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  • 2046


    This film seems to have received mixed reviews, but there's a lot of depth here, more than in "In the Mood for Love"; it definitely rewards multiple viewings. I wonder if the experience is different for English-only speakers who are unable to catch Kar-Wai's constant shifting between languages; certainly the subpar subtitles don't help. The multiple-DVD Korean import of this film is so tempting. Patience, patience....
  • On Intelligence


    Yet another theory of how the brain works. Interesting stuff. In another life I would love to pursue courses of study in cognitive neuroscience. The real take-home lesson for me here, though is: sparring practice where you get clobbered in the head repeatedly = bad.
  • In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington


    A fascinating account of what it's like to work in a presidential administration by Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. More valuable is the insight into his philosophy of life, management and his decision-making framework. Alas, his kind is rare in the world.
  • Amon Tobin's soundtrack to Splinter Cell 3


    I loves me some Amon Tobin. And I loves me some computer games. So two great tastes should taste great together, right? What's more interesting are the challenges of doing such a thing; I'd imagine one would need to write in a way that the music can loop easily and arbitrarily, which is an interesting constraint.

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September 26, 2005

And we're off...

Just finished the final part (and biggest if) of our album release plan: the band's entire album, as a direct download, for free, off the band's website (actually, it's not a single site, since we've broken the parts up and distributed them across multiple providers for reliability/scalability -- my CS profs would be proud). Help yourself to it here.

So there it is. I suppose personally this ranks among the biggest gambles I've ever made in my life; all my savings went into the album's production. So even if the plan fails miserably, at least I can say I put my money where my mouth is; it's one thing to give away something that someone else (i.e. a label) paid for, and it's another thing entirely to give away something you paid for.

Speaking of mouths, I got to run mine for a good while earlier today on this week's segment of The Works with host John Moe, discussing the album's release strategy. It's a lot of stuff (depending on how he's putting it together) that I intend on writing about here, but never can find the time to. I hope I was able to come across as at least halfway articulate -- but I'll find out soon enough.

The segment airs tomorrow (Tuesday) night on KUOW (94.9 FM in Seattle) at 8:30 p.m. If you miss it or don't live in the area, you can listen to it via podcast.

UPDATE: The interview with me is the second segment of the show, which starts around 24 minutes into the broad/pod cast.

September 20, 2005

Here we go

No turning back now. Phase 1 is up and running, the album is now being seeded out to Bittorrent as we speak. We'll see how this all turns out. Next week we put the album up for download off our servers.

Hey, if you're reading this and you haven't taken a listen to the new album, why don't you give it a spin?

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