Here is a new original track form Brien Engel. Brien is the artist who made the tuned wine glasses for the Absolut Quartet. Brien performs and lectures all over. He is a talented musician and educator. We were fortunate to find him and work with him. You can see more about his music and his lectures and more information about glass as an instrument on his website, http://glassharp.org/ .
The Quartet machine is now set up and running at the Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria for all of 2009. The website where you can interact from anywhere should be up by early February. We'll be looking for composers and coders as well. We're going all open source with the project. More soon...
This clip just resurfaced when my friend Maiya saw it on facebook.com. We were just walking down the Infinite with our nerd kits on the way to 2.007 in the Pappalardo Lab. We were no dunderheads.
Two of my favorite farming experts, Wes Jackson and Wendell Berry, recently shared their thoughts on how to improve America's domestic farming practices. The piece is short and direct, so I won't waste your time paraphrasing it much here.
FOOD DEMOCRACY NOW.org If all that sounds good to you, then be sure to visit the website for Food Democracy Nowand sign the petition to let YOUR government know that you want the USDA to adopt sustainable farming practices going forward. Future generations (and your taste buds) will thank you.
Nagarjuna Buddhist Tetralemma
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A technique for working with limiting beliefs. Try these statements on and
feel how they resonate in your body. Consider making space for all four
truths. ...
Jon Naar - Photographer, Faith of Graffiti
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It is with great sadness that we just learned of Jon Naar's passing. Jon
took the photographs for Faith Of Graffiti, the seminal book on subway art
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Plebian Fiasco, May 8 :: call for proposals!
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Announcing Plebian Fiasco!!!! (Numero Uno) 20000 years ago we danced
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Welcome to zed equals zee!
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zed equals zee focuses on the intersection of music, technology and
culture. This blog is now on permanent hiatus. It was time for us to move
on, creative ...
Whitney Houston - I Look To You
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So, "I Look To You" may or may not be Whitney Houston's first single off
her eagerly-awaited return to the music industry, due out August 31, but it
is the...