Episode 84 - When I Grow Up...
03/02/18 08:51 Filed in: Work
This week I offer an essay on my career choices, wonder why I didn't become a scientist, and offer advice on finding your ideal work.
Also, Darmok and Jalad, at Tanagra
Also, Darmok and Jalad, at Tanagra
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Episode 78 - Free Music and I'm Just Trying To Stay Alive
09/12/17 09:49 Filed in: Music
This week I offer more insight into a career in the arts, and how my experience may apply to all jobs in the future.
Also, artificial life and martian worms.
Artificial DNA
Worms in simulated Martian soil
More thoughts on music and the future of work
Also, artificial life and martian worms.
Artificial DNA
Worms in simulated Martian soil
More thoughts on music and the future of work
Episode 77 - Essay on a Career in the Arts
02/12/17 09:38 Filed in: Music
This week I offer an essay on my music career, and how that fits (or doesn't) with modern society in America. I also ruminate on the place of arts in civilization and whether other careers will go as arts have gone.
Plus news in graphene spider webs, our interstellar visitor, and Voyager 1
Spider Webs with graphene and nanotubes
Interstaller Visitor
Voyager 1 fires it up
My old blog post
Plus news in graphene spider webs, our interstellar visitor, and Voyager 1
Spider Webs with graphene and nanotubes
Interstaller Visitor
Voyager 1 fires it up
Career thoughts
My old blog post
A Musical Interlude
25/11/17 08:35 Filed in: Music
I thought with the business of the holiday this week we could all use a break from my normal banter/blather. In the feed today is an acoustic EP, Evagation, from my band Strange Land
Chloroform Dream
27 Miles Out
Corozal
The Girl With The Octarine Eyes
The Last Mountain
Strange Land @ Bandcamp
Chloroform Dream
27 Miles Out
Corozal
The Girl With The Octarine Eyes
The Last Mountain
Strange Land @ Bandcamp
Episode 74 - All News Show #7
04/11/17 13:16 Filed in: News
Catching up on the latest and greatest including growing rice in saltwater, algorithms for acoustics, and the NASA twin study.
Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist. - Lise Meitner
(Elbphilharminie - Iwan Baan)
This weeks news items
Growing rice in saltwater
New Concert Hall with algorithm designed tiles
Earthquake correlation study
Extrasolar object
New telescope
NASA twin study
Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist. - Lise Meitner
(Elbphilharminie - Iwan Baan)
This weeks news items
Growing rice in saltwater
New Concert Hall with algorithm designed tiles
Earthquake correlation study
Extrasolar object
New telescope
NASA twin study
Episode 68 - All News Show #4
23/09/17 11:23 Filed in: News
This week is an all news show in the new show format. We have Osiris Rex, human embryo editing, 3d printed aluminum, high tech guitar strings, and more.
(NASA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asima_Chatterjee
https://phys.org/news/2017-09-revolutionary-guitar-world.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0H1ZJ55J7M
http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/22_september_2017?folio=1225&pg=21#pg21
http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/22_september_2017?sub_id=qQuCOFPYtydc&u1=41569489&folio=1221&pg=17#pg17
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/22/us/nasa-osiris-rex-slingshot-past-earth/index.html
https://www.universetoday.com/137253/300-asteroids-explored-fleet-nanosatellites/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/18/551792129/stanislav-petrov-the-man-who-saved-the-world-dies-at-77
(NASA)
Sources for this week's news
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asima_Chatterjee
https://phys.org/news/2017-09-revolutionary-guitar-world.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0H1ZJ55J7M
http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/22_september_2017?folio=1225&pg=21#pg21
http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/22_september_2017?sub_id=qQuCOFPYtydc&u1=41569489&folio=1221&pg=17#pg17
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/22/us/nasa-osiris-rex-slingshot-past-earth/index.html
https://www.universetoday.com/137253/300-asteroids-explored-fleet-nanosatellites/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/18/551792129/stanislav-petrov-the-man-who-saved-the-world-dies-at-77
Episode 44 - The Future of Musical Instruments
08/04/17 09:36 Filed in: Music
This week we look at new manufacturing methods and materials like 3d printing and carbon fiber being used by instrument builders, and new ways that people are interfacing with their instruments to create with sound.
Also, drilling to the Earth's mantle, and exoplanet atmospheres
Drilling to the Earth's mantle
Exoplanet atmosphere
http://www.dw.com/en/what-needs-to-change-in-guitars-to-make-them-eco-friendly/a-38322153
http://www.americanspecialtyhardwoods.com/roasting/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spalting
http://www.rainsong.com/difference.html
https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2017/exhibitor-news/carbon-fiber-technology-applied-wind-instrument
https://carbony.com/
https://all3dp.com/10-great-3d-printed-instruments/
Monad Studio
(Monad)
http://www.monadstudio.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib8o6r6uvM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bafbvJOGiDI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPxOKHC75Jg
Piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_8LxOdSDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XMooWP22aE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBvrQlZYS-o
ACPAD
https://www.acpad.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2S0o4Sjwis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnbqdFQZ4tU
String Station
http://www.stringstation.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEtF01a9Sco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jjhH1Ngyqk
Also, drilling to the Earth's mantle, and exoplanet atmospheres
Drilling to the Earth's mantle
Exoplanet atmosphere
Instruments of the Future
http://www.dw.com/en/what-needs-to-change-in-guitars-to-make-them-eco-friendly/a-38322153
http://www.americanspecialtyhardwoods.com/roasting/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spalting
http://www.rainsong.com/difference.html
https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2017/exhibitor-news/carbon-fiber-technology-applied-wind-instrument
https://carbony.com/
https://all3dp.com/10-great-3d-printed-instruments/
Monad Studio
(Monad)
http://www.monadstudio.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib8o6r6uvM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bafbvJOGiDI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPxOKHC75Jg
Piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_8LxOdSDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XMooWP22aE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBvrQlZYS-o
ACPAD
https://www.acpad.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2S0o4Sjwis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnbqdFQZ4tU
String Station
http://www.stringstation.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEtF01a9Sco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jjhH1Ngyqk
Episode 23 - The Future of Work pt 1 - Technology, Scarcity, and Music
This week we look at how technology can impact economic scarcity, and how my industry, music, was turned upside down by tech almost two decades ago.
Also, a quote from the Outer Limits, Carbon sequestration, and Tabby's Star back in the news.
And, listen to the show on Youtube
"The planet Earth is a speck of dust, remote and alone in the void. There are powers in the universe inscrutable and profound. Fear cannot save us. Rage cannot help us. We must see the stranger in a new light - the light of understanding. And to achieve this, we must begin to understand ourselves, and each other." - The Outer Limits, The Galaxy Being
Biochar
Charles Hyland/Provided
Tabby's Star
NRAO/AUI/NSF
http://singularityhub.com/2016/10/24/how-the-disruptive-power-of-technology-is-redefining-work/
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/productivity
Also, a quote from the Outer Limits, Carbon sequestration, and Tabby's Star back in the news.
And, listen to the show on Youtube
"The planet Earth is a speck of dust, remote and alone in the void. There are powers in the universe inscrutable and profound. Fear cannot save us. Rage cannot help us. We must see the stranger in a new light - the light of understanding. And to achieve this, we must begin to understand ourselves, and each other." - The Outer Limits, The Galaxy Being
Biochar
Charles Hyland/Provided
Tabby's Star
NRAO/AUI/NSF
The Future Of Work
http://singularityhub.com/2016/10/24/how-the-disruptive-power-of-technology-is-redefining-work/
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/productivity
Episode 7 - Long-Term Music
02/07/16 12:05 Filed in: Music
In this episode we explore a performance of John Cage's As SLow aS Possible that will end in 2640. Also a piece by Jem Finer that will last for 1000 years.
News - The Netherlands nationwide internet of things and The Antarctic ozone hole is healing.
News of the moment:
The Netherlands internet of things
The ozone hole
Main segment:
John Cage and ASLSP (in German, but Google translate is pretty good)
(By Bogaerts, Rob / Anefo - Fotocollectie Anefo. Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, nummertoegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 934-2728., CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40939081)
ASLSP 360 view
Jem Finer and long player
News - The Netherlands nationwide internet of things and The Antarctic ozone hole is healing.
Show notes
News of the moment:
The Netherlands internet of things
The ozone hole
Main segment:
John Cage and ASLSP (in German, but Google translate is pretty good)
(By Bogaerts, Rob / Anefo - Fotocollectie Anefo. Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, nummertoegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 934-2728., CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40939081)
ASLSP 360 view
Jem Finer and long player