Past Lessons, Future Theories
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Proton remix contest
Proton Radio is having a remix contest. Lots of great prizes, #1 being Ableton Live 5.0, plus actually having your remixed released too.
The original track is Blake Jarrell's "Okoboji", a melodic breakbeat track. All the parts of it are available for download, and Proton encourages moving beyond the standard prog/breaks:
The original track is Blake Jarrell's "Okoboji", a melodic breakbeat track. All the parts of it are available for download, and Proton encourages moving beyond the standard prog/breaks:
We're looking for all types of remixes here-- not just progressive or breaks. Go big or minimal-- add vocals, write melodies, and introduce your own instrumentals. Guitar riffs? Live drums? Don't just put the parts together, get creative!¶ 4:52 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
Poor little humminbird
A rare Californian Anna's hummingbird has been sighted in Quebec at a backyard feeder. Now it's disappeared.
I have to agree with Mr. Lessard, who thinks it's probably an undersized, frozen hockey puck now.
A rare Californian Anna's hummingbird has been sighted in Quebec at a backyard feeder. Now it's disappeared.
I have to agree with Mr. Lessard, who thinks it's probably an undersized, frozen hockey puck now.
What none of the stories I've read has mentioned so far, is that we only get ruby-throated hummingbirds in this part of the continent, and having an unusual visitor like this way, way, out of season (she should be in Mexico now), is the real excitement. I took the picture above at my cottage feeder. ¶ 11:03 AM 0 Comments Links to this postHowever, ornithologist Sylvain Lessard says the truth is probably much colder.
"I think it probably froze Thursday or Friday during another storm," said Mr. Lessard, who teaches at the Duchesnay forestry school north of Quebec City.
"To me, she's probably dead. They're just not used to temperatures like that. We'll wait a few more days, though. We're all hoping."
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Swoon 120 - November 28, 2005
Monolake - Plumbicon (Monolake)
Cirez D - Diamond Girl (Escape)
James Zabiela - Robophobia (Delight mix)
Recloose - Cardiology (Isolee mix) (Planet E)
Royksopp - What Else Is There? (Trentemoller mix) (Wall of Sound)
M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Bookashade - Body Language (Get Physical)
Williams - Picadilly Circuits (Get Physical)
Ellen Allien - Magma (MFA mix) (Bpitchcontrol)
DJ Hell - Follow You (Dominik Eulberg mix) (Gigolo)
Freeform Five - Strangest Things (M.A.N.D.Y. mix) (Ultimate Dilemma)
Mathew Jonson - Behind the Mirror (Itiswhatitis)
Ethan - In My Heart
Chris Jongkind - Rapid Train (Shiodome)
Impossible Beings - Greasy Kittens (End)
Pier Bucci - Hay Consuelo (Crosstown Rebels)
Max Mohr - Old Song (Kompakt)
Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. (ffrr)
Caribou - Brahminy Kite (Leaf) ¶ 9:19 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Cirez D - Diamond Girl (Escape)
James Zabiela - Robophobia (Delight mix)
Recloose - Cardiology (Isolee mix) (Planet E)
Royksopp - What Else Is There? (Trentemoller mix) (Wall of Sound)
M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Bookashade - Body Language (Get Physical)
Williams - Picadilly Circuits (Get Physical)
Ellen Allien - Magma (MFA mix) (Bpitchcontrol)
DJ Hell - Follow You (Dominik Eulberg mix) (Gigolo)
Freeform Five - Strangest Things (M.A.N.D.Y. mix) (Ultimate Dilemma)
Mathew Jonson - Behind the Mirror (Itiswhatitis)
Ethan - In My Heart
Chris Jongkind - Rapid Train (Shiodome)
Impossible Beings - Greasy Kittens (End)
Pier Bucci - Hay Consuelo (Crosstown Rebels)
Max Mohr - Old Song (Kompakt)
Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. (ffrr)
Caribou - Brahminy Kite (Leaf) ¶ 9:19 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Monday, November 28, 2005
The Killers unsavable track
I've been listening to the remixes of The Killers "Somebody Told Me". When Mylo and King Unique can't even save a track, it must be awful. Awful is an understatement, I'm trying to keep this blog fairly clean.
Sample the horror, if you dare! ¶ 11:39 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Sample the horror, if you dare! ¶ 11:39 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Friday, November 25, 2005
My World Almanac Encyclopedia contribution
My contribution to the World Almanac Encyclpedia 2006 is on pages 309-310. It's a summary of important physical science discoveries from 2005, including discoveries about walking robots, nuclear fusion and the beginning of the universe. Hardcover and softcover are available.
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Body Worlds 2
Last week I had the opportunity to see the Body Worlds 2 exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre. It is an unusual exhibit of human and animal bodies, preserved through a process called plastination and exposed to demonstrate how their interiors work.
The exhibit begins with a long narrow corridor that contains a few small displays of bones, skeletons and a few other organs. Essentially, it's a warmup to prepare you for the full-blown bodies that are to come. In this first exhibit they explain the different kinds of bone, show various artifical aids, including hip and knee replacements, as well as other pins and wires that are used to hold damaged bone together. The room ends with two bodies -- the first is a human skeleton, with everything but the nerves removed. It demonstrates how everything begins from the brain and radiates from the spinal cord to every part of the body. The nerves that makes us what we are look like simple pieces of always-thinning rope or gristle. The other body is a cross section of an adult, showing many of the same things, but in a very thin section.
The next room gets into the first fully exhibited bodies. Some of the poses included a seated man, a ski jumper in mid-air, a skateboarder balanced upside down on one arm, and most unusual of them all, a businessman walking the street. It looks like two men, but it's really just one -- his muscles have been completely removed and assembled into a walking posture, and shadowing him a foot behind in the same posture is his skeleton and nervous system.
The final room is the largest of the three and contains many organs, fully posed bodies and animals. Here you will find the woman posed as a ballet dancer, men throwing a javelin and swinging a baseball bat. There are also a woman in a yoga pose, a man in an "exploded view" totalling hundreds of pieces, embryos and fetuses in various stages of development, a woman who died while pregnant, and a fat man, showing the toll excess weight places on internal organs. An adult camel is present, with much of his abdomen exposed, and his head and neck sectioned sagittally into three, giving the appearance from the side that there are three animals in a line with their heads, raised, even and lowered, not just one.
There are various diseased and healthy organs, including the normal lung, a partially black smoker's lung, and a shiny black miner's lung, which looks almost exactly like the pieces of coal I pick up on the beach on Lake Erie.
There are also remarkable displays of arterial blood flow through the human head, arms, kidney, and even an entire rabbit, completely disassociated from the rest of the bodies. Only the bright red blood vessels remain, showing the complexity and three-dimensionality of the circulatory system. It is amazing how a mesh of blood vessels instantly identify the organ or body it came from.
Some people had odd looks on their faces as they examined the exhibits. There are benches around, for those occasional weak-kneed moments.
The bodies are very life-like, in that they are obviously derived from human bodies. But they are also very unreal, having been opened up to expose their innards. For instance, the woman called Angel has her back muscles exposed outward like small wings. The man who has various body sections opened like "drawers" is similarly unreal.
Since most people aren't used to seeing bodies this way or their insides at all, it's often hard to match this representation with the fact that this was once a real person. The bodies don't smell, they aren't wet, and there's no blood.
Unlike most people, I've seen and touched inside real bodies, in anatomy labs and at an autopsy. So I'm a bit more used to seeing what's really in a body. (You can't touch them.) Real bodies are wet and messy, and these preserved bodies aren't. It is a measure of how successful wax museums are, that these bodies look very similar. They have a waxy, dry look to them.
If human anatomy interests you at all, you should go this exhibit. It's unique, interesting and well worth the time it takes to give all the bodies a good examination. It took me about 90 minutes.
My inside source said the best time to go was around 4-6 p.m., after the school tours have gone but before the evening crowd comes in. She was right. ¶ 1:30 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
The exhibit begins with a long narrow corridor that contains a few small displays of bones, skeletons and a few other organs. Essentially, it's a warmup to prepare you for the full-blown bodies that are to come. In this first exhibit they explain the different kinds of bone, show various artifical aids, including hip and knee replacements, as well as other pins and wires that are used to hold damaged bone together. The room ends with two bodies -- the first is a human skeleton, with everything but the nerves removed. It demonstrates how everything begins from the brain and radiates from the spinal cord to every part of the body. The nerves that makes us what we are look like simple pieces of always-thinning rope or gristle. The other body is a cross section of an adult, showing many of the same things, but in a very thin section.
The next room gets into the first fully exhibited bodies. Some of the poses included a seated man, a ski jumper in mid-air, a skateboarder balanced upside down on one arm, and most unusual of them all, a businessman walking the street. It looks like two men, but it's really just one -- his muscles have been completely removed and assembled into a walking posture, and shadowing him a foot behind in the same posture is his skeleton and nervous system.
The final room is the largest of the three and contains many organs, fully posed bodies and animals. Here you will find the woman posed as a ballet dancer, men throwing a javelin and swinging a baseball bat. There are also a woman in a yoga pose, a man in an "exploded view" totalling hundreds of pieces, embryos and fetuses in various stages of development, a woman who died while pregnant, and a fat man, showing the toll excess weight places on internal organs. An adult camel is present, with much of his abdomen exposed, and his head and neck sectioned sagittally into three, giving the appearance from the side that there are three animals in a line with their heads, raised, even and lowered, not just one.
There are various diseased and healthy organs, including the normal lung, a partially black smoker's lung, and a shiny black miner's lung, which looks almost exactly like the pieces of coal I pick up on the beach on Lake Erie.
There are also remarkable displays of arterial blood flow through the human head, arms, kidney, and even an entire rabbit, completely disassociated from the rest of the bodies. Only the bright red blood vessels remain, showing the complexity and three-dimensionality of the circulatory system. It is amazing how a mesh of blood vessels instantly identify the organ or body it came from.
Some people had odd looks on their faces as they examined the exhibits. There are benches around, for those occasional weak-kneed moments.
The bodies are very life-like, in that they are obviously derived from human bodies. But they are also very unreal, having been opened up to expose their innards. For instance, the woman called Angel has her back muscles exposed outward like small wings. The man who has various body sections opened like "drawers" is similarly unreal.
Since most people aren't used to seeing bodies this way or their insides at all, it's often hard to match this representation with the fact that this was once a real person. The bodies don't smell, they aren't wet, and there's no blood.
Unlike most people, I've seen and touched inside real bodies, in anatomy labs and at an autopsy. So I'm a bit more used to seeing what's really in a body. (You can't touch them.) Real bodies are wet and messy, and these preserved bodies aren't. It is a measure of how successful wax museums are, that these bodies look very similar. They have a waxy, dry look to them.
If human anatomy interests you at all, you should go this exhibit. It's unique, interesting and well worth the time it takes to give all the bodies a good examination. It took me about 90 minutes.
My inside source said the best time to go was around 4-6 p.m., after the school tours have gone but before the evening crowd comes in. She was right. ¶ 1:30 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
Comics where you least expect them
Nature, one of the world's top science journals, has a comic by Chuck Wadey and some MIT scientists explaining the basics of synthetic biology, a new branch of biology where cells and other small bits are coaxed to what we want them to do, like this week's invention of a way to take photographs with bacteria. You probably need a basic understanding of molecular biology to get through it. I found it very informative. From Pharyngula.
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Thursday, November 24, 2005
Swoon 119 - November 21, 2005
Monolake - Axis
Autechre - (Warp)
Himiko - Asobi
Matthew Dear - Fex (Spectral Sound)
Pier Bucci - Towers (Crosstown Rebels)
MRI - Nummern (Force Tracks)
Pulseprogramming - Tulsa Lebt (Laub mix) (Aesthetics)
Run Return - Talking Balloon (n5md)
u-ziq - Dauphine (Astralwerks)
Richard Devine - Arc-Acid (Sublight)
1-Speed Bike - My Dick Is This Small Because It's -40 F (Broklyn Beats)
1-Speed Bike - The Ground is Really Unforgiving When You Fall (Hrsta mix) (Broklyn Beats)
Amon Tobin - Champ Samba (Ninja Tune)
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams (exp)
ME - It's Hot (Trax)
Spooncurve - Rivers Run Dry (DOR)
Ladytron - Beauty*2 (Ryko)
Plaid - New Family (Warp)
Hird - Keep You Kimi (Quango) ¶ 9:25 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Autechre - (Warp)
Himiko - Asobi
Matthew Dear - Fex (Spectral Sound)
Pier Bucci - Towers (Crosstown Rebels)
MRI - Nummern (Force Tracks)
Pulseprogramming - Tulsa Lebt (Laub mix) (Aesthetics)
Run Return - Talking Balloon (n5md)
u-ziq - Dauphine (Astralwerks)
Richard Devine - Arc-Acid (Sublight)
1-Speed Bike - My Dick Is This Small Because It's -40 F (Broklyn Beats)
1-Speed Bike - The Ground is Really Unforgiving When You Fall (Hrsta mix) (Broklyn Beats)
Amon Tobin - Champ Samba (Ninja Tune)
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams (exp)
ME - It's Hot (Trax)
Spooncurve - Rivers Run Dry (DOR)
Ladytron - Beauty*2 (Ryko)
Plaid - New Family (Warp)
Hird - Keep You Kimi (Quango) ¶ 9:25 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Thursday, November 17, 2005
The Tournament is back
CBC's The Tournament is back for another season. I loved season one. It was the funniest thing the CBC has shown in a long time.
Episode one wasn't very funny, but I will bide my time and expect it to improve.
I'd say it is has the worst theme song ever "for the love of the game...", but Diane Warren's Star Trek: Enterprise will be holding that title for a long, long time. ¶ 11:56 AM 1 Comments Links to this post
Episode one wasn't very funny, but I will bide my time and expect it to improve.
I'd say it is has the worst theme song ever "for the love of the game...", but Diane Warren's Star Trek: Enterprise will be holding that title for a long, long time. ¶ 11:56 AM 1 Comments Links to this post
Lost just keeps getting better
I have to admit I was on the fence about Lost. Especially in the second half of the first season, where I easily missed episodes without regrets.
I now admit Lost is totally awesome! After the last two weeks (Shannon or Sawyer dying and the history of the tail section people) I can say it is as good as 24. They are the only shows I watch where I don't mind commercials -- I need the breaks to unwind. ¶ 11:50 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
I now admit Lost is totally awesome! After the last two weeks (Shannon or Sawyer dying and the history of the tail section people) I can say it is as good as 24. They are the only shows I watch where I don't mind commercials -- I need the breaks to unwind. ¶ 11:50 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Darwin - sort of like a box set
The complete works of Charles Darwin, not just the books he is famous for, have been published online at the American Museum of Natural History. Niles Eldredge does a good review at PLOS Biology. From Panda's Thumb.
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Swoon 118 - November 14, 2005
Pulseprogramming - String Theory of Photo Fodder (Pal:ndrom remix) (Aesthetics)
Run Return - OKC Dani (n5md)
Susumu Yokota - Purple Rose Minuet (Lo)
Beef Terminal - Free Lemonade (Noise Factory)
Seefeel - Plaingson (Astralwerks)
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch (Ryko)
Depeche Mode - Suffer Well (Sire)
Animal Collective - The Purple Bottle (Fat Cat)
1-Speed Bike - There's An Oil Tanker Named Condoleeza Rice (Broklyn Beats)
1-Speed Bike - Bleeched Bumbaclot Warning (Broklyn Beats)
u-ziq - Caesium (Rephlex)
Plaid - Silversum (Warp)
Link - Amazon Amenity (Chameleon remix) (Warp)
Aphex Twin - Donkey Rhubarb (Warp)
Funkservice International - Life is Good (Aporia)
Pier Bucci - Jesss (Crosstown Rebels)
Coburn - We Have the Technology
Ghislain Poirier - Simplicite Volontaire (Chocolate Industries)
Curve - Missing Link (NIN remix)
Jakalope - Creeper (Orange)
Slowdive - She Calls (Creation) ¶ 9:41 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Run Return - OKC Dani (n5md)
Susumu Yokota - Purple Rose Minuet (Lo)
Beef Terminal - Free Lemonade (Noise Factory)
Seefeel - Plaingson (Astralwerks)
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch (Ryko)
Depeche Mode - Suffer Well (Sire)
Animal Collective - The Purple Bottle (Fat Cat)
1-Speed Bike - There's An Oil Tanker Named Condoleeza Rice (Broklyn Beats)
1-Speed Bike - Bleeched Bumbaclot Warning (Broklyn Beats)
u-ziq - Caesium (Rephlex)
Plaid - Silversum (Warp)
Link - Amazon Amenity (Chameleon remix) (Warp)
Aphex Twin - Donkey Rhubarb (Warp)
Funkservice International - Life is Good (Aporia)
Pier Bucci - Jesss (Crosstown Rebels)
Coburn - We Have the Technology
Ghislain Poirier - Simplicite Volontaire (Chocolate Industries)
Curve - Missing Link (NIN remix)
Jakalope - Creeper (Orange)
Slowdive - She Calls (Creation) ¶ 9:41 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Monday, November 14, 2005
mixmag - still kicking
I bought the October issue of Mixmag last week. I haven't bought an issue in years, so I thought with a cute girl on the cover, an intriguing cd of minimal techno and house by DC10's Loco Dice, and a roundup of this summer's Ibiza season, it would be worth buying.
I was right. Basically, it's the same magazine it always was. A bunch of idiots going out partying and writing about it. It's not as music-centred as Muzik was, it's about clubs, music, DJs, producers and wild nights out.
The best stories were about Armin van Buuren, Soulwax, and two husbands in England whose wives died after taking Ecstasy. One went to jail for nine months, the other, the father of their two kids, killed himself when he found out he was due to be charged with manslaughter. In all, a very sad story.
What I really like about mixmag and other British magazines is their willingness to simultaneously criticize the people they are writing about. They profile Audio Bullys and Armin van Buuren, and say that neither album is going to blow you away.
This does not happen in North America. I have never, ever seen any newspaper come close to suggesting that an actor, writer, or musician's latest work is anything but marvelous. If it isn't, that fact is studiously ignored. Consider this summer's Bewitched remake, with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. It stunk, yet this just doesn't get mentioned by the writers, only the critics.
I have little doubt this has to do with advertising. Judging by the Friday issue of any newspaper, they are obviously making a significant proportion of their advertising revenue with movie ads.
Next month is Mylo, so I'll probably buy it again. His Essential mix was great. ¶ 11:51 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
I was right. Basically, it's the same magazine it always was. A bunch of idiots going out partying and writing about it. It's not as music-centred as Muzik was, it's about clubs, music, DJs, producers and wild nights out.
The best stories were about Armin van Buuren, Soulwax, and two husbands in England whose wives died after taking Ecstasy. One went to jail for nine months, the other, the father of their two kids, killed himself when he found out he was due to be charged with manslaughter. In all, a very sad story.
What I really like about mixmag and other British magazines is their willingness to simultaneously criticize the people they are writing about. They profile Audio Bullys and Armin van Buuren, and say that neither album is going to blow you away.
This does not happen in North America. I have never, ever seen any newspaper come close to suggesting that an actor, writer, or musician's latest work is anything but marvelous. If it isn't, that fact is studiously ignored. Consider this summer's Bewitched remake, with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. It stunk, yet this just doesn't get mentioned by the writers, only the critics.
I have little doubt this has to do with advertising. Judging by the Friday issue of any newspaper, they are obviously making a significant proportion of their advertising revenue with movie ads.
Next month is Mylo, so I'll probably buy it again. His Essential mix was great. ¶ 11:51 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Friday, November 11, 2005
The weather in France (great headline)
Nice headline, Joey!
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Charles Laird Calia: The Starlight Year
For every amateur astronomer who’s thought about building a backyard observatory (that's every amateur astronomer), this book shows that the project is a difficult labour of love and devotion. Calia, a Connecticut author, came back to amateur astronomy in the fall of 2001 after a 25-year break. His book "The Starlight Year" chronicles his attempts to build a backyard observatory throughout 2002.
Each chapter of the book covers one month as he tackles his adventures with building, highlights the constellation and deep-sky sights overhead in the month, remembers his love of astronomy as a teenager and ongoing debates with his astrologer mother, and keeps on building.
Like me, Calia is no handyman, and his construction attempts often need to be rethought and redone. Any home-built and home-designed observatory will encounter these kinds of problems, but Calia seems to suffer more than most, especially when it comes to properly squaring the floor, roof, tracks and other components. Each of the problems resulted in a water leak from some surface, not just the roof, the walls and floors leaked to. He may have been a bit too ambitious, but although he often considers giving up, he doesn’t.
Building an observatory is obviously much more work than he or most people would assume. There are numerous setbacks, and he gets advice from a brother-in-law, the Home Depot guy, neighbours and anyone else who hears about it, not to mention his wife, who watches him spending all his spare time and a lot of their money on the observatory.
He has a knack for describing the constellations. I’d never thought about how they all interact and the stories that can be told. There’s more going on than just Orion and Scorpius being on opposite sides of the sky. Orion may have Canis Major, his faithful dog, with him, but he’s also got the Taurus the bull bearing down on him, and a dog may not be much help. Likewise, in summer, it’s Hercules and Sagittarius against a bunch of wild animals.
There aren’t many books like this, that mix autobiographical information with the constellations, deep-sky objects and construction projects. Luckily, Calia is skilled enough to bring all of these topics together. My one quibble would be a diversion into a tale of cold winter observing during one of the summer chapters. This book is more about the journey than the ending, so I’m not spoiling it by telling you that he does have a working observatory by December. The book is more about the trials he suffers as an inexperienced builder and the emotional and historical events that have brought him to this point.
It’s an enjoyable book, and it’s easy to sympathize with Calia as he works on his dream project and dreams of clear skies in it. We have all felt the same at some time in our quest for clear skies. ¶ 11:31 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Each chapter of the book covers one month as he tackles his adventures with building, highlights the constellation and deep-sky sights overhead in the month, remembers his love of astronomy as a teenager and ongoing debates with his astrologer mother, and keeps on building.
Like me, Calia is no handyman, and his construction attempts often need to be rethought and redone. Any home-built and home-designed observatory will encounter these kinds of problems, but Calia seems to suffer more than most, especially when it comes to properly squaring the floor, roof, tracks and other components. Each of the problems resulted in a water leak from some surface, not just the roof, the walls and floors leaked to. He may have been a bit too ambitious, but although he often considers giving up, he doesn’t.
Building an observatory is obviously much more work than he or most people would assume. There are numerous setbacks, and he gets advice from a brother-in-law, the Home Depot guy, neighbours and anyone else who hears about it, not to mention his wife, who watches him spending all his spare time and a lot of their money on the observatory.
He has a knack for describing the constellations. I’d never thought about how they all interact and the stories that can be told. There’s more going on than just Orion and Scorpius being on opposite sides of the sky. Orion may have Canis Major, his faithful dog, with him, but he’s also got the Taurus the bull bearing down on him, and a dog may not be much help. Likewise, in summer, it’s Hercules and Sagittarius against a bunch of wild animals.
There aren’t many books like this, that mix autobiographical information with the constellations, deep-sky objects and construction projects. Luckily, Calia is skilled enough to bring all of these topics together. My one quibble would be a diversion into a tale of cold winter observing during one of the summer chapters. This book is more about the journey than the ending, so I’m not spoiling it by telling you that he does have a working observatory by December. The book is more about the trials he suffers as an inexperienced builder and the emotional and historical events that have brought him to this point.
It’s an enjoyable book, and it’s easy to sympathize with Calia as he works on his dream project and dreams of clear skies in it. We have all felt the same at some time in our quest for clear skies. ¶ 11:31 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Poll: Most Americans Doubt Bush's Honesty - Yahoo! News
Poll: Most Americans Doubt Bush's Honesty - Yahoo! News
Ow!
Double Ow! ¶ 9:09 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Almost six in 10 — 57 percent — said they do not think the Bush administration has high ethical standards and the same portion says President Bush is not honest, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
Ow!
Only 42 percent in the new poll said they approve of Bush's handling of foreign policy and terrorism, his lowest rating yet in an area that has long been his strongest issue.
Double Ow! ¶ 9:09 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Broken homometer
Yesterday, Oprah had author Terry McMillan and her gay ex-husband on her show. Short version, the marriage ended after 6 years when he came out of the closet.
Short opinion, if he looked like that when they got married, her homometer is seriously out of whack. ¶ 10:52 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Short opinion, if he looked like that when they got married, her homometer is seriously out of whack. ¶ 10:52 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Lost: Best ending ever
Last night's Lost had the greatest ending they have ever had and also one of the best I have seen on tv in years. It totally surprised me. It was even better than Sharon shooting Adama. Ana Lucia has gone from being a total bitch to truly evil. Almost Nina Myers evil.
Of course, it seems pretty likely she won't live long. Saeed has killed before, will he do it again? I think it's just a matter of time.
Or, is Sawyer dead in his basket? ¶ 10:05 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Of course, it seems pretty likely she won't live long. Saeed has killed before, will he do it again? I think it's just a matter of time.
Or, is Sawyer dead in his basket? ¶ 10:05 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Want to own some music history?
Several very influential musicians are selling off their gear. Brian Eno, Bomb the Bass and others. If that's the DX7 Eno and U2 used on The Joshua Tree.... From Music Thing.
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Swoon 117 - November 7, 2005
Chris Jongkind - Shin-Nihombashi
Poltergeist - Vicious Circles (Platipus)
Acid Junkies - Zurig (Trope remix)
Filmpalast - I Want (Loafer mix)
Minimalistix - Struggle for Pleasure (Filterheadz mix)
Terry Grant - I'll Kill You (Luke Chable remix) (Bedrock)
Tiga - Pleasure From the Bass (Turbo)
Ellen Allien - Magma (MFA mix) (Bpitchcontrol)
Ethan - In My Heart
Holden & Thompson - Come To Me (Last Version)
M83 - Don't Save Us From the Flames (Superpitcher remix) (Mute)
Orbital - Belfast (Leama & Moor mix)
Pulseprogramming - Off To Do Showery Snapshots (Static mix) (Aesthetics)
Run Return - Loge Blue (n5md)
Koushik - Ew (Stones Throw)
Kid Koala - Page 275 (Ninja Tune)
Lobby - Steamer
Black Dice - Wasteder (DFA)
Ellen Allien - Down (Bpitchcontrol)
Blockhead - Cherry Picker (Ninja Tune) ¶ 9:42 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Poltergeist - Vicious Circles (Platipus)
Acid Junkies - Zurig (Trope remix)
Filmpalast - I Want (Loafer mix)
Minimalistix - Struggle for Pleasure (Filterheadz mix)
Terry Grant - I'll Kill You (Luke Chable remix) (Bedrock)
Tiga - Pleasure From the Bass (Turbo)
Ellen Allien - Magma (MFA mix) (Bpitchcontrol)
Ethan - In My Heart
Holden & Thompson - Come To Me (Last Version)
M83 - Don't Save Us From the Flames (Superpitcher remix) (Mute)
Orbital - Belfast (Leama & Moor mix)
Pulseprogramming - Off To Do Showery Snapshots (Static mix) (Aesthetics)
Run Return - Loge Blue (n5md)
Koushik - Ew (Stones Throw)
Kid Koala - Page 275 (Ninja Tune)
Lobby - Steamer
Black Dice - Wasteder (DFA)
Ellen Allien - Down (Bpitchcontrol)
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Nicotine users risk PTSD after trauma - Yahoo! News
Nicotine users risk PTSD after trauma - Yahoo! News
Amazing how the most important section comes in paragraph 8:
Amazing how the most important section comes in paragraph 8:
Shared genetic factors explained most (63 percent) of the overlap between PTSD and nicotine dependence in the twins. "This implies that some of the same genes that influence risk for PTSD may influence risk for nicotine dependence and vice versa," Koenen said.¶ 9:41 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Monday, November 07, 2005
Simpson's Treehouse of Horrors XVI
Once again, the Simpsons Halloween (Treehouse of Horrors XVI) episode stunk. They all do, I don't know why people make such a big deal about them. I will admit turning people into their costumes was a cute idea. Otherwise, it varied between not funny and boring.
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Saturday, November 05, 2005
Kevin Trudeau 0wn3d
Too many juicy quotes to pull in this Washington Post profile on Kevin Trudeau. Just read it.
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Funky Moog music
Great stream of older moog tracks. I enjoyed listening to it very much.
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Hailing from the Department of the Obvious
Hot flashes distressing for breast cancer patients - Yahoo! News
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Swoon 116 - October 31, 2005 - Super Scary Halloween Special
Moby - Myopia (Mute)
Freeform - Abscence (Worm Interface)
Plaid - Zeal (Warp)
Future Sound of London - Life Form Ends (Astralwerks)
KLF - Six Hours to Louisiana, Black Coffee Going Cold
KLF - Dreamtime in Lake Jackson
Speedy J - Pure Energy (Plus8)
Bola - Metalug 4 (Skam)
Air Liquide - Nephology (Rising High)
Seefeel - Ashdecon (Rephlex)
Telefon Tel Aviv - What It Is Without The Hand That Wields It (Hefty)
Scanner - Safety (Ash)
Gescom - Stoop (Skam/Silent)
Aphex Twin - SAW 1.10 (Sire)
Nurse With Wound - Soliloquy for Lilith Part One (United Dairies)
Autechre - Foil (Warp)
Future Sound of London - It's My Mind That Works (Astralwerks)
Orb - Kompania (Grooved Ware mix) (Sanctuary)
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Freeform - Abscence (Worm Interface)
Plaid - Zeal (Warp)
Future Sound of London - Life Form Ends (Astralwerks)
KLF - Six Hours to Louisiana, Black Coffee Going Cold
KLF - Dreamtime in Lake Jackson
Speedy J - Pure Energy (Plus8)
Bola - Metalug 4 (Skam)
Air Liquide - Nephology (Rising High)
Seefeel - Ashdecon (Rephlex)
Telefon Tel Aviv - What It Is Without The Hand That Wields It (Hefty)
Scanner - Safety (Ash)
Gescom - Stoop (Skam/Silent)
Aphex Twin - SAW 1.10 (Sire)
Nurse With Wound - Soliloquy for Lilith Part One (United Dairies)
Autechre - Foil (Warp)
Future Sound of London - It's My Mind That Works (Astralwerks)
Orb - Kompania (Grooved Ware mix) (Sanctuary)
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