http://blog.ravijain.org/Thoughts from Boston artist Ravi Jainennoreply@blogger.com (Ravi)Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:03:53 PDTBlogger http://www.blogger.com144125http://blog.ravijain.org/2008/11/boston-globe-magazine-sidebar.htmlboston.comdrivetimebostonglobenoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:54:54 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-8528258690295183215Boston.com has posted the upcoming Boston Globe Magazine article The best of the (local) web, featuring an official sidebar piece on DriveTime. They sent a photographer for a shoot a few weeks ago, so I'll be curious to see if there's a pic in the print piece.1http://blog.ravijain.org/2008/10/chris-monks-extravaganza.htmldrivetimenoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:42:18 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-4574530213992191504Today is Christopher Monks' ORDER MY BOOK EXTRAVAGANZA (his all-caps) not mine. He explains it all in the new DriveTime.I ordered my copy this morning!0http://blog.ravijain.org/2008/10/new-drivetime-episode.htmldrivetimenoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:51:23 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-4585817908949186830After a near six month layoff (yikes!), I've posted a new episode of DriveTime. This one has been sitting in the proverbial can for a while as it was shot days before the birth of the little one. I wound up doing a rough cut hours before we raced to the hospital and only recently was able to get back to finish it off. I had to excise all my Olympic themed bits!1http://blog.ravijain.org/2008/09/campaign-buttons-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:20:42 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-1715614621202460380 I haven't been posting much of anything lately (except flickr photos) as I've been occupied with 1) impending fatherhood and 2) fatherhood.I'm participating in an exhibition at Boston's Miller Block Gallery entitled: Campaign Buttons 2008- Artists Speak Out!  The opening reception is this Friday, September 12th from 6 until 8 pm.2http://blog.ravijain.org/2008/06/coco-getting-angry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:47:41 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-6690590491189715158Blogged with the Flock Browser0http://blog.ravijain.org/2008/05/jacoby-and-jain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Thu, 15 May 2008 20:17:26 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-6463468258390542132Blogged with the Flock Browser1http://blog.ravijain.org/2008/04/jain-trains-and-automobiles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Thu, 01 May 2008 08:28:13 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-3944432839559666047I have a solo exhibition up this month at the Artists Foundation Video Room in South Boston titled Jain, Trains and Automobiles. I've pulled together three "recent" works (ie. from the last five years) including the World Premiere of the Downeaster Duo video from my Transportation Pioneering series.The opening reception is this Saturday, April 26th from 3 to 5pm.I visited myself in the latest 0http://blog.ravijain.org/2008/04/remixing-radiohead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:10:14 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-7239357934032322972I just read about how Radiohead is releasing mixable versions of some of their songs, including a Garageband file that lets you tinker around. Sounds like this could make it into a future lesson plan of mine!I haven't been buying from iTunes (I usually get CDs and rip them), but I recently did purchase the New Pornographers show at the Apple store, Live at Soho. It's fabbo!0http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/09/theres-new-blog-in-town.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:28:12 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-63589999850886586and it's feeling good! Got a smile for the kids in the neighborhood...I'm trying out a new WordPress blog at ravipress.wordpress.comI don't know if I'll try to transfer this blog over there or just let these two duel it out. Blogger has been a little too quirky and maybe on wordpress I'll be more active?1http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/08/jetties-beach-buddy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:21:44 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-4781449243433897594 Jetties Beach Buddy Originally uploaded by ravijain We had a nice three night stay in Nantucket last week, pre-heat wave. We walked a lot and enjoyed what sun was offered.I've posted a set of photos on my flickr which I'm trying to start using!0http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/04/bostonist-supports-drivetime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:25:59 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-1008376786767129455The Bostonist gives a nice shout out to New England locals nominated in the 11th Webby Awards and endorses DriveTime as the Music/Variety Online Video selection:The 11th annual awards have summed this year's competition as The Year of Online Video. To that end a whole bunch of online video categories have been created in which nominees will compete. In the Online Film & Video cluster the Music/0http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/04/drivetime-webby-montage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:34:47 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-4587533304189849491I created a three-minute "highlight reel" of DriveTime for the Webby Awards. They compressed it down a bit for their site when you vote and it's a little choppy...I've posted a richer version so you can compress all those episodes into a quick three minutes!4http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/04/pop-phenomena.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:47:06 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-5729759686743255017DriveTime is nominated in the 11th annual Webby Awards, in the Online Film/Video: Music/Variety category. It's the first year for Film and Video Categories (aka the "Oscars of the Internet") and the official press release describes the variety of nominees:"From heavy hitters like NBC's "The Office Webisodes" (Best Comedy-Short) and The Sundance Institute's "Live @ Sundance" (Best Event/Live 1http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/03/nokia-n93.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:07:51 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-6743129205356180401I have in my temporary possession the nifty Nokia N93... I've posted the first video that I shot and edited on the phone (along with some early '80s cultural reference context).2http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/03/three-abreast-five-year-anniversary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:15:56 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-302866709193418657Five years ago today I launched Three Abreast -- the Web Friendly Sitcom! Only now is the world catching up to original interactive web video content! ;-)Raphael Lewis wrote a great piece about the launch.I'd thought it would be great to do some sort of fifth anniversary relaunch as the date approached. If not for my job... and my teaching... and my other projects...So tune in on March 12, 2012!0http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/02/drivetime-on-chronicle-repeat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:23:29 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-4704440707167755761The Chronicle segment on DriveTime from last spring is being repeated this Thursday (7:30 p.m. in Boston). Watch the DriveTime episode with Mary Richardson beforehand to be fully prepped!0http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/02/drivetime-extra-apple-betty.htmldrivetimenoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:07:15 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-5435032875215173193Apple Betty perform "I Saw A Crime" in this hidden track from the DriveTime Episode Two.Twelve sessions.(QuickTime, 02:42, 11 MB)2http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/02/boston-area-tv-alert.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:21:47 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-117096385402834663Tonight at 10, Fox25 will air their segment that includes a look at DriveTime (from when Bianca de la Garza was a guest). Bianca left me a message to alert me (a tip 'o the hat to her!) and seemed to warn me that there's other stuff in the piece. So perhaps if you blink, you'll miss it? I'll try to post a link if they post the video on their site afterwards.Someone said they saw a promo clip 6http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/01/india-new-england-covers-drivetime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:28:41 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-116982892114901600Tusha Mittal's piece on DriveTime for India New England is up. It makes me sound energetic!0http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/01/first-attempt-at-moving-hosey-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:58:03 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-116862464740616795Jamie O'Brien has posted amazing footage from the first attempt of moving the Audi into the Axiom Gallery last Sunday.0http://blog.ravijain.org/2007/01/daily-dig-on-my-car-in-gallery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:15:40 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-116856454087946162Well, my trusty Audi was to have been an integral piece in the Axiom Gallery's iArt show which opens tomorrow in their new location at the former site of the Gallery at Green Street, inside the Green Street MBTA station.David Wildman chronicles why it won't be.Meanwhile I'm madly editing a new piece for the exhibit.0http://blog.ravijain.org/2006/12/drivetime-in-hyphen-magazine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:37:59 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-116683360975333113There is a nice write up on DriveTime in the fall issue of Hyphen magazine. Someone came up to me in IKEA a few weeks ago to tell me that they saw the article and today the Creative Director of the magazine gave me some copies.Ching-In Chen did a nice job encapsulating the history of DriveTime, though my 1984 limerick from Mr. Longo's class at Holmdel High School is mistakenly transcribed as:0http://blog.ravijain.org/2006/12/yule-vlog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:04:04 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-116545333392668988When I was kid in New Jersey, we used to put on the old Yule Log on WPIX -- footage of a burning log with Christmas Music. WPIX was known for their innovation, having pioneered one of the earliest forms of interactive telephonic television experiments with TVPIX.Well it turns out you can download some classic Yule Log moments to your video iPod (or similar handheld device).With a traveler mug of1http://blog.ravijain.org/2006/12/wikake-unveiled.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:26:20 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-116525318033848261I've updated the Wikaklog with footage of the Wikake unveiling.0http://blog.ravijain.org/2006/12/novas-open-production.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ravi@ravijain.org)Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:14:28 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890291.post-116525225361213026The PBS series NOVA -- produced in Boston by WGBH -- has launched an Open Production initiative to engage it's audience in the creation of an upcoming documentary titled Car of the Future.You can look at a draft script and submit your own ideas.Nice!0