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Robbs Exploratory

posted June 23, 2016 #

I have long been a fan of the work of Aaron Robbs so I was quite pleased to see these poster graffiti pieces start sprouting up on his Instagram. It's just basic noodling around but it's right up my alley and a pleasant divergence from much of his recent work (also enjoyable).

tldr: these look nice.

Adia Victoria on Colbert

posted June 23, 2016 #

Great to see Adia Victoria (and her band) making their network television debut on Colbert last night. You can see the performance of "Dead Eyes" right here and I highly suggest you muster the patience to get through the (admittedly long) intro of solo singing. It's the perfect balance to the firey performance that comes after.

Oh, and keep an eye on that keyboard player, Alex Caress, you'll hear more from him later I feel confident.

posted June 22, 2016 #

the streisand effect ? https://t.co/VL5VXNMMo8

posted June 22, 2016 #

Never forget: Mel Gibson's wife in Mad Max takes an important sax solo: https://t.co/Wy4c1jLKgj

posted June 22, 2016 #

Update: Episode 01, previously not playing correctly, is now online. Catch up with the premiere before Ep 3 today: https://t.co/ILajvc8j7S

Text Is Deathless

posted June 21, 2016 #

Really enjoyed this piece on the resilience of text. It was inspired by a grandiose statement made by higher ups at Facebook regarding the death of text and the rise of video ( all video... all the time ) and the reply could not be more eloquent and perfectly pointed.
Text is surprisingly resilient. It's cheap, it's flexible, it's discreet. Human brains process it absurdly well considering there's nothing really built-in for it. Plenty of people can deal with text better than they can spoken language, whether as a matter of preference or necessity. And it's endlessly computable -- you can search it, code it. You can use text to make it do other things.
There's certainly advantages to documenting our world with video but it's hard to argue with the idea that text is a more flexible and robust tool.

tl;dr: great read.

indiegame.wav

posted June 20, 2016 #

Really enjoyed this Bandcamp piece on The Cottage Industry of Indie Game Soundtracks, wherein they speak with a number of different videogame composers - Jim Guthrie, Disasterpiece, Chipzel, et. al. - and get their perspective on creating music for games and the, often, surprise success that comes with it.

It's interesting to see Makeup and Vanity Set dive into that world with Brigador because it's both an odd pairing and a completely sensible one. On the one hand I'd say his music is best paired with films but a videogame is often a film in its own way - there's a narrative, there's a tone and there's a protaganist making his way through a hardship. Now I'm just curious to see how well it works in a VR environment... I bet I'd be scared to death.

Thoughts & Prayers: The Game

posted June 20, 2016 #

The sadly scathing political commentary in the form of ridiculous videogame will likely erk some people but Thoughts & Prayers: The Game properly captures my sentiment on our current political scenario. For me, the most important thing to remember is you can't win.

Cosimo Galluzzi

posted June 20, 2016 #

It's been a few years since I wrote about the work of Cosmio Galluzzi and his penchant for ancient dystopian sci-fi worlds has only gotten better. It's really no surprise that he is part of the Hyper Light Drifter team, Heart Machine. His work and the vibe of that world pair perfectly. Please take a moment to peruse his blog, the landscape work is absolutely gorgeous.

posted June 19, 2016 #

Pocket Operator. Annoying my family since June 2016. https://t.co/YzVdYtGocy

posted June 18, 2016 #

What's your favorite Cure song? here's mine, no question! https://t.co/yg7QQ8CSPT

The Avalanches - Colours (Official Audio)

posted June 17, 2016 #

The Avalanches Brand New album ‘Wildflower’ featuring their first single “Colours” available to Pre-Order below: Wildflower: http://SmartURL.it/WildFlowerAvalanches Colours: https://TheAvalanches.lnk.to/Colours Follow The Avalanches below https://www.facebook.com/theavalanches/ https://twitter.com/TheAvalanches https://www.instagram.com/theavalanches/ http://www.TheAvalanches.com/ Video Credits: Animation by Lost Art Single Credits: Produced by Robbie Chater Mixed by Robbie Chater and Tony Espie Engineer Aaron Dobos, Michael O’Connell, Matthew Neighbour Recorded at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne Mixed at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne Master by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound NYC

Friday Videos - June 17th, 2016

posted June 17, 2016 #

Fun fact: I'm home alone this weekend and plan to tear through a bunch of lingering freelance projects. That's right, when left to my own devices I decide to just work more. Super fun lifestyle, right? Let's hope this bears fruit for everyone in the near future. On to the distractions! I've also been diving into this archive of ridiculousness and this repository of misleading thumbnails and have been quite entertained.

Oh, and as a heavy handed reminder, scrounge up whatever pennies you can find this weekend and find a way to donate to Everytown. I'd love to not have another weekend filled with tragic gun violence news and the only way that's going to happen is by fueling an advocacy group with enough money that they can be a legit heavyweight in this absurd Second Amendment political bru-hah-hah we've been having.

Nightblonde Release

posted June 17, 2016 #

If you are in the Nashville area this weekend, please steer yourself towards The High Watt on Friday night (June 17th) for the Nightblonde record release show. Numbers has been officially available for two weeks now, available on YouTube, Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Music, et. al. and, of course, limited edition vinyl. The band has quite the blowout planned for the evening and if you can see it, you should.

If you aren't in the area, just go stream the album a few times or buy the record. You'll thank yourself for it.

Fernando Leal

posted June 17, 2016 #

Previously, I mentioned the Club 9 video from Nicolas Godin and Iracema Trevisan. What I failed to mention is that the video was also a collaborative work with illustrator Fernando Leal. His geometric work is often playful and morbid, a winning combo if ever there was one and there's an almost mathematically balance he is able to create with pieces like this one for Audi or this one for the Pennsylvania Gazette. It's not rigid but it's clearly playing by some internal rules and logic.

Jocelyn Tsaih

posted June 17, 2016 #

I can't quite put my finger on it but there's something alluring about the simplistic work of Jocelyn Tsaih. I'm sure I'm projecting but the pieces depicting various clay people have a strange sadness to them. There's plenty of joyful pieces as well but I find myself drawn to these strangely haunting pieces.

We Own This Town - Volume 75

posted June 16, 2016 #

The last installment of my Nashville music based podcast, We Own This Town, came out in January. Why did it take me five months to put out another edition? Because it's the 75th episode and I felt like it deserved a little something special. So, after much hemming and hawing, I reached back into my library of Nashville music from the early 2000's era and put together 40 minutes of songs that may be overlooked or forgotten by the current pioneers of the music scene.
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So, without further adieu, here is Volume 75 of the podcast. An enjoyable 40 minutes of music that you may have never been exposed to but damn well should be.
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