It was dark morning.  The heavy clouds prevented the distinctive line between night and day to lighten the moods of the performers.  The beer tank had not been refilled and no one seemed to care.  I don’t know how some of these poor fuckers can play, much less win, a battle of the bands when the beer tank is empty.  Right from that moment, I know it was just going to be a fucking ridiculous day.   I was not worried however, as I am Saint Bruno, and these are the stories of my life.

I was checking through the garbage pail for money, when I heard McDonald’s and The Doctor viciously fighting about something a few pews over.  I abanded my worthless scrounge through the rubbish, and I went and scooted into the pew with them to see what they were gaggling about.  The Doctor was reading aloud from some bullshit tabloid he found in his office earier, and McDonald’s was just honestly laughing after every fucking single word he said.  I started trying to be laughing at the same time as McDonald’s.  I tried to match his exact pitch and volume.  I tried to become the cynical dishonestly laughing version of him.   The lying little sister that can’t fucking do anything right.  Of course he didn’t notice.  The doctor Didn’t notice either.  What a bunch of shit-mouthed clit-dicks they were.

I got up, and went back to the garbage can.  Then….. all of the suddenly….I noticed that someone had 27 flaming cups of beer in their arms as they drove past me.  SOMEONE MUST OF REFILLED THE BEER TANK!!!  I abandoned all hope of everything and darted towards the beer tank with the delicate wanting eyes of Frodo Baggins.

To Be Continued……..

At 3:20 of this video

One of the following is happening

1. Lady Gaga is imitating autotune artifacts in her actual vibrato
2. There is live autotuning occurring and the tracking is going haywire

I’ve listened to this about thirty times now, and I believe she’s doing it herself. However, it sounds fucking weird and could just as easily be digital.

Debate below.

michael jackson

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Proudly presents

PANIC BOMBER’S MEGA BONKER v1.0

This patch is for Puredata, but may run on Max.
It’s built for Soundflower and Arduino, but can easily be adapted to whatever.

Winter Music Conference 2009 is upon us, and that means there are lots of designer DRUGS in town.

It also means Panic Bomber is playing at The Standard hotel on the Venetian Causeway Wednesday night.

It’s free but they force you to do valet, so ride a bike or park on Purdy Avenue.

Of an upcoming Panic Bomber track.

MYSTERY SONG SNEAK PREVIEW!!!! (MP3)

Hey!  So, question for the general populace about Watchmen.  Pay close attention to the song that plays over the closing credits, right after the movie ends… Is that an mp3?!?!?!  Most obvious with the cymbals, as it goes with mp3 compression.  But really… for a hundred-bazillion dollar mega-budget movie, could they really have used a (badly) lossy-compressed file for *any* of the music in the movie, let alone the song that plays over the closing credits?!?

Somebody back me up here!

Unrelatedly, probably the most actively terrible score of any movie i’ve seen in the last decade.  And the licenced music (aside from the stuff that was referenced in the book, which is fair) was similarly awful…  Yorks!

BY POPULAR-ish DEMAND:

the HOT POTATOES! HARMONIC SYNTHESIZER for GIRLS ONLY

This synthesizer works entirely with the Harmonic Series, allowing for extremely low fundamentals and extremely high partials. Also included is a new ARPEGGIATOR, revamped detuning system, informational readout to help be more exacting and dorky, and – of course – drift sliders for most sections of the synth.

PRESENTING THE IRON GOOSE

I’ve Fallen In Love With Symmetry

Click firmly to switch the photo.

Enjoy!