Archive for March, 2008
Poetry - By Michael Radford ( Hands )
Hands
Out at the end of your arms,
outriggers on a great sailing vessel.
Ever turning to the myriad of tasks,
painting the landscape.
Bony and raw,
forever enduring.
Fashioning the perfect world.
Michael Radford ‘08
Video: Pika Pika (from Japan)
Long exposure film combined with LED lights. Enjoy.
Tochka Japan Web Site
PikaPika Web Site
Earliest Vocal Recording Found from 1860 - Earlier than Edison by 17 years
This is a fascinating story. The earliest human voice recorded by smoke blackened paper. Amazing. The recording will be presented on Friday at a conference of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections at Stanford University in California, Giovannoni said. It is also posted on the Web here
Listen to an Mp3 of this first recording
American researchers [...]
Movies: Dune is being remade
While some purists dislike David Lynch’s interesting 1984 release of Dune , I have always liked the movie. Its not perfect but for the most part it matched up fairly closely with my mind’s eye that was formed while reading the books when I was a child. Sometimes movies look quite different from what I [...]
Video: Modern Architecture, Eno and Fripp
Sometimes music can backfire or provide an overly artificial sonic wallpaper to a video or film. I would have preferred Brian Eno’s music, but the video is an interesting look at some new perspectives and buildings.
A different video showcasing some interior sequences with the songs “lyra” and “Ankaa” by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno [...]
Music: Can, 1974
This band was founded in 1968. A friend used to play me their records from his massive record collection, now he lives in another country. Now we share youtube links which isn’t quite the same.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_(band)
Nasa: High Res Shuttle Photo reveals Ipod
I love this picture. I wonder what play lists they have on their ipod?
Higher res version:
Apathy is the only “Enemy”
There has been a great deal of discussion around race in America the past week or so. Some of it — like presidential candidate Barack Obama’s speech on the subject is uplifting, even where it misses the mark. The nature of this discussion is labyrinthine and fraught with peril because so many people invest so [...]
Solar Pyre
George knelt down and extended his rough heavy hand to help me to my feet. I stood upright and breathed in deeply, letting the thin and icy air awaken my senses. Time seemed to slow to a stop and then tentatively move forward again at half pace. Beside me, George’s breath came in abrupt gasps, [...]
minimal techno: basic channel and chain reaction
One of my favorite labels and tracks. Sounds great on a huge sound system. A little long weekend chocolate bunny music. I also threw in a second track from a second artist I like, Chain Reaction.
