12 May 2011

Musical Squares, Andre Michelle's ToneMatrix

This is the coolest. Totally enthralled. Just in case you have not come across this yet, CLICK THE SQUARES to create a looping melody (space bar clears it).  This bit of play, ToneMatrix, is from Andre Michelle.  ToneMatrix is a "simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16step sequencer. Each triggered step causes a force on the underlaying wave-map, which makes it more cute."
I found it on EMPT.

Beating Moon Heart

reblogged from beautiful decay

10 May 2011

Highlights from a new piece




all you want is salt for salt


I still remember the first time I heard this song.  My heartbeat slowed and gave me pause.

1927 (Victor 20578A). Track No. 61 from the Anthology of American Folk Music, edited by Harry Smith. Originally released in 1952 - Folkways Recordings. Re-released 1997 by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Washington, D.C. Harry Smith writes in his original liner notes: Vocal solo with guitar.

Times right now ain't nothin' like they used to be
Well times right now ain't nothin' like they used to be
You know I'll tell you all the truth, won't you take my word from me

Well I seen better days, but I ain't puttin' up with these
Well I've seen better days, but I ain't puttin' up with these
I had a lot better time with those women down in New Orleans

Well I was born in the country so she thinks I'm easy to lose
Well I was born in the country so she thinks I'm easy to lose
She wants to hitch me to a wagon and drive me like a mule

I bought her groceries, and I pay the rent
I bought her groceries, and I pay the rent
She wanted me to wash her clothes but I got good common sense

Well if you don't want me then why don't you just tell me so?
Well if you don't want me then why don't you just tell me so?
It ain't like I'm a man that ain't got nowhere else to go

I give you sugar for sugar, but all you want is salt for salt
I give you sugar for sugar, but all you want is salt for salt
Well if you can't get along with me, then it's your own fault

Well, you want me to love you, but then you just treat me mean
Yea, you want me to love you, but then you just treat me mean
You're my daily thought and you're my nightly dream

Well, sometimes I think that you're just too sweet to die
Ah, sometimes I think that you're just too sweet to die
And other times I think that you ought to be buried alive

Confetti Chupi


Chupi, the innocent by-sleeper during Cinco de Mayo tissue paper flower constructions.

Room Shots


Golden-leaved Korean Tree, Marc Jacobs' Daisy, red coral necklace, Gymnocladus dioicus seed pod, Nag Champa incense, New Yorker illustration clipped, LIFE magazine from October 3, 1955 'Rock Hudson- Hollywood's Most Handsome Bachelor', postcard of chapel entrance to Mission San Jose in San Antonio, Texas...just to identify a few

What They Said..

Magnolia acuminata and Hippopotamus



Sentry Chupi

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