I have made my peace with modern analog technology because I have no other choice. Those old machines are dying. The TR808s and SH09s... so Brianna and I bought this Moog for each other at Christmas. It's incredibly well made. I feel like it's almost too nice for us to have. I'm used to things that are well used and 70-90% functional. This, it's kind of like a modern Cadillac. Have you ridden in one recently? They are really nice.

Someone at work today told me if I was an animal I would be an Ibiz (?).

"What is that?"

"A deer-like animal with a big head."

I have heard the deer/gazelle reference a few times.

body dysmorphia

This is the kind of garbage I spend hours looking up.

Cylob, Volta, and Circon are the things I have been looking at today.

Saville Associates

This is a nice poster.

Frank (Stella) Lloyd Wright

This is a nice fabric.

Sometimes I wish I had a passion for the computer:
www.underworldlive.com
www.fischerspooner.com

www.theknife.net

www.nin.com

It makes me happy when people share valuable things for free:
http://www.cyndustries.com/synapse/intro.cfm

CAN's studio transplanted

I imagine this would be an excellent way of controlling an electronic instrument. "Bob Moog's own handiwork, serial number TP010. When he started back into music manufacture in the early eighties, the model 300 touch-plate was one of his first products. This is the prototype Synton received from Bob for demonstration purposes. It has its own inbuilt power transformer, and the outputs are available on six 1/4in jack sockets, Moog knobs for controlling sensitivity. It has a Synton sticker on the back, saying 'TOUCH PLATE USA'. Synton and Moog had a close relationship in the 80s, with reciprocal import/export. It is untested. This is from the collection amassed by Felix Visser, former head of Synton. All items were destined for a national technology museum project, many years in the planning, but finally cancelled by politicians and planners. They have mostly been stored unused for a number of years."

This is coming out. I forget to listen to The Breeders. I've always liked them better than The Pixies. They set simple but important standards. It's neat they say "everything should be an analog sound recording of someone playing or singing, rather than using a computer to generate or digitally manipulate sounds separated from the dimension of time which they were performed." It is a Vaughan Oliver sleeve and a Steve Albini recording, the songs almost don't have to be any good.

Musical equipment should be expensive. I expect to see evidence of personal sacrifice when I watch a good band. I am always disappointed by a convenient and often flimsy setup. This Throbbing Gristle photo is not necessarily related to the above statement, I just want it saved if it disappears elsewhere. However, it is a beautiful setup. I have heard Roland sponsored the band at the time. Amazing if this is true. I was four or five.

$75+120=$500

I'm obsessing again about Cabaret Voltaire. I wish this picture was bigger.

Lake again

We are back at the lake. The boats are much bigger this year. Either people in Fresno are making dumb amounts of money or the people of Los Angeles are running out of ideas for what to spend their money on.