Through the Wire

links for 2010-07-29

Joe — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:11 +0000

(from @Chicago_Places) Excited for Tortoise + jazz musicians at Millennium Park tomorrow! http://j.mp/aRAlja Let me… http://schmap.it/d1SuxA?a (via @JoeGermuska)
(from @adluna_records) @JoeGermuska interested in Tortoise and Jazz musician? http://www.ChicagoOdenseEnsemble.com (with Tortoise musicians…) (in reply to this tweet)
(from @ryansholin) @JoeGermuska Too bad I don’t love bands from suburban Northern Virginia. #shouldamovedtochicago (in reply to this tweet)
@ryansholin I think last summer it was about the Sea and Cake :) (in reply to this tweet)
(from @ryansholin) @JoeGermuska So jealous. Haven’t seen Tortoise in person in years. Didn’t we have the same conversation last summer? (in reply to this tweet)
Excited for Tortoise + jazz musicians at Millennium Park tomorrow! http://j.mp/aRAlja Let me know if you want to spread a blanket near us.
When done well, verbing delights our brains. … (Shakespeare was an inveterate noun-verber.) http://j.mp/8XcGB3
“Getting the dirt on Gilded Age high society” http://j.mp/aAXHyy Cool article on urban archaeology on Chicago’s Gold Coast
@MattH maybe you can offer nprapi.org to @acarvin as a consideration for helping get the crisis mapping folks involved #riveroil (in reply to this tweet)
(from @amandaruzin) @JoeGermuska No, he doesn’t let them perch on him. This guy is on his way to work. He and the pigeons are incongruous. (in reply to this tweet)
@amandaruzin I wonder if he’s the reincarnation of the Pigeon Man of Lincoln Square? Do they perch on him? (in reply to this tweet)
@greatwightsnark knock ‘em dead! (in reply to this tweet)

links for 2010-07-28

Joe — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:45:12 +0000

(from @MattH) Very excited to see what’s happening with @onyxfish & @joegermuska‘s Project Gold.
(from @gotoplanb) “serious brute force…encryption cracking has become a retail commodity” http://j.mp/cw6oqv (via @JoeGermuska)
“serious brute force…encryption cracking has become a retail commodity” http://j.mp/cw6oqv Passwords should NEVER be words in any dictionary
Finally posted pix from my BVI Sailing Trip—highlights on Facebook http://j.mp/a5WmsS & more on Flickr for the hardcore http://j.mp/c0VRP0
(from @paulsmith) @JoeGermuska Ack! Totally forgot. Was leaving Thursday, will prob try to stay an extra night now … (in reply to this tweet)
@paulsmith You flying in for the Tortoise 2.0 show? (in reply to this tweet)

links for 2010-07-27

Joe — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:45:13 +0000

Cool: iPhoto to Facebook exporter preserves names from “Faces” feature. Less cool: Facebook has no bulk “link [name] to [friend]” feature.
@jennkloc nonsense! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @anselm) @reventazon @skry @joegermuska @analpoet @therealysmay @lipstickcanary @anthropunk @civicapps We all have the idea – we just need to do it!
@judell No doubt I should read the book! I’ve heard him in several interviews and never heard him make the connection. (in reply to this tweet)
(from @judell) (@JoeGermuska) Carr does account for writing. Whether brains or behavior are changing, I take his larger point to be about depth vs surface.
@judell I’m unimpressed by discussion re internet changing our brains unless discussion takes into account the analogous impact of writing (in reply to this tweet)
Congrats! Will it be created now? RT @anselm hmmm, i won a small prize for this idea http://j.mp/cShy9s
Nice 5 min mini-documentary about Zulu Krewe and Mardi Gras Indians http://j.mp/a5azUH I <3 Leah Chase. /via @rubbernun

links for 2010-07-26

Joe — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:45:10 +0000

(from @kenvandermark) @JoeGermuska Yeah Joe, Nickelsdorf is quite amazing every year, this one was a standout though! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @NurtureGirl) @JoeGermuska Hi Joe. :) Good good. I am around in August. Let’s have lunch or a dinner party. (in reply to this tweet)

links for 2010-07-25

Joe — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:45:14 +0000

(from @CamiRose) About to teach my six year old to play Dungeons and Dragons. Oh happy day :D
Wow! Celebrate Clark Street off to a great start with blue skies and hot Colombian salsa music! C’mon out to Clark between Morse and Estes.
A great conversationalist to boot! RT @HudonNoodles Boulder to CHI rideshare? I make a fantastic peanut butter sandwich. http://j.mp/ari8In
SEQUEL! RT @cinnachick I looked in my book for my refried beans recipe and it’s not in there. I can’t believe I forgot to put that in there.
@NurtureGirl “Paradise is exactly like where you are right now, only much much better.” (How’ve you been!?) (in reply to this tweet)

links for 2010-07-24

Joe — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:45:13 +0000

(from @caffrin) @JoeGermuska You get the nickel! I’ll have it for you at the Puzzle Hunt unless I see you before then. :^) (in reply to this tweet)
@caffrin Hey! I see Amy in the roller rink at around 2:00. I can’t see your face until 2:21 (in reply to this tweet)
ComiCon counterprotest v. Westboro Baptist Church http://j.mp/9kWaC1 “All Glory to the Hypno-Toad” /via @catechism
“I have tried to taste it twice. I brushed my teeth after both times…the horrible experience that was Pork Bun Ice Cream” http://j.mp/cWGCQ7
“The Extraordinary World of Ex Libris Art” Bookplates from Mussolini, Harpo Marx, Bing Crosby, Freud & more! http://j.mp/9dMck3 Kindle that!
‘The civil rights heroism of Charles Sherrod—Andrew Breitbart sure picked the wrong people to symbolize black “racism.”‘ http://j.mp/aZtAyx
(from @amandaruzin) @JoeGermuska No, but I want to now! (in reply to this tweet)
Ensuring the legacy of “Larry King Live” with a booking for Dog the Bounty Hunter to talk about the possibility of criminal rehabilitation.
City Caramels – delicious handmade caramels http://j.mp/9PvlBL Recipes linked to Chicago neighborhoods. Anyone tried these? /via @santheo
@lmorchard Biking 22.2 miles to a beerfest is not a bad idea. But what about getting home? (in reply to this tweet)
(from @destinationout) RT @JoeGermuska: don’t mind at all that KCRW rolled fr Cut Chemist preview into Seu Jorge & Almaz http://j.mp/boCTLi Kraftwerk cover! || x2
And I don’t mind at all that KCRW rolled from the Cut Chemist album preview into Seu Jorge and Almaz http://j.mp/boCTLi Kraftwerk cover!
Oy indeed! RT @blogsupreme According to Twitter, RIP Willem Breuker, Harry Beckett, Dick Buckley, and prayers for Al Jarreau. Oy.
Less than a minute in and I’m confident the new Cut Chemist mixing Ethiopian & Afro-brazilian tunes is gonna be GREAT http://j.mp/dczOJF
@lendegroot thanks for the pointer! (in reply to this tweet)

links for 2010-07-23

Joe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:45:11 +0000

(from @lendegroot) @JoeGermuska It’s not just you. Lots of chatter the last couple of days on the Google help boards. Here’s the discussion: http://is.gd/dCLJa (in reply to this tweet)
“just about anything can be ectomied these days, in the no-holds-barred world of ‘unorthodox lexifabricology.’” http://j.mp/aFiztj
I need to make it to Nickelsdorf one year RT @kenvandermark 7/21: The Ex & Brass Unbound in Nickelsdorf: http://j.mp/btHcCA
anyone else having Google apps problems? I’m having trouble importing to Docs and Fusion Tables. :(
(from @jackvinson) One of the things we miss in Chicago. Now Chicago will miss him too! RT @JoeGermuska RT @paulsmith RIP Dick Buckley. Happiness.
RT @paulsmith RIP Dick Buckley. Happiness.
A new “Conference of the Birds” for your listening pleasure. http://j.mp/ahuBEX
(from @TopLeftBrick) @JoeGermuska It’s worth a shot. (in reply to this tweet)
@TopLeftBrick Generally, resaving PDFs with Preview or Acrobat sometimes straightens out weirdness. Which you can’t actually do on the iPad. (in reply to this tweet)
A/C: It’s not as cool as you think – “Heavy-handed climate control makes good business sense.” http://j.mp/aItfj6 /via @RaquelAPLA
(from @cherylbowles) @juggernautco @chronicbabe @joegermuska great talking to you all last night!
RT @amandaruzin I’d guess 100% of you need to remember this more: RT @steverubel: Give yr Eyes a Break w/20-20-20 Rule http://ow.ly/1qJFOr

links for 2010-07-22

Joe — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:45:11 +0000

OH: “This needs to be a major failure.” “Let me help you with that.”
Awesome! RT @dansinker My son and I used Scratch to program a countdown to Kindergarten. Geek parenting FTW. http://twitpic.com/27cfg7
(from @amandaruzin) @JoeGermuska Why is the blue cone orange? I thought it might be inspired by knitwear. (in reply to this tweet)
Those Swedes. RT @nfranus I need to get one of these tree-hotels into my life. http://bit.ly/a9Moz7
I have mixed feelings, but something’s interesting in ‘add to foursquare’ links in WSJ story on vintage office lobbies http://j.mp/dtkQJP
Real Editors Ship: “The web is changing & it needs more editors. Do not dispute me. I love you.” http://j.mp/9Oaig5 I <3 @ftrain /via @matth

links for 2010-07-21

Joe — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:45:11 +0000

@justinmassa awww yeah! good luck! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @HudonNoodles) @Chronicbabe @JoeGermuska @Smwat I’d like to believe that the elusive 140 DM sound is more of a low pitched “dwooshm.”
(from @chronicbabe) @JoeGermuska @smwat is it still a “twoosh” if it’s a DM that’s 140? cuz i just did that and i would like to christen with a sound… (in reply to this tweet)
@smwat when I was a kid we called a 140 character tweet a “twoosh.” One client app I had played a voice saying “twoosh” when you hit one. (in reply to this tweet)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2010-07-20

Joe — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:30:26 +0000

“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-5). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives.

A little more jazz than many recent shows, including a dip into our new music drawer which yielded finds from ICP Orchestra and Faruq Z. Bey with Northwoods Improvisors, as well as a reissue from Phil Cohran and happy birthday Kerrie!

Also, get yourself a listen to the excellent the Voice of America’s “African Music Treasures” blog, the source of the Hammadi ould Nana track from today’s show.

Voice of America: The Music of Mauritania, Part 1
Voice of America:The Music of Mauritania, Part 2
RIP Paulo Moura (composer of “Ao Velho Pedro”)

complete program (137 MB, 2 hrs 30 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)

Fats Waller: “Dinah” – 1935 (Chronological Classics)
Duke Ellington: “Jump for Joy” – Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band (RCA)
Coolbone: “The Saints” – Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens (Shout Factory)
Gulf Aid All Stars: “It Ain’t My Fault” – It Ain’t My Fault (iTunes)
Abduel Aziz el Mubarak: “Na-Nu Na-Nu” – The Rough Guide to the Music of Sudan (World Music Network)
Mahmoud Ahmed: “Aynotche Terabu” – Éthiopiques, Vol. 1: Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music (1969-1975) (Buda Musique)
Sirak Tadèssè: “Aynotchesh Yerèfu” – Éthiopiques, Vol. 8: Swinging Addis (Buda Musique)
Hammadi ould Nana: “Track #9″ – African Music Treasures blog (Voice of America)
Abdel Gadir Salim: “Qidrechinna (I Am Destined to Love)” – Blues in Khartoum (Harmonia Mundi)
The Master Musicians of Jajouka: “El Medahey” – Apocalypse Across the Sky (Axiom)
Fred Anderson, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Ajaramu: “Malachi’s Tune” – Black Horn Long Gone (Southport)
Phil Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble: “The Window” – Armageddon (Katalyst)
Faruq Z. Bey with Northwoods Improvisers: “Mokondi” – Emerging Field (Entropy Stereo Recordings)
ICP Orchestra: “Sumptious” – ICP (049) Orchestra (ICP)
Trio Clusone: “Ao Velho Pedro” – Clusone 3 (Ramboy)
The Aggrovators: “Move Out of Babylon (Version)” – Essential Dub: Ruff Cuts and Hard Riddims from the Mixmaster (Metro)
Wayne Horvitz & Zony Mash: “Brand Spankin’ New” – Brand Spankin’ New (Knitting Factory Records)
Uptighty: “No Trouble on the Mountain” – Uptighty (Mud)
Sexteto Rodriguez: “Oyemayá (Para Barack Hussein Obama “Omó” “Ochá”)” – Timba Talmud (Tzadik)
Arsenio Rodríguez: “Kiko Medina” – Arsenio Dice (Tico)
Sam Cooke: “Bring it On Home to Me” – Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 (RCA)
Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick: “I Can’t Take Care of My Family Thisaway” – Everybody’s Got a Right to Live (Folkways)
Modulations: “This Old World is Goin’ Down” – Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal (Numero)
Bill Moss: “Sock It To ‘Em Soul Brother” – Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label (Numero)
Fred & the New J.B.’s: “Breakin’ Bread” – Breakin’ Bread (People)
Samana: “Remember the Breath” – Samana (Storywiz)

links for 2010-07-20

Joe — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:45:10 +0000

(from @caffrin) @chronicbabe @JoeGermuska SO good hanging w/ you guys tonight. Thanks for sticking around and joining in on the dancing. See you soon!
@CamiRose howdy! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @CamiRose) @JoeGermuska Hello, new friend :D
RT @destinationout It’s going to take a while to wrap heads/ears around upcoming Wm Parker Curtis Mayfield project. 2 CDs, > 2 hrs of music.
Paal Nilssen-Love is a monster drummer. Vandermark no slouch either! RT @kenvandermark 7/13: Duo material from Geneva: http://j.mp/ar4aih
“First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing because verbing weirds language…” http://j.mp/9ybWqS /via @emckean
@cinnachick @immerito Check out other art from Mark at http://j.mp/cMerUz Rumored: a Commutapult iPhone app! (in reply to this tweet)

links for 2010-07-19

Joe — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:45:09 +0000

(from @AnnaTarkov) @JoeGermuska Image isn’t there FYI. (in reply to this tweet)
Celebrating one year of the News Apps team http://yfrog.com/ bubbly courtesy of @bill80 t-shirt model: @brianboyer

links for 2010-07-18

Joe — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:45:11 +0000

Just back from my first stint as @forkandtheroad “staff.” Wow that was fun, and I’m especially interested to return to Taxim. (in reply to this tweet)
(from @cinnachick) @Immerito @joegermuska Even the Jetson’s would have wanted this. #makeithappen
(from @Immerito) Commutapult™ is a surface-to-air-to-surface commuting and lifestyle system … http://j.mp/bUkcQZ (via @JoeGermuska)
(from @happy_stomach) RT @forkandtheroad Sold out Mediterranean Cruise tour today! Multi-talented @JoeGermuska on board to help us wind through the city.
(from @forkandtheroad) Sold out Mediterranean Cruise tour today! Multi-talented @JoeGermuska on board to help us wind through the city (& Transformers filming).
(from @enriqueramirez) @JoeGermuska I think his work is great!!!!! And Tektite is pretty cool! Reminds me of my fascination with Cousteau when I was a kid. (in reply to this tweet)
@enriqueramirez I was also thinking of you at the Tektite Habitat museum on St. John http://j.mp/aAIiWR know it? (in reply to this tweet)
@enriqueramirez Knew you’d like Commutapult. I met Mark last week on a sailing trip and was thinking of you when he showed me his work. (in reply to this tweet)
(from @enriqueramirez) RT @JoeGermuska “a surface-to-air-to-surface commuting and lifestyle system … in it’s own dedicated airspace.” http://j.mp/bUkcQZ (Heh!!)
Commutapult™ is a surface-to-air-to-surface commuting and lifestyle system that operates in it’s own dedicated airspace. http://j.mp/bUkcQZ
RT @pkaushik Twelve INSANE business card designs /via @tanagram http://bit.ly/ameS3Y
RT @SazeracLA my “Prepping For Tales” New Orleans music playlist is up on iTunes. #Treme fans will like. http://j.mp/9mjTCs #totc

links for 2010-07-17

Joe — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:45:10 +0000

(from @MattH) Gorilla APIs: fast API development for government — out of Detroit! @justinmassa @vielmetti @joegermuska @bnchdrff http://bit.ly/d5AClo
Google acquires Metaweb (creators of Freebase & Gridworks) http://j.mp/bVjfoN /via @onyxfish
Listening to: Sister Rosetta Tharpe Live @ Newport Jazz Festival 1964 http://j.mp/9Y7iM5
RT @kumar303 “VPing all over the place.” It makes much more sense as a verb. #corporate_life

links for 2010-07-16

Joe — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:45:10 +0000

A guide to suburban Chicago chinese food courtesy of @THEPIGMON http://j.mp/ad9MSD
(from @chronicbabe) RT @JoeGermuska: This week’s Conference of the Birds was a good one, if I do say so myself. Listen ♫: http://j.mp/9RKO9b *in the queue*
This week’s Conference of the Birds was a good one, if I do say so myself. Listen ♫: http://j.mp/9RKO9b
(from @gritsnyc) Genius. RT @JoeGermuska: RT @azaaza Map of the US highway system in the style of the London Underground. Wow. http://bit.ly/9ypBGk
RT @azaaza Map of the US highway system in the style of the London Underground. Wow. http://bit.ly/9ypBGk
Someone was asking me about Blago wiretap ringtones. @brianboyer just showed me this: http://j.mp/9s3gHN
@cinnachick It is indeed. http://j.mp/aIWxEI (in reply to this tweet)
(from @cinnachick) @JoeGermuska Is that US Virgin Islands? Thanks, Joe! (in reply to this tweet)
RT @HudonNoodles EXITO: Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage In Historic Vote -http://is.gd/dt1rG
@brianboyer If you are drinking a Slurpee at 9 in the morning, you’re not old. (in reply to this tweet)
@cinnachick In the USVI the Governor is giving five grade-level appropriate books to every student to encourage summer reading. (in reply to this tweet)