I was in Austin, TX a few weeks ago. It happened to be around the SXSW festival, so every business around was trying to be a venue. Herr Prof was doing a two hour chiptune stint at Game Over Video Games, and somehow or other we got in contact. Next thing I know, I am offered [...]
Archive for the ‘Meat Space’ Category
Replacing the NES 72 pin Connector
Monday, April 16th, 2012
RIP Jack Tramiel
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Another big, classic computing obituary. And I really have no idea how directly responsible he was for the actual 8bit Commodore machines, but it has more emotional impact on me than the passing of Steve Jobs. I was kind of a spoiled kid (or there were great garage sales in my neighborhoods) because I had Commodores [...]
World Famous Melvins MELVAN
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
I was kind of blown away by this ebay auction. Since I’ve been at work today, there have been 24 additional bids taking the price from $14k to $20.8k with 6 days to go. So what’s a melvan? It’s a van that was used by the Melvins for touring purposes. It hasn’t been driven in [...]
LOBLAST – Developing a Regular Event in Ann Arbor
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Last January, DJ (of Scared to Death) and I traveled together to Philidelphia for my 8static gig (performance pics here). While at the event, we both saw how powerful a monthly event for a niche set of artists can be. On the ten hour drive back home we had plenty of time to reflect over [...]
Big Brother Audition
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
Since my split-second cameo stunt in Drew Barrymore’s Whip It, I have been on mailings lists for casting calls in the Detroit area. For those who don’t know, the state of Michigan created huge tax breaks for film and television production a couple years ago to help stimulate one of the worst statewide economies in [...]