http://truespies.org/lonelyfire "so much information, what could they do with it all?" Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:15:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just wanted to touch base with a somewhat related post to the Soundseer post I made last summer. Today two articles came to my attention related to the visual aspect/properties of sound. First, by using modern technologies, sound engineers and researchers have managed to "play" a phonautograph of a person ... http://truespies.org/lonelyfire/2008/04/02/from-the-phonautograph-to-melodyne/ Hey all- Long time, no type, eh? Well, I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things with this here blog. What better way to do so than by sharing a mix of music I made, yes? If you want more info on how Muxtape works, you can check out ... http://truespies.org/lonelyfire/2008/04/01/muxtape/ Having recently moved back in, here's some of things I found whilst poking around in the basement: My collection of various Grateful Dead memorabilia from when I was 15/16 (the poster is for a show on some mountain in CA in the mid-80's, billed as "the highest GD concert in the ... http://truespies.org/lonelyfire/2007/08/25/more-stuff-from-my-parents-house/ So, I recently moved back into my parent's house (at age 26 no less). Last summer before she got sick, my mom had started to rip down wallpaper in one of the bedrooms so that she could paint it. When she started taking down the wallpaper, she discovered pictures on ... http://truespies.org/lonelyfire/2007/08/25/mama-conneaut-digs-you-to-the-bottom/ The American Library Association's TechSource blog had this post a few weeks ago, about libraries in Arizona rearranging their physical locations and online public access catalogs to be more like the Barnes and Noble around the corner. The books, in both their physical locations and in their corresponding surrogate records ... http://truespies.org/lonelyfire/2007/08/07/your-local-bookstore-er-i-mean-library/ So, during the times that I've been able to travel in the past few years, I've always made a point to do something outdoorsy and camper-like; be it bummin around Arches, drinking beers on the Craters of the Moon, sleeping under the stars in Spearfish, hiking around Rainier, or chillin ... http://truespies.org/lonelyfire/2007/07/16/sweet-hitch-a-hiiiiker/ For the past 3 years, 11 months and two days, I have spent approx. 37.5 hours a week of my life here: But no more! This Friday is my last day.  :)  In the picture there, you'll notice my Hasler WJ250 Mail Metering Unit, fancy-pants touch screen 'puter (viewing a certain ... http://truespies.org/lonelyfire/2007/06/29/last-day-on-the-force/ Stumbled upon this gem of a website last night, a source of reviews for psych and prog rock bands worldwide. It is especially worth noting the amount of info they have on one of their pages about Ya Ho Wa 13, the mothergod ur-root of hippie-commune-cult-worshipping-wack-job rock outfits for all ... http://truespies.org/lonelyfire/2007/06/25/psychemandias/ So, anyone who's recorded/edited music on a computer/digital audio workstation will be familiar with something like this: Its just a visualization of the audio track you've recorded. I've always kinda wondered if the shape/outline of the audio given in DAWs was arbitrarily assigned, or agreed upon by some committee, etc. It ... http://truespies.org/lonelyfire/2007/06/14/soundseer/ So, while some people may be aware of this, not everyone is, so I might as well tell you about it... I have a special partnership with an ancient celestial soundwave being known only to me... When he is in communion with our recongnizable frequencies he prefers to be known by the ... http://truespies.org/lonelyfire/2007/06/07/get-fiery-tonightand-every-thursday-for-that-matter/