FL909 drumcomputer - make some beats!

The first time I saw this I thought it was just a picture of the original drum machine that defined early house music. But no, it’s actually a fully functional clone of the beat machine created in flash. It even looks like it’s from 1984 with coffee stains and such (is that blood??). I was in love with Daft Punk’s album Homework which has the TR-909 all over it. Their latest effort Alive 2007, is a mashup of all their songs and it totally has me pumped about electronic music again. So if you’re like me & one of your goals for 2008 is to make more hot beats, lay down some high-hat & drop that b.a.s.s bass!

Commodore 64!!! That’s the computer I learned to program on. The only thing that’s not awesome about this video is the Advanced C++ reference at the end. C++ wasn’t around till 1985! That should been a certificate of Appreciation for Basic. Oh well.. and I’m a nerd!

Slow motion film is always sweet. But slow motion film of a food fight, that takes the cake. This is the music video for “Rotten Hell” by Menomena. Beautiful // Messy!

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The 5th Indie Craft Experiance in Atlanta is this Saturday June 2nd & It’s FREE this year!!!

There will be a 100+ local crafters and designers there with cool / cute / amazing handmade stuff to sell. This year there is going to be workshops to help you sharpen your crafy chops. What more? The Lasch (the rock band i’m in) is going to be playing at 3pm. (ice-atlanta.com for more info)

I also helped sew in the sweet shop preparing merch for Heiss-Threads. Her website is built on Solo (Sol Designs content management/e-commerce system). Check out her booth at ICE!

It’s at Centennial Olympic Park. If you need more culture in your life, Creative Loafing named ICE as one of the top 5 cultural events of the summer! ooooooo.

Blinkies, Throwies, & Interactive Sewies (The Workshop)
I’m teaching an easy workshop at 2pm called . It’ll cover making simple throwies and then show you some other crafty uses of LEDs to get you glowin. I am also going to explain how to make crazy lasers and take photos that are even cooler than this!

Not sure how singup works, but people registered for the class will get to make their own throwies to take home. Everyone else can watch and hopefully get inspired.. After that, mozie on over to the stage for our show at 3pm!

stay crafty atlanta.

Difficulty: Moderate

You can’t rely on generic, mainstream sources (tv/radio/rolling stone magazine) to bring you new music that you can really connect with. Everybody’s tastes are different, mainstream is a compromise. The best way to find new music you’ll like is to build off your existing musical tastes.
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