Wednesday, August 31, 2011

MUSIC: Xploding Plastix - [2001] Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents [CD/LP]


The debut by the Norwegian duo is a mish-mash: smooth organic sax glides above rocky tumbling drums with digital snippets sprinkled all about. Hints of big beat, electro, and jazz (often labeled as nu-jazz) abound, Xploding Plastix has a sound entirely their own. Complete with rapid highs, complimentary, chill lows, and everything in between.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

LIT: Robert A. Heinlein - [1959] "—All You Zombies—" [SciFi Short Story]

Robert A. Heinlein's "—All You Zombies—" is a science fiction short story first published in Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine's March 1959 issue. It has since been recognized as one of the most famous science fiction stories concerning time travel.
The story revolves around a single character who caught in a loop of paradoxes and time travel, bringing to light that individuals may be a means to an end in themselves.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

FILM: Blender Foundation - [2006] Elephants Dream [3D Animated Short]


Elephants Dream is a fully animated short created utilizing nothing but open source software, mainly Blender. After being funded by DVD pre-orders, Blender Foundation, and the Netherlands Media Art Institute, Elephants Dream has since been released under a Creative Commons license.

MUSIC: Raleigh Moncrief - [2009] Combed Over Chrome [EP]


I'll admit, I thought the album art was shit, but man does Raleigh deliver. This is rare audio collage grasps bits and pieces, molds, shapes, and melts it down into a flowing mass, and somehow manages to create a distinguishing and coherent sound trip. I'm somewhat of a genre labeller, but Raleigh stands apart. Dubstep, Trip-Hop, and Glitch-Beat all rolled into one and toked...hard.