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Test post

2011-04-16T14:38:00.001-05:00

Testing a new set-up and sync with jakesetlak.com - new things to come very soon.

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There are no dining cars on the CTA. And this chump didn't pay for two seats either. #totalasshole

2011-03-28T17:56:00.001-05:00

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HUGE: just finished the bag of 500 coffee filters I've had since college. #fb

2011-03-27T09:05:00.001-05:00

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#Fail Crab?

2011-03-16T16:18:00.001-05:00

Spotted the Fail Whale twice today, then this new red-eyed creature who's missing a claw. Would rather have seen tweets.

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Proudly rocking 1 of just 25 hard copies: new @sidebrain album - Thx @mirywhitehill - tracks 1,7,9 = early standouts.

2011-03-16T14:04:00.001-05:00

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YOU MAY NOT LISTEN TO THE ALBUM

2011-02-27T13:15:00.001-06:00

Sheer brilliance. ECC's new album's Listener License Agreement parodies the ridiculous state of copyright law. Read the fine print yourself. Scanned this just before I opened it to listen. Sue me.

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"A chilled-out entertainer", plus that dude from Crazy Doggz is opening.

2010-10-01T18:13:00.001-05:00

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Yes, INSTILLE is Still Happening...

2010-08-29T12:07:00.003-05:00

The side-project that seemingly never finishes - INSTILLE - is still intended for completion. Here's proof that the two producers can finish what they've started. The "Jaw Drop Mix" of Ataraxia was originally released in 2009 on SubVariant's free Exception AM compilation. It's now on SoundCloud, too.

INSTILLE - Ataraxia (Jaw Drop Mix) by pylb

Total disregard for max. line length for readability, at Tufte "presenting data & information" seminar. #irony

2010-07-23T11:19:00.001-05:00

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Caribou in Millennium Park.

2010-07-12T18:55:00.001-05:00

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Am I the only one who noticed Kanye, Lupe and Common pushing Hennessy on CPS students yesterday? #unethical #fail

2010-06-09T09:02:00.001-05:00

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Birthday Duckfaces at Orbit Room. Cheers, Jenny!

2010-06-06T00:38:00.001-05:00

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After just 4 YRS of calling the city, our block is finally to be repaved. #CDOT

2010-05-25T13:44:00.001-05:00

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See? People still buy CDs. I apparently pre-order ones w/ circular cover art... #MondoCane #Cosmogramma

2010-05-06T18:35:00.001-05:00

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Can't wait to hear the rest of this story...

2010-04-15T20:08:00.001-05:00

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Do NOT Deny Science!

2010-04-12T10:19:00.003-05:00

Just watch this. Then share it.

Most prominent carving in #CobraLounge bar: "4 Non Blondes" - very telling, no?

2010-04-10T22:12:00.001-05:00

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Dark Side of the 8-bit Moon

2010-04-02T10:35:00.002-05:00

Hit play and you should automatically cruise through all six parts of this 8-bit tribute to Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon.

IL Gov Pat Quinn: making our busiest train stations more crowded than necessary.

2010-03-29T09:07:00.001-05:00

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Noise Throng Double-Feature?

2010-02-16T16:20:00.000-06:00

I spent the entirety of President's Day (yesterday) updating long-time (entering tenth year) pet-project Noise Throng. That's not really the point of this post, but there are new archival recordings available there for interested parties.

Today two DVDs, both ordered while psyching myself up for said updates, arrived. I just realized that they essentially define the envelop of the Noise Throng catalog - from sampling/unapologetic copyright infringement to sheer, psychedelic, endurance-test noise. I also realized they'd make a terrific double-feature: People Who Do Noise followed by Copyright Criminals. Here are their respective trailers.

People Who Do Noise

Copyright Criminals

Enjoy.

Palin Fans Are Clueless

2009-11-24T13:46:00.004-06:00

I'm not making this up, just going by their vague, uninformed responses to softball questions asked outside a Palin book-signing event last weekend.

Hilarious, until you realize that these people are basing their votes on hollow buzzwords, not common sense or fundamental familiarity with the issues* comprising Palin's platform. It's embarrassing that so many of them can't finish a sentence. It's even more embarrassing that America's unhealthy fascination with celebrity obscures the view of common sense (this is an issue of epidemic proportions that we can't address in just one post).

* To be perfectly fair, much of the so-called "Obama Nation" is the same way. You can tell they are second-guessing themselves now that he hasn't proven to be the messiah in the first 25% of his first term.

Source: Dangerous Minds, via BoingBoing.

Science Is Interesting

2009-11-20T12:43:00.006-06:00

Get more Richard Dawkins here.

See What Made My Twit List

2009-11-13T10:28:00.006-06:00

Upon realizing that my posting here has decreased while it has increased on Twitter, I'm experimenting with displaying said Twitter feed here, in the right margin. I may find a better solution, but think this will help keep some fresh content churning here - even if it isn't longer-form content (like, more than 140 characters).

Full disclosure: I have some apprehension about linking my Twitter feed here, as I feel like I post more randomly there. Of course, I also still giggle when people say "twit" or twit-related puns when trying to sound smart...

Foul Play Giant

2009-10-23T09:57:00.008-05:00

I've always had a bad taste in my mouth from the folks who gush over the work of Shepard Fairey. And now I'm snickering to myself that his legal counsel is abandoning him after it was revealed that he lied about which source he stole from / traced over for the Obama Hope poster.

Fairey represents a lot of what I don't like about the art world - arrogant double-standards. His work is entirely derivative if not outright stolen, which in itself is not offensive to me. There's nothing wrong with appropriation when proper attribution is given. Yet he continually passes himself off as original, and profits from creativity that simply wasn't his - without giving proper credit where it is clearly due. In fact, he outright lies about his sources. And Fairey is clearly lying for the sake of his own celebrity and profit, not for the sake of art.

I've always insisted that the work that put him on the map, Andre the Giant has a Posse and the resulting Obey work, were obviously inspired by John Carpenter's They Live - which starred a pro wrestler and featured subliminal outdoor advertising messages that read "obey" (among other Big Brotherly imperatives). Too many coincidences.

Given that it's now common practice to sue musicians for sampling even small portions of someone else's work without permission and/or payment, Fairey deserves to be held responsible for his actions. It's clear that his primary concern is being a celebrity; perhaps his ego prevents him from being honest about his work, his process and his tremendous debt to pop and fringe culture that preceded him and all of his sordid merchandising.

Fairey is complicit in the ugly corporatization of celebrity - at the expense of honesty, integrity and authenticity. It pains me that only the Obama poster is drawing this fact into the public discourse.

Air Releases "Viral" Single Today

2009-07-06T15:41:00.003-05:00

Watch this, then get the new Air single "Do The Joy" for free. (Click the little speaker icon below if you want to shut off the audio from this widget.)

New Air album, Love 2, drops from Astralwerks on October 6: "A viral single 'Do The Joy' will be made available digitally on July 7th, followed by a formal single release for the summery pop anthem 'Sing Sang Sung' on August 25th."

PYLB

Test post

There are no dining cars on the CTA. And this chump didn't pay for two seats either. #totalasshole

HUGE: *just* finished the bag of 500 coffee filters I've had since college. #fb

#Fail Crab?

Proudly rocking 1 of just 25 hard copies: new @sidebrain album - Thx @mirywhitehill - tracks 1,7,9 = early standouts.

YOU MAY NOT LISTEN TO THE ALBUM

"A chilled-out entertainer", plus that dude from Crazy Doggz is opening.

Yes, INSTILLE is Still Happening...

Total disregard for max. line length for readability, at Tufte "presenting data & information" seminar. #irony

Caribou in Millennium Park.

Am I the only one who noticed Kanye, Lupe and Common pushing Hennessy on CPS students yesterday? #unethical #fail

Birthday Duckfaces at Orbit Room. Cheers, Jenny!

After just 4 YRS of calling the city, our block is finally to be repaved. #CDOT

See? People still buy CDs. I apparently pre-order ones w/ circular cover art... #MondoCane #Cosmogramma

Can't wait to hear the rest of this story...

Do NOT Deny Science!

Most prominent carving in #CobraLounge bar: "4 Non Blondes" - very telling, no?

Dark Side of the 8-bit Moon

IL Gov Pat Quinn: making our busiest train stations more crowded than necessary.

Noise Throng Double-Feature?

Palin Fans Are Clueless

Science Is Interesting

See What Made My Twit List

Foul Play Giant

Air Releases "Viral" Single Today

HUGE: just finished the bag of 500 coffee filters I've had since college. #fb