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October 26, 2005
Turn your toaster into an amp
For $149 (or $109 if you supply your own toaster) you can have one of these badboys. A 9volt battery powers this solid state, 6-inch speaker amp. This reminds me of those cigarette pack amps from awhile back.
Posted by D' MacKinnon at 11:07 AM
October 25, 2005
White House serves The Onion
The White House doesn't seem to be busy enough, they found time to stop the satirical newspaper The Onion from using the presidential seal.
Posted by D' MacKinnon at 10:57 AM
October 20, 2005
A boy named Google
You know you must really love your profession when you work in search engine marketing and name your son "Google".
From the Google blog:
This just in: Walid Elias Kai, a Ph.D. in search engine marketing, is, it must be said, an avid fan of our company. Dr. Kai, who is Lebanese, and his Swedish wife Carol live in Kalmar, Sweden, where their son was born on September 12. His name? Oliver Google Kai.About this choice, Dr. Kai writes, "When we first knew that my wife Carol is pregnant, I said, 'we will name our child Google.' Everyone laughed and did not take me seriously. My brother said, 'Yeah, name the next one yahoo fuji nikon." And then, says Dr. Kai, the day came to make the baby official in the Swedish Registry. "I was with my friend Magnus Foss and my wife Carol, and I said yes, GOOGLE KAI. Carol knew how serious I am – she knows how much I adore Google services."
Posted by D' MacKinnon at 03:26 PM
October 18, 2005
David Reilly
David Reilly, vocalist for God Lives Underwater, passed away early Sunday morning.
Posted by D' MacKinnon at 05:48 PM
October 06, 2005
The dead girl fetish
Ana Voog discusses in her journal the rise of death fetishism in fashion magazines and art. More specifically, imagery of deceased females used in advertising.
Now images of dead girls are being used to sell the latest must-have handbags, makeup, and shoes.
Does the appeal of this imagery stem from some society embedded subconcious need that women feel they must be victimized in order to be desirable? That the inanimate girl is unthreatening therefore more attractive?
From her entry:
women have been so subjected to violence both real and propaganda, we have been objectified to the point of unreality or hyperreality. that we just don't really exist anymore. we have been killed by the media (and in real life...but both are real..who can really tell anymore?) so much now that we are now dying by the media, as well. we, as symbols, as symbollically dying...and still selling products while doing it!
Posted by D' MacKinnon at 04:46 PM
October 04, 2005
Politics
I realize my blog has been a bit political lately, mostly because of Hurricane Katrina.
I'm going to try and return the focus to mainly music production.
Keyword being try.
Posted by D' MacKinnon at 02:08 PM