Category: dali's closet



I found Daim about 5 or so years ago in some european graf mags at tower, and was totally blown away at his use of controlled chaos and color. cool to see he has moved into the AR scene with the Tagged in Motion projetc.

 Category: dali's closet

nice.

 Category: anarchy



This is a little late ...

Karlheinz Stockhausen has transformed into pure sonic energy on December 5th 2007.

The end of yet another era.

 Category: game tech

wow... and it only took 4 years after i preached to the hills for them to do it. all that hardware and not a frikin clue. better late then never.

but amazingly they are setting it up to be completely unsuccessful. it will never get traction in this format/rube goldberg madness.

we can only hope they leave the back door open long enough for fanboys to crack it.

details here.

 Category: promos + video

 Category: dali's closet



So much for the grand old days of the sommelier looking down his nose at the monkey ordering wine...

 Category: music



incredible.

 Category: music

So apparently the newest latest thing to do on YouTube is to just drop straight tracks... nothing new, but it's getting more and more common to a point were it could ineveitably be the new LastFM kinda...

Here we have an example of this ... the banging little DJ sneak classic "Fix My Sink".



and another... much more entertaining one...

 Category: anarchy



Much more fun then a barrel of monkeys. Copet Polygon Aminals!

Print them out, and make your own!

 Category: anarchy



Leave it to Tokyo to be the first to actually have actual tangible interactive architecture, even if only demi-façades. Ping Mag have a good little guide to check out the newest latest.

After watching the Final Final ... Final Cut of Blade Runner last week, it seems ole Syd will likely want yet another cut to update his future with a tad more interactivity (and a lot less Fresnel lenses...).

While none of this is particularly new, it is by far the largest scale to date with such fun.

Now if they could attach a cell tower to it and have the data stream aggregate affect the colors, that would be complete madness...

 Category: anarchy



1000 fluorescent tubes will flicker into life along the River Goyt to celebrate Connect2 on Thursday 27th September.

Powered only by the electromagnetic fields surrounding the power lines running through the Estate, the art installation aims to bring visibility to the scheme.


This is quite beautiful. Tesla would be a very proud fella to see this around today...

Don't forget to pick up the DVD to play along with your favorite music, late nights.

 Category: design



I just got word that Zakka has moved to my work hood in DUMBO. (Thanks Dave)

Pretty damn cool, but I know i will drop mad coin there now...

Anyway, those who are in DUMBO, they are having an opening party tonight.

Best of Luck Toshi!

 Category: dali's closet

Hey All,
After a hellish experience with my last incredibly moronic host, synergy blue (dude there are people who are really going to hunt you down out there...), I finally got the domain back, and am now rocking pxlpark on Media Temple for the time being.

So there.

 Category: music



Bodyrox featuring Luciana - Yeah Yeah (D. Ramirez Club Mix)

damn this is some crazy hard swing.

People of England, take note... this is an actual appropriate time to use the word funky.

 Category: misc technology



A lovely collection of vintage 1/4" mini-recorders.

PS: if anyone has one of these, give me a buzz as i have a stack of tapes i need to get digital of me as a tot from 69'.

 Category: wearables



I was just speaking to a co-worker not hours before I found this watch, about how long it would be before some one created and open source platform to create custom designed interfaces for watches, similar to the Virtual Instruments /DSP machines used for VSTi plugins.

This is a pretty amazing and clean little watch.

It's easy to see that within the next 5 or so years, many "designers" will be out of a job once all the blipsters start creating their own custom designs for just about every interface they come across, from their AppleTV to their Toasters.

Have a look

 Category: film + tv



Speaking of things 20 years old (this one is 28 actaully)...

 Category: film + tv



Wim Wnders classic turns 20 this year. Damn i'm getting old.

 Category: dali's closet



Ok, I think i have gotten to the point where I need an intervention. I can't stop watching this damn show/podcast/video, and of course I can't stop singing these dang songs all day either.

With out a doubt, the is 3rd best show Sunday nights on HBO at 10:30.

Flight of the Conchords, miss it and... well you can catch in re-runs. Yees, don't miss it.

Check out the iTunes podcasts as well, for the extra crispy bits.

 Category: anarchy



Hot Damn Vietnam... The Green Fairy is back in black thanks to Mr. Breaux... It's the real deal ladies and gentleman.

The bottle design even has a nod to Le Chat Noir, the 19th century Paris cabaret... hang out of Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, and many other names of 19th century art scene.

Introducing lucid, Absinthe Supérieure.

lucid represents a breakthrough product for the U.S. market, as it is the first true, Grande Wormwood-based Absinthe of its type since before prohibition. Unlike imitators in the U.S. and many of the so-called "Absinthe" products that litter the international markets, lucid is crafted directly from select whole herbs, including Grande Wormwood, and never from cheaper assemblages, macerations, extracts or oils.

 Category: anarchy

Peter Sellers vs Michael Parkinson in 4 parts, from 1973.



The rest are here

 Category: music tech



Tangible Media is def where digital will be in 5 years, leaving the web and computers as we know them to the 3rd world... yet another interesting tangible media project, this one letting you interact with, well... the tangible media old school, CDs.


This table recognizes which CD jacket is placed on it and shows the song list of the CD. The user can chose and play any song by moving the mouse device.

It is almost impossible to talk about a sound of a piece of music with your friends if you can not hear the sound of the music played. This table is meant to be situated in a cafe or a music shop, where people can eat, drink and chat with friends. These are all comfortable situation, and listening to music also helps to create a comfortable situation.

 Category: music tech



Oldschool these days (yes lads 2003 is old school) , but still a nice clip...


Audiopad is a composition and performance instrument for electronic music which tracks the positions of objects on a tabletop surface and converts their motion into music. One can pull sounds from a giant set of samples, juxtapose archived recordings against warm synthetic melodies, cut between drum loops to create new beats, and apply digital processing all at the same time on the same table. Audiopad not only allows for spontaneous reinterpretation of musical compositions, but also creates a visual and tactile dialogue between itself, the performer, and the audience.

Audiopad has a matrix of antenna elements which track the positions of electronically tagged objects on a tabletop surface. Software translates the position information into music and graphical feedback on the tabletop. Each object represents either a musical track or a microphone.

 Category: music



the original. nuf said.

 Category: film + tv



A four part series of behind the scenes of The Shining... watch out for Jack's Noodle...

(thanks Jason P)

 Category: design

Chew... if only you could hear what i have heard with your cables...



Evergreen’s EL Light Cable Headphones are definitely straight out of everyone's favorite sci-fi noir film.. it is the very first thing i thought when I saw these electroluminescent headphones. (Funny enough i found one of those neon umbrellas last year as well). Now you too can look like a squid at the bottom of the sea, while floating thru the LES.

When I saw these, all I could think about were street scenes from Bladerunner, or any other futuristic movie for that matter. Evergreen’s (Japan) EL light cable earphones (DN-ELER01) come in three different colors to set you apart from the crowd, blue, pink and lime. They won’t dent your wallet too much either, with a price of about ¥4,980.

via akibalive

 Category: music



OK, not really, but i imagine russolo would be doing this sorta thing if he was manifestoing in 2007. it's actually are really really simple but nice video for Trübi Trio's - New Music Wighnomy Bros Remix. Nuf said, now watch the video.

 Category: anarchy

I read the news today, oh boy...

today i found out last.fm sold out to was purchased by CBS.

We can now say good bye to our once beloved website, who will go the way of many other Viacom/CBS purchases.

First they promise to keep it all the same, that is until they figure out how to dismantle and dissect the property till it's so butchered and battered that no one will recognize it.

Then they will dismantle the people, the culture, the very point of it's existence, and leave them all in a pool of wretched stench, with baked books in hand (and payola in the SEC's pocket to look the other way).

Viacom are an unwieldy bunch who are particularly good at fumbling it all up with the ball rolling down the field, just millimeters from the net, when it comes to buy outs, and it's only a matter of time before we will be pouring out a 40 on that very field to say so long good friend.

All of this so Les can look hip (and stay off Sumner's 'To Let Go This Week' list , and so Sumner can prove he is faster to the trigger then Murdoch in the latest cock fight for the newest/latest. (Gents, get over yourselves, if you know about it, it's over, and your playing with peoples livelihoods for christ sake.)

 Category: anarchy

 Category: music tech



Paris’ IRCAM is today’s most advanced research centre for electronic music worldwide. Tech Stuff went to the subterraneans of the Pompidou Centre to meet the IRCAM scientists and composers and get them to spill their secrets.

via Qoob