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Seriously, where is my iPad already?!

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Sound Yeah + iPad = Yes, Please

When it comes to iPads, I haven’t come up with anything for the “needs” column. “Wants”, on the other hand, is running out of paper. Case in point: Sound Yeah, a sampler/drum machine/loop station. Zack sent me a link to … Continue reading

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Skeleton Boy Video Made Me Smile

I really really want to recreate this video at home, but I think I would be in a ton of trouble:

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Music Animation Machine

Watching this visualization of a piano piece has me just a mesmerized as watching the internal workings of an old music box. It’s a demonstration of a piece of software called Music Animation Machine. It’s the same concept, but with … Continue reading

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Radiohead’s “Nude (Big Ideas)” on Old Computer Equipment

You’ve probably all heard about Radiohead’s little game of letting anyone remix their single, “Nude”, but this one takes it to a whole other level. James Houston played forced the tracks out of old and abused computer equipment (or at … Continue reading

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3 Unlikely Drum Machines

What do soup cans, gum balls, and eggs have in common? Well, besides being round, they’ve all been used to trigger programmable drum machines: The Drum Buddy Triggered by light shining through holes in a large aluminum can. Bubblegum Sequencer … Continue reading

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Kermit Does Talking Heads

This is either the coolest thing I’ve ever seen or I’ve just been staring at the screen all day:

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Brian Eno & David Byrne: Mea Culpa video

Sorry it’s been so quiet around here – I hope to be back again soon. In the meantime, enjoy this video from Brian Eno and David Byrne’s “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” album (1981): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QLXTsviMxk (taken down) Better … Continue reading

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“Spinning Plates” Video

Here’s a twist I haven’t seen before: get a row of cameras and lock the shutters down on all of them for lots of captures of the same light painting(s) from slightly different angles. The results is a creepy 3D … Continue reading

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Heima Trailer (Sigur Rós movie)

My little brother just directed me to the official movie site for “Heima”, a film documenting Sigur Rós’s Icelandic homecoming tour. It looks to be a nice mix of interviews, live footage, and stark wide angle shots of some simply … Continue reading

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