Freelectro Sunday
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3:32 PM
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
winter mix 09
What better way to beat the winter doldrums than to participate in a music swap with other audiophiles around the country? A friend of mine in San Francisco, Amie Leeking, proposed a winter mix cd swap among 6 friends of hers. One mix is new songs we like, and one is old classics/personal favorites. In February, I am receiving 10 mixes from mostly strangers, from NYC to SF to Tennessee, a sure way to both learn about new music, and combat the mid-winter blues that accompany some of us here in Portland, OR. For my mix I'm including songs by Santogold, the Antony, Hercules and Love Affair, the New Bloods, and Chromatics.
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4:15 PM
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Myspace, Yourspace, Ourspace
A bit too much thinking about that map of the internet has resulted in these: classy new Plazm Desktop Wallpapers. Find your screen resolution below, and discover the cosmos in wonderfully pixelated 72 dpi. Don't scale the image to fit! It just won't look as good. I promise.
1024 x 768 :
Andromeda Galaxy
Cone Nebula
1280 x 1024 :
The Mice
Tadpole Galaxy
1680 x 1050 :
Horsehead Nebula
The Cosmos
1920 x 1200 :
Spiral Galaxy
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10:32 AM
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Skateistan, Afghanistan
Nice article in the New York Times about Afghan kids in Kabul learning to skateboard, to work together and conquer their fears.
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9:18 AM
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
ACLU Cleaning Up After Bush
Sure W is gone, but he left behind quite a mess and there is some major cleaning up to do. The ACLU has extended the deadline for submissions to their "Actions For Restoring America" poster call for entries until Sunday March 1, 2009.
Labels: ACLU, call for entries, Posters, W
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7:37 PM
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Signs of Change
Great poster show on political protest over the past 40 years or so put together by Josh McFee and Dara Greenwald at the Miller Gallery at Carnagie Melon.
Labels: Politics, Posters, Protest, Silkscreen
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9:40 PM
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
FM3 Buddha Machine
For the holidays this year Josh got me a FM3 Buddha Machine; a small plastic box that emits 9 different, continuous, calming drones. I have to say, it is remarkably soothing. Photoshop misbehaving? No biggie. Recession got you down? What, me worry? Just tune into the never ending soothing soundwaves of the FM3.
We'll see how long it takes to drive my coworkers crazy. Thomas usually likes to listen to Black Sabbath. Learn more about the Buddha Machine here.
Labels: Buddha machine, calm, peace, plazm holidays
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10:36 AM
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Two new photography features
I had the honor of being one of this year's judges for the annual Photolucida competition. There were hundreds of amazing images from around the world. Of those, a few really struck me. I have been interviewing a handful of these artists and we are featuring some of their work along with the interviews on the Plazm magazine web site. The first two are up there now. Christina Seely's Lux project, documenting human-made light and what that light represents is truly beautiful. Meanwhile, Finnish photographer Harri Pälviranta documents the violence taking place in his former home town of Turku, finding the shocking is often completely banal.
Labels: interview, photography, plazm magazine
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8:49 AM
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Plazm open for Blogging
I think that little spec over on the left is us. Welcome to the Plazm Blog.
Map of the Internet and many other interesting things can be found at MoMA's design and the elastic mind exhibition web site.
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12:27 PM
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