Disquiet

• My essay on the wall at @root_division in SF, accompanying art by @salvagione, design by @boondesign. http://t.co/VXsT3WeRgc ->
• So many chimes, so many chime puns to avoid. http://t.co/BIVVQFRd9z ->
• Instagram self-doubt. http://t.co/IzgpkLa9Sq ->
• This is when I start photographing screenshots of my tweets and posting the photos to Instagram rather than vice-versa. Cc: @TheLionAltered in reply to TheLionAltered ->
• Generation GPS: raised listening, from day one, to computerized voices give directions. ->
• Eno’ Syndrome: pathology suffered by those who seek treatment at Montefiore Hospital to take in his installation: http://t.co/Fph4wlWf2y ->
• An hour of music by 12 musicians, each piece in 4 parts, each part for a season built from a field recording: https://t.co/lkXGqcBW72 ->
• My 2.7-year-old sang/hummed along with the bathing-suit drying machine ("water extractor") at the Y this morning. ->
• What an earthquake sounds like. From the "share your story" board in quake exhibit at Academy of Science in GG Park…. ->
• Been Monday dad for a year and half, spending each solo with my kid. Starting now I'm Saturday dad. Benefit: more open museums/galleries. ->
• “My echolocation mechanism will get a fix on your reaction.”—The @GreatDismal, on reading from his new novel: http://t.co/l6MjanYFmE ->
• Increasingly fascinated by the acoustics (the sonic UI/UX) of conference calls. That and text-to-speech are my obsessions. ->
• Tomorrow's newsletter includes a contest to win CDs of recent scores by Cliff Martinez & Nick Urata. Subscribe: http://t.co/bJzuaEu8Lj. ->
• Parenting Protip: Think before teaching your toddler about the concept of human beatboxing. ->
• RIP, rave promoter Paul Shurey (53): http://t.co/qCycF0oBRT ->
• New Disquiet e-newsletter ( http://t.co/bJzuaEu8Lj ) out later today. Includes contest for CDs of scores by Cliff Martinez and Nick Urata. ->
• New @sopercussion album, due out at the end of May, is tremendous: maximalist, minimalist, roaring, subtle. Preview: https://t.co/24xIp6rVUs ->
• A first for Disquiet: an exclusive stream. For the next week, http://t.co/tkA4fVwB80 is the only place to hear @peterkirn's Music for Dance. ->
• Today in sound class: online social networks & digital retail. How audio travels through connections & commerce. Three weeks of class left. ->
• Student presentations: calls-to-prayer, Gibson v. Fender, Daft Punk campaign, “non-Newtonian fluid meets subwoofer”( http://t.co/lyJniTa4rR ) ->
• Tomorrow's @djunto, the 70th weekly project, involves just 2 tones & 3 beats. And the 71st is shaping up to be a true first for the group. ->
• Belated Tuesday noon siren mention: I was in the shower at the time. Echo echo echo … ->
• TV music so differs from movie music. So much produced so quickly, it’s more patterning than narrative. Which is to say, I often love it. ->
• 3D-Printed Bionic Ear Can Hear Radio Waves: http://t.co/8Cw6FEgObn A little early to award headline of the day, but this seems hard to beat. ->
• Text appearing below Spotify link in Google search: “Spotify coming soon. Thanks for visiting Spotify. To us, music is everything.”Soon? ->
• Thanks! MT @peterkirn: "Dance can't be stored" http://t.co/Lg0fwfJ8zS hear & read, my music for choreography. Loved doing this w/ @disquiet ->
• When people who followed me due to my @peterkirn interview about abstract music for modern dance learn my favorite TV show of 2013 is Arrow. ->
• Trio for outdoor drones on a hot day: airplane, rooftop HVAC, laptop fan. ->
• text-to-speech-to-text: http://t.co/UgnlnkZrjO. Thanks to @tobiasreber for the laugh. #faceoff #amplification ->
• "Facebook is no longer supported in TweetDeck, on 7th May your Facebook account and Facebook columns will be removed." #oy ->
• OK, this week's Disquiet Junto project is, I think, the most minimalist yet, yet nonetheless requires a not insignificant amount of effort. ->
• The 70th @djunto project, making music from 2 tones & 3 beats, has gone live at: http://t.co/Uprfjjv8ON http://t.co/4GjGanKdHp ->
• So glad you dig. RT @GuyBirkin: [email protected] just got this week's @djunto project – a wicked convolution of simple elements. Great stuff. ->
• RIP, Jeff Hanneman (b. 1964), founding guitarist in Slayer (my wife and my first concert together). ->
• Greg Ginn plays theremin on the new (somewhat Fugazi-ish) Black Flag song, “Down in the Dirt”: http://t.co/BB8WEIydWK #yesnew #freedownload ->
• Every unformatted plain text mass email now looks like it came from @thelistserve. ->
• Not everyday I find myself making a Slayer reference and a Black Flag reference. Turbonegro's Vans deal isn’t enough to make it a trifecta. ->
• 20th anniversary of Mosaic browser a month away. That it isn't the defining anniversary of 2013 is a testament to the innovation's ubiquity. ->
• Fireworks? #94121 ->
• Of that I have no doubt. RT @thelistserve: @disquiet hey we are THE canonical modern day plain text mass email. :) ->
• If you're in/near Cleveland, Janet Cardiff is talking about the Forty-Part Motet @ClevelandArt on Sunday: http://t.co/HWxacXWJJf ->
• Thanks! MT @notrobwalker: Motherboard on "YouTube's Rap Instrumental Subculture" (cc: @disquiet if you haven't seen.) http://t.co/7BwZCtMrI4 ->
• “The internet is positive about doom metal.”http://t.co/sxBFoZzF3K ->
• Ha! RT @KenMcCandless: [email protected] "The Internet is negative about dubstep." There's hope yet. http://t.co/yOnu59zB3n ->
• Music for 2 tones & 3 beats: https://t.co/oeypqrjHg6. The most minimal Disquiet Junto project yet. Four tracks so far. Just getting started. ->
• The biggest change to Valencia Street's soundscape since I moved to California in 1989 is the constant presence of construction. #415 ->
• Sending a test post via Buffer. ->

By Marc Weidenbaum