just a quick note, recently back from a month in thailand and laos and a weekend at the criminally little-known notting hill carnival in london...pictures of both to come plus loooong overdue pictures from glastonbury and sonar

The Lightning Bolt/Wolf Eyes show at the Knitting Factory NY Saturday night is sold out, but you can still go hear Dan Selzer do his thing downstairs at midnight. Here's what Dan says:

I'm djing saturday at the knitting factory, around midnight, in the tap bar for free. [bla bla bla] ...so what's gonna happen is tons and tons of people are going to come see Lightning Bolt and Wolf Eyes, who are both very intense and exciting, sort of, actually, I can only take a couple of minutes then I'm like, "I gotta sit down, why's it so loud?" of music like this. Then after the show, people are gonna think, should I go downstairs and dance to early 80s electro-funk and italo-disco and other fun trendy genres, played with skill, verve, and gusto? Or should I go home. Then they will go home. But forget about them! What about you? You want to come to the knitting factory to hang out in the tap bar and listen to my records. [bla bla bla] ...look, it's been a really long month, and it's only the 28th, so don't start with me.

But if you ARE going to that show, it's be stupid not to come downstairs and say hello and maybe breakdance for a little bit, it'll be refreshing after all that #()*&#(*^# music.

New Hot Hot Heat video by MK12. Check it out here.

MK12 were contacted in early April '03 by Stuart Meyer of Sub Pop about creating a music video for the single NO, NOT NOW by the band Hot Hot Heat; the song would be the second single off of their album MAKE UP THE BREAKDOWN. As MK12 had been pirating Hot Hot Heat?s music for some time, they were eager to give something back to the band and the label. The video was completed on May 27th. Then we ate Thai food, and went to sleep. Sub Pop liked it, as did the band. MK12 thinks it looks neat, and is a fitting coming-out for the SUPERPOP style soon to infect global airwaves. Huzzah!

ATMOSPHERE Call for Submissions

ATMOSPHERE is an event intended to cultivate a productive interface between artists and supporters of the Michigan underground and outsider art communities. It is an opportunity for members of the creative community to further the collective aims of the regional arts scene by engaging collaborators and mentors in their area.

ATMOSPHERE provides an unconventional and compelling space for artists to display their work, commune with fellow artists and make valuable industry connections. They will have the opportunity to develop portfolios, meet industry leaders and receive professional advice.

A collection of artwork from the video, painting, photography and design disciplines will be projected onto screens and selected pieces will be displayed on easels alongside the walls of the venue. Interested parties are encouraged to contact Carlos Hinojosa, audible@umich.edu Images of artwork in digital form (300dpi 720*480 pixels) can be mailed to: 373 Columbus Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Industry professionals interested in connecting with ATMOSPHERE artists are encouraged to contact Adrian Pittman, adrian@podwerx.com

The next ATMOSPHERE is September 17. Artists who would like to be in the upcoming show should mail their artwork before September 12.

September 17 Lineup
Dabrye(Ghostly International/Ann Arbor) Live PA
Dykehouse(Ghostly International-Planet Mu/Ann Arbor)
SV4(Ghostly International/Ann Arbor)
R Elliott(Ghostly International/Ann Arbor)
Iggy Ignotius (Carlos check spelling with Martin)(Abolisionist/Ann Arbor) Live PA
Aarnio(Atmosphere-Ghostly International/Poland)

ATMOSPHERE: connect.collaborate.create.
Wednesday, September 17, 10pm - 2am
Goodnight Gracie: 301 W. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI
$8 at the door (Bring your portfolio or at least 12 copies of your demo CD/Tape/Vinyl and get in for $5)

What happens when you do a Google image search for "drunk robot"? Yeah, that's what I thought: our very own Princeton correspondent.

I have no idea who posted this response to 'Detroit is a dead city' or the reliabilty of the information, but the fact that it takes a while to load says a lot.

Re: Re: Your details

Dear Sir or Madam -
Although I appreciate you interest, I am quite content with the state of both my details and my application. I am also pleased to be of service, but no thanks are in order. Really. No, really, no more thanks please.

best regards

P.S. We're stocked up on 'wicked screensavers' as well. Thanks.

High quality streams of Adult., LCD Soundsystem and more live.
Big thanks to Chris at Protein OS.

DANAM: lovely portfolio of Zhang Dan and Chen Man.

Geeks and fire.

Some tweaks at radio.burnlab to make room for a handful of new mixes coming soon. First off: Josh Glazer's mix, which he did months ago and I finally made time to upload it. Worth the wait.

Prada.com
"Just checking... hmm... maybe today... ah... nope."
(39 months late, but who's counting?)

Burnlab is getting some fresh paint and updated plumbing this week. First off, the Conspirators page (at left) has been updated to include our most recent additions to the editorial team. Also, long-time collaborator, charter conspirator and master of broken drum machines Micho McAdow is working on a new home page.

Haven't visited in a while - still brilliant: 1h05

Here is a handy little tool to help all future speech writers help out Future Gov. Schwartzenneger with his acceptance speech.

Indie scene battle: Detroit vs. Omaha

Re: details

Am I governor or not?

Friday 8.22
Brooklyn's favorite bartender Tony Saracino will be working on his birthday tonight. You should join him, us and all the cool kids in South Brooklyn at Buttermilk: corner of 5th Ave. and 16th St. The award winning jukebox will go quiet tonight as Dan Selzer DJ's like only he can.



Saturday 8.23
Brian and Phoenix from Memory Systems and the Bay Area's infamous SYNTH events present CONDITION. "Smarty pants techno + covert acid trax" provided by Brian Jackson, Badbunny and special guest DJ Dirty, plus visual destruction by Phoenix and C-TRL. Boogaloo: 168 Marcy Ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 10pm - late, no cover.

The new album might be nothing but some mediocre techno, but while doing some research for my interview with Kraftwerk last week, I stumbled upon this rather intensive fan site. Check out the equipment lists from each decade. I wanna get me a stylophone.

This weekend in Chicago features Derrick May on Friday at Smartbar and Radiohead on Saturday in Wisconson. Hopefully I'll remember a bit more than the last time I saw Radiohead in London. I think they might have played "Lucky". That's all I can recollect since in London, even the plastic concert cups are proper pint sized.

Battlestar Galactica

Gaiman and McKean have released The Wolves in the Walls, yet another beautifully illustrated story for frightening young children

We're off to Philadelphia for a couple days. Topping the list of things to see is the M�tter Museum. The Mrs. and I have a thing for old buildings filled with dusty glass jars of formaldehyde and strange looking apparatuses. We'll see if the prestigious M�tter can top the Niagara Falls Museum and its stellar "freaks of nature" collection, or the eclectic and stunning Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze . (Those who've visited the Lab know that this is being typed from a vintage dentist chair, we use a 1918 anatomical chart as a window shade, and your chances of being made to watch Brothers Quay films are quite good.)

Kevin's Throbbing Gristle post deserves a little more attention.
Here's the deal:

The original member of TG are to hold a three day event at Camber Sands resort town, on the British coast in May 2004. Guest performers include Coil, Carter Tutti (aka Chris & Cosey), Alec Empire, Soft Pink Truth, Richard H. Kirk , Daniel Miller (DJ set), Pan Sonic , Merzbow and many more. Four person chalet packages start at �500, which seems like a bloody good deal.

On a side note, check out this recent interview with Daniel Miller: fellow PowerBook totting bandwidth junkie.

G.I. Jerk-Off



(Thanks Fred)

Big welcome to our newest conspirator, Kevin McFancy. Perhaps you remember the Creative Time events at the Brooklyn Anchorage, or maybe you know one of his many Friendster� personalities. Even if the answer to both is "No, Mike. What the hell are you talking about?" We're pleased to have him on board.

[Regarding the Untitled / Disco 2000 correlation five posts down]
Josh- So, if Jonnie is destined to pump one of the Untitled regulars full of Drano� and chop up their body, who are you putting your bets on? This is open to all readers: VOTE

By the way, the lights are back on in Brooklyn. Cold beer and internet access - yay! It was actually fun strolling around the neighborhood last night and seeing stars that probably haven't been visible since... well, 1977. Apparently Detroit is not fairing quite as well.

Twilo to re-open? Not exactly.

Attack of the Smartasses
Yeah, yeah... more about Friendster�. This is a really good article for both the addicted and yet-uninitiated.

(Thanks to Kevin McFancy for the link.)

A look into NYC's past, or the logical conclusion of Untitled?

The funniest tie in I could think of: CLASH


Oh wait...something funnier...



...who plays superstar dj...in the afformentioned flick.

A study funded by the US government has concluded that conservatism can be explained psychologically as a set of neuroses rooted in "fear and aggression, dogmatism and the intolerance of ambiguity". More here.

Speaking of cars, CDN's featured portfolios got a lot better since the last time I checked.

m-nus.com updates with images and more details about Rich's new CTRL system.

Car Design News has images from the CCS 2003 senior show. As usual, some really beautiful stuff, as well as what appear to be studies for future Pontiac Azteks. Nothing quite as bad as the new production models to be shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show, especially BMW's trio of aesthetic atrocities.

"There is no plan B."

Core77 invites you to the IDSA National Conference kick-off party. Wednesday, August 13, 11pm - late, at Remote: 327 Bowery btwn 2nd and 3rd. Hobnob with famous designers (like me - heh), drink too much, show up to the conference bright and early Thursday morning to see legends such as Gijs Bakker, Karim Rashid and Eva Zeisel. Sounds like fun? You bet yer slide ruler.

(You already know this, right?) Long before Friendster� became the all consuming and time sucking data harvesting machine it is, our man Gibby was running The Makeout Club: the ultimate grassroots hipster network. The navigation isn't so easy, but the web links are a much welcome feature.

Speaking of...
Unfortunately, F*uckster�.com is already taken by squatters. (I tried to register it.)
Thanks to Kevin McFancy for the link.

Oh, guess what? It's raining in New York... again!

spellingmistakescostlives. Check out rubbish TV.

Pixelblocks look fun.

Belgian creative agency Flink launches the beautiful Flink Paper. Preview/download it here and view the printed piece here.

We all know that Mute is the most important record label in the whole world, right? Okay. Good. Here are some new reasons to spend your hard earned money:

T. Raumschmiere: Radio Blackout full length album, 9/22/03
Client: self-titled debut LP, 8/18/03 UK, 8/26/03 US
Laibach: WAT - first new LP in seven years, 9/8/03
Plastikman: Closer - first new LP in five years, 10/21/03
(f'ing brilliant, by the way)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: God is in the House DVD, 8/11/03



Speaking of the godfather of beauty and sorrow, be sure to check out the extensive interviews, audio clips and full-length videos from his upcoming appearance on ITV's South Bank Show.

And remember to listen to the Daniel Miller Hour on Radio EINS to hear it all first.

(Hey, when does Radio EANS go live?)

NYC forecast. (Thanks Tony.)

We're all winners:

Craig Henry Architects win the Dublin Landmark Tower / U2 Studio design competition.

Nerve.com Pickup Line Contest. (At my suggestion, Israel used the last one in the lobby of the Standard Hotel a few weeks ago. It got a 'look'.)

Throw away your McSweeny's and check out the newest edition of Broken Wrist Project. This second installment features more outstanding fiction, illustration and creative design than you can shake a stick at. The first installment received kudos from the Fader, Surface, Q and Urb, it was also named one of the 100 coolest things on the planet by Gear Magazine and it won an award for design distinction by ID Magazine. The second one easily trumps the first one and features a cover illustration by Fabrizio Moretti of the Strok_s. Worth every penny of the purchase price.

Can't decide if this is the best thing I've seen all day, or I've just been drinking too much...

Magda live at MUTEK 03 [RealPlayer format / 132kbps]
Superb blip blip bleep. I am so going to Montreal next year.

IDSA National Conference is next week. Signed up yet?
Go!

The latest Gen X trend to be 'named', and therefore rendered irrelevant: PeterPandemonium

Attention all east coast robots: Burnlab favorites Lowfish vs. Solvent live at Filter 14 in NYC next Thursday 8/14, courtesy of Satamile.

For Earthlink users: there have been several convincing targeted e-mail scams going around recently. The latest is a service suspension warning. This directs you to a real enough looking form that asks for your credit card info, social security number, etc. Obviously, DO NOT provide any info, as this appears to be a fairly well crafted hack/identity theft scheme.

Team Ghostly returns from their first assault on Europe - with photos.

This has to be one of the funniest sites I've seen in a while. Make sure you check out Dubya's blog. Big shout outs to Lee over at Blank00 for the tip off.

New Alec Empire video.
Read Alec's comments here. (Rumor has it the girl in the video is the bioengineered love child of Mr. Empire and Trent Reznor.)

It's no secret that I'm a huge Depeche Mode devotee from way back, and although the synth community might dismiss my comments this a blasphemous rumor, I'm here to proclaim that the German trio Camouflage, with their superb album Sensor, has surpassed anything the mode has released since the Violator-era.

Sensor oozes with superb production and charismatic vocals. It's a well-balanced electronic work of art, beautiful and warm, yet hauntingly melancholy. It's been three weeks since I put it in the CD changer and it seems to get better everytime I listen to it. If you're looking to step off the dancefloor, and enjoy some great "listening" music, check out Sensor.

My favorite painter in the whole wide world will have an exhibition at the Whitney (Peter Norton Family Galleries� Floor 3). Ellsworth Kelly is nothing short of genius and has had a huge influence on me. It would most definitely be worth your time to attend this event, as I will most likely be making the pilgrimmage out for this and the Micromini event. (Speaking of which, those interested in making the commute please contact me. It'd be fun to have a few tagalongs for the ride)

More information on the exhibit is here .

August edition of The Galactica: Great photos of New York + more music, more art and more erotica.

Rob is back with a vengeance.

Tie a string on your finger for this one: The first installment of MicroMini takes place at Filter14 in NYC on Thursday, Sept. 4th. Featured electronics and bleep-bleeps from Montreal's Akufen and Vincent Lemieux, sexy-superstar-in-the-making Heartthrob, and visionary curator extraordinaire Kevin McHugh. Tickets are only five bucks, which leaves plenty of change for vodka.

MicroMini flyer design by the geniuses at Honest. Be sure to enjoy the very nice (if not kind of creepy) site navigation.

No Contact Jacket: Not only is it high voltage, but it looks great! Yeah, yeah... I'm still into Samsonite Black Label, old Prada Sport and all that cyberfetish stuff. Hey, Front 242 has a new LP out. 'nuff said. (Link swiped from The Gothamist - see below.)