When I started working at my job, I didn't really talk to anyone. I'd go in really early, do tape transfers, drink coffee, monitor my CCTV and listen to Miles Davis and Stars of The Lid. Sometimes I'd go down to the basement of the building and instruct ESL (English as a second-language students) how to access networks and what-not, or run errands ( Read more... )

Several years ago, I started dating (and subsequently living with) a girl from my hometown that I knew from "back in the day."  She'd always been an overachiever and it turned out she wasn't doing anything with her life (she's a nice girl, I love her to death, and it bears mentioning that she wasn't happy about it). We hadn't spoken in years, and ( Read more... )

It looks like an article from The Onion.  Especially with the pictures. (pic1) (pic2)

Nice.


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detroit counterpoint no.1 (for Dave Hickey)
(256kbps mp3)
Recorded July 12, 2008, mixed July 13-15, 2008, Detroit/Hamtramck, MI


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A couple weeks ago, I asked someone if they had ever read Amis' Experience.  I didn't know what to expect from the response, and was nothing short of surprised when she said: No!  Should I?

A couple years ago, some people from my hometown descended on Detroit for a weekend to attend a concert and a Tigers game. At one point, one of them said ( Read more... )

They'll probably fix it, but there's some really great stuff going on with some of the translations related to the Bettencourt Incident.  This is my favorite thus far.  After awhile, the voice starts to separate.  Sounds like Steve Reich on a Klonopin bender.

centrifugalspokesoflight
(spoken word by Walt Whitman)
Audio (.mp3) 
Video (.wmv)

Sites Used In Video:
City of Detroit, MI
City of Hamtramck, MI
City of Ann Arbor, MI
City of Livonia, MI
Heidleberg Project (Detroit, MI)
Wayne County International Airport (Wayne, MI)
Union Depot (Detroit, MI)
Hart Plaza (Detroit, MI)
Greektown Casino (Detroit, MI)
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-Letter to the editors of Slate.  (In reference to this.)

-From the Really Cool Things People Say Sometimes department: "My specialty is .pdfs."

-Free beer pdf.

-Salon on noise pollution.


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I mentioned I've been having some things repaired and switching things around and all of that.  Basic tone issues aside, I'm also thinking about the fact that I'll probably start playing out again and that I'd like to start mixing outside the box.  Since the whole affair is so tech-oriented, trying to kill those two birds with one stone can feel ( Read more... )