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Sunday, 04 February 2007 |
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 The almost all-analogue synth studio, with cat (mars kitty, in bubble at lower right) circa 2002. Click on picture to enlarge.
Phat props to M.C. Escher as well.
Here is a video of Mars:
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Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
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 The Serge modular system I used for Flight of the Atom Bee.
Unfortunately, this is not the photograph of the Bee patch itself: there were five positions across several panels where banana cables were piggy-backed five-high, routing control voltages hither, thither and yon. And, of course, many more spots where plugs were stacked two-, three-, or four-high, a symphony of brightly colored spaghetti strands.
For a more detailed description of the constuction of the bee, bird, bee-thought sounds, the drone, etc., please continue reading. But first ....
Ubi Mel Ibi Apes, along with my composition 3 seconds before Maia smiled, another song built around unique analog sounds from the Serge, are in the permanent collection of the SF Museum of Modern Art, as part of Glenn McKay's lightshow installation, Altered States. What does this mean? It means I got my name on a wall not in a public restroom for once.
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
Attention search engines:
brain, image, word, processing, co-ed, naked, spanking, sex, nude,
free, girls, money, easy, hot, motor, hunk, nerve, rich, charming.
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Friday, 02 February 2007 |
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What is rooted is easy to nourish.
What is recent is easy to correct.
What is brittle is easy to break.
What is small is easy to scatter.
Prevent trouble before it arises.
Put things in order before they exist.
The giant pine tree grows
from a tiny sprout.
The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.
Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.
Therefore the master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains as calm
at the end as at the beginning.
He has nothing,
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is non-desire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they always have been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao.
Thus he can care for all things.
-64
From The Tao Te Ching—The Canon of the Path and the Power:
- In Tao the only motion is returning;
- The only useful quality, weakness.
- For though all creatures under heaven are the products of Being,
- Being itself is the product of Not-being.
Even here, in the simplest and final distillation of Zen thought, we find that it all leads back to a woman.
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Friday, 29 June 2007 |
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It is with a sad heart that I tell you that I discovered that Freddie was killed today, apparently hit by a car.
He was an amazing, sweet, and funny little cat. I got him at the
shelter about a year ago, to keep Henry, a cat I had gotten from my
friend Stephanie, company.
Henry and Freddie became fast friends, often napping together, playing chase, all those things loving kitties do.
I will miss him. Henry is looking for him.
I think we will go to the shelter tomorrow and bring a new cat home. But as you know, no one can replace the one you've lost.
I made this video one afternoon. He often slept like that, strung like a suspension bridge from the armchair to the scratching post, his round belly hanging. He was a source of constant joy.
Goodbye, my sweet little Freddie.
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Wednesday, 13 December 2006 |
A Love Supreme —Chiclet Edition of 50, signed and numbered, with matting of different colors.
—Knox Bronson, 2006, Soap bag and matting board.
Click on Read More to see side view.
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Saturday, 13 January 2007 |
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Images (starting with upper-left): Infrared
readings of light from the First Stars; the Bubble Nebula; a solar
flare on our new sun; sunlight on the floor in Edward Hopper's "Summer
Interior," putting sunlight in perspective.
Astronomy Picture of the Day
is one of my favorite websites. Every brings a new amazing photograph or image of the seemingly limitless marvels of our universe.
When I think of the mysteries of the heavens, of light and time and space, my mind invariably drifts to the embodiment of all mystery hear on Earth.
(explanations of the photos and some great links on the flip-fl0p)
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Sunday, 10 September 2006 |
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We are in the process of building out this site, Sun Pop Blue, hub for music, writing, video, art, design, sculpture, of
Knox Bronson and friends.
Please be patient—this is new technology to us. We are adding content
and features as fast as possible! We have great stuff in the works,
and, unlike every other site on which you've ever read those words, in our
case, it is the simple truth!
In the meantime, please visit:
- SunPopBlue on MySpace, pop songs, essays.
- Knox Bronson on MySpace, recent instrumental compositions on MySpace.
- Tangerine Sky Interactive, Commercial Interactive Design.
- Instrumentality
home of "Flapping," "Flight of the Atom Bee," essays, errata, jetsam, flotsam, and flash work.
- The Best Date I Ever Had
- The Worst Date I Ever Had
- HoneyBun Spanking Kits
Or explore Sun Pop Blue here ... we have some excellent articles up already.
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Thursday, 08 February 2007 |
The Post-Rapture Post - Send Messages to Loved Ones!
I hope these guys get rich.
From their website:
The
time of the rapture is at hand. The signs described in the Bible that
foreshadow the return of Jesus Christ are becoming all too clear. Not
all who live during coming Great Tribulation will be spirited away to
be with God. The Bible tells us that only those who repent of their
sins and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ may enter the Kingdom of
Heaven.
Do you know someone who is in danger of being "left behind" because of
a sinful life? Imagine if you could write a letter to a friend or loved
one after the Great Day of Reckoning. Maybe a message to your family
telling them to trust in God, and that everything will be okay. Perhaps
you would leave instructions to care for your pets after your
departure. It could be that your message is the light that opens a
sinner's eyes to the Glory of God and allows them entrance to Heaven
during the trials before the Second Coming. This is where the
Post-Rapture Post comes in.
Just write your letter and it will be hand-delivered immediately
following the exodus of the pure from the Earth. But you must be
thinking to yourself, "How can the letters be delivered after the
Rapture?" The answer is simple. The creators of this site are Atheists.
That's right, we don't believe in God. How else would we be able to
deliver your correspondence after the Rapture?
In the meantime: a song that seems apppropriate, The Sins of Kilty O'Neal. Vocal samples from the website Blackout.com. Used by permission.
Here's another song from the same era, also appropriate, called Days of Wine & Roses. Voice and chorus samples from movie of the same name. Not used with permission.
Oh, both songs by yours truly, of course: composed, composted at a time when I thought I needed to make some jungle/drumn'bass tracks to attract a younger, hipper urban audience. It worked as well as all my other plans to sell out have. Nonetheless, both songs hold a certain charm for me. Among a circle of composers and music-lovers of which I am part, there are a few people who think that Days of Wine & Roses is one of the best pieces I have ever done.
I usually think that the last piece I've composed is the best thing I've ever done. That is, of course, until the doubt creeps in. 
More on the Rapture, Santa, Satan, the Pope, donuts in Heaven, and Nixon coming soon.
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