 9th and she will have to return to Germany, unless she gets hired or married. Alex needs a job too and doesn’t want her partner to leave. Charli and alex love working...
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No, The Vice President of Live Nation Can’t Get... →
1)This is hilarious 2) I managed to land a ticket for the show on Sept 28th. I feel like Zeus and Hera blessed me and my crazy risk of buying a plane ticket to NYC to see Radiohead before actually securing a ticket. 3) Scalped tickets are now going for upwards of $800 dollars on CL. Jesus. 4) Sometimes being crazy is ACTUALLY a good thing. 5) I’m so excited to finally see Radiohead live...
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“The first time I laid eyes on the forthcoming Facebook Timeline feature, I...”
– From The Gawkerization of Facebook
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“Dave Winer wrote a timely piece this morning about how Facebook is scaring him...”
– Read this.
From “Logging out of Facebook is Not Enough”
It’s unclear if Facebook has responded to this, but given FB’s history of disrespecting user privacy and experience, the assertions made in the above article do not surprise me in the least. Frictionless sharing seems...
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Cecilia Liao: Researchers find way to expose... →
cecilialiao:
Researchers at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs have modified Firesheep, a program that can collect account credentials and user information travelling over unsecured channels on unsecured wi-fi networks, to trace Google search history of test machines.
While a little bit crrepy, search terms may not be…
Read this.
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Sponsor Me: AIDS Run/Walk for Chicago's Center on... →
Dear Tumblr Friends:
I’m going to do something uncharacteristic of this blog and ask those of you who can afford to consider sponsoring my participation in the AIDS Run/Walk. Each dollar you donate will go to Chicago’s Center on Halsted, a LGBTQ community center and one of the largest of its kind in the United States. What some of you may not know is that I am on Center’s...
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“On the day I stopped by his office, Schalk hit a button on his computer, and...”
– From “The Cyborg in Us All”
It’s worth noting that the use of an iPhone or any other smartphone makes you as much of a cyborg as a having prosthetic limb, a subtle point that this article seems gloss over. Nevertheless, an interesting read overall.
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“We have a guy here who was dropped into remote, isolated areas of Iraq to set up...”
– From “For Idaho and the Internet, Life in the Slow Lane”
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“That’s the real problem with attempting to make sense of 9/11 using social...”
– From “I’m Glad We Didn’t Have Facebook or Twitter on 9/11”
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A Remix in Which I Sample Goddard's "A Band of...
This is my remix of “School Colors” by local band, A Band of Outsiders.
Their music, including the original, can be found here: http://abandofoutsiders.bandcamp.com/
The remix includes a sample from Goddard’s “A Band of Outsiders” at the end of the song. The scene where Odile recites “Les Poetes” on a bus is the scene sampled.
I sampled Goddard...
Anonymous asked: DJ Simulacrum? DJ False Simulacrum?
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“THE 10 COOLEST NATIONALITIES: FIVE LEAST COOLEST
1. Americans 1. Belgians
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– “”We hear a lot in the media about anti-Americanism,” says Lloyd Price, Badoo’s Director of Marketing. “But we sometimes forget how many people across the world consider Americans seriously cool.”
Cue the theme song from Team America.
I find it completely...
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I Need a "Producer" Name
Over the past few weeks, I have been asked to collaborate with local musicians. Some of these collaborations are taking the form of a remix and others are shaping up to be original creations. No complaints here, as all of these opportunities are great for honing skills and learning new things. But I need a producer name (e.g., DJ Shadow, Aphex Twin, etc). That seems like such a ridiculous thing to...
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The Rise of White People Food →
triciawang:fyi - I love Christina Dennaoui’s blog Modern and Im/Material Things. I don’t know her personally, yet , but it feels like we would be good friends if we ever met. She’s super geeky intellectual, crisp, no bull-shit, & silly.
Tricia has me all figured out. It’s nice to know that my personality actually comes across in my writing. And based on the breadth of her blogs...
