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Posts Tagged ‘Miles Davis’

  • via : the Lakers replayed the Marvin Gaye national anthem tonight at their game:
  • Good night/morning, off to bed once I finish watching @ on Colbert
  • @ haha that happened to me the 1st time I used Second Life too. Page down also fixed it.
  • Ars Technica on Ubuntu 9.04 (out in 3 weeks!) http://is.gd/pDO0
  • @ Say Hi to everyone for me; I have too much going on down here to make it up.
  • Remixing my GCal. NP:Curtis Mayfield-Curtis
  • testing something
  • testing it again
  • Test #
  • Test 4 #
  • Ok I tried to add that selective Twitter app to Facebook, but it won’t update at all now.
  • @ Good morning.
  • @ I am listening to an Australian band right now.
  • Oh now it is working. Good.
  • @ The Birthday Party
  • @ One of my favorite bands. Early eighties postpunk (I guess? That’s the best description I suppose) http://is.gd/qNAp
  • @ Oh wow. Yes very small!
  • Emily Short on agency in Interactive Fiction: http://emshort.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/types-of-action-and-types-of-agency/ #
  • Good morning/evening. Have to write weblog posts and work on thesis revisions today. NP: Harmony In My Head podcast from last week.
  • @ Did you go last night?
  • @ you can interchange the “well, Obama didn’t change that policy, so BUSH WAS RIGHT” meme as well. the worst crap.
  • Oh, I weblog roll last night too
  • New Weblog Post: Weekly Reader https://wpwend.com/?p=1708 #
  • If you’ve sent me an email in the past 3 or 4 days, I am answering it right now #
  • Writing weblog posts for the week
  • Posts written on John Joseph’s book + Backtype. Scrapped two others.
  • NP: Ornette Coleman-Sound Grammar
  • @ I am very envious of you + others power to get that done.
  • watching @ live tweet women’s pro soccer. NP: Miles Davis-Cellar Door Sessions Disc 4
  • Watching first two episodes of the Second Doctor adventure “The Seeds Of Death” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seeds_of_Death
  • Hmm…an Australian job Twitter profile added me…
  • @ Thanks for adding me, big fan of OLM
  • Good morning/evening. Starting in new school district today. Going to leave a little early b/c I am not sure on the map where the school is!
  • Long day (in a good way) at new work. Ran into old friend from shows. Also, mother of deceased best friend. Which was sad but awesome too.
  • Just listed myself in the http://localtweeps.com local Twitter directory in ZIP 08050
  • New Weblog Post: Evolution Of A Cro-Magnon https://wpwend.com/?p=1715 #
  • Working on some thesis revisions. Want to have new (final?) draft by end of week. Listening to new ep of All Go No Slow! http://is.gd/r5Dh
  • @ Twhirl isn’t showing either yours or my icon either right now!
  • RT : From The Onion: “Scholars Discover 23 Blank Pages That May As Well Be Lost Samuel Beckett Play” http://bit.ly/jxYr #
  • @ They were so kind to add me to their weblogroll, so am especially excited to promote them. need more + more digital pubs like it.
  • @ I’m not losing anything but icons, so plenty of room over here :)
  • @ your pic is back now
  • @ added!
  • RT : The Alternate Reality Game database is now on Twitter. Let them know what sort of info you’d like to see: @ :)
  • @ Hmm, now all of my msgs are gone from Twhirl!
  • @ I get the same from English.
  • Watching eps 3 + 4 of The Seeds Of Death
  • @ I update a few accounts (and FriendFeed) using Twhirl
  • @ Twhirl is great in Linux too!
  • Good morning/evening. So far, not working today (but already scheduled for Thursday!). Need to email adviser w/ a thesis idea.
  • @ Yes, a Twitter presence would be great. RSS is good, but being on Twitter gets attention much easier/quicker. A great idea.
  • Finished rereading Woolf’s “Three Guineas” this morning. Next up: Barth’s “On With The Story”
  • Vermont FTW http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/07/us/AP-GayMarriage-Vermont.html?_r=2&hp #
  • Just submitted a proposal to Transformative Works & Culture: http://journal.transformativeworks.org
  • @ An interview proposal about MMOs. I loved the Ashby essay on fan fiction and anime in their first issue.
  • @ they def look awesome on women
  • Printing off pieces of original thesis draft and working with it for new version. Had a great idea today for one portion #
  • @ Yes! I think I have a solid breakthrough. One of the original portions I might just cut out however b/c it’s just not working
  • @ A few pieces that are gonna not make the cut might be flippable into journal articles however. So hooray.
  • @ Yep :)It looks like I will have plenty to keep myself busy with for awhile…
  • @ I don’t play much right now, but the proposal is about literature + 2nd life, especially the work of @ (but don’t tell her!)
  • @ you got a DM :)
  • @ Have a wonderful day Christy
  • Hey, 7 of 9 is on Law & Order tonight.
  • Ok time for bed…have work in the morning
  • Good morning/evening. A lot to do today after work. Have a run, thesis revisions, and then more and more and more.
  • @ Wow, there is a New Jersey one now? I can just imagine now bad.
  • RT : Tweflth Night in Second Life – pics from the performance http://tinyurl.com/dahlln
  • Back home. Today was Greek day so I got to teach myths all day and discuss Greek mythology in general to pretty interested sixth graders.
  • @ How is the weather up by you? It got real cold down here in the past 24 hours.
  • Listening to Amy Goodman repeatedly sneeze but make it throw the news headlines on DN!. Over power, over come.
  • @ 9th grade. Just getting into punk more seriously. friend i was w/ was bummed “Kurt is gonna go to hell” defriended him quickly.
  • @ is there a way on Feministing to get a feed on weblog comments that I “like”? I’d love to add that to FriendFeed.
  • Oldie but goodie: Mr. Rogers was a proponent of fair use: http://tinyurl.com/38pxob #
  • @ I skim comments on Feministing + occasionally hit “like” button. I’ve kinda got comment thread burnout in general from all sites.
  • @ But yeah, glad you like my idea. Would be a cool way to share even more stuff.
  • Typing up notes I found for a fiction project I never started. Prob 2 years old. Still looks pretty good.
  • @ Yeah, you are totally right, that’s a way better way to describe it.
  • I’m surprised there isn’t a “Twitter Crush” Web Site yet.
  • I like having subbing listings Online, but hate that I am now obsessively refreshing.
  • Also: new district I am in has morning announcements available via RSS. Cool.
  • Democracy Now! is on Twitter: @
  • @ I’m sure there already are and probably always have been. Just seems a lot more transparent nowadays.
  • @ A live event I really enjoy is the nightly/morning set of tweet links you offer!
  • @ we can work on that :)
  • Nice! Just got email to upgrade GrandCentral account to Google Voice
  • Watching final 2 eps of The Seeds Of Death
  • Ah! @ from Dollhouse is on Twitter. The best part of the show by FAR.
  • Oh, Good morning/evening. Eating breakfast right now then shower and then food shopping w/ Mom. Cat is sleeping under desk.
  • A site that auto runs a “virus scan” just showed up in my Google Alerts. New method for scummy malware/virus creators to get you to click?
  • @ Thankfully I am not running Windows.
  • @ In WordPress I use a plugin called Twitter Tools
  • Kristeva + Moi essays on de Beauvoir in new PMLA #
  • RT : Hey folks! Follow @ on twitter–NOW!!!
  • @ Fox cutting Dollhouse’s last ep=I don’t think will invest in a Fox show ever again. Sick of this bullshit network screwing shows
  • New Weblog Post: Backtype https://wpwend.com/?p=1717 #
  • @ Selena!
  • @ With
  • @ I blogged about Backtype today https://wpwend.com/?p=1717
  • @ Ugh, yes.
  • @ They’re pissed their 2000 year old scam is falling apart. Only people I’ve banned have been Christians too.
  • @ We got extra this week *passes you some*
  • Piecing new thesis draft together from original draft. Devoting all morning/afternoon tomorrow to tinkering w/ some ideas. #
  • Great new Firefox Add On=Tree Style Tab http://tinyurl.com/3bhosa I now have my tabs at bottom of screen
  • It lets you hide your tab bar too. FTW!
  • Welcome my pal (going back to IRC and Newsgroups!) Selena @ to Twitter
  • Good morning. Slept in bit this morning so late start. working on thesis until run at 3pm.have last.fm library on shuffle: http://is.gd/rM6L
  • Just had a proposal accepted for a journal #
  • Strongly considering scrapping portion of thesis about PWG. just isn’t working for me & is kinda redundant now given section on TWOG/Dracula
  • @ I love my Gateway laptop. I mostly run Ubuntu Linux on it, but have XP partition also. No big problems ever.
  • @ Mine gets really hot once in awhile, but I figured out the combo of programs that did it and then it ceased.
  • RT : Tip of the Week– A dating web site actually uses your Netflix rental and rating history for matching: http://twurl.nl/mg6ta4
  • @ OHH a piece of my thesis might be spinable for that journal. thanks for linking
  • @ please thank SG for recommending Tree Style Tabs. Really changing my Firefox experience. I love the tab auto hide feature.
  • Off for run and then dinner. Be back.
  • RT : The Consequences of Anti-LGBT Bullying http://tinyurl.com/cw2ayw
  • @ How many years back with Backtype eventually crawl for comments? Seems to be going further back for me (which is great!)
  • @ haha people do that on garden state parkway too. total epic fail when they almost plow into a cop responding to an accident/etc.
  • @ socialist class war spreads to our highways! alert glenn beck!
  • @ No, but I am now.
  • Finishing up a few odds and ends before Dollhouse. NP:Mahavishnu Orchestra-Birds Of Fire Morning to @ and @
  • @ Erm, there was supposed to be a “good” before morning. Wishing a good morning, not just a morning :)
  • Going to channel @ for next few hours & offer links to what I reading NP: The Blue Humans-Live New York 1980
  • Taken from: http://delicious.com/wpwend42/read
  • @ rip slamhita long live desifeminista!
  • Reading about Shia Family Laws in Afghanistan. Boy freedom sure is on the march there ugh: http://is.gd/rVWl
  • Reading about UofM going digital: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/03/23/michigan
  • Nice comment about UofM from In The Middle: hopefully the turn to digital is the end of the $90 scholarly book: http://is.gd/rW0j
  • Reading Double Cross @ excellent interview w/ Ivo from the NJHC band Vision: http://is.gd/rW11
  • Reading about misogynists on the Internet: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/31/sierra/ HT to @
  • @ Ok, sounds good. I’ll try to submit more weblogs/individual posts that are older to help out.
  • NP: Hendrix’s Peel Session 12-15-67..the version of Spanish Castle Magic on here is really wild.
  • Freja Beha Erichsen is really beautiful (pics NSFW probably) http://tinyurl.com/dyk698
  • Reading about evolution on weaponry on BTVS http://slayageonline.com/essays/slayage27/Hoffmann.htm
  • @ Hey you’re coming to the bash right?
  • @ I really enjoyed last night’s ep. Great work by @ & I love the development of DeWitt further. Bummed 2 week wait.
  • Rushdie on Bolano: http://tinyurl.com/c3swom HT to @
  • Checking out TOC for new issue of Open Letters Monthly http://tinyurl.com/c953yr
  • Daily Kos on “perfect storm” of right wing hatred: http://tinyurl.com/co99jl
  • More on Internet misogyny http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/apr/06/gender.blogging
  • I was thrilled to supporter of the woman profiled in those two articles.
  • @ Yep, will do. I have years of comments saved on the dying Furl website I need to go through and submit to Backtype
  • NP: Lon Moshe & Southern Freedom Arkestra-Love Is Where The Spirit Lies
  • Lars Weiss of Uppercut/Judge/etc interviewed by @ http://tinyurl.com/cl4fra
  • Reading @ on drug decriminalization in Portugal http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/02/portugal/index.html
  • Wired on @ filling his admin w/ RIAA people http://tinyurl.com/crqgc4
  • The hair on my arms stands up when they play the old TWiB theme at the end of the new version of TWiB #
  • @ Why do guys even think that would work? Ugh.
  • Twitter idea=service that sends you a tweet when new calendar item is coming up. (wait, suggest me a site that does this? I bet they exist)
  • Immediately found results using Greasemonkey Twitter script in Google search http://tinyurl.com/c63d7s
  • Hmm, most results seem to be for adding gcal events via twitter, not receiving a tweet from a gcal when an event nears.
  • Been rewatching Beast Wars on DVD…ala another 90′s favorite, Gargoyles, there are a LOT of Shakespeare references.
  • RT : Liked “Warning: Twitter Hit By StalkDaily Worm” http://ff.im/23Stw
  • @ My favorite classic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperland

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I Can Read With Music

Conversational Reading recently posed the question, can you read with music playing? The article they link to says no, but Scott disagrees:

For one thing, I’ve found that Philip Glass’s Music in 12 Parts makes almost perfect “white noise” for shutting out the sound of virtually anything: ambient sound, crying children, loud-talking neighbors, jackhammering, aircraft landing directly overhead (just make sure to have a good pair of headphones).

But for those times that I’ve actually listened to the music as accompaniment, I’ve also found classical pieces rewarding. Usually this is serendipitous, as in the right stretch of Mahler will just happen to coincide with a perfect moment from Dostoevsky, but certain periods of composition definitely do go with certain periods of literature. I especially like listening to the serialists while enjoying a good modernist novel.

I agree with Scott on this issue. As I noted in my comment, I listen to a lot of jazz while reading in the evening. Whether it is Miles Davis or Albert Ayler or Billie Holiday, my reading and listening flows in whatever direction it sees fit. I don’t try to “sync” the music to the words, I have tried that in the past but just found it distracting. In high school I did that a lot with science fiction and fantasy novels. Maybe I’ll write more about that sometime. Generally, whatever I am listening to in the background serves to accentuate my reading experience.


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Weekly Reader

This week’s video is from a CBS appearance Davis did in 1958, the same year as his adaptation of Porgy & Bess.  He performs So What, from the Kind Of Blue album.  Jimmy Cobb is on drums and, oh yeah, some guy named John Coltrane is playing saxophone as well.


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My Submission To New Issue Of The Quarterly Conversation + New Issue Of Open Letters Monthly

My article for the new issue of The Quarterly Conversation is now available for reading. I reviewed N. Katherine Hayles’ Electronic Literature: New Horizons For The Literary and offered a brief introduction to many forms of electronic literature in general. It is such a privilege to contribute to The Quarterly Conversation.  I am very happy with how the article came out.

There are plenty of other articles and reviews to engage with in the new issue. While I do hope readers check out my work, I strongly suggest looking at everything else as well.

A new issue of Open Letters Monthly is also out. OLM have been nice enough to add me to their blogroll, so please take a look at what they have to offer too. I am very interested in the article about the fiftieth anniversary of Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue album.

I would love to hear what you think of my article via email, a tweet, or in the comments below.


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The Audacity Of Hope

Recently read: The Audacity Of Hope by Barack Obama.

Early this summer I picked up a cheap first edition and the audio book of Obama’s second book. He has such a nice speaking voice that I figured the audio version would be a pleasant experience.

The book itself is alright. Some parts are dull, inside baseball, stuff about life in Washington I could care less about. Parts where he discusses policy points were nice, even if I don’t agree with a lot of them.

Overall, I’m not impressed and did not vote for him (I voted for one of the real, not make believe, Socialists on my state’s ballot). So far, almost a month into his administration, I am even less impressed by it. There are plenty of other sites to do detailed analysis of that, however.

As an aside, I am growing tired of a lot of those. I’d rather talk about books. I don’t except much "change" or any of that hocus pocus stump speech crap anytime soon.

Nevertheless, it’s pretty cool to have a president who loves Miles Davis.


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My first post in WP 2.7…I love the new dashboard…

  • Two links for Jean-Philippe Toussaint from The Quarterly Conversation: a nice interview and a review of Monsieur from Scott Esposito.
  • Literary Kicks on Plato’s Republic.  Been thinking about Plato a lot lately because this is one of the audiobooks in my queue right now.
  • My Twitter pal Samhita over at Feministing wonders if a restraining order is ever enough.
  • The Guardian does a really cool interview with Herbie Hancock.  I need to check out his solo work; he played on my favorite Miles Davis record In A Silent Way.
  • Judith Butler on the November election.

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But To Me A Lot Of Today’s Hardcore Is Sort Of What Kenny G Is To Jazz. It’s Like Watching Kids Play With Dolls

Here are some recent music related links:

  • My friends in the band Mind Eraser now have a blog to keep people updated on what they are doing. There is a post with upcoming shows and another with downloads of some of their non-record recordings, live material and other errata.

  • Carrie Brownstein from the bands Sleater Kinney and Excuse 17 now has a blog up on the National Public Radio website.

  • Unite Web Zine has interviews posted with Gavin Van Vlack formerly of bands like Absolution, Burn, Side By Side, and Die 116. Gavin is one of the nicest guys I have met through hardcore. The Absolution demo tape is one of my favorite music recordings of any genre.

  • Unite also recently interviewed my good friend Tim McMahon, primarily about his time in the band Mouthpiece and growing up in Trenton.

  • Finally, over at The Guardian is a review of the new reissue box set of Miles Davis’ classic On The Corner album.


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