Someone sitting next to me in the TACC Visualization Lab (which is basically a darkened room full of curved displays) received several cell phone calls while we were watching a presentation, but it wasn’t until the second call that I realized it wasn’t just a well-placed musical flourish in the presentation… I wish I had a not-jarring ringtone; my Adam Ant "Goody Two Shoes" ringtones is usually pretty distracting. I just saw that the Touch Shop has a cd of 177 ringtones prepared by sound artists, composers, djs, and other noisemakers, that I imagine would make for pretty good listening on its own. I’m pretty sure that Kelly would freak if my phone emitted some Ryoji Ikeda.
Monthly Archive for March, 2006
I just completed and posted the latest record jumble, based mostly on records got in the last couple of weeks– some bought, some pilfered from Trei’s pre-move weeding out. It looks like anyone trying not to listen live might not have been able to, sorry about that.
Upon previewing it just now I realized it’s a bit dark; perhaps some sort of balance for the absolutely gorgeous Austin day we had today.
For the gunner’s class on collaborative technologies this semester we had to make a new blog and add fourteen posts. I finished the assignment yesterday, and am contemplating whether I should keep posting to it. Does anyone out there care how fast or slow I do my crossword puzzles everyday? Let me know what y’all think.
Bands seen at SXSW, chronologically. * indicate how much I loved them. ^ indicates I saw them intentionally.
Rachel Goldstar**
Belong ***^
Frog Eyes *****^
Brothers and Sisters *
The Harrisons
Jim Noir **
Art Brut *^
Blackalicious*^
Spoon**^
Echo & the Bunnymen ^*
Jenny Owen Youngs*
Kevin Devine^***
Charlotte Martin
Indian Jewelry***
Skeletons & Girl Faced Boys****^
Princess Superstar****^
Ariel Pink**^
Headlights*
Tralala
Ted Leo/Pharmacists**^
Skeletons & Girl Faced Boys (Again!)****^
Band of Horses**^
Morningwood***^
The Winnerys*
The Jessica Fletchers***^
Nine Black Alps
Charlatans**^
I think that’s it. I feel like I got my money’s worth, and probably would have done better if not for my new found interest in NCAA hoops.
Kelly, Dan, Danielle, Trei, Aedan, Joseph, and I took a trip out to West Texas last week. We stayed in Alpine, hit up Marfa (and confirmed [twice] that Pizza Foundation is the best pizza in Texas), saw the McDonald Obsertvatory and learned about the Sun, and conquered Big Bend and stood about 20 feet from Mexico. Here’s the evidence.