- I’ve been thinking in rhymes since MCA died. #
- Anyone strongly recommend a password manager? This “store your passwords in the cloud” thing seems, er, like a self-fulfilling prophecy. #
- 5th piece in this week’s Junto is by @ETALABEL (Poland). Like how each piece’s waveform is clearly divided in three: http://t.co/lSzqLIp5 #
- Tatsuya Yoshida from the Ruins is playing the Hemlock tonight. (In San Francisco.) #
- Disquiet Junto is 2 shy of its 180th participant in 18 weeks. Number 178 is Athens, Greece”“based Sim_psi: http://t.co/yny4EKyp #
- RIP, MCA. Instrumentals: “The New Style”: http://t.co/SKTNMvjx. “Sabotage”: http://t.co/B6X36Vdk. “Flute Loop”: http://t.co/A0230aL3. #
- Cancer Is Killing Music #
- RIP, Beastie Boys Adam Yauch, aka MCA (b. 1964), http://t.co/HYygLpJz Man, this makes me sad as hell. #
- “Mode for Joe”by Joe Henderson is my new jam. ♫ http://t.co/Z0zNVHFs #
- RIP, Lloyd Brevett (b. 1931), bassist and founding member of the Skatalites. #
- Woke to three initial tracks in the 18th Disquiet Junto: http://t.co/lSzqLIp5. The theme: Three sounds in three minutes. #
- RIP, composer Felix Werder (b. 1922). #
- Drove by Civic Center in San Francisco after Frey Norris art opening, and heard no sonic-warfare audio irritants. #
- Disquiet Junto Index: In 17 weeks 780 tracks from 177 musicians; 360 discussion posts; 148 members of email list. #
- Instructions for the 18th Disquiet Junto project have gone out to the email list and are now posted at http://t.co/XdRJsrQ9. #
- If you contributed a @disquiet #junto remix of @wildUp (project #13 that was a WAV file titled “thanksJOE2” please get in touch with me. #
- I was cautious about creating a @facebook page for http://t.co/xdF6qCg1 but it’s led to good discussions: https://t.co/38iqLD8R #
- A few more hours before the 18th Disquiet Junto begins. The theme: “four minutes, four sounds.” #
- Quite unfortunate how large a number of netlabels don’t include allowance for derivative works. #
- Great interview w/ Brian @boondesign Scott, longtime graphic designer of Disquiet projects [Instagr/am/bient, LX(RMX)] http://t.co/avdtBruD #
- Been slowly rereading Count Zero by @greatdismal. Increasingly convinced it’s my favorite of his novels. #
- Hey, @markuspopp_oval (aka Markus Popp / Oval) is now on @twitter. #
- Would someone with the power to do such things please make the Boxhead Ensemble put out another album? Thanks. #
- Congrats to @Crewest Gallery for 10 graffiti-infused years. Proud to have had a (non-graffiti) piece there back in 2009 http://t.co/kMiSFgr8 #
- Domestic sonic warfare against the homeless: http://t.co/Vn1SN7y1 #
- Instagr/am/bient track by @mapmap featured in new @newmusicbox mix: http://t.co/S3wY3Lco Full mix is streaming & downloadable. #
- San Francisco cultural institutions persist in having seasons, but the city sure doesn’t, not in the traditional sense. #
- RIP, Charles “Skip” Pitts (b. 1947). That’s his wah-wah guitar in the Shaft theme, among other prominent places. #
- If the Best Music Writing books were Best Sound Writing, Chiara Barzini’s Italian film dubbing essay in the May Harper’s would be a shoo-in. #
- Didn’t hear the Tuesday noon siren because the dim sum restaurant was quite loud. #richmonddistrictproblems #
- Grains in this enlarged comics image from @hilobrow (http://t.co/VpJnINCN) are like if Roy Lichtenstein had been a textile artist. #
- If you’re part of Disquiet Junto and don’t have a Vimeo or YouTube account, please set one up. It’ll be necessary in the next week or two. #
- Good to see Luke Fowler listed among the four shortlisted Turner Prize nominees. #
- Word processors made it easier to write longer. Tablets made it easier for readers to lug around the longer texts. #
- There’s a guy near me in the cafe who is also 1/2 way through Neal Stephenson’s Reamde. I feel like I’ve been there for months. #
- Very excited about this. RT @barrythrew: OvalDNA player Iteration 1 Released http://t.co/xSllWnVH #
- Got requests to be added to the Disquiet Junto project announcement list. It’s now an automated process: http://t.co/f2aaVTe0. #
- 26 entries in 17th Disquiet Junto project, with half a day to go. A half dozen are by first-timers, which is great: http://t.co/lSzqLIp5 #
- DropBox helped train me to keep all documents in one place. SugarSync’s (hack-free) ability to sync desktop is a nice backup, so to speak. #
- UI Lewis and the News #computerbands #
- Tragically Chip #computerbands #
- ASCII Crimson #computerbands #
- USB40 #computerbands #
- Stevie UNIX #computerbands #
- The (manhole) cover to an album I would like to hear: http://t.co/YUqZDpAA #
- Domecile Tetris: http://t.co/yM3XAZDD #
- Visual evidence of unintended sound art installation: box of dry macaroni left strewn on sidewalk: http://t.co/NEzepvY3 #
- Disquiet Junto email-alert list now on @tinyletter: http://t.co/f2aaVTe0. If you were already subscribed you’re on the new list #
- Tested out http://t.co/GoTVCZOx. Went straight to Gmail’s spam folder. #
- Still largely inured to the charms of Burial. Maybe I need edits without the runway-model vocals. #
- Discussion between Google Music & Drive teams must be interesting: what’s free, what isn’t, what’s a service, whose territory is whose? #
- If you take too long between chapters of Neal Stephenson’s Reamde, it just gets longer. #
- Woke to 17 in Disquiet Junto 17. Two more 1st-timers: from Muncy, PA (US), http://t.co/CZ4nMokl and Armagh, Ireland, http://t.co/pk34wqqr. #
- Splendid. Thanks. RT @markrushtoncom: Nail It Down, my submission for this week’s @disquiet junto (“Transition”): http://t.co/AbemvpBu #
- Recommended Saturday plan. RT @lownote: Off to grab some field recordings for this weekend’s @disquiet Junto. #
- Neighborhood sound art installation: box of tiny dry macaroni strewn along sidewalk. #