sort of reminded me of Douglas Padgett's painting
tom moody
sandy thoughts
Two 100-year storms in the last three years - Global warming deniers, please kiss our asses.
Power was out for two days, internet for three. After that tree fell the floodwaters showed up. Am dry here on a higher floor but others in the neighborhood had it bad.
Listening to the transistor radio was nauseating. "If it bleeds it leads" stories alternating with treacly sanctimony and stiff-upper-lip messaging. Mayor Bloomberg was incredibly smarmy with his announcement that we didn't need Pres. Obama to come to NYC. Easy to say when you have multiple homes and a private police army - others could probably use some of that Federal assistance.
Gov. Chris Christie is a right wing talk show host masquerading as a politician. He's quick with the soundbites and cutting off reporters to sound decisive but basically a self-satisfied windbag.
The real heroes aren't these towering egos but the crews chainsawing trees to get them out of the road, sanitation workers picking up waterlogged debris in the dead of night, and cops deterring looters (much more useful than cracking heads of peaceful protestors in the off-season).
Update: Two days after Mayor Bloomberg requested that -- no offense! -- Pres. Obama not come to NYC because we were too busy here right now to accommodate him (paraphrasing, but that's what I heard him say on the radio) he, Bloomberg, had time to garner some headlines by endorsing Obama for president. Apparently he now thinks the President is the global warming prevention candidate.
"Congas of Doom I," "Congas of Doom II"
"Congas of Doom I" [mp3 moved to Bandcamp]
"Congas of Doom II" [mp3 moved to Bandcamp]
Was learning my way around Electribes reasonably well (as a writer if not a live player) but this new (as yet unidentified) beatbox has many more capabilities. Am using the pre-loaded samples to write new riffs, stripping out some of the demo mode FX bells and whistles and leaving others. Also, am "cheating" by recording and overdubbing riffs. You won't see my disembodied hands demo-ing these on YT any time soon. Am fairly proud of the backwards-sounding break on "II" - it almost sounds like real hiphop that I have an affinity for. post edited for tone
hurricane at my place
The cruddy, sick old tree in front of my apartment fell down 20 minutes ago, right in the middle of the street. The city crews are on it -- I heard the chainsaw but not the falling tree (loud music in studio). It just missed hitting that car.
Update: Looking around the web it seems almost all the Hurricane Sandy photos are arty, soft-focus, and hand-tinted-looking. This might be the first all-Instagram documented disaster. Future generations will hate us for our present conceits (photo above made with a Sony™ camera).
