July 2011
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“Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental...”
– Hunter S. Thompson
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“In the past year I have had more requests for the final mastering to be dynamic...”
– Some interesting and pleasing points in this article, even if the writer doesn’t fully understand the topic. Good effort, but saying ridiculous lines like “Indie songwriter Owen Pallett went so far as to record all of the vocals for his 2006 Polaris Prize-winning album He Poos Clouds...
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#sonicmeet: Strongrooms Bar, 21st July 8pm →
This is the audio pro meetup I co-organise which is in London this thursday. Visit sonicmeet.co.uk for full details. See you there!
sonicmeet:
The second #sonicmeet is booked at Strongroom Bar for Thursday 21st July from 8pm.
We’ll be in the downstairs area of the bar. If all goes to plan, there’s a fair chance the first ten to arrive will get a tour around the famous Strongroom studio,...
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DaisyDisk
Loving this new file-sorting app from the Mac App Store. Hard drives never looked so good.
DaisyDisk [Mac App Store]
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How Rupert Murdoch's defence of The Sun in 1989...
While reading this marvellous post by Adam Curtis on Rupert Murdoch and his political relationships, there is a quote from a 1989 issue written by Murdoch where he “trumpeted his vision of himself as a revolutionary”:
“There is a growing band of people in positions of influence and privilege who want OUR newspaper to suit THEIR private convenience. They wish to conceal from...
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Acoustic Cloaking Device
thebib:
“Scientists have shown off a “cloaking device” that makes objects invisible - to sound waves.
It uses simple plastic sheets with arrays of holes, and could be put to use in making ships invisible to sonar or in acoustic design of concert halls.”
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Watchspartandriveby:
140 dB, an experimental short film by Tadas Svilainis combining sonic acrobatics with digitally-synthesized motion spectacle.
(via CDM)
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Lil B, SwagSec, and the Gay Hacking Parade
spartandriveby:
Some things are too good to be true. Others are stunningly creative marketing techniques by major labels.
The story began this morning when SwagSec, a self-professed gay black hacking collective, defaced Amy Winehouse’s website. It was impressive, and entirely NSFW. Along with a tirade against other hacking groups, the “white devil” and “heterosexual niggaz”, the group claimed...