KITCHEN MIXER shared CC by Viktor Hertz Interview: Vicki Bennett: People Like Us DrivingFlyingRisingFalling from Vicki WFMU on Vimeo. “Since 1991 Vicki Bennett has been making CDs, radio, and A/V multimedia under the name People Like Us. Ever since she has been animating and recontextualising found footage collages with an equally witty and dark view […]
Read more "Mashup"I was meaning to blog this when it happened a couple weeks ago. I was unduly pleased to receive a celebrity Twitter “favorite” to a smart-ass retweet: One of things I love about this exchange is that Micheal McDonald’s Twitter bio clearly indicates he is aware of the wonderful no-budget web series Yacht Rock, and […]
Read more "Brushes with Yacht Rock greatness… oh, what can I do?"J Cage – tapa shared CC by maulurizen I was sent this fantastic video by my friend and TRU co-conspirator Irwin: It took me a while to place the voice, but of course it’s John Cage. I’m reminded of a day more than a decade ago, when I was working as a “course development researcher” […]
Read more "Abuse Cage"NOTE: I write this post mindful that it violates a vow I made some time ago around the insidious and insipid use of the term “content”. I regret my lack of integrity, and my inability to transcend a crime in my ongoing efforts to condemn it. There was much consternation and embittered observation following freelance […]
Read more "The bucket has a hole in it, let’s plug it"(Mouse over the top image for Ken’s fave GIFs of 2012) Ken Freedman’s playlists as repository of GIFs, synches rhythms GIFs as visual analogue to audio loops and samples The modern Zoopraxiscope “The zoopraxiscope captured evanescence, replaying tiny moments of everyday life so we could see them in a new way”, notes Clive Thompson, and […]
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