weather canada

bWe’re well into one-off territory, folks. The weather in Vancouver has been all kinds of bad, but there’s a lot to talk about: – I…

but if you’re bored

A thousand and one thank-yous to everyone who came to Hush last night and rocked out with Matt and I. We kind of had a…

music as a memetic virus

Music: an art form in which the medium is sound. Meme: any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted…

passing tones

I am DJing at the Sunset Room on Saturday, April 19th, from 0100 to 0230 – the party is called THE COUNTDOWN, and will also…

boy likes to to to boogie

Or not, in this case.  The results of the “Best Music You’ve Heard Today” postings are in for the second floor of the computer science…

‘for martin arnold’, by Hollas Longton

I had the pleasure of ‘performing’, a piece by Hollas Longton a few weeks ago, and I got his permission to post the recording of…

no tech is good tech

R. Murray Schafer came by UVic on Friday, to talk about his string quartets, about soundscapes and sonic ecology, and about his approaches to composition…

each according to his worth

I finished a new miniset: Download here. Art is care of William Blake, the sound is epic, boss-battle progbreaks. 1: Royal Assassin – Turn Of…

don’t fuck with stravinsky

No, seriously, don’t fuck with Stravinsky.  I mean, just look at him.  He’ll cut you. I just got in from seeing and hearing the UVic…

sudden flash

In A Theory Of Fun, Raph Koster talks about how most video games teach simple principles of reflex and repetition. Games like CounterStrike and Double…