http://www.talkwasadream.com arts and sciences Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:53:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm trying something new. It's a podcast mix .. and it's a bit all over the place. Which is sort of the way I like it. The name just showed up one day (as names are wont to do around here ), and it wouldn't leave. I didn't have time ... http://www.talkwasadream.com/2008/10/26/emergencydreamstation1/ I popped by Spoonbill on Bedford Ave earlier this week and noticed that Peter Saville will be signing stuff there this Saturday 1p-3p. [audio:http://www.talkwasadream.com/audio/04 Knife Slits Water.mp3] ° A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water mp3 [audio:http://www.talkwasadream.com/audio/05 The Jezebel Spirit.mp3] ° Brian Eno + David Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit ... http://www.talkwasadream.com/2008/10/03/saville-signing-at-spoonbill-saturday/ [audio:http://www.talkwasadream.com/audio/09 Change.mp3] ° Killing Joke - Change mp3 Last Friday night I watched the first presidential debate at the new LEED-certified Galapagos space in Dumbo. Outdoing the aquatic entrance of its former Williamsburg location, the new Galapagos is laid out with an undulating archipelago of round booths hovering ... http://www.talkwasadream.com/2008/09/30/you-will-not-be-able-to-plug-in-turn-on-and-cop-out/ I'm only a little scared: Hadrons, yes. Collisions, no. End of world to follow... [audio:http://www.talkwasadream.com/audio/11 - The Awesome Universe.mp3] Eddie Izzard - The Awesome Universe mp3 [audio:http://www.talkwasadream.com/audio/Kode 9 and the Spaceape - Portal.mp3] Kode 9 and the Spaceape - Portal mp3 [audio:http://www.talkwasadream.com/audio/08 From The End Of The World.mp3] Electric Light Orchestra - From the End of ... http://www.talkwasadream.com/2008/09/10/hey-good-luck/ [audio:http://www.talkwasadream.com/audio/Magazine - The Light Pours Out Of Me.mp3] ° Magazine - The Light Pours Out of Me mp3 http://www.talkwasadream.com/2008/08/22/technically-wrong/ Apologies. Been too busy to post lately. But as promised here's an update. Just a quick collection of experimental music [re/]production methods that freshen up old ideas with new technology or work old-fangled tech into new designs. Some of the tracks are directly related; some I've just correlated. [Also: The lettering above ... http://www.talkwasadream.com/2008/07/15/new-way-old-wave/ [audio:http://www.talkwasadream.com/audio/Parson_-_Stickfight.mp3] ° Parson - Stickfight mp3 My good friend Chris Parson has made a name for himself in the dubstep world and is finally paying New York a visit tonight at the long-running (14 years?) Konkrete Jungle weekly. With tracks out on Planet Mu and digital dubplates circling the net, he's headlining ... http://www.talkwasadream.com/2008/06/16/parson/ Busy week so short and sweet: Listen to Lemonade, best friend to sparklers, partner of three-legged race winners, and secret ingredient in that summer cocktail of good music and good friends. [audio:http://www.talkwasadream.com/audio/06 Blissout.mp3] ° Lemonade - Blissout mp3 [audio:http://www.talkwasadream.com/audio/01 Big Weekend.mp3] ° Lemonade - Big Weekend mp3 These tracks are from the as-yet-unreleased Lemonade output ... http://www.talkwasadream.com/2008/06/06/psyched-for-summer/ This sort of falls under the "guess you had to be there" category. So here's a set of phonecam flicks to help illustrate. I'm not purporting to be an art critic by any means, but I really enjoyed the evening of absurd, interactive performance art and breezy beats at Michael ... http://www.talkwasadream.com/2008/05/30/michael-portnoy/ Looks like all the World Science Festival events that really interested me are sold out. Actually, that's not entirely true, but I'll be in the Poconos this weekend so will have to miss out on, say, Saturday's What It Means to Be Human moderated by Charlie Rose, with a panel ... http://www.talkwasadream.com/2008/05/28/science-selling-out/