http://metameme.org/transmit the MetaMeme blog Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:35:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The brain of a jazz musician Statescapes and the theory of long-period delays http://metameme.org/transmit/?p=29 Well, it's not new "news", but these two fine labels are splitting and birthing 2 new sublabels. APK will continue with DataObscura / Blue Oasis and Dennis Knopper will move on with Databloem and Practicing Nature. A plethora of good music (ambient/groove-ambient in general) can be found within ... http://metameme.org/transmit/?p=28 This place is amazing... http://metameme.org/transmit/?p=27 BBC Article Apparently the darkest material ever has been created. Scroll to the bottom of that page to see an interesting list of potential uses. http://metameme.org/transmit/?p=26 The previous post made me think of this website....another fun one to browse. And it's 100% solar powered... =) http://metameme.org/transmit/?p=25 SHAPEVENT I think it's well worth the time to sit and browse this one for a little while....weird and fun. I found out about this from the Audiobulb site (a wonderful experimental/avant-garde label). http://metameme.org/transmit/?p=24 Microrelease You might of heard tracks from OEM or Magnatune, but this is a site where all of his stuff can be downloaded (or purchased for $10/cd). Generally speaking, the Psychetropic sound is tasty beat-driven ambient with warm (and often busy) percussion balanced with lush atmospheres, chords and melodies. It ... http://metameme.org/transmit/?p=23 This page has some great images of the still-life illusions by Johan Lorbeer... http://metameme.org/transmit/?p=22 Rudy Rucker was recently a guest on neofiles / 10zm.tv talking about "natural computation" (interviews). I love how he argues that digital is indeed analogue, and refers to it as a "red herring". Neofiles (podcast) R.U. Sirius Show (podcast) 10ZenMonkeys (webzine) http://metameme.org/transmit/?p=21 The SETI podcast is a good one, indeed. This week the history and future are discussed with various guests. I recommend checking out previous episodes as well, as they are thought-provoking and the hosts are pretty sarcastic. =) This weeks podcast (March 29, 2007) SETI Institute (home) http://metameme.org/transmit/?p=20