So many things! – StaffPad actually has potential to drastically change how most composers write music. It, of course, needs to get off the Surface, and…
Let’s talk about NI’s STEMS. This is super interesting, not least because it is an open, backwards-compatible format. It’s also worth noting that this idea…
Bruce Sterling at SouthBy, natch. Hannah Donovan remains brilliant. Jan Chipchase on being a ‘young creative’ – I think his definition is not the same…
– Snowden, Poitras, and Greenwald did an AMA. Essential. My TOR node is up: is yours? – Charles Stross is on depressingly good form here,…
So, I moved to New York. It’s been, as they say, real. – Amazing intro / discussion of African science fiction. – BBC Kraftwerk doc….
Augmented Hands. I repeat my prediction that all human senses will eventually be mediated by computers. The Turing Complete User. This is a thing that…
Two years after I had the idea of blowing up Brahms scores by modifying the .jpg files, I finally have a done thing: Details and link to…
As you can see by the lack of shows, I barely went out this past year. But, there were still some tunes that did serious…
Well, MUTEK. Tim Hecker, Shackleton, Holly Herndon, Robert Henke, Archie Pelago, Magic Mountain High, Ricardo Villalobos, Pinch, Lee Bannon, The Mole + Family, and all…
As ever with concerts, the ‘honorable mentions’ should really get as much love as those mentioned in more detail… Erin Gee – Swarming Emotional Pianos I…