http://dopefulhopefiend.com minimalism .. its the least you can do Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:25:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en More than our culture is at stake. Author Richard Schickel laments that we are loosing the practice of criticism. we have to find in the work of reviewers something more than idle opinion-mongering. We need to see something other than flash, egotism and self-importance. We need to see their credentials. And they ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=334 I ran across these images exploring NodeBox, which is a programming environment that can be thought of as Processing for Python (instead of Java), being developed by the Experimental Media group at St. Lucas School of Arts, Antwerp, Belgium. Emphasis is on generating 2D design and AI (instead of 3D ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=318 Watch the amazing video: http://www.flightphase.com/about.html Artist Karolina Sobecka has created a new, mobile form of installation art that breaks free from the usual constraints of projected art: indoor or static. The project is a delightful commentary on the role of the car as a hybrid indoor-outdoor space, its ability to transmit ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=316 There have been plenty of stories about technical problems associated with municipal-level WiFi projects, but this one may be a first. The WiFi network designed to cover Bowdoin College and its neighbors in Brunswick, Maine has been put off indefinitely, due to worries over whether or not the network needs ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=314 processing has several new or updated libraries including: switchboard is a web services library to pull data from Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Del.icio.us, Flickr, and more MovieMaker makes movies of sketches ESS handles sound samples, streams, and live audio that can be changed, analyzed, saved, etc I now have a working version of Cubist Life ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=311 LINE FORMS HERE photos of our interactive art installation on a 50’ x 50’ plot of land in a cow field in Tennessee. Playing on the idea of an indoor gallery space, hundreds of balls of yarn were tied, tossed, and hung to create individual pieces occupying area between poles, ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=305 A visualization of death tolls from September 11, Iraq, Indian Ocean tsunami, and Darfur, Sudan. The visualization uses four particle systems to generate circles for each location, differentiated by size, color. Each circle represents 1000 people killed. The life of particles is the total number of deaths in thousands. The ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=304 heres dfhf. see more examples or enter an address for a graph (made with processing) http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=301 Here are some demonstration sketches I put togeather with Processing for a presentation last week. I'll put up my final project (a data visualization) once its finished. Processing is an open-source language and environment for doing neat stuff easily. Orthdir demo: This applet draws a series of boxes with user-manipulable lighting, viewing ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=300 blackpool lights - ep [self released] jim suptic from the get up kids black heart procession - the spell [touch and go] unfortunately not a murder mystery concept album (like their last) *beirut - gulag orkestar [ba da bing!] balkan gypsy baroque carnival grandaddy - just like the fambly cat [v2] fuzzy pop rock sound team - "movie ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=299 mammoths melting out of the ice!?! - meow hit lot dood [self released] multi-instrumentalist collective playing instrumental songs with strings and occasionall electronics persephone's bees - a peek into the underworld [columbia] an underworld of sexy rock with a russian accent aphex twin/afx - chosen lords [chrysalis/rephlex] a block of yellow - grow up ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=297 If you like violent movies, you should move to Korea. Not because we don't like you, but because arthouse violence is all the rage there. On April 28th Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, the 3rd of Park Chan-wook's revenge series, is released on DVD here in the states. They ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=296 rennick - to the skies [pathways] i thought we already got morrisseys new album. and it was no longer the 80s *the concretes - in colour [astralwerks] yum brit pop *the rakes - capture/release [v2] a british the_ band *be your own pet - summer sensation [ecstatic peace!] like the yeah yeah yeahs with a bass guitar matthew ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=295 oops. forgot to post last weeks adds: the rewinds - s/t [livewire] southern power pop end of fashion - s/t [capitol] australian power pop tom brosseau - s/t [loveless] cozy, twangy folk south - adventures in the underground journey to the stars [young american/yam] dreamy brit pop pretty girls make graves - elan vital [matador] first album with new keyboardist velvet ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=294 sorry i know this place has been real lame lately. not enough hours in a minute. so here are some gems from my favorite new or upcoming releases gnarls barkley this is the collaboration between dangermouse and cee-lo as in the grey album and cee-lo green ... is the soul machine. this ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=293 on shelves over break: dresden dolls drive-by truckers loose fur yeah yeah yeahs ben harper richard ashcroft hard-fi group sounds new amsterdams rainer maria built to spill liars and lots more (thanks bill) on shelves this week: *the moore brothers - murdered by the moore brothers [plain] beautiful pop songs with singing brothers bebel gilberto - s/t [crammed/six degrees] sweet acoustic bossanova *bossacucanova - uma batida diferente [crammed/six degrees] bossanova meets turntablism *mugison ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=292 everytime i watch this sport i think of how much better it would be if they were naked. well. its way better  nude figure skating and while were talking naked, isnt that .... homer simpson? http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=291 grand national - kicking the national habit [recall] british dance party cocteau twins - lullabies to violaine: singles and extended plays 1982-1996 [4ad] singles and extended plays from 1982 - 1996 band of horses - everything all the time [sub pop] warm, smart rock nightmares on wax - in a space outta sound [warp] that babymaking shit calexico ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=290 editors - the back room [fader] calculated rock drawing from joy division and interpol **built to spill - time trap 1994 - 2006 [warner bros] one new song, six classics **the light footwork - one state two state [self released] members of beulah on almost every track b.fleischmann - the humbucking coil [morr] more from morr *terrestrial tones ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=289 *controller.controller - x-amounts [paperbag] female-fronted dancerock we march - the madness ends here [non-prophet] lofi punk rock **electric president - s/t [morr music] warm bedroom lap-pop *jel - soft money [anticon] member of 13&god and themselves, anticon's boss' second solo with friends and employees head like a kite - random portraits of the home movie [pattern 25] laid back ... http://dopefulhopefiend.com/?p=288