( Dry but lengthy piece written for Metro magazine earlier in 05 ) Like the mp3 sharing client Napster many years before it, the Bit Torrent application has recently become the public face of peer to peer ( P2P) file … Continue reading
by j p, October 17, 2005 0 comments
Sure, melting glaciers, raised sea levels, increased tropical diseases, bleached coral reefs and extreme weather patterns may loom large over the next few decades, but is global warming really coming from car tailpipes and our massive energy usage? Equally formidable … Continue reading
by j p, October 13, 2005 1 Comment
How many ultra minimal Japanese electronic music composers does it take to change a Melbourne light bulb? Just one it seems, the slow arrival of Melb-spring coinciding with the presentation of a grand total of 3 separate stroboscopic events by … Continue reading
by j p, September 29, 2005 0 comments
Aye, the annual gathering of media-mutants returns. From Sep29-Oct3, Newcastle again hosts several thousand artists, writers, MCs, zine-makers, hackers, musicians, film-makers, eco-thinkers, gadget tweakers and trouble makers. ( Such as Doddodo from Japan pictured left) www.thisisnot.art.org has the full multi-festival … Continue reading
by j p, September 21, 2005 0 comments
On the flipside to Soft Cinema, try get your hands on the rare ‘minidisc’ from Gescom (Autechre side project) on Warp Records. The first ever minidisc only release, it was designed to take advantage of the format’s zero seek time: … Continue reading
by j p, September 15, 2005 0 comments