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All the hits of the 80′s, 90′s … and now!
On the Jolly Bus going over to the exhibition site, the radio was on, and the Deep Radio Voice promised hits. The 80′s, the 90′s, and NOW! Hah I thought. You left out the wrong decade. But then I...
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It is the ruin of all that is good and fair in this world.
Not [H.H]. That’s not causing anyone any trouble, except me. But the VERY IDEA that you shoot a film at 48 frames per second! Peter Jackson shoots a film at double speed, film critics outdo themselves...
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20X CS3 Professional
Marketing have announced a rebadge for 2013. They’re going to launch the year as 20X CS3 Professional. The problem is the whole ’6 month in advance’ planning cycle has made next year part of this year,...
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Overground
I’m allowed some time out from the game. Hell, it’s midnight. So I keep thinking about a conversation I had with Sanjay Fernandes from Resident Advisor about this strange resurgence in cassettes. He...
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KORG KORG KORG OMG KORG KORG
COMMENTS ARE GETTING BORING AND ARE CLOSED. DO WHAT THOU WILLST, There was a time slightly after the dinosaurs that I owned a small wall of KORG. There was two MS20′s, an MS50, a SQ10 and a billion of...
View ArticleVivid and Kraftwerk deserve each other.
I saw Kraftwerk play live in 1981. It was wonderful. They brought their whole opera stage with them; all those green/yellow Wagnerian boxes and knobs and neon tubes. They seemed to enjoy their show as...
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David Bowie
Every time I glance at the cover of The Next Day, a sense of relief and happiness descends on me. I am found, and set square on the earth. I know where I am, where we all are. Always ready to be...
View ArticleEdubigots
Forgive me for being fed up. The next person that says to me “you don’t need to teach media production, people can find tutorials on the Internet” is getting an earful. Yes there are tutorials online...
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It’s raining synthesisers
Here in the year of our lord 2013 it’s raining 80s synthesisers. Yes yes I know that the boutique manufacturers have been on the rise for years – but I pay no attention to stuff that costs as much as a...
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bloody Education bloody Technology
Hey! It’s the inter-sessional break! You know, that period of about 5 weeks which looks like you are going to get so much done while you’re not teaching, only to find that administration will fill...
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Five reasons why I’m not an ‘artist’.
1. When I worked in advertising I was surprised to meet people who didn’t do anything. They are called ‘art directors’. People like myself that perform the actual tasks are called ‘operators’ and there...
View ArticlePhilosophy and ‘factiness’.
A few people possibly believe that science fiction is real and that Isaac Asimov actually built robots for a galactic federation. That’s cool, they have a rich mind space. The rest of us understand...
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It is the ruin of all that is good and fair in this world.
Not [H.H]. That’s not causing anyone any trouble, except me. But the VERY IDEA that you shoot a film at 48 frames per second! Peter Jackson shoots a film at double speed, film critics outdo themselves...
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So what the *&*@#&$@)*$& is sound art?
Maybe I’m getting old, but that seems a little harsh. I think there’s actually something else afoot. Let me try to get there. Any statement that talks about art is problematic, and having the word...
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7 Bits of Bite Size Bullshit for 2014
1. “Un”. Prefixing “Un” is a growth industry in 2013 and set for peak nausea in 2014. Music suffered this affectation in the 80′s with “Anti music”, which engendered “Unsound” which got a nice tour...
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Soggy’s Saga
You will remember I am sure my dear neighbour Soggy the Sailor. If you have forgotten, please do refresh your memory. Soggy has been absent on a long voyage to the land of Hipster Douche, having fought...
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Innovation
Twitter is a great place for bon mots, quips and dips. But the meals are not filling. I have to bring a line of questions here to have a chance of saying anything at all. The question is about...
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Death
Hello 2 dogs and one person. Today is about death, or at least the meaning of death which is associated with the card; Ending of a cycle — Loss — Conclusion — Sadness Transition into a new state —...
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Handbag Spam
Hello ladies and other. There has not been much worth saying, and so I tend my ‘garden’ and only occasionally write about my cables and boxes in the pages menu-ed above. That in itself says all that’s...
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Term Break!
Yay! Term break! Long Weekend! Actually sleeping over a whole night! For a short time I can think straight, without having to warp reality to make opposites true at once: Listen to students! Survey...
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