Bottle of Snooze

Its been 25 years

2009-03-31T23:06:00.001-07:00

It has been 25 years today since the death of a great American singer. Marvin Gaye. There is no argument that his voice guided the souls of people fighting for equal rights and civil rights. Musically he has remained my favorite artist to listen, watch and read about. When we go blind from our hate, your voice will guide us to the right path. Thank You.

Whats Going On

Dreaming of Osama

2009-03-19T22:31:00.000-07:00

During the week, a spokesperson from the Third Coast International Audio Festival came to do a lecture. They showed us great audio documentaries such as Dreaming of Osama by Pejk Malinovski.
There are more to drool over the site and I encourage you to take the time to listen to some of the work. The festival is here soon, so get tickets! Get me one while you're it.

This is another great work by John Wynne, Hearts, Lungs and Minds (UK)

Hooray for Audio Geeks!

Twitter is so last week.Tumblr so in.

2009-03-16T11:00:00.000-07:00

I had a twitter account for a week. Then it made me miss my stop by half a mile. Its gone now. Tumblr is the hit in the office. check this out.

LUNCH BAG ART!!!!

And I want this as my snack everyday!

Obama Fingers!

Out sick...Dont Stress out, Radiolab it.

2009-03-11T12:03:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted much in the last week, I've been under the weather.

RADIOLAB, what is this? Great public radio haven and show about little curiosities in life. Im addicted to their show.

This Episode is on STRESS. We all have it, do we need it? Listen to find out.

Also in lighter news, I just Tweeted! Yay for more pointless things to do in the internet.

44!

2009-02-27T08:43:00.001-08:00

The Chicago Bulls invade the White House. They gave Obama his own jersey with the number 44.

Id also like to sorrow for the late announcers of Chicago, Norm Van Lier and Johnny Red Kerr. Rest in Peace and may your voices announce our lives forever.

In a Music Blog Mood #1

2009-02-23T13:33:00.001-08:00

Just heard the new Phoenix song.

If you are straight, it'll make your head bob more than agreeing with the nation that Obama rocks!

If you are not straight, it'll make your head bob more than a late night booty call.

Either way, listen to it!

1901

In other instrumental news, Do Make Say Think are rumored to be touring again. Don't know who they are? Look at these vids.

Horray!Horray!Horray!

Reitschule

And last, Here We Go Magic has a catchy tune with Tunnelvision

Enjoy

Barkley, Can you guess?

2009-02-21T13:23:00.000-08:00

Who cares what I have to think about the Oscar's tomorrow night, We should all care about what Chuck has to say.

listen to him!

HELLO, you Blowatlife

2009-02-18T10:03:00.000-08:00

I was doing some browsing and came across an artist, Lawrence Yang. His painting touch the world of surrealism and have unique traits individually. Check out more of his stuff.

While browsing through his website, I found something I want to dress my Mac in, this!

There are more fun designs! These are my favorite. Look for yours here, Gela Skins

Which ones are your favorites?

Also, before I finish this post, one more thing to share with the bloggers, HELLO is a short animation by animator Jonathan Nix.

Remedy for Headache

2009-02-11T14:43:00.001-08:00

I have an outstanding headache

The following are remedies that help.

Buddy Rich

Satie

Battles

Why Cant We Tickle Ourselves?

2009-02-02T07:25:00.000-08:00

Last night was the Superbowl! Of course it was also the time that multimillionaire companies boast their products. This year's commercials felt flat for the most part, but some that killed me. Career Builder, you took the cake. Doritos, in second.

Since we are talking about Ads, here you can watch all the Superbowl commercials and more of the best of the best in the biz.

Amusing Designs

On a more off note, Why Cant We Tickle Ourselves?

Aristotle puzzled over the great mystery of why it’s impossible to tickle oneself. Turns out it’s quite simple, really. Here’s a brief explanation by British neuroscientist Sarah Blakemore that appeared in Scientific American:

“The answer lies at the back of the brain in an area called the cerebellum, which is involved in monitoring movements. Our studies at University College London have shown that the cerebellum can predict sensations when your own movement causes them but not when someone else does. When you try to tickle yourself, the cerebellum predicts the sensation and this prediction is used to cancel the response of other brain areas to the tickle.
Two brain regions are involved in processing how tickling feels. The somatosensory cortex processes touch and the anterior cingulate cortex processes pleasant information. We found that both these regions are less active during self-tickling than they are during tickling performed by someone else, which helps to explains why it doesn’t feel tickly and pleasant when you tickle yourself. Further studies using robots showed that the presence of a small delay between your own movement and the resulting tickle can make the sensation feel tickly. Indeed, the longer the delay, the more tickly it feels.”

For the Tesla Coil geek in us

2009-01-29T21:27:00.000-08:00

a quick look at acoustic mirrors

An amazing demonstration of the Tesla Coil in action.
Check it out.

Gaza's Dig

2009-01-27T19:28:00.001-08:00

Over the past weeks I have been following photographs from Gaza. As we live in a "Society of Spectacle", these photos are more than relevant to the topic now than ever.

POP!

2009-01-22T18:18:00.000-08:00

This is a magnificent portrayal at the absurdity of war and art. I can talk about this piece for hours if I could, but my grammar will not allow it.

enjoy!
FALLEN ART

Hope R' Us

2009-01-20T19:16:00.000-08:00

Photos

2009-01-14T12:54:00.000-08:00

Over the course of these last months, many things have changed around the world. America will soon be delivered their new spokesman and other countries are battling civil conflicts. Here are remarkable photos that are strong enough that I wont apply captions with.

Macanimal

2009-01-06T16:30:00.000-08:00

two amazing items were revealed today. i will start with the more important one.
the new animal collective album is out today, but only in vinyl format. so make sure whoever gets its now to upload it to a torrent so i can listen to it.

Buy Here (for me)

and second. the macbook wheel has been revealed today. get me one.

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Pepsi Challege

2009-01-03T10:13:00.000-08:00

Recently Pepsi Co. changed their logos and design on their products. I have been debating with people here and there about them. Some say its only a trend and that they will revert back in about 5 years. I say this design is sleek, smart, and looks like it took effort to really getting a right design with each can and bottle. check it.

Each Pepsi logo is different on each bottle and can. I like that. This is a major shift to go from loud and bold, to minimal and sleek. I think it will make other companies rethink their design. My vote? I am all for the new designs, Hail Pepsi!

Here is a link to see other new logos from brands, upcoming and new.
http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/

Missing in Action (MIA)

2008-12-31T10:09:00.000-08:00

I am missing for the remainder of 2008.

The Golden Globes, son.

2008-12-23T10:28:00.000-08:00

This is the list to the Golden Globe nominations.
These are the ones I really care about.

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy

Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock

Steve Carell – The Office

Kevin Connolly – Entourage

David Duchovny – Californication

Tony Shalhoub – Monk

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy

Christina Applegate – Samantha Who?

America Ferrera – Ugly Betty

Tina Fey – 30 Rock

Debra Messing – The Starter Wife

Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Written by Eric Roth

Doubt
Written by John Patrick Shanley

Frost/Nixon
Written by Peter Morgan

The Reader
Written by David Hare

Slumdog Millionaire
Written by Simon Beaufoy

Best Director - Motion Picture

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

Stephen Daldry – The Reader

David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon

Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road

Phenomena

2008-11-27T20:24:00.000-08:00

Just watched of the best sci-films that ever existed. Alphaville by Godard. watch it. its a mind fuck.

i also went to the MCA to see jenny holzer's new installation. i got to sneak a couple pictures without getting kicked out.

Happy thanksgiving day everyone!

Errol Morris, You Genius

2008-11-09T13:16:00.001-08:00

things that have happened in the last month or so.

Obama won!!

and im working on a series of films. The first one should be done by the month.
also, errol morris continues to amaze me.

i want this Shirt

2008-10-19T14:43:00.000-07:00

my birthday is coming up. buy me this shirt. anyone.

buy me for aaron here

Divine

2008-10-12T22:30:00.000-07:00

i haven't posted anything in months. so i will now and add this catchy song.

DIVINE

Beijing Olympics 2008

2008-08-08T22:38:00.001-07:00

I watched 3 of the 4 hours for the ceremony of the 2008 Olympics. And after seeing the show and mystical performance from the Chinese, I am now back on Olympic hype! Seeing all those drummers performing was deathly intimidating. The fireworks were completely outstanding. Never have I had been so impressed by fireworks while watching them on a screen.

Safe to say that I will be paying close attention to all the games I can, especially Mexico's. Our ladies from Mexico sure did look good.

I will be visiting Chinatown tomorrow.

also, its my sister's birthday so, Happy Birthday!

Lollapalooza 2008

2008-08-04T22:08:00.000-07:00

I went to Lollapalooza 2008 with part of the rest of 225,000 Chicago residents. This years headliners were Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, and NIN. I Would have loved to have seen all three, but i was too late to nab my own wristband for 3 days of festivities.

I went to see Radiohead, which everyone who knows me is my jam and wouldnt miss. i must say that the crowd waiting for them was not at all a Radiohead crowd. I mean sure everyone there standing was a fan, but this was a Lollapalooza crowd. I dont understand why Chicago gets so crazy for anything outside. Aside from all the showing and pushing, I waited to until they came out. When they did, the crowd became a mass of sweat infested pigs. I couldnt see and there was some asshole from Indiana who wouldnt shut up.

I left my spot that I waited for hours, but ended up in a better position, ontop of a recycling bin. I got to sit down and no one was even near contact with me, until the end where some people sat there with me, they were nice. I had a great view and was really fun. If I had a choice to do this all over again, i would have waited for 7 hours next time.

here is the set list.

01. 15 Step
02. Airbag
03. There There
04. All I Need
05. Nude
06. Arpeggi
07. The Gloaming
08. The National Anthem
09. Faust Arp
10. No Surprises
11. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
12. Reckoner
13. Lucky
14. The Bends
15. Everything In Its Right Place
16. Fake Plastic Trees
17. Bodysnatchers

Encore 1:
18. Videotape
19. Paranoid Android
20. Dollar and Cents
21. House of Cards
22. Optimistic

Encore 2:
23. 2+2=5
24. Idioteque