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VloMo09 Day 09: Vanilla Vinaigrette
This is very tasty, made with extra special ingredients.Posted 10 months ago
#23/30 Cabana TV
We can’t have a top 30 countdown without mentioning the Black & White TV located in the Cabana. Can’t miss the Hockey gamesPosted 10 months ago
#25- 30 Things in 30 Days
Counting down the top 30 Things around the house. #25 - Gothic jeweleryPosted 10 months ago
Day 05 - Sequence 47
Here’s the chain of though that led to this video. I started by writing down some things that interested me in Heath’s video. One of those was the closeup of his eyes. That made me think of the scene in 2001 where David Bowman goes into the monolith. I’ve been listening to The Flaming Lips a lot lately and I thought the end of Silver Trembling Hands and the beginning of Virgo Self-Esteem Broadcast would make a cool alternate soundtrack. My original idea was to have Aren (the robot from Talkbot.tv) just say something funny at the end but I’d been listening to the Glee soundtrack all day and I thought it would be better if I could somehow work in one of those tracks. The best one is their version of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing which, I realized, is the song that they used in the last scene of The Sopranos. And that fits perfectly with the Walt Whitman poem that Heath used. All of that happened in my head in about a minute after not coming up with an idea all day.Posted 10 months ago
barely there
running late tonight so I modified a processing patch used for a different project - playing with tints and darker images. maybe it's the influence of the HP Lovecraft class I'm doing a the moment.. ;) 05/11/2009 blog post @ http://www.aliak.com/content/barely-there this is day 5 of VloMo09 - 2009 Videoblogging Month - watch other people's videos at http://videobloggers.mirocommunity.orgPosted 10 months ago
Item 27 of 30
Item #27 of 30 – Thing-ama-bob Entering our countdown list at Number 27, is a thing-ama-bob.Posted 10 months ago
Embryonic
I’ve known of The Flaming Lips for a long time. I vaguely remember seeing them play in Oklahoma in the fall of 1986. Fast-forward twenty-something years and Last.fm is constantly telling me that I need to listen to them. So about 4 months ago I downloaded a few of their albums and totally fell in love. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is so fucking good it instantly became one of my all time favorites. So here I am, all excited about The Flaming Lips and as luck would have it they were about ready to release a new album – Embryonic. They even had 3 of the tracks already on iTunes which I purchased right away. Then I listened to them. WTF? This didn’t even sound like the same band. On top of that, unlike the beautiful recordings with special headphone surprises of their last few albums, these tracks sounded like they were recorded badly, on a 4-track , in a garage. Soon after, they started promoting the new album and had the whole thing streaming on the web in a few places. So I gave it a couple of listens but I was still disappointed. My friend Steve says that the first album you really like from a band will usually always be your favorite. I find that’s mostly true. Rarely does a band reinvent themselves and it makes you like them more – after all, you fell in love with the old version. That said, Radiohead certainly did it with Kid A. So here’s the thing about Embryonic; in my opinion it’s not really a collection of songs. It’s more like one 70 minute epic. Right after it came out 3 weeks ago, I bought it, put it on my iPod and went out running with it. That’s where it finally made sense to me. Once I was able to focus on it and listen to the whole thing – none of the tracks out of context – it began to reveal itself. Now, something like 3 dozen complete listens later, I have to say it’s brilliant. I love it more each time I hear it. It’s without a doubt my favorite Flaming Lips album so far. I shot this video on my phone yesterday as I drove over the favorite part of my usual running route. “See The Leaves†came on and it felt perfect. I thought I’d try to share it with you.Posted 10 months ago
Melbourne Cup at Rosehill Raceway
my office spent Melbourne Cup at Rosehill Raceway. I didn't win any money - my horses peaked too early. Olivia Newton John sang the national anthem and everyone stood up - well almost everyone. we watched a couple of races at the track too 03/11/2009 Rosehill, Sydney video page : http://blip.tv/file/2801928 blog entry : http://www.aliak.com/content/melbourne-cup-rosehill-racewayPosted 10 months ago
* Alan LAMB & Dave NOYZE's performance of rain on the wires @ Wired Lab - Open Day
Alan LAMB & Dave NOYZE's performance of rain on the wires. it sounded like space invaders / star wars laser guns! Wired Lab Open Day 31/10/2009 Cootamundra, NSW wiredlab.ning.com/profiles/blogs/wired-o-p-e-n-day blog post : http://www.aliak.com/content/alan-lamb-dave-noyzes-performance-rain-wires-wired-lab-open-dayPosted 10 months ago
Garry Bradbury @ Wired Lab Open Day
Garry Bradbury & Alan LAMB's performance - live mixing in the pitch of "B" (also the pitch of Bees in chorus) - Bradbury selected some of the raw wires sounds and compiled them together into a georgeous layered ambient piece, and Lamb played the wire with a large bow - such an amazing physical performance with simply beautiful sounds. this was the highlight performance of the night for me. masterful!! Wired Lab Open Day 31/10/2009 Cootamundra, NSW wiredlab.ning.com/profiles/blogs/wired-o-p-e-n-day blog post : http://www.aliak.com/content/garry-bradbury-wired-lab-open-dayPosted 10 months ago
