Desmond Needs Xanax

Beatmaker from Intua

Lordie… this is the day my apple-touting friends have been waiting for… the day i eat my hat, as promised. So i’ve been secretly waiting for ONE THING to happen before jumping on the smartphone bandwagon… i’ve been waiting for a professional music production app to come out that fulfills the following list of demands.

1) must let me write beats on-the-go
2) must work on a device that doesn’t require me to purchase a monthly data plan
3) must let me EXPORT MIDI FILES so i can slap them into ableton live when i get home.

Looks like the wait is over. Since i haven’t been staying on top of all the latest iNews, it took me by surprise too. A gentleman who walked into the LoveTech booth at Yuri’s Night started talking to me about production techniques and i mentioned that i was holding out this full-featured dream-app to come out… and he pulled out his iPhone and introduced me to Beatmaker for Intua.

Looks pretty juicy! So i’m putting the iPod Touch on my wishlist. My coworker here warns “this will be your gateway apple product to buying more apple products..then steve jobs will control your life”

Maybe so… but i can at least continue my lifestyle of “late-adopter / cheapskate” by getting a used Touch and not an iPad. I like my Kool Aid in controlled doses.

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/iphone-gems-the-best-music-creation-apps/

LimeLight Radio Interview

Ever wanted to know more about what inspired the music on Here For Now? Tune in to LimeLight radio for the details! Big thanks to Chris (KMOS) Francisco for hooking this one up for me!

http://www.socialush.tv/Limelight/main.html

And yes, you heard right… i’m working hard on a bunch of exciting new material! shooting for an EP-release in the next month or so. Stay tuned!

Secret Lives — Walt Disney

 
A six part documentary about the darker side of Walt Disney’s character… looking at his racist, anti-Semitic, misogynist tendencies which finally led to a pathological hatred of communists and an active particpation in McCarthy’s House Committee on Un-American Activities.

http://www.youtube.com/user/seventhswami#p/c/E1BF9C86E722D442/5/UXA2hWgvZKo

The Trouble With Yetis

Big Pharma – Big Bucks…

This is the best documentary i’ve seen about Big Pharma. I encourage you to watch all 6 parts of this… totals at just under an hour, altogether. I also encourage you to share share share with your loved ones. If anyone can be saved from pathologizing their own human experience, it will be worth the email.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh99CN5tLrc&feature=PlayList&p=CAE3D87D47BB9CEA&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=22

SeventhSwami @ Temple SF this Sunday Night @ 9pm

How Weird @ Night

http://howweird.org/how-weird-night/

8pm to 2am

The fun doesn’t stop when the faire ends, it just moves indoors to three very nice locations right at the faire site.

This year’s after party is at: Temple Nightclub (540 Howard Street, San Francisco), and at 111 Minna Gallery, AND at Harlot. Go to any location and get a Magic Bracelet that will get you into all of the others. All for only $10 (or $2 off with the Magic Sticker).

The after parties are 21 and over with ID. Magic Stickers are only available at the gates during the faire. There will be ins and outs at all three clubs throughout the evening.

HOW WEIRD @ TEMPLE

(Electro, House, IDM, Dubstep)

Temple Nightclub – 540 Howard Street, San Francisco

FRONT ROOM:

8:00 – Irina Mikhailova
9:00 – Kenito (Bollywood house)
10:00 – Paul Hemming (Temple)
11:00 – Laird (Superhero Street Fair)
12:00 – Majitope (Symbiosis)
1:00 – Jaswho (Temple)

CATACOMBS:

8:00 – Outersect (Beats N Pieces)
9:00 – Seventh Swami (Muti/Ambient Mafia)
10:00 – Firelieber (Subwize/Mallabel)
11:00 – Dub Pirates (Subwize)
12:00 – SkullTrane (Mallabel)
1:00 – Heyoka (Muti)

DESTINY LOUNGE:

8:00 – Ivan Ruiz (Jazzid)
9:00 – Anon Day (LoveTech)
10:00 – Ribotto (Symbiosis/Flying Skulls)
11:00 – Nonagon (LoveTech)
12:00 – Chlorophil (Synchronos/Bayareafolks)
1:00 – The Genie (Scratch Guitar)

HOW WEIRD @ 111

(Global Electronica, World Beat, Psytrance)

111 Minna Gallery – 111 Minna Street, San Francisco

FRONT ROOM:

8:00 – Neal (CCC)
9:00 – Rich DDT (LoveTech)
10:00 – Janaka Selekta (Worldly)
11:00 – RadioHiro (Chicago)
12:00 – Bird of Prey (Vaporvent)
1:00 – Osiris Ishpa Palo (Tone of Orchid)

BACK ROOM:

8:00 – Tom (Koinonea)
9:00 – Mad Maxx (Spain)
10:00 – Kode IV (Ceiba)
11:00 – MegaDrop (Logical Light)
12:00 – Aphid Moon (Nano/Aphid – UK)
1:00 – Chromatone (Vaporvent)