A while back I attempted to finish a short story. My methodology was to bring a few people along with me, hoping that by all of us sharing the same goal I would be able to finish mine easier. That turned out not to be the case, as I struggled through it as much as I have with any piece of writing. I guess I wrote something, which in itself was an achievement. Yann managed to finish a quite nice story, Darkness (pdf). Kudos to you sir, you have put my writing chops to shame. Perhaps we will meet on this field of words again, and that time, I will be prepared for you. Also, for those that are suckers for punishment, I submit for you, Captain AngryPants (txt). Tomorrow I start creating a piece of art a day, to be documented at: The Creative Act. Wish me luck!

I just uploaded some new tracks to my dumping grounds tonight. The most recent one is just a sketch that I did with billy, called in teh ahahhahahaha. I did it for a 60 minute compo that is loosely related to em411

Enjoy.

Gotta get these reviews off my work computer so that I can potentially give the cds back to the radio station. Also, shamelessly ripping off Al3x for blogging inspiration.

Burial – Burial
Completely rain-soaked dubstep, quite dark, but it still pulls through some elements of the two-step that it grew out of. Reminds me of a cross between photek and monolake. The only major issues with this record is when there are actual distinct vocals, they fall into a very posturing kind of sound. The vocals, when used as texture are really quite great. P.S. These tracks have been around for a long time now, probably not right to call them _dub_step anymore.
recommended tracks: 2, 6, 7, 8

Venetian Snares – Hospitality
More of the cut up breaks and superfast atmospheres from Aaron Funk. It seems that the snares have gone forward with melodic song structure, and is luckily enough incorporating the less amen-y breaks that were on ross callig. The orchestral sounds on this album have much more in common with something like µ-ziq’s royal astronomy record, very preset / midi / playstation era synth sounding. Sweet acid on the last track.

I recently participated in a time limited art project, 54hours.org, where you get a sentence on friday evening, and have until sunday night to complete a short movie based on the sentence. This was by far the most relaxed time-limited art project that I have participated in, far less brain destroying than the 24 hour comic, and far less time management focused than the month long album. Also, the fact that it was a team effort added quite a bit to the fun. Feel free to download our submission behind this link.

This weekend was yet another partymode/college friends reunion. I helped Eli Pousson (former roommate) set up his blog, which will probably be anthropology/transportation related. Also, I will be going to NYC on the second of February, and will also hopefully have time to hang out with everyone there.

And yet one final update, if you don’t have enough diary type entries from me, I tend to update my twitter feed with shorter, less interesting and context free stuff.

Saw this over at k9d's livejournal, and thought it was a nice idea, so here goes. The first five people that leave a comment in this post are going to get a one of a kind piece of art, created by me, shipped to them. The only catch is that they also have to post the same offer in their webloggy thingy, or make an announcement in a public forum or whatever. Ok, go! [edit] just went back and re-read the original post, and it looks like you don't actually need to continue the meme, but it would be nice. I will be getting in contact with responders for snail-mail addresses soon.