Dennis Hopper's Weird Musical World The late actor and director Dennis Hopper, who died in 2010 at the age of 74, had a tendency to play strange, often deranged characters -- like the manic photojournalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 epic, Apocalypse Now, and the psychopath Frank Booth in David Lynch’s 1989 psychological thriller, Blue Velvet. As the saying goes, truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, and Hopper’s life seemed immersed in the chaotic and bizarre (and narcotic). But it was more than just a succession of weird stories: He was a multi-talented actor, writer, and director who pioneered the use of pop culture and music in film. Journalist Tom Folsom has made a study out of the screen star’s life in his new book, Hopper: A Journey Into The American Dream. Folsom tells us about a trilogy of Hopper's films that go deep with music: Easy Rider (1969), Out of the Blue (1980) and Colors (1988).
A Lamp which Produces an Electrical Current as a Result of it’s Kinetic Energy The 3d printed nylon polymer lamp designed by Dr. Margot Krasojević is suspended by a spindle whereby it’s weight and form contribute to the angular momentum vector as it spins along its axis of rotation; it is affected by minor environmental changes such as temperature and air currents which rotate the light along its path of velocity. The light has a motion sensor diode clamped between both suspended 3d printed sections which powers the battery lighting the LED when in motion. As a result of it’s form, the light speeds up tremendously due to it’s conservation of angular momentum, the form of the light reduces it’s rotational inertia affecting it’s rotational speed which must increase to maintain constant angular momentum resulting in a brighter light. The light has been influenced by the physics behind ice skater spinning/a spinning top.
Three Random Guys Sing Together and Its EPIC! So it all starts with a street performer jamming outside a store. Shortly after another guy comes along and joins in, but then.. The 3rd guy tops it all off.. This dude jumps in, and he got a good voice too. Then a dude who was about to enter the store just feels this moment and joins in. Watch the awesome video
WESTERN SKIES-EASTERN DREAMS " a thrilling collection of improvisation-based pieces long on virtuosity, near telepathic musical interplay and the rhythmic and/melodic aspects of India, Africa and the Middle East as interpreted through a western ethos...The Music is transcendent and transportive.....Brave, exciting and often beautiful " Jeff Miers The Buffalo News "Both musicians are completely sympathetic and work/play together with an impressive amount of creativity. The music breathes and moves together in a special unified spirit." 3D-printed ceramic bricks developed for large-scale construction Nov.1, 2012 After a six-week residency program at the European Ceramic Work Centre in the south of the Netherlands, Brian Peters, co-founder of Amsterdam-based Design Lab Workshop, developed a 3D-printed ceramic bricks project - "Building Bytes". Peters has been working with desktop 3D printers for years and he wanted to use a desktop 3D printer to build large-scale construction.
Fred Frith Collection [LOSSLESS] (1976-2012) download by IsraBox : Caroline, Moers Music, Ralph, RecRec, Recommended, Fred, Tzadik, Winter & Winter LOSSLESS Album List 1976 - Fred Frith - Guitar Solos II (Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Hans Reichel, G.F. Fitzgerald) [vinyl rip 24 bit 44.1 kHz] - FLAC (tracks) 1979 - Eugene Chadbourne and 2000 Statues ( John Zorn, Fred Frith, Tom Cora, Wayne Horvitz, Toshinori Kondo and more....) - The English Channel - FLAC (tracks) 1980 - Fred Frith - Gravity - FLAC (tracks+.cue) Dutch architect to build "endless" house with 3D printer Jan.15, 2013 Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars (39) from Universe Architecture in Amsterdam designed a one-piece building which will be built on a 3D printer. He hopes the so-called Landscape House can be printed out latest in year 2014.
Interview with Michael Veal Interview by Chris Becker Writer and musician Michael Veal is the author of Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae and Fela: Life and Times of an African Musical Icon.. Michael's band Aqua Ife plays Jan 30, 2010, 10pm at The Shrine (2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd, NYC) and February 12, 2010, 8:30 PM at Theatre Romain Rolland (Sons d’Hiver Festival) 18, Rue Eugène Varlin, Paris (Villejiuf), Ile-de-France. Michael Veal’s book Dub had a profound impact on me as a composer when it was released in 2007. There are a lot of composers today who talk about the influence of club music on their work.
3d Printing a Brave New World Imagine if after an earthquake you could airdrop machines that build houses in under a day. Imagine if you had cheap and accessible medical kits that could produce bespoke medicine on demand. Imagine if you could fabricate shoes, clothes, solar cells, lamps, toilets, pipes, water pumps, and just about anything else on site and at the touch of a button. The scenario is still a fantasy, but could a process called 3D printing ever make it a reality?
henry kaiser : AOL Interview AOL Live Interview Geoff Gould and Henry Kaiser 10/29/96 On Tuesday night, 10/29/96 at 7 PM PST, Henry Kaiser and Geoff Gould sat down for a chat in cyberspace, hosted by the AOL Live crew. When you see a question that starts with Question, that means it was asked by a member of the audience. The transcript has been edited/altered from the original raw typing to improve the intelligibility/intent of the event. 3-D Printing of Open Source Appropriate Technologies for Self-Directed Sustainable Development The technological evolution of the 3-D printer, widespread internet access and inexpensive computing has made a new means of open design capable of accelerating self-directed sustainable development. This study critically examines how open source 3-D printers, such as the RepRap and Fab@home, enable the use of designs in the public domain to fabricate open source appropriate technology (OSAT), which are easily and economically made from readily available resources by local communities to meet their needs. The current capabilities of open source 3-D printers is reviewed and a new classification scheme is proposed for OSATs that are technically feasible and economically viable for production.
Bootleg Recordings « Sound Colour Vibration LDS: John & Eve McLaughlin Unreleased LP tracks 1974 & New York Radio 1970 Posted by Sound Colour Vibration on November 24, 2010 · 5 Comments — John & Eve McLaughlin — Mahavishnu John McLaughlin – guitar, vocals Mahalakshmi Eve McLaughlin – vocals, Autoharp, 12 string guitar, bells 01 : Peace 02 : In The Depths of my Heart a Bluebird Sings 03 : Oh My Soul My Friend 04 : unknown title 05 : Share The Joy 06 : Oh … Continue reading Lossless Life: Rare and Live Recordings Vol. 9 (Miles Davis special) Posted by Sound Colour Vibration on November 18, 2010 · 6 Comments Photo from MilesDavis.com Sound Colour Vibration brings you another post in our documentation series covering rare recordings found among the traders circuit .
Howard Nishioka- Street Songs (Otaro, 1979) *320kbps Street Songs (1979) is a secret leftfield voyage into Hawaiian psych unknowns. Just check the furious fuzz of the sample track below ("Carnivourous Dogaramus"). Nishioka's guitars cast a wide net from electric-detonated space solos to acoustic-led meanderings verging toward American Primitive territory. There is cohesion, though, in his essential looseness of delivery. Build An Ark - Love Pt.1: Basic Soul Review Kindred Spirits When you listen to the music of Build An Ark, you are truly convinced that music can inspire those who are in need of spiritual healing. It is their mission to spread peace and unity through the music. It is because of tragic events such as the Rodney King beating and riots that took place in band leader Carlos Nino’s hometown of Los Angeles and 9/11 that moved him to deliver the fantastic “Peace with every step” and that follow that one up with “Dawn”.