stg/journal

DAMN YOU DISH NETWORK!

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:06:24 GMT

Dish Network has deleated Family Room HD.

this sucks. it was my favourite.

i could watch Thunderbirds, UFO, and Totally Frank in glorious HD.

now i can't. i have to buy the DVDs.

DW2008 review "The Doctor's Daughter"

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:27:22 GMT

eh fuck it i'm not going to repost it here.

go join the whedonites in telling me i'm full of shit over at the DW community:

http://community.livejournal.com/doctorwho/2961559.html

while i'm happy there's a new DW series, the fact that a whole bunch of stupid people have latched on to it and eat up this drivel makes me wish it didn't happen and that DW died when BBC revoked Virgin's licence for novels.

New Track: Chillicothe Thug Life (feat. Donald Crunk)

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:18:27 GMT

and another demo track over at

http://www.myspace.com/stgsoundlabs

these two tracks feature the in-development STG Soundlabs Voltage Mini-Store and Trigger Mini-Store sequencers, which run off a DIN Sync buss and have an internal clock divider for quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes.

"Chillicothe Thug Life" is the first new original song i've got to have a significant part in for the past ten years. it's also possibly the world's first-ever berlin school gansta crunk track. this is a "collab" with The Degelman AKA Donald Crunk. it's about life here in Chillicothe, where the STG Fidelity Sound Lab is situated against the broadside of a meth lab slash foster farm.

i made the beats and chorus and took a minimoog solo, Donald Crunk brought the words and the concept. we produced the track together, and was tracked in one night and mixed by myself the second.

the bassline and Redshift-ey sequence line (the first two pitched elements) are the modular parts. the parts that sound like a Yamaha RX5, CR-8000, Minimoog, x0xb0x, Z1 electric piano, and Juno-6 are of those respective instruments.

berlin school crunk, coming atcha like a motherfucker.

Sun, 11 May 2008 10:25:34 GMT

it seems that Degelman and I made a rap song tonight, in the new genre of "berlin school crunk."

i'll get it mixed today, and uploaded tonight, so you can ignore it tomorrow. it's your loss. ha.

topic matter: chillicothe thug life.

bonus: it's also a demo for the new STG Soundlabs voltage and trigger sequencers, and the Yamaha RX-5 (the Chuck Senrick Special) which Skylab 2000 sold to me a couple weeks ago.

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:37:35 GMT

i recorded a fabulous video tonight with syncronised audio and then accidentally deleated it.

dammit!

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:28:46 GMT

i made a bitchin' video of the new sequencers.

and then i deleated it. data rescue X failed me. let's see what Mr Spec can do.

Manuel Göttsching - E2:E4

Thu, 08 May 2008 08:59:15 GMT

some might say this album doesn't go anywhere.

i prefer to say it takes its time. and it's fucking great.

Doctor Who vs The Love Boat

Thu, 08 May 2008 08:23:26 GMT

fanvids violate Sturgeon's Law. they transcend 90 percent crap, and move all the way to 99.8 percent crap.

here's your 0.2 percent:

first new track in years and pictures of the sound lab.

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:39:32 GMT

pictures of the current state of the sound lab are at

http://pics.livejournal.com/suitandtieguy/gallery/0003yfqy

and i recorded the first thing i played in my new electronic cocoon. it is an electro slowcore track called "AO-27 Trance City," and is located at

http://www.myspace.com/stgsoundlabs

and this is a kit list:

chords - Z1
chimes - Juno 6
solo - Minimoog
octave jumpy thing - x0xb0x
hi hats - CR8000
BD/SN - 909 samples on the Akai under TR-505 control
FX - Studio 400, MPX-100, PCM-80

minimoog and juno played in realtime. one take to two tracks. parts were switched in and out on the Ramsa desk.

also i put up three new tracks to

http://www.myspace.com/thesuitandtieguyband

consisting of my arrangement of Blade Runner circa 2006, and a couple of jams.

The Big Rack

Tue, 06 May 2008 04:40:12 GMT

so after a couple of years being relegated to storage, The Big Rack is being called back into active duty in celebration of its sixth birthday. here she is, freshly stained and stuffed in late May of 2002 (and quite a doozy of a folder that is:)

the only gear which i still own which is pictured here is the Mackie mixer. i still have one of the Z1s and the power conditioner, however the Z1 actually belongs to Jim Coker and the power conditioner belongs to James McCaskey.

maybe if i'm hyper productive i'll get a pic of the new "ambient house power station" (maybe i should paint "Battersea" on the side of it) up tonight.

immense success? haha.

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:53:57 GMT

“These figures are quite alarming and urgent action is needed. Overall prevalence is up 2% and in some categories, such as 18-29 year old women in certain social classes, smoking levels are at 56%. The Government has set a target of ‘A Tobacco Free Society’ and these figures clearly show that no progress is being made despite the immense success of our workplace smoking legislation”, commented Prof Luke Clancy of ASH.

http://www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&id=13494

no progress equals no success. these people are delusional.

good FSOL article

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:02:19 GMT

here's an interview with the Future Sound of London where they talk about their new method of digital distribution via the internet.

in 1994.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/aug94/futurelondon.html?print=yes

your daily dose of taking the radiophonic piss

Sat, 03 May 2008 10:57:36 GMT

yeap. that's dan ashcroft, ladies and gentlemen:

300 + gig of this shit.

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:06:06 GMT

View Poll: the archive. the question.

and it seems that i was incorporating "Stratosfear" into "Blue Monday and Doctor Who"

this current transfer also features "Heaven Knows I'm Fucking Miserable Now" and "The Chase AKA Turkish Prison Guard Part II"

fave spam subject header of the day

Thu, 01 May 2008 09:13:08 GMT

subject: erwill your a moron

so i'm watching "Pump Up The Volume: The History of House"

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:40:39 GMT

and i need to mention that Derrick May seems like a totally awesome dude.

along with DJ Pierre, Marshall Jefferson, and Orbital.

bugaboos:

a) it was nice to see Youth, but The Orb only "invented" ambient house because it was originally a Jimmy Cauty/Alex Patterson thing. "Chill Out" by the KLF pre-dated "Fluffy Little Clouds" by 11 months, which is an _eternity_ within that history.

b) Goldie is a bit of a twat. so he released some drum n bass in 1995 ... LTJ Bukem dropped "Demon's Theme" in 1991. Goldie got interviewed to hell, and Bukem wasn't mentioned.

3) the inclusion of "UK Garage" as the current sound of dance music is pretty funny. especially when the documentary doesn't mention the Paradise Garage at all.

part 3 is well naff. parts 1 and 2 are really fucking good. that's my review.

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:11:38 GMT

this is an amusing blog:

http://hotchickswithdouchebags.com/

however it seems more like "dumb chicks with douchebags." still amused though.

no, Chris Morris did not make this up.

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:34:50 GMT

it goes without saying that this is definitely safe for work:

Her Majesty's Treasury commissioned a new logo for the Office of Government Commerce based on the image of a man pleasuring himself.

this quote is pretty good:

"... it is not inappropriate to an organisation that’s looking to have a firm grip on Government spend.”

in addition to rants, synths, arts, and cookings, i also make browser-incompatible posts.

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:42:11 GMT

the previous entry contained an embedded U-Toob video. this used to work, but apparently for some people is not. i changed the embedded video to a simple link.

in addition to ranting and building synthesisers, i make art too.

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:28:33 GMT

here's a couple examples.

the first is one of those "pieces with a message" types of plunderphonic pop art. clickey the piccey to admire my attention to detail. it's based on this.:

and the second is me playing some music last week and people decided to gather round and record it. i'm sure i've done better work but this is the most recent work i've done:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiQH8l8sOJg

thanks to Cary Roberts for posting that. very nice of him.

no ponies, but a poll instead

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:33:39 GMT

i have recently become enamoured of the washed bags of green beans in the produce department. i've never been one for any more than the occasional potato or tortilla chip/crisp, so this is quite nice.

"baby" (ie: a sanded portion of) carrots have always been around, but i'm not too into root vegetables, except for the lighter ones such as radishes. i've always been far too lazy to cut and wash the green beans (cut/wash potatoes? no problemo. beans? tedious as a motherfucker) so this is quite exciting for me.

View Poll: #1174647

Planet of the Ood

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:48:19 GMT

okay, so that was the most NA of the RTD era so far IMHO. this means that i also think it was definitely positive, though i'm not going to wax poetically about it. i have no complaints about the storytelling or acting so far this season.

however i should note that the fact that Murray Gold's newest arrangement of the theme, which didn't bother me the first 10 times i heard it, now bugs the fuck out of me because the mid-bass line (the plucked string thing) has now been thrown out of the equation to make room for more post-ST:TNG orchestra shit.

i had more written here but it was just some rambling.

wtf?

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:51:27 GMT

guys, i can't make this shit up.

it's fairly obvious that we're all going to be formally enslaved by 2050. have fun with the remainder of free living.

EARTHQUAKE!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:49:07 GMT

apparently there was an earthquake in Olney an hour ago, and while some Chicago people and Indianapolis people were woken up by it, i didn't notice. i may have been driving, walking, sitting, or dropping super fat beats in the Sound Lab. i have no idea, and no recollection of the earth shaking for 10 seconds.

the last earthquake we felt here was in 2004. i remember when it happened i was playing the Conn home organ in the STG Fidelity Sound Lab, while Devon Greene was hanging out. i didn't notice that either.

i need to stop all this "doing shit" stuff, because apparently when the end times come if i'm not sitting on my ass in a couch with the lights off and the television shut off i won't notice.

or you all might be smoking crack, and just imagined the earthquake.

pay no mind to the fact that when the New Madrid fault goes, we're all fucked. let's not think about that.

AHMW2008 - The Experience (a photo gallery)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:48:52 GMT

here it is, the yearly gallery:

http://suitandtieguy.com/sights/ahmw2008/

in addition to photos of the event itself (not just gear but getting to see Horton in the flesh) there are photos of:

- the thing that i drove over near Gary that poked a hole in my rear bumper fish-hook style, and drug itself for a few hundred yards behind my car.
- buying combustion chamber cleaner at the third largest Wal-Mart in the universe, in Portage IN. (it's so big you can see the curvature of the ceiling!)
- waiting for the sequencer prototypes' FedEx delivery at the chinese buffet in Angola.
- Cary speculating upon the ownability of the Ramada terminals
- the place to buy coffee at when in Angola (hint: it's not Starbuck's)
- rebooting the stg/interceptor (occasional misfire triggers error code which causes fuel/air mix to go wacky)
- thrift store and lunch in Elkhart
- rebooting the stg/interceptor again (it happened 5 times over the course of the weekend)
- the fine job of remodeling Yum! does on Kentucky Fried Chicken stores.
- ridiculous retail in Mishawaka such as "your genuine neighborhood shop", completely fictitious second floors, a monument to a heron, a monument to Edward DeBartolo, The Bling Kiosk, and a Prisoner-style information kiosk in front of a giant mural of a new addition to the mall called "The Village", and photos of a Martin's grocery store which is so in love with itself i was accused of corporate espionage (!!) by the store manager while i was there. apparently they're so in love with their own upscaleness that they believe Kroger, Meijer, and Aldi routinely send overweight spies wearing black suits to take detail photos of their high-concept grocery experience.
- having a celebratory congac with Ryan and Josh for getting through the week (it was a bit stressful.) they also made dinner for me and the shirt Paco deBongo's wife was wearing at the event.