January 2012
Acousmata: The App Store Instrumentarium →
solarflares:
acousmata:
I recently bought an iPad for the primary purpose of exploring the device’s potential as an experimental musical instrument. After about a week of research, I’ve discovered some very promising and creative software that suggests that the iPad can indeed function as a very powerful means of sound…
Click through for a good roundup of noisy apps.
Looks like I’ll be...
solarflares:
sombrereptiles:
Picchio dal Pozzo...
Jet Pause: →
Voluntary and habitual suspension of speech or other activity during the overpass of low flying aircraft near busy airports. The intruding sound is sufficiently intense to MASK all other communication, and thus people simply cease all acoustic activity until it passes. This phenomenon, found frequently in schools and homes, has even extended to outdoor theatres.
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Seeing my pal Crys Cole play w/Oren Ambarchi & Jim O’Rourke @ urban guild in Kyoto tonight! 1st time taking train there alone = ADVENTURE!
BBC - Adam Curtis Blog: THE YEARS OF STAGNATION... →
towerofsleep:
Everybody is always remarking about how stuck our society feels these days. The music doesn’t change, the political parties are all exactly the same, and films and TV dramas are almost always set in the past. We are also stuck with an economic system that is not delivering the paradise that it once promised - but is instead creating chaos and hardship. Yet no-one can imagine a...
