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3 Martyn Mixes

Sonic Router has the links

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DEMF Movement Festival

I’m still a little overwhelmed and exhausted, and I need to write it up for Little Village so I won’t go long-winded here… but I hadn’t been to the festival since 2006 and it was great to be back. I … Continue reading

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My ‘If only I had a camera’ moment of the day…

I drove in to work today, because I was moving slow and it was pissing down rain. If you know Iowa City (and maybe 2 of you do), Kimball Road was a river, and where it met Dubuque Street there … Continue reading

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most unoriginal topic line: airlines suck

Lucas is going to Buenos Aires tomorrow. American cancelled his flight for tomorrow, and rescheduled him such that he’d have a 35 minute layover in DFW for an international flight. Here’s the thing — how fucking hard is it to … Continue reading

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The Superficial’s commenters from some dank racist/sexist swamp

I read The Superficial because it’s scurrilous and nasty and occasionally really fucking funny. The anonymous person or persons who writes the entries can transcend the merely sarcastic and snarky. This post is about Jon from the television show “Jon … Continue reading

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HOWTO: Build PaulStretch on OS/X (or elsewhere)

GO HERE FOR LATEST AND GREATEST A commenter asked for help building Paul Stretch for his G4 Powerbook. I didn’t bother with a PowerPC build for OS X; but if you’re familiar enough with programming to build stuff from source … Continue reading

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Paul Stretch (extreme audio time stretching) for OS X to download!

GO HERE FOR LATEST AND GREATEST It has links to a more recent build, the PPC build, etc. Yesterday I couldn’t spell OS X Developer and now, I are one! With some help from my friends on the CMake mailing … Continue reading

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Quicky Track: Dirty Effing Techno

Every so often you just gotta let loose. This track took me about 45 minutes to make from a standing start. Inspired by buying Scanned Synth which seems really good at making harsh, dirty sounds. Add some drums, some effects, … Continue reading

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Repost: Free Program for Extreme Time Stretch

Sorry for repost, but apparently, this post got trashed in my Blog SQL database. Eff me silly, computers suck. Apparently the post showed up long enough for MKB to comment on it, but then went to the great bit bucket … Continue reading

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Me. On KRUI FM. 8PM to 10PM Tonight 4-11-09

You can listen here: http://krui.student-services.uiowa.edu:8200/listen.pls I have recorded 2 new mixes to present, because I’ve had bad experiences trying to mix live on radio, I’ll post them up with playlists later tonight….

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DJing in Ableton Live 8: First Impressions

I’m putting together a set for a radio show on Saturday night on KRUI FM, so it was my first time playing with Ableton Live 8 and DJing. What’s it like? Short answer — not different enough to have a … Continue reading

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If it isn’t hardware, don’t fake it up in 3D Studio

I’m linking to this product without any particular enthusiasm Black Magic Loop Creator. What irks me is this image: How many times have I seen a pic like this and thought ‘ooh cool!’ only to find out it’s imaginary? Just … Continue reading

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Stewart Walker Stundenzimmer

Stundenzimmer EP I mention this because A) Stewart is a friend B) I like the tracks C) I did the mastering! Like anything else, might not be to your taste, but like it or not Stewart puts a lot of … Continue reading

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What’s Wrong With iTunes & iPod & How To Fix It.

I’m not even going to get into what’s wrong with the iTunes, or dignify it with a link. What I’m more concerned with is the iTunes application and the iPod player. Now I have to say I mostly love both … Continue reading

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Vermont Passes Gay Marriage: Look Forward to Gayple Syrup!

The dominos are falling. We’re up to 4 states with legal gay marriage, and I think there’s a good chance Prop 8 will be thrown out eventually by the courts in California. I expect even more states to go this … Continue reading

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Iowa Strike Down Gay Marriage Ban, Pegs FABULOUS METER

Iowa Supreme Court Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban Iowa used to be synonymous with rural backwater, something that has always irked Iowans. To the extent that was ever true, the Internet and Satellite TV made Iowans no less globally connected … Continue reading

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Loudness Wars? How About Stupid Recurring Internet Meme Wars? (Part 1)

I started commenting on this post about the loudness wars, and decided fuck commenting I’M GOING TO USE MY MR. MICROPHONE HERE TO SAY MY PIECE! I do mastering for CDs and digital delivery, so I pay a lot of … Continue reading

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The Financial Disaster Article We’ve All Been Waiting To Read

Matt Taibbi explains the financial crisis, finally I am not a big Matt Taibbi fan, in general. He is a snarky, cynical jerk, whose favorite rhetorical strategy is argument by the smug assertion that he’s smarter than everybody else. But … Continue reading

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Eevonext “What’s Next 2″ Sampler

If you like techno that works on the dancefloor, but also makes for enjoyable deep listening, there’s no reason why you’re not already buying everything from Eevolute/Eevonext already. Just got the announcement for What’s Next 2, a 4 track EP … Continue reading

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On going to the gym…

I’ve in about 3 weeks to a regular gym regimen and haven’t written anything about it. I think the world already has enough people obsessed with training and fitness writing about it and I don’t have anything useful to add. … Continue reading

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