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Information about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the US. Focusing on the current debate, opposing argument, security and technical concerns. Featuring content from prominent commentators, online awareness campaigns and a range of Internet protest tools. Links to both Acts are included.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-29367371674299319582011-09-05T06:36:00.001-07:002011-09-05T06:36:36.600-07:00Ogilvy Hosts Music & Brands Event 'Lab Day LIVE'<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>International advertising and marketing agency <a href="http://www.ogilvy.co.uk/" title="Ogilvy website">Ogilvy Group UK</a> are staging a one-day event called <a href="http://www.labdaylive.co.uk/" title="Lab Day LVE website">Lab Day LIVE</a> designed to engage both the advertising and music communities. On the 9th September Ogilvy's offices in London's Canary Wharf will play host to a music industry conference and live music festival.</p> <p>It promises to be an informative and entertaining occasion focusing on the latest digital media opportunities mutually available to brands and the music business. The morning conference panels and talks will feature key figures from Last.fm. Spotify, PRS and other leading music organizations (<a href="http://londonlab.ogilvyeurope.com/#speakers" title="Conference speakers">List of speakers</a>). During the afternoon live music performances from name and up-coming acts will take place across three stages (see below).</p> <blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote"> <p><strong>Entitled: Making music matter as much to brands as it does to consumers</strong></p> <p>The event is part of Ogilvy’s on-going drive to help clients and their brands navigate the rapidly changing landscape of the music industry in the digital age.</p> </blockquote> <p>In this video clip Lab Day organizer Tara Austin talks about her role in making music a more central part of the creative process at Ogilvy. To see what other members of the team are saying take a look at the <a href="http://www.winkball.com/walls/tWht9qq2TXMm/ogilvy-lab-day-live" title="Video Wall - Ogilvy Lab Day Live">Video Wall</a>.</p> <p><iframe scrolling="no" src="http://www.winkball.com/video-embed-web/?guid=5b6933e6-d803-4af9-94df-1c19bd5c3894" frameborder="0" height="336" width="448"></iframe></p> <p><strong>The Rules of Engagement</strong></p> <p>Ogilvy are looking to the music industry for innovative ideas on how brands can use music to to build engagement with their audience. Earlier in the year, at MIDEM 2011, they made a <a href="http://www.ogilvy.co.uk/ogilvy-and-mather-advertising/om-to-make-an-appeal-to-the-music-biz-at-midem-stop-being-lazy-about-synch/ " title="O&M to make an appeal to the music biz at MIDEM: “Stop being lazy about synch!” ">stirring appeal</a> for music publishers to "‘look beyond the cheque' and contribute more than just a piece of audio to an advertising campaign" emphasising Ogilvy's vision to "create added value: value for our brands and, ultimately, value for the artist whose music our campaigns promote". </p> <p>I'll be attending the event and listening closely to what's being said about sonic branding and new ideas for using music to create a 'brand sound'. I'm also looking forward to learning more about the power of sound and music when applied to areas such as 'retail soundscapes' and how we can be informed by hard data.</p> <p>As a long-time advocate of <a href="http://davidholmes.net/pages/open-media-directory" title="Open Media Directory">Open Media</a> licensing tools, when and where appropriate, I'll be hoping to see more open and collaborative business frameworks designed to minimize the friction permeating traditional licensing models. Many Internet audio and video platforms have already successfully integrated <a href="http://creativecommons.org/" title="Creative Commons website">Creative Commons</a> licensing making it easy for people to share, remix and reuse media legally, notably <a href="http://soundcloud.com/creativecommons" title="SoundCloud Creative Commons">SoundCloud</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/t/creative_commons" title="YouTube Creative Commons">YouTube</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons" title="Wikipedia Creative Commons">list</a> of corporate support).</p> <p>Creative Commons has always been about promoting creativity and the power of openness to build communities based on shared ideas. Unfortunately the established licensing system, especially with regards to CC licenses in Europe, makes widespread media sharing difficult, thereby blocking the most valuable thing which is attention. Hopefully the wider debate around open and closed systems will eventually lead to innovation that fosters audience attention, participation, and better user experiences in the digital music space.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Event Info & Live Stream</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Website</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong>Full details and live streaming of acts from the 3 music stages on the day can be found at <a href="http://www.labdaylive.co.uk/">http://www.labdaylive.co.uk/</a></p> <p><strong>Twitter</strong></p> <p>You can follow updates using the hashtag <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23labdaylive" title="Hashtag">#labdaylive</a> plus there's further tweet analysis, tracking and visualization via my channel at <a href="http://archivist.visitmix.com/DavidHolmes/2" title="Archive on #labdaylive">The Archivist</a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Acts</strong></span></p> <table border="0" height="100%" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Alexis Ffrench</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.alexisffrenchmusic.com/">http://www.alexisffrenchmusic.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlexisFfrench">http://twitter.com/#!/AlexisFfrench</a></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Aloe Blacc</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://aloeblacc.com/">http://aloeblacc.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/aloeblacc">http://twitter.com/#!/aloeblacc</a></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Boy Mandeville</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/boymanband">http://twitter.com/#!/boymanband</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/boymandeville">http://www.youtube.com/user/boymandeville</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Charlie Simpson</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://charliesimpsonmusic.com/">http://charliesimpsonmusic.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/charliesimo">http://twitter.com/#!/charliesimo</a></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Delays</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.thedelays.co.uk/">http://www.thedelays.co.uk/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/delays_">http://twitter.com/#!/delays</a></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Digitonal</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.digitonal.com/">http://www.digitonal.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/digitonal">http://twitter.com/#!/digitonal</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Kidda</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://kiddamusic.com/">http://kiddamusic.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/iamkidda">http://twitter.com/#!/iamkidda</a></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Kinura</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.kinura.com/">http://www.kinura.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/kinura">http://twitter.com/#!/kinura</a></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Laki Mera</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/lakimeramusic">http://www.facebook.com/lakimeramusic</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/LakiMeraMusic">http://twitter.com/#!/LakiMeraMusic</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Newton Faulkner</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.newtonfaulkner.com/">http://www.newtonfaulkner.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/newtonfaulkner">http://twitter.com/#!/newtonfaulkner</a></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Pete and The Pirates</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.peteandthepirates.co.uk/">http://www.peteandthepirates.co.uk/</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/PetePirates">https://twitter.com/#!/PetePirates</a></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Sophie Ellis-Bextor</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.sophieellisbextor.net/">http://www.sophieellisbextor.net/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/sophieeb">http://twitter.com/#!/sophieeb</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>To Kill a King</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.tokillaking.co.uk/">http://www.tokillaking.co.uk/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ToKillAKingUK">http://twitter.com/#!/ToKillAKingUK</a></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Tribes</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://tribesband.com/">http://tribesband.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/tribesband">http://twitter.com/#!/tribesband</a></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Wolf Gang</strong></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.wolf-gang.co.uk/">http://www.wolf-gang.co.uk/</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/wolfgang">http://twitter.com/#!/wolfgang</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Media</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Some of the performers appearing on the day</strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Digitonal</strong></span></p> <p> <object height="81" width="500"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21646176&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <embed src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21646176&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="81" width="500"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/digitonal/the-beating-of-her-heart">The Beating of Her Heart</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/digitonal">digitonal</a></span></p> <p><strong><br /></strong></p> <p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rRepnhXq33s" frameborder="0" height="390" width="640"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/26716845" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hlcSh0bCYoc?hd=1" frameborder="0" height="390" width="640"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>About Ogilvy</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Wikipedia</strong></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogilvy_%26_Mather" title="Ogilvy & Mather - Wikipedia ">Ogilvy & Mather</a> are an International advertising, marketing and public relations agency founded in 1948.</p> <p><strong>YouTube</strong></p> <p>Visit the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/OgilvyMuseum" title="OgilvyMuseum's Channel - YouTube">Ogilvy Museum on YouTube</a> to watch some of their classic ads, dating back to the 1950s. For more recent developments there's the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Ogilvyvids" title="Ogilvyvids Channel - YouTube">Ogilvyvids Channel</a></p> <p><strong>Twitter</strong><strong> </strong></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/OgilvyLondon" title="Twitter @OgilvyLondon">Ogilvy Group Comms @OgilvyLondon</a> for news and observations from the comms team at Ogilvy Group UK.</p> <p><a href="http://OGILVY @OGILVY Global" title="Twitter Ogilvy global">OGILVY @OGILVY</a> their global staff blog aggregator.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://davidholmes.net/ogilvy-hosts-music-brands-event-lab-day-live">David Holmes</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-18796513097871507942009-12-25T15:54:00.001-08:002009-12-25T17:56:55.944-08:00'Upular' - Movie Mashup Track by Pogo<object height="303" width="500"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JVxe5NIABsI&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JVxe5NIABsI&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" height="303" width="500"></embed> </param></param></param></object> <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxe5NIABsI">'Upular'</a> - a new mashup track from Australian electronic music artist <a href="http://pogotracks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Pogo's Blog">Pogo</a>, composed using chords, bass notes and vocal samples from the Disney Pixar film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_(2009_film)">'Up'</a>. More Pogo video tracks via <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Fagottron">http://www.youtube.com/user/Fagottron</a><br />
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Following the Sony copyright problems associated with his earlier track 'Bangarang' (<span id="goog_1261790452121"></span><a href="http://reproman.blogspot.com/2009/09/pogo-starts-blog.html">see previous post</a><span id="goog_1261790452122"></span>), I notice Pogo has included Disney Pixar credits at the end of the video. Considering the Blogger platform now supports <a href="http://buzz.blogger.com/2009/12/blogger-integrates-with-amazon.html">direct integration with Amazon Associates</a>, mashups like this can be a powerful promotional tool for all content creators (see below).<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-12756222411223243542009-09-01T09:16:00.001-07:002009-09-12T20:34:00.482-07:00Pogo Starts a Blog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__2q6o2UqJQA/Sp1KFzuTs7I/AAAAAAAAAC8/5QKq9mmmS-M/s1600-h/Pogo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 252px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__2q6o2UqJQA/Sp1KFzuTs7I/AAAAAAAAAC8/5QKq9mmmS-M/s320/Pogo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376534993794479026" /></a><p>Australian electronic music artist Pogo has started a blog at <a href="http://pogotracks.blogspot.com/">http://pogotracks.blogspot.com/</a> currently featuring an FAQ and a list of interviews. His unique sound comes from the sampling, sequencing and reimagining of popular childhood movies. Tracks are constructed using sounds lifted from movie scenes (sometimes entirely), drums, bass and percussion.</p> <p>Melodies are formed using cut-up dialogues in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-lexical_vocables_in_music" title="Wikipedia non-lexical vocables in music" target="_blank">non-lexical vocal</a> style; "There are no definitive lyrics to my tracks because I have never intended to form sentences with the samples I use." The music is then synced to video cuts from the original movie to create a new mini-trailer. </p> <p>Pogo has a growing fan-base on YouTube where fresh uploads and the viral potential of video widgets quickly attract thousands of visitors. Creations such as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Za-V_lhwGg&feature=channel_page" title="Pogo Expialodocious video" target="_blank">Expialidocious</a> have now reached far in excess of half a million views. You can browse the growing collection of mashups at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Fagottron">http://www.youtube.com/user/Fagottron</a></p> <p>Below is the recent video for his track 'Bangarang' composed of sounds from the classic Spielberg film 'Hook'</p> <p> <object height="303" width="500"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/65PiKsNhCsc&hl=en&fs=1&"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/65PiKsNhCsc&hl=en&fs=1&" height="303" width="500"></embed> </object> </p> <p> </p> <p><b>Update 13th Sept '09</b></p><p><a href="http://pogotracks.blogspot.com/2009/09/bangarang-removed-from-youtube.html">'Bangarang' removed from YouTube - Pogo Blog</a> visit the link for full explanation.</p><p></p><blockquote>Today, Sony Pictures Entertainment claimed that 'Bangarang' is an infringement of copyright, and the video has been removed from YouTube. I suppose this had to happen eventually given the kind of world we live in. (September 10th 2009).</blockquote>Unfortunately this is a common experience for remixers of controlled media, such are the constraints of heavily restricted copyrights. However you can still <a href="http://acc.tumblr.com/post/177935544/pogo-bangarang-new-pogo-song">play and download the full track here</a> (while it lasts!)<p></p><p><strong>Related</strong></p> <p>A sonic guide to the history of cut-up music: <a href="http://bit.ly/3YGTF" title="DJ Food - Raiding the 20th Century" target="_blank">DJ Food - Raiding the 20th Century - Words & Music Expansion</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://davidholmes.posterous.com/pogo-starts-a-blog">David Holmes</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-29909508567870720792009-08-12T21:55:00.001-07:002009-08-12T21:55:30.890-07:00Apologies EP by Mosaik
<p> <object height="100" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400"> <param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/album=76766409/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/vis=plasma/" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="always" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/album=76766409/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/vis=plasma/" height="100" width="400"></embed> </param></param></param></param></param></object> </p> <p> </p> <p>Mosaik is the electronic music project of Stockholm based musician Jakob Svanholm. The Apologies EP features 7 instrumental tracks that combine melodic bass and synth sequences with delicate percussive rhythms. The sonic spaces are subtle and calming, with centered tonal themes, repeating motifs and ambient textures that conjure the emotions and imagination.</p> <p>Originally released on Kahvi Collective in 2007: <a href="http://www.kahvi.org/139.php">http://www.kahvi.org/139.php</a></p> <p>MP3 and Flac versions now available under Creative Commons license at: <a href="http://mosaik.bandcamp.com">http://mosaik.bandcamp.com</a></p> <p>You can listen to some of Jakob's recent works in progress at: <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mosaik">http://soundcloud.com/mosaik</a></p> <p>See his website for discography and social connections: <a href="http://www.mosaik.se/">http://www.mosaik.se/</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://davidholmes.posterous.com/apologies-ep-by-mosaik">David Holmes</a> </p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-25162338275793541592009-07-26T16:30:00.001-07:002009-07-26T18:12:58.465-07:00Tynt Tracer - Track Content Reuse and Generate Traffic<p><object height="300" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tWDbBBWZHQY&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1"><param name="wmode" value="window"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tWDbBBWZHQY&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" wmode="window" width="500"></embed></object></p> <p><a href="http://www.tynt.com/" title="Tynt.com" target="_blank">Tracer</a> is a free online tool that tracks where your website content is reused and inserts an attribution link back to the original published source. It also provides analytics to help you understand and measure user engagement. You simply add a line of java script to your blog or website and whenever someone pastes your work to another webpage, Tracer automatically generates a return link including <a href="http://tracer.tynt.com/creative-commons-and-tynt-partner-for-better-content-attribution" title="Creative Commons announcement" target="_blank">Creative Commons</a> license details if applicable (full instructions are given). </p> <p>The following paragraph has been copied and pasted, showing the automatic attribution link at the bottom of the quote,</p> <blockquote> <p> </p> <h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 25px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; color: #000000; font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: bold;">What does Tracer do?</h2> <div class="wp-caption alignright" style=""><a href="http://tracer.tynt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/tracer_info_sheet_r13.pdf" title="Tracer Information Sheet" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; color: #373c74; text-decoration: none;"><img class="size-full wp-image-293" src="http://tracer.tynt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/thumb.jpg" height="196" alt="Download Information Sheet" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-color: initial;" width="162" /></a> <p class="wp-caption-text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;">Download Information Sheet</p> </div> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;">Tracer tracks when users copy content from your web site and automatically adds a link back to the original page when your content is pasted. So, why do you need Tracer?</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;">Tracer is a brand new way to:</p> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"> <li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;">Generate more visits and page views.</li> <li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;">Get credit when content is copied from your site.</li> <li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;">Measure and understand user engagement.</li> <li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;">Improve your search engine ranking.</li> </ul> <span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;">Read more:<a href="http://tracer.tynt.com/features-and-benefits-of-tracer#ixzz0MPL1rqSN" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; color: #373c74; text-decoration: none;">http://tracer.tynt.com/features-and-benefits-of-tracer#ixzz0MPL1rqSN</a> Under Creative Commons License:<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; color: #373c74; text-decoration: none;">Attribution No Derivatives</a></span> <p> </p> </blockquote> <p>Tracer is easy to implement and offers a convenient way to track user interaction and generate site traffic. Supports Blogger/Blogspot, Ning, Register.com, Typepad, WebsiteWorks.com, WordPress.</p> <p>Via <a href="http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/16060" title="Cretative Commons Weblog" target="_blank">Creative Commons Weblog</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://davidholmes.posterous.com/tynt-tracer-track-content-reuse-and-generate">David Holmes</a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-72168649263963573542009-06-17T12:29:00.000-07:002009-06-17T12:58:52.142-07:00The Wind Whistles - Animals Are People Too<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__2q6o2UqJQA/SjlK5IpDrfI/AAAAAAAAAC0/miJmwnQZ6JA/s1600-h/animals_cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 374px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__2q6o2UqJQA/SjlK5IpDrfI/AAAAAAAAAC0/miJmwnQZ6JA/s400/animals_cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348388377911864818" /></a><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="350" height="24" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swf" w3c="true" flashvars="config={"key":"#$b6eb72a0f2f1e29f3d4","playlist":[{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/01_Turtle.mp3","autoPlay":false},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/02_Judo.mp3","autoPlay":true},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/03_House_For_A_Mouse.mp3","autoPlay":true},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/04_Art_And_Work.mp3","autoPlay":true},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/05_The_Quietest_Voice.mp3","autoPlay":true},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/06_Bats_In_Flight.mp3","autoPlay":true},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/07_Making_Your_Own_Stuff.mp3","autoPlay":true},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/08_Sleeping_Lions.mp3","autoPlay":true},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/09_The_Fish_And_The_Worm.mp3","autoPlay":true},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/10_The_Sun.mp3","autoPlay":true},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/11_After_All.mp3","autoPlay":true},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/12_Spooks.mp3","autoPlay":true},{"url":"http://www.archive.org/download/TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006/13_Treehouse_Lullaby.mp3","autoPlay":true}],"clip":{"autoPlay":true},"canvas":{"backgroundColor":"0x000000","backgroundGradient":"none"},"plugins":{"audio":{"url":"http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.audio-3.0.3-dev.swf"},"controls":{"playlist":true,"fullscreen":false,"gloss":"high","backgroundColor":"0x000000","backgroundGradient":"medium","sliderColor":"0x777777","progressColor":"0x777777","timeColor":"0xeeeeee","durationColor":"0x01DAFF","buttonColor":"0x333333","buttonOverColor":"0x505050"}},"contextMenu":[{"Item TheWindWhistles-AnimalsArePeopleTooaaahh.006 at archive.org":"function()"},"-","Flowplayer 3.0.5"]}"></embed><br /><br />The second full-length album from the Canadian folk duo, released under a Creative Commons-License. Album artwork by Norbert Reissig. Available in MP3, OGG and CD formats from <a href="http://aaahh-records.net/the-wind-whistles/">http://aaahh-records.net/the-wind-whistles/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-72774451036555030692009-06-16T18:09:00.000-07:002009-06-17T00:52:11.955-07:00Inspiring Videos for the Classroom<iframe src="http://docs.google.com/EmbedSlideshow?docid=ddf8kn4m_304hnm768cp&size=l" frameborder="0" width="560" height="559"></iframe><br /><br />A useful collection of <a href="http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk/youtube.htm">Inspiring Youtube videos to use in the classroom</a>. Recommended by teachers from all over the world, the presentation features lots of engaging ideas to stimulate discussion, learning and self-improvement. Here's the full screen <a href="http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=ddf8kn4m_304hnm768cp">Google Docs page</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-28305267832883416042009-03-16T15:24:00.000-07:002009-03-16T15:40:54.307-07:00Public Domain Donor Sticker<blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://evan-roth.com/public_domain_donor.php"><img src="http://kwout.com/cutout/u/gp/tb/qs2_sha.jpg" alt="http://evan-roth.com/public_domain_donor.php" title="Public Domain Donor" width="453" height="169" style="border:none" /></a><p style="margin-top:10px;text-align:center"><a href="http://evan-roth.com/public_domain_donor.php">Public Domain Donor</a> via <a href="http://kwout.com/quote/ugptbqs2">kwout</a></p></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:12px;"><blockquote>"Why let all of your ideas die with you? Current Copyright law prevents anyone from building upon your creativity for 70 years after your death. Live on in collaboration with others. Make an intellectual property donation. By donating your IP into the public domain you will "promote the progress of science and useful arts" (U.S. Constitution). Ensure that your creativity will live on after you are gone, make a donation today."</blockquote></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-70253575277080398102009-01-17T03:38:00.000-08:002009-06-17T01:08:05.166-07:00Copyright Extension in Sound Recordings Explained<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kijON_XODUk&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kijON_XODUk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><p><br />Further info at <a href="http://www.soundcopyright.eu/blog">The Sound Copyright Blog</a><br /><br />TARDIS - <a href="http://soundblog.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D380EA83E108537F!2498.entry">British Record Industry Loses Fight to Extend Copyright</a><br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-64691743802283889452008-11-13T22:55:00.000-08:002009-01-17T03:38:50.103-08:00Open Courseware Collections for Musicians and WritersThe <a href="http://www.matchacollege.com/">MatchACollege.com</a> blog has two useful lists of open learning classes, courses, and lessons for music and writing:<div><ul><li><a href="http://www.matchacollege.com/blog/2008/get-into-the-rhythm-50-open-courseware-collections-for-musicians/">Get Into the Rhythm: 50 Open Courseware Collections for Musicians</a></li><li><a href="http://www.matchacollege.com/blog/2008/100-free-open-courseware-links-for-writers/">100+ Free Open Courseware Links for Writers</a></li></ul></div><div>For more Open Education resources and productivity tools see my lens <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/brightideas">Bright Ideas Brilliant Minds</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-72835460633186898292008-10-19T22:45:00.000-07:002008-10-19T22:54:10.646-07:00RiP: A remix manifesto<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9oar9glUCL0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9oar9glUCL0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://nfb.ca/webextension/rip-a-remix-manifesto/">RiP: A copyright manifesto website</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-84907883406833724192007-03-19T13:54:00.000-07:002007-03-19T17:51:20.265-07:00Promiscuous Songs: Free Song Lyrics by Jonathan Lethem<p><a href="http://jonathanlethem.com/promiscuous_songs.html">Promiscuous Songs</a> - American writer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a>, best known for his novels, short stories, and essays, freely gives his collection of song lyrics and lyrical fragments to songwriters, musicians, and bands for use in new creations. Selected sound files of completed songs are available for listening via the site with attribution to the writers and performers.</p><p>This is part of the <a href="http://jonathanlethem.com/promiscuous_materials.html">The Promiscuous Materials Project</a> where Jonathan also offers <a href="http://jonathanlethem.com/promiscuous_stories.html">stories</a> for filmmakers or dramatists to adapt, priced at a dollar apiece. The works are available non-exclusively, so other people can use the same material, for short films (30 mins) or one-act plays (45 mins) only. For the stories some rights are restricted and the materials may not be republished in text form on websites or books etc.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-72173066984297276592007-03-12T12:38:00.000-07:002007-03-12T13:33:14.119-07:00Big Brother State - Animated Short by David Scharf<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJTLL1UjvfU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jJTLL1UjvfU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Released under a CC <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/nc-sampling+/1.0/">NonCommercial Sampling Plus 1.0 license</a><br /><br />You can find high quality resolutions and formats at <a href="http://www.bigbrotherstate.com/">bigbrotherstate.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-69828924179308915012007-02-01T08:51:00.000-08:002007-04-07T18:42:55.521-07:00Open Water Project<p></p><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ndL4v52j8js"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ndL4v52j8js" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><p></p><p>Excerpts from <a href="http://www.openwaterproject.org/">openwaterproject.org</a></p><blockquote><p>The OpenWater project was a group project for an Instructional Technology<br />class at Utah State University.</p><p>About 75% of the material used in OpenWater is remixed or used from other<br />sources licensed under public domain or creative commons. The remaining 25% is<br />original footage that was shot by the OpenWater team.</p></blockquote><p>The <a href="http://blogs.magnatune.com/buckman/2007/03/open_music_used.html">soundtrack</a> is supplied by Magnatune artists and the video is licensed under Creative Commons.</p><p><a href="http://www.openwaterproject.org/"></a> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-76039041915192155032006-12-12T15:12:00.000-08:002006-12-13T23:44:13.356-08:00Alternative Freedom Documentary and Soundtrack<a href="http://alternativefreedom.org/">Alternative Freedom</a> is a documentary about the invisible war on culture, featuring insights and ideas from <a href="http://lessig.org/">Lawrence Lessig</a>, <a href="http://stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</a>, <a href="http://www.dangermousesite.com/">Danger Mouse</a>, <a href="http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/">Bunnie</a>, <a href="http://lawgeek.typepad.com/">Jason Shultz</a>, <a href="http://www.astropitch.com/doseone/">Doseone</a>.<br /><br />Here's the trailer:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZREuARmltmc" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br />You can buy the <a href="http://alternativefreedom.org/?page_id=8">ALTERNATIVE FREEDOM DVD/SOUNDTRACK COMBO (2 DISCS)</a> for $12 knowing that $1 of your purchase goes to <a href="http://www.eff.org/">EFF</a>, a donor-funded nonprofit organization that depends on your support to continue successfully defending your digital rights.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.eff.org"><img alt="Let The Music Play: Join EFF Today" src="http://www.eff.org/campaigns/banners/buttonlargeblack.gif" /></a><br /><br />The Alternative Freedom soundtrack features over 52 minutes of full length songs from:<br /><br /><a title="the music of dilon young" href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=80903743&MyToken=2829e38d-8cca-46e2-a414-5c6ca30f3919">diabetic elf</a><br /><a title="the brothers young" href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=70047846">foureveryoung</a><br /><a title="high karate label" href="http://www.highkarate.com/">high karate</a><br /><a title="ithacamoon" href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=52561692">ithacamoon</a><br /><a title="All hail Portlandia!" href="http://lochlomondmusic.com/">loch lomond</a><br /><a title="ritchie young" href="http://ritchieyoung.com/">ritchie young</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-82865044782619520282006-12-07T21:29:00.000-08:002006-12-14T07:16:50.729-08:00TagCrowd Visualizations of John Lennon's "Imagine" and Political Media Slant<a href="http://tagcrowd.com/">TagCrowd</a> is a web-application that allows you to enter any text and generate a tag cloud to visualize word frequency. These visualizations can be <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+revelatory">revelatory</a> due to spontaneous perceptions triggered by displayed patterns in the tag cloud, such as word proximity and weight. Interesting and meaningful connections between keywords emerge including meme-like phrases, concepts and new sentence fragments.<br /><br />Below we see the contrast in vocabulary between the lyrics of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon">John Lennon</a> song "<em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_(song)">Imagine</a></em>" and politically loaded phrases as used by Democrats and Republicans. See <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2154992/">How to speak Republican or Democratic</a> for background information and <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2154992/sidebar/2155079/">lists of phrases</a> as compiled in a recent paper by Gentzkow and Shapiro from the 2005 Congressional Record: <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=947640">What Drive's Media Slant?</a><br /><br />John Lennon was shot and killed this day December 8, 1980 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_David_Chapman">Mark Chapman</a>.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/okd3hLlvvLw" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br /><strong>John Lennonspeak</strong><br /><br /><div id="htmltagcloud"><span class="tagcloud0" id="0"><a href="#tagcloud">above</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="1"><a href="#tagcloud">below</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="2"><a href="#tagcloud">brotherhood</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" 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href="#tagcloud">living</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="18"><a href="#tagcloud">man</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="19"><a href="#tagcloud">nothing</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="20"><a href="#tagcloud">peace</a></span> <span class="tagcloud6" id="21"><a href="#tagcloud">people</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="22"><a href="#tagcloud">possessions</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="23"><a href="#tagcloud">religion</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="24"><a href="#tagcloud">sharing</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="25"><a href="#tagcloud">sky</a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="26"><a href="#tagcloud">someday</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="27"><a href="#tagcloud">today</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="28"><a href="#tagcloud">wonder</a></span> <span class="tagcloud6" id="29"><a href="#tagcloud">world</a></span> </div><div id="credit">created at <a href="http://tagcrowd.com">TagCrowd.com</a></div><br /><br /><br /><strong>Democratspeak</strong><br /><br /><div id="htmltagcloud"><span class="tagcloud7" id="0"><a href="#tagcloud">american</a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="1"><a href="#tagcloud">arctic</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="2"><a href="#tagcloud">asian</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="3"><a href="#tagcloud">bill</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="4"><a href="#tagcloud">billion</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="5"><a href="#tagcloud">budget</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="6"><a href="#tagcloud">card</a></span> <span class="tagcloud5" id="7"><a href="#tagcloud">care</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="8"><a href="#tagcloud">caucus</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="9"><a href="#tagcloud">central</a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="10"><a href="#tagcloud">child</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="11"><a href="#tagcloud">civil</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="12"><a href="#tagcloud">class</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="13"><a href="#tagcloud">companies</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="14"><a href="#tagcloud">congressional</a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="15"><a href="#tagcloud">credit</a></span> <span class="tagcloud10" id="16"><a href="#tagcloud">cuts</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="17"><a href="#tagcloud">debt</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="18"><a href="#tagcloud">deficit</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="19"><a href="#tagcloud">food</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="20"><a href="#tagcloud">fuel</a></span> <span class="tagcloud6" id="21"><a href="#tagcloud">health</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="22"><a href="#tagcloud">iraq</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="23"><a href="#tagcloud">medicaid</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="24"><a href="#tagcloud">middle</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="25"><a href="#tagcloud">minimum</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="26"><a href="#tagcloud">national</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="27"><a href="#tagcloud">oil</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="28"><a href="#tagcloud">pacific</a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="29"><a href="#tagcloud">people</a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="30"><a href="#tagcloud">plan</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="31"><a href="#tagcloud">poverty</a></span> <span class="tagcloud5" id="32"><a href="#tagcloud">president</a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="33"><a href="#tagcloud">privatization</a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="34"><a href="#tagcloud">refuge</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="35"><a href="#tagcloud">republican</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="36"><a href="#tagcloud">rights</a></span> <span class="tagcloud8" id="37"><a href="#tagcloud">security</a></span> <span class="tagcloud8" id="38"><a href="#tagcloud">social</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="39"><a href="#tagcloud">support</a></span> <span class="tagcloud7" id="40"><a href="#tagcloud">tax</a></span> <span class="tagcloud5" id="41"><a href="#tagcloud">trade</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="42"><a href="#tagcloud">troops</a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="43"><a href="#tagcloud">trust</a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="44"><a href="#tagcloud">veterans</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="45"><a href="#tagcloud">violence</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="46"><a href="#tagcloud">wage</a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="47"><a href="#tagcloud">war</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="48"><a href="#tagcloud">weapons</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="49"><a href="#tagcloud">wildlife</a></span> </div><div id="credit">created at <a href="http://tagcrowd.com">TagCrowd.com</a></div><br /><br /><br /><strong>Republicanspeak</strong><br /><br /><div id="htmltagcloud"><span class="tagcloud7" id="0"><a href="#tagcloud">accounts</a></span> <span class="tagcloud6" id="1"><a href="#tagcloud">action</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="2"><a href="#tagcloud">affairs</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="3"><a href="#tagcloud">bill</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="4"><a href="#tagcloud">blood</a></span> <span class="tagcloud9" id="5"><a href="#tagcloud">cell</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="6"><a href="#tagcloud">chief</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="7"><a href="#tagcloud">circuit</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="8"><a href="#tagcloud">class</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="9"><a href="#tagcloud">committee</a></span> <span class="tagcloud8" id="10"><a href="#tagcloud">court</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="11"><a href="#tagcloud">crimes</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="12"><a href="#tagcloud">death</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="13"><a href="#tagcloud">economic</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="14"><a href="#tagcloud">food</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="15"><a href="#tagcloud">forest</a></span> <span class="tagcloud7" id="16"><a href="#tagcloud">gas</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="17"><a href="#tagcloud">global</a></span> <span class="tagcloud7" id="18"><a href="#tagcloud">growth</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="19"><a href="#tagcloud">hate</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="20"><a href="#tagcloud">human</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="21"><a href="#tagcloud">illegal</a></span> <span class="tagcloud7" id="22"><a href="#tagcloud">justice</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="23"><a href="#tagcloud">law</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="24"><a href="#tagcloud">leader</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="25"><a href="#tagcloud">liability</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="26"><a href="#tagcloud">medical</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="27"><a href="#tagcloud">million</a></span> <span class="tagcloud6" id="28"><a href="#tagcloud">national</a></span> <span class="tagcloud8" id="29"><a href="#tagcloud">natural</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="30"><a href="#tagcloud">oil</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="31"><a href="#tagcloud">personal</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="32"><a href="#tagcloud">president</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="33"><a href="#tagcloud">private</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="34"><a href="#tagcloud">program</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="35"><a href="#tagcloud">property</a></span> <span class="tagcloud8" id="36"><a href="#tagcloud">reform</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="37"><a href="#tagcloud">rehnquist</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="38"><a href="#tagcloud">savings</a></span> <span class="tagcloud7" id="39"><a href="#tagcloud">security</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="40"><a href="#tagcloud">service</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="41"><a href="#tagcloud">social</a></span> <span class="tagcloud10" id="42"><a href="#tagcloud">stem</a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="43"><a href="#tagcloud">supreme</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="44"><a href="#tagcloud">system</a></span> <span class="tagcloud9" id="45"><a href="#tagcloud">tax</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="46"><a href="#tagcloud">terrorism</a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="47"><a href="#tagcloud">united</a></span> <span class="tagcloud6" id="48"><a href="#tagcloud">war</a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="49"><a href="#tagcloud">worker</a></span> </div><div id="credit">created at <a href="http://tagcrowd.com">TagCrowd.com</a></div><br />Here's a hybrid cloud made from combining the two original political lists to create a <em>Slant</em>scape mashup<em>.</em> In all cases the clouds have been restricted to display a maximum of fifty keywords and the last cloud shows a frequency count for each word.<br /><br /><strong>DemoRepspeak</strong><br /><br /><style type="text/css"> <!-- #htmltagcloud{ font-family:'lucida grande',trebuchet,'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height:2.4em; word-spacing:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-decoration:none; text-transform:none; text-align:justify; text-indent:0ex; 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font-family:'lucida grande',trebuchet,'trebuchet ms',verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;}#credit a:link{color:#AAAAAA; text-decoration:none;}#credit a:visited{color:#AAAAAA; text-decoration:none;}#credit a:hover{text-decoration:none; color:white; background-color:#05f;}#credit a:active{text-decoration:underline;}// --> </style><br /><div id="htmltagcloud"><span class="tagcloud3" id="0"><a href="#tagcloud">accounts <span class="freq">(7)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="1"><a href="#tagcloud">action <span class="freq">(5)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud5" id="2"><a href="#tagcloud">american <span class="freq">(10)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="3"><a href="#tagcloud">arctic <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="4"><a href="#tagcloud">bill <span class="freq">(5)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="5"><a href="#tagcloud">billion <span class="freq">(5)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="6"><a href="#tagcloud">budget <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="7"><a href="#tagcloud">card <span class="freq">(5)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="8"><a href="#tagcloud">care <span class="freq">(8)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="9"><a href="#tagcloud">cell <span class="freq">(8)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="10"><a href="#tagcloud">child <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="11"><a href="#tagcloud">class <span class="freq">(6)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="12"><a href="#tagcloud">committee <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="13"><a href="#tagcloud">companies <span class="freq">(5)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="14"><a href="#tagcloud">court <span class="freq">(7)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="15"><a href="#tagcloud">credit <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="16"><a href="#tagcloud">crimes <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud5" id="17"><a href="#tagcloud">cuts <span class="freq">(10)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="18"><a href="#tagcloud">deficit <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="19"><a href="#tagcloud">food <span class="freq">(6)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="20"><a href="#tagcloud">gas <span class="freq">(7)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="21"><a href="#tagcloud">global <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="22"><a href="#tagcloud">growth <span class="freq">(6)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud5" id="23"><a href="#tagcloud">health <span class="freq">(9)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="24"><a href="#tagcloud">illegal <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="25"><a href="#tagcloud">jobs <span class="freq">(5)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="26"><a href="#tagcloud">justice <span class="freq">(6)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="27"><a href="#tagcloud">law <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="28"><a href="#tagcloud">leader <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud5" id="29"><a href="#tagcloud">national <span class="freq">(10)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="30"><a href="#tagcloud">natural <span class="freq">(7)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud4" id="31"><a href="#tagcloud">oil <span class="freq">(8)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="32"><a href="#tagcloud">people <span class="freq">(5)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="33"><a href="#tagcloud">plan <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud5" id="34"><a href="#tagcloud">president <span class="freq">(10)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="35"><a href="#tagcloud">reform <span class="freq">(7)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="36"><a href="#tagcloud">refuge <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="37"><a href="#tagcloud">republican <span class="freq">(5)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud3" id="38"><a href="#tagcloud">rights <span class="freq">(7)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud10" id="39"><a href="#tagcloud">security <span class="freq">(19)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud8" id="40"><a href="#tagcloud">social <span class="freq">(15)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud5" id="41"><a href="#tagcloud">stem <span class="freq">(9)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="42"><a href="#tagcloud">support <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="43"><a href="#tagcloud">supreme <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud9" id="44"><a href="#tagcloud">tax <span class="freq">(17)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud2" id="45"><a href="#tagcloud">trade <span class="freq">(6)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="46"><a href="#tagcloud">trust <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud0" id="47"><a href="#tagcloud">veterans <span class="freq">(4)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud5" id="48"><a href="#tagcloud">war <span class="freq">(9)</span></a></span> <span class="tagcloud1" id="49"><a href="#tagcloud">wildlife <span class="freq">(5)</span></a></span> </div><div id="credit">created at <a href="http://tagcrowd.com">TagCrowd.com</a></div><br /><p>As a tool for working with language the creative possibilities are fascinating. TagCrowd can be applied to a multitude of artistic and interperative situations including blogging, songwriting, sloganeering, poetry, hyper linking etc, and the range of input material is obviously limitless from recipes to religion. More language tools and toys can be found on the REPROMAN sidebar.<br /><br />TagCrowd created by <a href="http://steinbock.org/">Daniel Steinbock</a><br /><br />The generated code and its rendered image are released under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 License</a>.<br /><br />Via <a href="vhttp://people.tribe.net/seanpkearney">Sean Kearney's</a> <a href="http://www.patternhunter.com/2006/10/tagcrowd-and-free-future-game.html">/patternHunter [/ph]</a> - thanks for mentioning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia">Apophenia</a>, the word really grabbed my attention and on further exploration proved to be very fruitful. In particular to this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases">List of Cognitive Biases</a> and my list of social applications at <a href="http://hubpages.com/_2vjbys66xle1d/hub/Web_Buzz_Explorer">Web Buzz Explorer</a>.</p><p><strong>Language Visualization Resources</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.iamsapp.ca/ThePowerOfWords/">ThePowerOfWords</a> - A text analysis of political discourse during times of crisis.</p><p><a href="http://chir.ag/phernalia/preztags/">US Presidential Speeches Tag Cloud</a> - Shows the popularity, frequency, and trends in the usages of words within speeches, official documents, declarations, and letters written by the Presidents of the US between 1776 - 2006 AD.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-56819242955023176792006-11-24T12:14:00.001-08:002008-10-15T12:29:10.462-07:00Timothy Leary - how to operate your brain<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SQq_XmhBTgg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SQq_XmhBTgg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary">Timothy Leary</a> massages his message on reprogramming the brain into your brain in this 29 minute video produced by Chris Graves.<br /><br />Via <a href="http://www.bruceeisner.com/new_culture/2006/11/how_to_operate_.html">Bruce Eisner's Vision Thing</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-10001156369591952012006-11-16T16:30:00.000-08:002006-11-16T18:39:16.762-08:00Lasse Gjertsen's Hyperactive Video Editing Style<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4380/1046691202729492/1600/Lasse.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4380/1046691202729492/400/Lasse.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lassegg">Lasse Gjertsen</a> uses video editing techniques akin to music sampling to create new digital media compositions. In the video below called <em>Amateur</em> he creates a cut-up illusion of himself jamming on drums and piano. In another video he makes an appearance as a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVCb52iQrfo">human beatbox</a>.<br /><br />Lasse also creates animations and a good introduction to his creative influences can be found in <em>Jeg går en Tur</em> - A self portrait that you can watch below: <em>In animation, EVERYTHING is possible!</em><br /><br />Check out <a href="http://www11.nrk.no/urort/user/?id=36781">Lasse's music page</a> for some fine electronic tunes.<br /><br />Via <a href="http://www.kottke.org/">Kottke.org</a><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><strong>Amateur - Lasse Gjertsen</strong><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JzqumbhfxRo" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br /><strong>Jeg går en Tur - A self portrait by Lasse Gjertsen</strong><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8ncOAJpr3n0" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-20112020138252416442006-11-13T10:45:00.000-08:002006-11-16T16:24:34.200-08:00Instructional Music Video Mashup<strong>Kel McKeown: Instructional Video</strong><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8y7Oa4CpjRY" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />A mashup masterclass and classic example of creative cut-up techniques. Part of the fun is learning how it's done.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-70369329347922338972006-11-13T10:13:00.000-08:002006-11-13T11:17:19.029-08:00Digital Luthiers Develop The Reactable<strong>reactable: improvisation demo</strong><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WEDia3CFdfg" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />Team designer Marcos Alonso explains:<br /><blockquote>The reactable, is a multi-user electronic music instrument with a tabletop<br />tangible user interface. Several simultaneous performers share complete<br />control over the instrument by moving physical objects on a luminous table<br />surface. By moving and relating these objects, representing components of a<br />classic modular synthesizer, users can create complex and dynamic sonic<br />topologies, with generators, filters and modulators, in a kind of tangible<br />modular synthesizer or graspable flow-controlled programming language.<br /><br />This instrument is being developed by a team of digital luthiers (Sergi<br />Jordà, Martin Kaltenbrunner, Günter Geiger and Marcos Alonso), at the Music<br />Technology Group within the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain.</blockquote>More information is available via the <a href="http://mtg.upf.edu/reactable/">Reactable Website</a> which also has a good overview of <a href="http://mtg.upf.edu/reactable/?related">related tangible musical interfaces</a>. See also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReacTable">Wikipedia reacTable</a> <p><br />Here's an organic interface that takes a more fluid approach...<br /><p><br /><strong>Toriton Plus: Water Surface as Music Controller II</strong><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bJ9LQHazTRg" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed> <blockquote></blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-49732442715023074952006-11-11T19:56:00.000-08:002006-11-11T21:10:23.213-08:00WGBH Lab: Video Sandbox<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4380/1046691202729492/1600/WGBH%20Lab%20Video%20Sandbox.jpg"></a><div>The <a href="http://guide-h.omn.org/WGBHLabApr06/index.html">WGBH Lab</a> is an online destination and initiative designed to help independent media makers. Selected video clips from the WGBH Media Library are being cleared for copyright and made available for people to cut, loop and mashup via the <a href="http://streams.wgbh.org/sandbox/">Lab Sandbox</a>.<br /><br />All clips are made available in QuickTime’s native .mov format under Creative Commons license <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/" target="new">Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.5</a> .</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-42699842289255239132006-11-09T19:04:00.000-08:002006-11-14T19:41:14.780-08:00New Perceptions of Self in the Age of Social MediaThese four time-lapse videos show human evolutionary processes and cosmetic transformations over varying periods of time. These type of clips became significantly popular via YouTube and other new media outlets during the latter part of 2006.<br /><br />I have posted the clips here in order of appearance on YouTube, over the 3 months of August, September and October (dates may be innacurate). Each successive video was compiled over a longer period of time apart from the final clip which was shot relatively quickly and digitally manipulated later.<br /><br />For the first two videos shown below, the viewing figures quickly reached into the millions each and the level of interest was high across many important forms of media dissemination including blogs, social networks and mass media news outlets.<br /><br />The clips continue to capture the imaginations of millions and it seems fitting to profile the trend in a single post. There's obviously a powerful fascination with the aging process and the technique of projecting these visions of accumulative degenerative processes over time. The fourth clip, possibly influenced by the success of the earlier videos, shows the power of cosmetic / technological practices to promote an image of desirability, albeit dependent on particular cultural perspectives and identification. Click through to the YouTube sources to get further details and comments.<br /><p><br /><strong>Me: Girl takes pic of herself every day for three years</strong><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/55YYaJIrmzo" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><p><br /><strong>Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years</strong><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6B26asyGKDo" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><p><br />Living My Life Faster - 8 years of JK's Daily Photo Project<br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vc_PU3D3QNE" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><p><br /><strong>Dove - Evolution</strong><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MFPGa0pKyTg" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed> <p></p><br />More about this type of photography at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-lapse">Wikipedia Time-lapse</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-65824146961932965222006-10-29T02:20:00.000-08:002006-11-25T08:23:52.458-08:00Bent Circuit Training<strong>Circuit Bending</strong><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vbYeTXUsgNY" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></p><p>Students learn the art of Furby reprogramming in a circuit bending workshop with Ben Goldstone. Below, an adept demonstrates the fruits of circuit bending knowledge as applied to a Kawasaki toy guitar.<br /><p><strong>cicuit bent "Double Neck" kawasaki toy guitar</strong><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SSsY5XuFpL4" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br />Kawasaki motorcycle company licensed DSI Toys to use their name on a line of musical products. Unfortunately it's difficult to find online info about these particular electronic toys. If your interested in circuit bending and modifications to electronic sound toys here are some links worth exploring:<p><br /><a href="http://www.metalriffs.com/Toys.htm">Metalriffs.com Guitar Toy Museum</a> - a small picture gallery of electronic guitar toys.<br /><a href="http://www.miniorgan.com/">Miniorgan.com</a> - a private collection of rare small music keyboards and vintage musical electronic toys.<br /><a href="http://users.informatik.haw-hamburg.de/~windle_c/TableHooters/index.html">WarrantyVoid</a> - the electronic sound toy and keyboard modification site.<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_bending">Wikipedia Circuit bending</a> - provides info and links to other websites.</p><p><br />If you're looking for online virtual sound toys and interactive music guides see the <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/soundtoys/">Museum of Sound Toys</a>.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8574494332760002844.post-59645042814544485882006-10-26T22:54:00.000-07:002006-10-27T00:12:37.523-07:00Recycled Culture: David Ellis and the Art of Double Bass<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4380/1046691202729492/1600/EllisSKDUBSGold.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4380/1046691202729492/400/EllisSKDUBSGold.jpg" border="0" /></a>This work by artist David Ellis combines the body of a double bass with modern day audio hardware and electronics.<br /><br /><strong>SKDubs gold (double bass boombox fiddle)</strong><br /><br />36 x 50 1/2 x 17"<br /><br />Medium-modified double bass fiddle, spraypaint, casters, oak, plywood, metal, iPod, two tube pre-amps, B and C mids and tweeters, Electro-voice woofers, JVC tweeters, Crown XLS 602 Poweramp, and Behringer equalizer - 2005.<br /><br />Via <a href="http://www.hulger.org/">Hulger.org</a> where you can find lots more interesting and arty contemporary designs.<br /><br /><strong>The Double Bass</strong><br /><br />Along with classical music, the double bass has found its place in genres such as the blues, bluegrass, jazz, rock and roll, rockabilly, psychobilly, drum and bass. It has been used widely in pop and rock music on recordings by artists like Kate Bush, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and Frank Zappa. A well known example being the Lou Reed song <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_on_the_Wild_Side">"Walk on the Wild Side"</a> where session musician <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Flowers">Herbie Flowers</a> created the distinctive sounding bass hook, by using a mix of old and new sounds. He recorded one part on acoustic upright and then overdubbed a crossing part a major tenth above on electric fretless bass. The song was later recycled by other artists including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tribe_Called_Quest">A Tribe Called Quest</a> who used a sample of it in "Can I Kick it?" - You can just about hear it on the intro of the video remix below. For more examples of recordings using double bass, see this thread from the <a href="http://www.talkbass.com/">TalkBass</a> forums discussing <a href="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-119228.html">Examples of Upright in Pop Music</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UbDFS6cg1AI" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br /><strong>Perceptions</strong><br /><br />David Ellis's work evokes some interesting perceptions through the marriage of old and new world technologies.<br /><br />At first site the juxtaposition creates a slight element of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance">cognitive dissonance</a>, a clash between the older acoustic culture and the contemporary electronic culture. However, the sense of discomfort is lessened by the idea the two cultures are not completely contradictory. The fundamental function of sound reproduction, for the purpose of music and entertainment, remains intact. In fact the instrument has merely been rewired, the strings replaced by electric wires.<br /><br />Originally the source of sound was generated by a human drive mechanism. The machinery of bow and fingers controlled the perceived pitch, loudness and tone production. These have been replaced by electronic counterparts. The output of the iPod is the sound source, the amplifier and equalizer control the loudness and tone respectively.<br /><br />The acoustically resonating wooden body becomes the architecture for the electro-magnetic speakers and electronics which are embedded in the belly. The electronics span a progression of successive developments where each stage builds on the past, from mechanical, to electronic valve, transistor and finally digital micro-chip.<br /><br />There's much to contemplate in this piece that embraces change and cultural heritage: the new functionality, shape, symmetry, the handle ontop, the missing head/neck, the fact that it's no longer 'upright'.<br /><br /><a href="http://detritus.net/">Detritus.net</a> is a web site devoted to recycled culture. Budding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detritivore">detrivores</a> wishing to make new creative works out of old ones will find it a good source of inspiration.<br /><br /><strong>Resources</strong><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_art">Wikipedia: Conceptual art</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15307218892299247009noreply@blogger.com0