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Tuesday, April 1st, 2003

Subject:something i heard today
Time:1:39 am.
Mood: hot.
Music:POTATO.
Setting: Tios Mexican Restaurant
A fratboy says to his friend, "Hey, Hard On, get me some hot sauce!"

And I think to myself - If it's going to be that kind of a party, I'm going to stick my dick in the mashed potatoes.
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Sunday, March 30th, 2003

Subject:ATMOSPHERE - fusing creativity and community
Time:11:13 pm.
This is a new show that I'm working on. We're accepting submissions so if you have art you should send it and if not that's ok because you should still come. rad,

lasz

For Immediate Release

ATMOSPHERE, AN EVENT FUSING CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY

Call for Submissions: We are projecting digital images of 2 dimensional artwork onto screens covering the windows of the Firefily Club and are looking for students to submit their artwork and for industry professionals to review portfolios of the artists attending the show.
Please contact:
Adrian Pittman [734] 604.4099
adrian@podwerx.com
2831 Green Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

ATMOSPHERE is an event intended to cultivate a productive interface between artists and supporters of the Michigan underground and outsider art communities. It is an opportunity for members of the creative community to further the collective aims of the regional arts scene by engaging collaborators and mentors in their area.

ATMOSPHERE provides an unconventional and compelling space for artists to display their work, commune with fellow artists and make valuable industry connections. They will have the opportunity to develop portfolios, meet industry leaders and receive professional advice. A collection of artwork from the fashion, video, painting, photography and design disciplines will be projected onto the walls of The Firefly Club, located at 207 Ashley St., Ann Arbor.

The event runs from 9pm - 1am, and features live performances and DJ sets by Matthew Dear, of Ghostly International, Carlos Souffront, John Waterway (live P.A.) and Agent Among Agents.

"The local creative industry has gotten behind us in a real way, promising to make this a very successful evening. We have received support from Ghostly International, POD Marketing and Design and immedia, to name just a few," said Jakub Marek Alexander, founder of the event.

"We believe everyone has an atmosphere and this is ours: a fusion of creative minds gathered together to connect, collaborate, and create," said Jakub regarding the philosophy behind the event.

ATMOSPHERE
connect//collaborate//create//
Tuesday, May 6, 2003
9pm – 1am
Firefly Club
207 Ashley St., Ann Arbor
$8 at the door
(Bring your portfolio or at least 12 copies of your demo CD/Tape/Vinyl and get in for $5)

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ATMOSPHERE
connect//collaborate//create//

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For more information contact:
Adrian Pittman [734] 604.4099
2831 Green Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
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Saturday, March 29th, 2003

Subject:TMNT, You betrayed me
Time:7:19 pm.
"Although we seldom, if ever, see the racist ads of programming from the pre-civil rights era, some blatantly racist cartoons from as far back as the 1940's are still widely sold in inexpensive video cartoon anthologies. Cartoons are the most ethnically stereotyped genres of television. Sometimes the bias may be more subtle. For example, two ugly and regularly stupid characters in one cartoon are Rock Steady, named after a Jamaican musical genre of the mid 1950's, and Bebop, which was a form of Jazz with origins in African American music (O' Connor, 1990)"

Now to come to the defense of the "Ninja Turtles" creators, Eastman and Laird, I do remember reading a comic about the mutation of Bebop and Rocksteady. You see, they were popular musicains in the local night club scene and people just couldn't get enough of their jazz and ska fusion. Then I think the Shredder dumped a bucket of toxic waste on them or maybe an obsessed fan burned down their house, forcing them to live in the sewer (the only place not charging rent in Manhattan) -and they mutated into these weird zoo animals because there were alot of boars and rhinoceroces living down there after being exiled from the zoo for killing zebras.
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2003

Subject:prom
Time:1:00 am.
Mood:teenage.
Music:wrist.
i had this dream i went back to prom. i have no idea who my date was but i know i had a date. it's funny because in high school i had dates to prom but i didn't know them well. i was never about the organized social scene with bad music so i waited till the last minute to ask someone. because you have to ask someone. or else that person that you really don't want to go with will ask you. and then you're done for. so yeah. i had a date. and we went to prom-it was kind of like a fashion show. high schoolers in tuxedoes and dresses were modeling their new duds on a red carpet in MATT'S LOFT! It was really dark. My crew got bored. I got bored. Prom sucked as usual. Something had to happen. And it did. A greasy headed lounge DJ provided the musical entertainment for the evening. He said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you are lucky to be here for my amazing new machine. It plays your favorite drum fills from your favorite songs-and only your favorite songs. The crowd went wild. But as we listened intently we couldn't really hear the drum fills. Surprisingly, the machine seemed to be malfunctioning and instead of playing the drum fills from "Lady in Red" it played the chorus-over and over again. "Lady in Red...Lady in Red...Lady in Red...I want my baby back...(no wait)...Lady in Red" It got really weird and people soon became frightened. It was time to split and I knew what I had to do. I started singing a song that I knew would crash a party fast. To my astonishment, the amazing drum fill machine picked up on my song and started playing it back-the chorus that is. "BAHWITABAH DA DANGADANG DIGGY DIGGY DIGGY..you know the rest" Soon, a mosh pit developed and kids were picking up folding chairs, beating each other with them and throwing them across the room. The weak ones fled in terror, exiting through the front door, which surprisingly enough, connected directly to the Briarwood Shopping Mall. Talk about lame! Well, screw them this party just got interesting. And so i offered up another gem, a quality Marilyn Manson tune that is perfect for prom, "So i slit my teenage wrist". The soundtrack kicks in, people get down, and this weird goth kid wearing a brown leather suit comes up to me and starts singing along. Well, of course i don't really know the rest of the chorus so I try to mouth the words and i really suck at it but he's so into the music that he doesn't care. Finally, I connect with my goth peers. I never really did before even though I new we probably could have reached some common ground at the time. Well, I eventually left the party and went to the mall. It sucked as usual. All they had to sell were copies of Microsoft SPSS. End of dream.

Matt, I'm anticipating the next loft party and an appearance from DJ Technomaster on the MC 303.

salud,

lasz
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Thursday, March 20th, 2003

Subject:WORLDWIDE TERROR ALERT HIGH
Time:2:59 pm.
they hooked geraldo up to a video phone last night. he wore a bullet proof vest and a pistol. signals went in and out of transmission to convey a sense of fear-presented to you in real time. Sadam or a Sadam lookalike gave the most fatalistic speech ever. Taxi cabs and autobusses waited patiently at the border for fleeing refugees. Operation Valiant Strike. Operation Aunt Jamima. Operation The President had a relaxing dinner with the First Lady and now its time for the SHOCK AND AWE portion of this event. I sit patiently in the stands, eating my cotton candy and fondling the remote.
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Saturday, March 15th, 2003

Subject:machiokouhoh
Time:10:39 am.
today, i eat a cookbook. tomorrow, I garnish the world with paprika and serve it to you in your favorite styrofoam cup.
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Thursday, March 13th, 2003

Subject:real things happen in unreal places
Time:2:26 am.
userinfozillah and I go to Toronto in search of hip urban wear and fresh art exhibits. We arrive at our hotel and I find that I have actually packed my full-size cello. Even though the plan was to stay only two days, I couldn't bare to be without my primary instrument. I decide to join a local orchestra and participate in the rehearsals. Once the two days are up, we leave and I quit the orchestra. A cab picks us up from the hotel, with no predetermined destination in mind. During the ride, I realize that I forgot my cello. (This is funny because just about two years ago, Yo-Yo Ma accidentally left his million dollar cello in the back of a New York City cab) Heather mentions that it was not in the hotel room when we left and that it must be in the orchestra recital hall where I used to practice. Just then, the cab driver turns into one of those 10 year old boys from the movies. You know the type. They think they are super smart and that they know everything, like how to drive a car. The road soon turns into a highway but the scenery of the city is still there. Cars are entering the highway on our right and Heather tells the driver that even though we just passed the recital hall, which is actually now a High School, we should not turn where it says "DO NOT ENTER". So we do; a sharp right turn and we're face to face with a vehicle and about to have a head on collision. Suddenly, everything turns black. I guess at this point I am unconscious. When I come to, I find myself chained, hanging from the ceiling of a temple (not the temple. just a temple). 3 other individuals whom I had never met before are in my same predicament. We are attached to an evil woman with long hair and a devilish grin, complete with high pitched screaming, rotating on the ceiling so that we are spinning around like a merry go round. It makes us dizzy and I would have to say that this is a very traumatic point in the dream (captivity, torture, etc.) Eventually, somehow, we get free and I have a chance to talk to the other victims:

"Hi. Who are you?"
"We are real people", they say.
"Oh", I respond, "Good. That's really good."

We walk outside of the temple, which now looks like a large warehouse. (one hell of a Detroit party or something) There are some seedy characters outside that solicit us with phrases I can't remember. I ask the real people, "Who are they?" The real ones say, "They're not really there". We walk right passed them and no harm comes to us, however, we do get lost and somehow end up back at the temple. Then we go through the same bondage, merry go round thing until we escape yet again. We see the same shady characters soliciting us but this time I walk right into them. Suddenly, the character is the one on the ceiling and I am facing the back of his neck. The others that are chained to him are spinning around but he is not moving this time. I beat him profusely with the chain I am attached to, about 50 times. Bruises show up but he does not seem phased. He turns around and hisses at me and I fall to the ground. When I reach the ground, the same evil woman is lying on a couch, only now she is wearing a cowboy hat. My friend, Jorin, is there. It appears to be getting late so Jorin asks if he can sleep on the couch that the evil girl is sitting in. She speaks to him in a British accent. Yes, my dear and I hope you do appreciate your accommodations more than the last time. Yes, Jorin says, "Last time I had to sleep on the rancid carpet".
I look down to the floor and realize it is completely covered with dirty carpeting. I notice that I am not alone on the couch. The "real people" are trying to stay on the couch while the cushions haphazardly slip off and fall onto the rancid carpet. Once again, we escape (not sure how) and this time we manage to find a police station. We tell the cops that we are being held prisoner in a building that looks like a warehouse from the outside and a temple from the inside. The cops listen to our descriptions and conclude, "Well, if they're giving you shelter, and treating you like guests, then there's nothing we can really do. I mean, you don't have any money. How much better off are you going to get? As long as you avoid the rancid carpet, you should be fine."
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Monday, March 10th, 2003

Subject:if letters were words and this was a really fucked up scrabble game
Time:4:21 am.
frosting on the interface you left at my place your baby in my spicy tuna roll there's always room for one more than enough is enough to be my lawyer bondage slut patrol 5 I liked slut patrol 4 better because the twin towers were still in the shot through the heart but you're too late for school you're going to be ready my steed while I make a toast to something I read on the internet dating club sandwich sweater for your dog that gets cold when he's outside reality bites the dust for cobwebs in your cupboard of cupcakes in winter time sure beats a fruitcake in the hospital ward off the demon i am and face i peel
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Saturday, March 8th, 2003

Subject:grrreat
Time:4:29 am.
you have to be prepared when you make that offering. remember, it's your special gift and you can't just go giving it away. sometimes you get anxious. sometimes it seems like the only way. But you can't free the whole world. only a select few will understand.

and the statistic still holds strong: the amount of alcohol you consume is directly proportional to the amount of groin you offer. this theory applies to men, women, chicken limbos, and robot dogs named "techno".
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Thursday, March 6th, 2003

Subject:cultural linguistics
Time:5:51 pm.
iNgl%$H
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2003

Subject:the not so little fur ball has a phd
Time:1:20 am.
Mood:flabbergasted.
Music:Cats n' the Cradle and everything by Sam Cook.
I walk down the staircase to find Sterling by the living room door, pointing to a grad student passed out on our couch. The student, apparently, has been working long hours on Sterling's research. You see, I didn't know then what I did know now - Sterling is actually a Communications professor and has been conducting research all this time - we just didn't notice. Anyway, Sterling speaks, "That's my grad student, He's been working long hours on my research." Well, for a moment I was speechless because I'm really just used to the little scuz bucket meowing alot. But I eventually managed a retort. "Uh huh. I see, and what exactly is your "grad student" working on exactly?" Well, I am investigating the relationship between media consumption in adults and agressive behavior in their offspring", said Sterling. "My grad student is gathering data based on agressive activity observed in these subjects" "Ah, I see", said I, "Now, this behavior, is it exhibitied outside or within the womb?"

"Hmm", Sterling pondered. "Touche"

"Right, you should really test for that. And shall I fetch you some cat nip now?"
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Thursday, February 13th, 2003

Subject:the nature of the space and the situational factors that inhibit it.
Time:9:48 pm.
the nature: community, activism, DIY, euphoria, enlightenment, depression, self loathing, hands across your face, enhancement of mind, body, and spirit, slumber party project night, sterling

situational factors: completing a meaningless degree, ann arbor, corporations, society, consumerism, suits, ties, starbucks, polo, meat, profit, pier 1 candles, anti depresents, graduating from high school, the war on terrorism, president elect, conservative democrats, texas, wall street, hollywood, burning man

the remedy: an after school special that teaches kids not to sniff glue
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Subject:well, if you put it that way
Time:5:31 pm.
I don't mean to tell you how to live your life

but you should update your lj more often

it's just a suggestion,

Love,





Mom
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Monday, February 3rd, 2003

Subject:back on the drink: table for 1
Time:7:07 pm.
well, I've got the post immedia blues so bad it hurts. I rationalize that my sudden depression is due to an immediate (yes: pun intended) loss of immedia. Opening weekend is history. Josh and Sue have flown back to San Francisco, Naoism hopped on a plane back to Tucson, Dekam moved back with his parents, Adult went back to C-Pop, but most importantly, userinfoyajma hopped a bus back to the Rapids with userinfodelerium. And where am I? The University of Michigan, studying Superbowl advertising. What the fuck am I doing? I've never been more ready to graduate.
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Friday, January 31st, 2003

Subject:opening night immedia 2003 Friday Jan 31
Time:2:34 am.
8th.annual.digital.electronic.art.exhibition

[ [..] ] 01.31.2003 to 02.08.2003
university of michigan media union
2281 bonisteel blvd. ann arbor, mi 48109

[ [..] ] multimedia performances
interactive installations
lectures
animation and video screenings
interactive fiction and web works
flatwork
CAVE virtual reality
interactive graphics
video flatwork



[ [..] ] friday 01.31.2003 opening night >>>>>
food and refreshments served

].[ CAVE
6-9pm ][ virtual reality


].[ central collaboration area
].[ performances by >>>>

7pm ][ 01V
8pm ][ Drop Box
9pm ][ Chris McNamara


].[ video studio
].[ performances by >>>>

7pm ][ Nine Questions
8pm ][ Midwest Product
9pm ][ Naoism
10pm ][ Bill Van Loo
11pm ][ Rob Theakston



[ [..] ] saturday 02.01.2003 night >>>>>

].[ CAVE
6-9pm ][ virtual reality

].[ video studio
].[ Kit Clayton and Sue Costabile

7pm ][ lecture on electronic music composition and live
video manipulation
8pm ][ artist q and a
9pm ][ 'Interruption' performance

].[ Joshua Kit Clayton lectures about the creative process in electronic
music composition and the challenges of combining it with live video
manipulation. following the lecture, Kit Clayton and Sue Costabile
perform
the conceptual art piece, 'Interruption', exhibiting innovations in
audio/visual manipulation and physical movement. Those interested in
Jitter for MAX/MSP are strongly encouraged to attend.



[ [..] ] throughout the week >>>>>

].[ gallery

interactive installations
interactive fiction and web works
flatwork


].[ video studio

animation and video screenings
interactive installations
video flatwork
interactive graphics


( ( ( mission ) ) ) [ [..] ] [ [..] ]

the immedia electronic art exhibition has developed from a community of
artists and thinkers interested in the artistic possibilities of new
technologies. the immedia community exhibits the best of such art,
eschewing reckless application of powerful technology in favor of
electronic art which seeks deeper understandings of technology's
relationship with art and life in contemporary society.

as with any art, electronic art must explain our world to us in new
ways,
helping us understand and relate to our environment. the immedia
community believes that the sweeping changes already wrought by
television and those still to be realized by computers and digital
devices necessitate a new art. this new art, reacting with and against
new technologies, has a deep responsibility to guide humankind's future
interactions with its new electronic environment. technology must be
used in creative, intelligent ways to ensure an expressive future. the
immedia exhibition hinges on the belief that it is the electronic
artist's responsibility to realize the full creative potential of
digital
and analog devices.


http://entity.ummu.umich.edu/immedia/
immedia@entity.ummu.umich.edu
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Monday, January 27th, 2003

Subject:Deep into my Super Bowl Subconscious
Time:12:41 pm.
Some of you know that I had to watch the Super Bowl for class yesterday and observe the environment that I did so in. Upon receiving the assignment, I beame critical as usual. I don't watch the Super Bowl. It is usually a very boring and commercially disgusting event. I am fascinated by media effects research but I am not that obsessed to actually enjoy Super Bowl advertistements. So, safe to say I had a bad attitude about it. Well, my dreams didn't help motivate me any. The night before the Super Bowl, I dreamt that I got a first peak at the ads before anyone else.

Shoot to a piece of rotating meat on a spigot. A familiar jingle glides in. "I want my Baby..................................Chili's Chili's Chili's Chili's Baby .....Baby Ribs Baby Ribs Baby Chili's Baby Chili's Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Ribs Ribs Ribs Ribs Chilililililililililililililililiil Baby........."
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Tuesday, January 21st, 2003

Time:10:33 am.
SWITCH
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Sunday, January 19th, 2003

Subject:The Dr. is in
Time:5:10 am.
Mood:tasteless.
Music:self promotion.
Dr. Forceps now accepting appointments. rated best abortion in the tri-state area.
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Sunday, January 12th, 2003

Subject:immedia 2003 eith annual digital arts exhibition
Time:3:04 pm.
Jan 31-Feb 8
North Campus Media Union
2281 Bonisteel blvd
Ann Arbor, MI

Opening night Friday Jan 31
Open Gallery Viewing of installations, video screenings, web works, interactive graphics, virtual reality, computer animation, music.
featuring live performances by Midwest Product, , Bill Van Loo, Josh Landau, DropBox, Christopher McNamara, Naoism.


Saturday Feb 1, 2003: Immedia 2003 presents "Interruption"

7-8pm: Joshua Kit Clayton lectures about the creative process in electronic music composition and the challenges of combining it with live video manipulation. Those who are interested in Jitter for Max/MSP are encouraged to attend.

Following the lecture will be a brief Q&A.;

9:00-9:30pm: Kit Clayton and Sue Costabile perform the conceptual art piece, "Interruption", exhibiting innovations in audio/visual manipulation and physical movement.


Lets get the word out. Contact as many interested persons about this event and bring as many people as you like. It is all free. Look out for a more refined announcement through e-mail and colorful posters around campus and beyond.
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Friday, January 10th, 2003

Subject:the politics of dancing
Time:11:45 pm.
Where did you go Kenny Larkin and why are you running from your own party? It's the politics of dancing. And lets face it, dance music will always be llight and spirited. Your audience will always be there for the sole purpose of getting down and virtually nothing more. Yes, dance music has evolved in certain respects and we have the music lovers and intellectuals to back that up. You must realize, however, that techno uses a specific beat that inspires body movin, and one should understand that reactions to and expectations of the music reflect getting your freak on. And so you have musicians playing dance music and fans dry humping. And why not? You were young once and you went to see awesome Dj's spin 8 hr sets while you rolled your ass off for the same experience that uneducated dance music appreciators attend parties for, to jak ones body. Why now is there a growing trend from the likes of Jeff Mills and Underground Resistance to discredit this primal reaction to hard beats? It seems hypocritical. And while I become cynical for similar reasons that Dj's do, I feel that it is their responsibility to reform jak into something unique and inspiring. It is certainly more productive to shake things up than to turn your back on something you helped create.
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