Wednesday, October 8, 2003

M.R. and the Motor City Mick Rock and the Motor City. Photographer Mick Rock has taken some truly definitive shots of rock's most vivid practioners; Syd Barrett, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Queen, the Ramones, Blondie, and Lou Reed, to name but a few. In this 1999 interview, Mick gives a fascinating... [Eye of the Goof] 10:59:25 PM

Jupiter's intense magnetic field Radio Jupiter (2003 October 9 ) [Astronomy Picture of the Day] 10:57:14 PM

Women in Space: Eye of the Goof I Love to Go Swimmin' With Spacesuited Wimmen. I'd imagine that Spacesuited Women is an indispensible resource if you're into that sort of thing. Me, I just think the pictures are groovy. (via Kosmonautentraum)... [Eye of the Goof] 7:48:02 PM

Patron Saint of Bloggers? Back in May, I half-jokingly suggested Plato as a patron saint of bloggers. I'm leaning towards Benjamin Franklin now as the patron saint, even if he wasn't exactly saintly. Franklin was a printer and publisher, someone who worked his way to the top, a scientist, a legislator and a revolutionary. He was there to sign all the founding documants of a New Republic. I believe he had a good sense of humor. He was a true patriot. He even worked well with the French. Chris Lydon has nominated Ralph Waldo Emerson as patron saint. It's a great choice and a highly recommended MP3 endorsement. Something, however, still compels me to nominate Ben Franklin. A few anonymous playful words: Lightning When a storm begins in the clouds, It sometimes may look frightening. You see a quick electrical spark--Flash! goes the lightning! Long and thin and streaky and fast, Its glow is oh so brightening. Watch for the electric spark--Clap! Goes the lightning! (anonymous) 6:08:18 PM

A Truce: Recalls and the Recalling Recallers Who Recall Them Recalls and the Recalling Recallers who Recall them.. Yeah, yeah a bit forced. Anyway, these rumors about recalling Arnold. That's moronic. It's sheer revenge and has no point. It'll cause much more harm than good. Just, please, let's not. It'll cause a massive backlash that could end the... [Speedkill] 5:31:24 PM

Hot and Cool, Baby! ~ Post-Marshall McCluhan Raumpatrouille meets Art. Art meets Raumpatrouille. This gallery of Shag Paintings comes inspired by an entry in the cleverly made Eye of the Goof weblog. Fab. Another Raumpatrouille Fan! [The Cartoonist] 5:24:04 PM

sonicWireSculptor ~ Drawing and Sound Mediaburn has been vibing on Ideas like this for awhile now. Thanks to W. Blaze for the info: Pitaru: sonicWireSculptor. When I ran into Amit Pitaru a few weeks back at the Phunk Studio opening, he mentioned that he had a new project he was finishing up. As usual Amit is exploring the relationship between drawing and sound in highly innovative ways. This time its built in Java. sonicWireSculptor is up now, enjoy. If you can't get the Java running, or just want to see more, make sure you dig around Amit's site for older work, including his collabs with James Patterson. The picture below is from me playing with the whip tool, believe me the results are better when Amit uses it. [thanks due tomoockblog for pointing out that is was up!] [Abstract Dynamics] 5:10:57 PM

IBM and Linux U.K. looking to Linux with help from IBM. Nine new test programs in Britain add to open-source rumblings in Germany, China, the United States and elsewhere and increase the heat on makers of proprietary software. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 2:15:50 PM

The Ease and Convenience of the French Boycott I've written on this topic before. The French boycott is peculiar in my opinion - and easy, convenient. If the boycotters want to get serious, let's also boycott Germany's BMW and the crude oil we import from Russia. Germany was more anti-war than France. Russia was against the invasion of Iraq, and was prepared to use it's veto power at the U.N. Selecting France as the one country to pick on is petty for a country as great as the U.S. - Gary Ottmar Liebert: A few thoughts on France. This year I have heard quite a few people say that they don't like France or that they boycott French wine and that makes me wonder... Most of the vines in California stem from France - shouldn't Californian Wine be boycotted as well? What about Moet et Chandon's California sparkling wine grown in the US, but owned by a French company? No more Brie or Camembert? What about Roquefort cheese? Hm, what about the English blue cheese Stilton which uses bacteria discovered by the French, namely Penicillum - great in Hamburgers! What about Music - would you have to get rid of Ravel, Debussy? Painting - Degas and all of the Impressionists? Or one of my favorite artists: Jean Cocteau? What about the Surrealists? What about people who weren't French but loved France, like Picasso who left many of his greatest works to that country? What about Chanel clothing or make-up? Dior? No more flights on the Concorde of course...What about Quiche? Besides supposedly being unmanly it is also French. If somebody told you that Japan is treating the Ainu (the real natives of Japan) badly - would you sell your Japanese stereo, TV, car? Is your wrath of the moment, or of the last five or ten years, or does it reach further? There should be plenty of other countries on anybody's list if we only reach back a hundred years, and Germany might be pretty high up on many people's lists...It would be a shame if people burnt Nouveau Flamenco because I am half German, wouldn't it? I think what I am trying to understand is how one dislikes a whole country. There are certainly countries where I don't enjoy the weather very much and I can't envision wanting to live, there are countries where I think the government is making some rather bad choices. But to me a country is the sum of a landscape, the people living there, the resulting culture and its products...How can you not like France? And if you say you don't like France, does that include all Frenchmen? What about Americans with a French family name? I wish people would be a little clearer about their position on France. Just so I know what happens if I should drink a bottle of Bordeaux or I might visit the Picasso museum in Paris: Will my records get burnt? Will I no longer be on the list of good guys? Please, do give me your comments, so I can understand this position better. [Ottmar Liebert] 1:56:26 PM

Surf Decals Mediaburn Surfer Decals are available for $2.00 plus shipping via PayPal or Amazon Honor System. Awesome "rip ~ tube & curl" design. Thank you for showing support of independent digital surf media. It's been said that these stickers are just as good, if not better than Gov. Arnold's surf stickers. It's true. Mediaburn readers are an amazing group. To all RSS feed subscribers and e-mail list members - many thanks. By all means, invite your friends to experience "the burn"... - Gary 2:43:02 AM

Word From Gettysburg "A government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." - Lincoln, 1863. 2:14:07 AM

Italy Blogs Arnold Il Terminator del neoliberismo?. Una deregulation elettrica disastrosa.....uno stato coperto di debiti.....una totale mancanza di credibilità del governatore democratico. Ed ecco il risultato....speriamo che anche lui non faccia troppi danni. [Network Games] 2:10:47 AM

Mediaburn Highly Recommended HIGHLY RECOMMENDED is Ralf's Slide show Bellrock. After coming across David Taylor's excellent Bellrock website, I became so fascinated by the lighthouse that I made a 3D rendering of it. Enjoy. [The Cartoonist] 1:49:03 AM

Via Arizona Daily Star Bombs kill 3 U.S. soldiers; parts of Baghdad in turmoil. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents killed three U.S. soldiers with roadside bombs, the military reported Tuesday, and former Iraqi intelligence officers demanding jobs hurled stones and charged American forces guarding occupation headquarters in the capital. [Arizona Daily Star: Front Page] 1:13:34 AM

The U.S. Senate Chamber, Tough Room to Play GOP signals Iraq money may be structured as loan. WASHINGTON - Republicans muscled President Bush's $87 billion plan for Iraq and Afghanistan through a Senate committee Tuesday but signaled they may ultimately defy the White House and structure some of the aid as a loan. [Arizona Daily Star: Front Page] 12:35:55 AM

BoingBoing Tribe BoingBoing Tribe on Tribe. Tribe.net: BoingBoing tribe!. I've been fooling around with social networking service Tribe.net lately, and enjoying it thoroughly. The UI rules, the site performs pleasantly. The service seems particularly well-suited for folks who want to connect for purposes other than dating (not that there's anything wrong with dating). Like-minded users connect in groups called "tribes," formed around everything from photography to polyamory. One tribe.net user named Pauly recently created a "BoingBoing" tribe, to "further the banter and chitchat that goes along with boingboing". Pesco and I are both members, come check it out. Link to BoingBoing tribe, and recent Wired News story about Tribe.net: "Friendster meets Craigslist?" [Boing Boing Blog] Xeni's Tribe is growing incredibly fast.  By the time I got there - I became the 95th member. [Marc's Voice] 12:31:04 AM

Video RIOT! Video RIOT!. Michael Rourke has been putting on coolio video performance scenes for years.  And Ami Sun actually lives there!  I myself may even make the scene tomorrow night. Weapons of Mass Projection in San Francisco October 8. Tomorrow (Wednesday), cyberdelic video performance pioneers Dimension7 will conduct the second annual Video RIOT! in San Francisco: "This year, Video RIOT! will again showcase San Francisco's homegrown Vj community in a format that is a cross between an edgy electronic tailgate party and a real-time drive-in multiplex. Artists will join forces to create a massive outdoor wall of light just off the Embarcadero. All video projection and light based artists are encouraged to come, and can show if they have their own projector and gear." Video RIOT! 2 will take place outdoors near the Dimension 7 studios (150 Folsom St. at Spear) from 8pm-11pm. Link [Boing Boing Blog]                [Marc's Voice] 12:28:13 AM