About my favorite links
Since this is a new blog we have to take our time and get to know each other better. What better way to get to know me than to know about my favorite links? I'll give you a summary of these and I expect everyone to check them out. The last three don't have a lot to visually offer but that's because the site is just there to host a podcast.
First off is the Unleaded Logic official website. This link is to my friend Mike's site for his musical project "Unleaded Logic". I wont call it a band because with computers and synths and home studios nobody needs a "band" anymore. He's a "one man band" really but it's not even a band it's just... music. He produces and manufactures, if you will, his music by himself in his home recording studio. You could best classify his music as electronic but that doesn't quite do it justice. It's intelligent electronic music. It's not a repetitive drum beat that drones on and on into your skull until you feel it cracking and your brains dematerializing... oh no, it's not that. His music is more like.... well if you could put a soundtrack to the emotions that you are feeling or what you are seeing or experiencing in your life, that would be Unleaded Logic. His music has substance yet is ethereal and ambient. It's quite a paradox really. You have to hear it and experience it for yourself to decide what this music is to you. Maybe I can't put a label on it because it's so unique or else it's because I woke up a few minutes ago and I'm still partially asleep, either way, check it out. His website is really user friendly and you can listen to his live dj mixes for free just by clicking on the DJ Mixes link. They're really good as is the music he produces. You can also buy his cds from his site and hear samples of them.
Next link is the Misadventures in Taiwan Blog/ Podcast site. I found this site originally on iTunes podcasts because I was looking for podcasts from China or Chinese radio programs. Unfortunately there isn't much to offer online in the USA, which is a shame, but I was lucky enough to find this podcast in the process. I don't know a WHOLE lot about this podcast or it's creator except what I discovered in my online detective work... or in simpler terms.... just visiting her site. It's hosted by Gem a Taiwanese college student studying animation. Somehow she finds the time when not animating or studying to make a really really nice podcast about different things or interesting factoids about Chinese culture or fads going on right now in the area of Taiwan that she goes to school in. Her podcasts are really fun to listen to and informative. They're based roughly on a schedule and loosely based around a central topic but usually just run in a stream of thought sort of way, which is like being talked to by her instead of having somebody announcing things to you like you on the public news or something. I like that a lot. Anyway, if I got some details wrong about her background then I'm sorry but my research work was very meager.
The Real Happy Hour is another site used mainly to back up a podcast also called "The Real Happy Hour". This is classified as a drinking podcast because each episode has a featured drink that the audience can make and drink along with the hosts of the show. Now... I'm not really a drinker but I love this podcast for many many reasons. It's very very funny and can be informative and entertaining. It's sort of like evesdropping on the drunken people in the booth behind you in a Bennigan's Restaurant but so much better. It's hosted by 3 people: Eggs, Kurt and his wife Estry. Not necessarily in that order. This podcast also has pop-in appearances by many returning characters such as James Faux Jones, a former voice talent ... Yes the similarity in name to another James-something-Jones rings true in his voice too. There are a slew of other characters and funny skits such as "Hitler the Clown". Check out the site but really really check out the podcast and download as many episodes as you can get your earphones on. They tend to last almost an hour each which I love because I can play them when I am working in the darkroom and it actually seems to speed things up and improve my pictures, so thanx "Real Happy Hour".
****Note... the Real Happy Hour will not improve any of your abilities in any way but it does help to pass the time along****
Last but not least is Cinecast. This is another podcast/blog site that keeps me company while I'm on the subway or walking to school or in the darkroom. The hosts Adam and Sam are a Chicago duo that host a (usually) weekly podcast reviewing 1 or 2 movies that have been released recently. They don't spoil the plot in the movies by giving away too much (which sometimes bothers me) instead they talk about the good and bad of a movie and make suggestions. I also enjoy their top 5 lists which always have a theme, for example: Top 5 Summer Movies. At the end of the show they have what they call "Massacre Theater" where they act out a scene from a movie related in some way (usually in genre) to the film featured in the show. It's called Massacre Theater because Adam and Sam admit that they are bad actors and "massacre" the scene, which I think is just their modesty talking. After they act the scene out the listeners are invited to guess which movie they acted out and submit their answer the hosts for a chance to win something.... Well usually the just get their name mentioned as the winner but they do a raffle of the winners from that week and the one drawn get's their name mentioned and it used to be that if they won three times in a row they would get a free dvd of their choice paid for by Adam and Sam. Isn't that nice? I think that's a cool idea. However, since Cinecast has been picked up by iTunes the amount of their listeners has boomed and they probably get 100 people who win each week. Then again, if it wasn't for iTunes I may not have found Cinecast either, so I'm just as guilty of exploiting the commercialization of Cinecast by iTunes as anyone else. :( Thanx Adam and Sam for a great show.
More posts to come for all of those who are not reading, which is everyone except me, my wife and Unleaded Logic. Find my blog people, for you shall be smiled upon by the gods.
-The Latent Blogger
First off is the Unleaded Logic official website. This link is to my friend Mike's site for his musical project "Unleaded Logic". I wont call it a band because with computers and synths and home studios nobody needs a "band" anymore. He's a "one man band" really but it's not even a band it's just... music. He produces and manufactures, if you will, his music by himself in his home recording studio. You could best classify his music as electronic but that doesn't quite do it justice. It's intelligent electronic music. It's not a repetitive drum beat that drones on and on into your skull until you feel it cracking and your brains dematerializing... oh no, it's not that. His music is more like.... well if you could put a soundtrack to the emotions that you are feeling or what you are seeing or experiencing in your life, that would be Unleaded Logic. His music has substance yet is ethereal and ambient. It's quite a paradox really. You have to hear it and experience it for yourself to decide what this music is to you. Maybe I can't put a label on it because it's so unique or else it's because I woke up a few minutes ago and I'm still partially asleep, either way, check it out. His website is really user friendly and you can listen to his live dj mixes for free just by clicking on the DJ Mixes link. They're really good as is the music he produces. You can also buy his cds from his site and hear samples of them.
Next link is the Misadventures in Taiwan Blog/ Podcast site. I found this site originally on iTunes podcasts because I was looking for podcasts from China or Chinese radio programs. Unfortunately there isn't much to offer online in the USA, which is a shame, but I was lucky enough to find this podcast in the process. I don't know a WHOLE lot about this podcast or it's creator except what I discovered in my online detective work... or in simpler terms.... just visiting her site. It's hosted by Gem a Taiwanese college student studying animation. Somehow she finds the time when not animating or studying to make a really really nice podcast about different things or interesting factoids about Chinese culture or fads going on right now in the area of Taiwan that she goes to school in. Her podcasts are really fun to listen to and informative. They're based roughly on a schedule and loosely based around a central topic but usually just run in a stream of thought sort of way, which is like being talked to by her instead of having somebody announcing things to you like you on the public news or something. I like that a lot. Anyway, if I got some details wrong about her background then I'm sorry but my research work was very meager.
The Real Happy Hour is another site used mainly to back up a podcast also called "The Real Happy Hour". This is classified as a drinking podcast because each episode has a featured drink that the audience can make and drink along with the hosts of the show. Now... I'm not really a drinker but I love this podcast for many many reasons. It's very very funny and can be informative and entertaining. It's sort of like evesdropping on the drunken people in the booth behind you in a Bennigan's Restaurant but so much better. It's hosted by 3 people: Eggs, Kurt and his wife Estry. Not necessarily in that order. This podcast also has pop-in appearances by many returning characters such as James Faux Jones, a former voice talent ... Yes the similarity in name to another James-something-Jones rings true in his voice too. There are a slew of other characters and funny skits such as "Hitler the Clown". Check out the site but really really check out the podcast and download as many episodes as you can get your earphones on. They tend to last almost an hour each which I love because I can play them when I am working in the darkroom and it actually seems to speed things up and improve my pictures, so thanx "Real Happy Hour".
****Note... the Real Happy Hour will not improve any of your abilities in any way but it does help to pass the time along****
Last but not least is Cinecast. This is another podcast/blog site that keeps me company while I'm on the subway or walking to school or in the darkroom. The hosts Adam and Sam are a Chicago duo that host a (usually) weekly podcast reviewing 1 or 2 movies that have been released recently. They don't spoil the plot in the movies by giving away too much (which sometimes bothers me) instead they talk about the good and bad of a movie and make suggestions. I also enjoy their top 5 lists which always have a theme, for example: Top 5 Summer Movies. At the end of the show they have what they call "Massacre Theater" where they act out a scene from a movie related in some way (usually in genre) to the film featured in the show. It's called Massacre Theater because Adam and Sam admit that they are bad actors and "massacre" the scene, which I think is just their modesty talking. After they act the scene out the listeners are invited to guess which movie they acted out and submit their answer the hosts for a chance to win something.... Well usually the just get their name mentioned as the winner but they do a raffle of the winners from that week and the one drawn get's their name mentioned and it used to be that if they won three times in a row they would get a free dvd of their choice paid for by Adam and Sam. Isn't that nice? I think that's a cool idea. However, since Cinecast has been picked up by iTunes the amount of their listeners has boomed and they probably get 100 people who win each week. Then again, if it wasn't for iTunes I may not have found Cinecast either, so I'm just as guilty of exploiting the commercialization of Cinecast by iTunes as anyone else. :( Thanx Adam and Sam for a great show.
More posts to come for all of those who are not reading, which is everyone except me, my wife and Unleaded Logic. Find my blog people, for you shall be smiled upon by the gods.
-The Latent Blogger
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