slaughterama

slaughterama 5!
Cycle slaughterama Richmond Va, 1 from millz on Vimeo.

new ken burns effect

Hey have any of you guys figured out how to do that ken burns 2.0 effect on still images where the still image is given the illusion of a sharp depth of field to bring out the subject? It looks different from just blurring everything except the subject but works somewhat to the same ends. It is also usually accompanied by accelerated key frame motion (not sure how to do this either) instead of typical two point motion. You see it a lot in scary political documentaries i.e. George Bush becomes falls out of focus as the "camera" seems to accelerate towards Cheney who is wearing an evil smerk. It seems like something one might use a program like after effects or motion to accomplish but I'm not sure. Let me know...

Also, I have found a great track to do a really twisted psyphy remix of so let me know if you're interested. The original artist, Ray Lynch is a friend of a friend. He did his work in the 80's so it's a little bit cheesy but there are really incredible analog sounds to sample. I don't have access to ftp right now so I can't upload anything, but check out the album "Deep Breakfast" by Ray Lynch. It was pretty easy to find a torrent. The song I am thinking of is called "Celestial Soda Pop." Another trip out piece you should check out is by this guy named Xenakis called "Concret pH."

narwallagraphic protest followup video captured!

heres the video of the protest



enjoy!

we need to have people take a stand, we need the bike church to come with thier bi-vehicles and park for 15 minutes at least, walk away and come back. We need peaceably assembling witnesses that actually know what this is about, and care about their rights....

someday it'le be mobile, but for now (excluding nights at nasa) fridays downtown, same spot; front and laurel.

Some Tracks to Share

What's up guys,

I put this first track together for my Electronic Music final project. It's not 100% done but a lot of the ideas are out and I was hoping for some feedback. It has a lot of side chaining.



This next track is a collaboration with Coda (Jesse Clark). We've been playing it out for a while now but we recently revamped it quite a bit. Let us know what you think!

SC to PDX to Bellingham to PDX to Richmond

Day 1
woke up at 7am miraculously, because the alarm was on silent. packing millz's stuff in about 15 minutes flat. then kelly hit market street as i hit wamu and fins. then we both hit the bus stop and proceeded to munch and sip croissants and orange juice. then sleepy 17 riding, and comatose caltrain. then we sat around 4th and king until we met the other rideshare person, Laila. shes about 45 and is from Maine. then we did a little safeway grubbin and grabbed some baby carrots. hummus, chocolate, pita and an odwalla for the pocket. then Josh showed up and we hopped in. He had herd that we were going to need chains, so we went to a campingstore in berkley in search of such things. to no avail. then we stopped by his house to grab some that didn't fit just in case we got checked for them somewhere. then we were on our way north, and i got bit by the sleepy bug. but then awoke and me and kelly had a draw-off. with sweet results. then i got reacquainted with my dreams and found myself in Redding at in-n-out ordering a double double animal style with animal style fries (in reality) and then we sat. we ate. we stretched. we left. next thing you know we refilled the tank. andddddd we were in portland. we got the guest room. shawn came home at about 1 to chat. and 2:03am we sleep. tomorrow: bellingham

Day 2
alarm goes off at 8am, other folks on the rideshare train were already up and rearing to go. millz takes some coercing to get out of bed. showers all around. shawn's the hostess with the mostess. cuddle puddle and secrets with in shawn's bed. everyone off to cup and saucer for bomb dig breakfast! mikey doodled a sweet balding pig man thinking about pancakes. then we shared cranberry pecan pancakes. learned that insects don't close their eyes when they sleep via a trivial pursuit card. dropped off shawn and we were back on the road. caught a glimpse of mt. saint helens. reverted to sleep mode. stopped in seattle. bought a magazine. bartered with taco del mar for a FREE large cup of water. back on the road. finally the highway started to look like forest all around us and we arrived at my house! i introduced mike to pickleball and my awesome golden retriever. mom comes home and he meets her too. walk around lake padden right next to my house. my old tired dog jumps into the lake off the dock to impress mike. lots of hanging out and talking. mom cooks tasty enchiladas. mike and i pick up some tasty ice cream from mallards, the best ice cream shop ever. mike was coughing, so he took some cough syrup with codeine. after dinner we head downtown to visit some friends at a circus warehouse. we climbed silks, juggled clubs, walked on a balance ball, hula hooped, etc. got in some good becketsy time. before we went to bed mike so a few more gulps of cough syrup, unbeknownst to me.
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!!!!!!TRIP DETAILS WILL NOW BE POSTED IN COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LASERTAG, soundsystem checklist

LAZERTAG:
1 70MW GREEN LASER
4-8 AAA BATTERIES
1 PROJECTOR
1 PROJECTOR POWER CABLE
1 VGA CABLE
1 VIDEO CAMERA
1 CAMERA POWER CHORD
1 CAM/COMP FIREWIRE CHORD
1 MINI DV TAPE
1 COMPUTER WITH L.A.S.E.R TAG INSTALLED
I COMPUTER POWERCHORD
1 POWER STRIP
1 tripod

(EXTRA)
1000 watt pure sine inverter
deepcycle battery
trike
towels
sound crate
photo camera
strobe light
ipod
ipod charger
camera clamp
homies
fliers

Fresh Track with Built in Bump

Hey I put this together a couple weeks back but haven't really had the chance to show many people yet. Give it a listen and let me know what you think...

in response to questions about racism (well even though its the 21st century, I guess they were inevitable)

sorry I wasn't clear, its not racist, all though its the same thing really, its just generally discriminate, -because the law says to bust people who don't have cars in public parking lots (public property) and unconstitutional laws are not entirely enforceable, so instead they discriminate who to enforce these laws on.

This is the 21st century, it doesn't make sense to single out "black" skinned people over another. Irish have always been just as big a problem to the police as blacks as far back as america was an empire... and irish aren't the only ones either...

This is sort of one of those "socks are niggers too" arguments. in this day and age anyone not intimately involved with babylon is a "nigger" Germans, Micks, the whole slew...

There used to be a saying "Irish would do for a nickel what a Nigger would do for a dime what a white man would do for a quarter." -and if it weren't for the fact that the irish stayed together and took over the police forces in Chicago, new york and san Francisco, things might have stayed that way even longer. Although Right about that time came the industrial movement and the age of McCarthyism and communist witch trials

The Communist witch trials were a ground breaking achievement for those who maintained order because it allowed for a broader, more abstract evil, akin to todays "terrorism" -a general term which would include any number of people.


They couldn't care less if you think you're superior to another race, because you're not, and they've made sure by protecting the social hierarchy. The people who run things have been around long enough to understand how community works and how individualism works and how to bate them against each other.

Jim Crow Laws were originally against blacks to the great extent this is true, but they were a lot more broad even then, being used to trap men without jobs (black or white) into indentured prison labor. Loitering laws, etc.

Segregation Laws as specific as mentioning skin color have been dismissed in the last 50 years, but there is no way to stop a police officer from discriminating on colour, or economic/social stature. and anyway segregation laws weren't always called jim crow laws, they sort of bled together. separate but equal had its own slew of federal and state defacto regulations long before the war or northern aggression (civil war)

Now a days most laws exist as a back-end to avoiding habeas corpus for the police. Without charges they cannot bust you, but if you broke some local ordinance, -say loitering or sleeping at night (sleeping banned here too) -or a multitude of there 21st century jim crow laws, they can do whatever they want and you're not likely to stop them, even once you get to court....

These laws are designed to control and maintain social order. To push homeless, minorities, street folks and troubadours around...

an infraction does not require the state to supply you with a lawyer, making it impossible or very hard for most to fight back. -this way homeless and troubadours have to either surrender to the extortion or leave town under a warrant.

It's the modern jim crow laws to control the streets of the town.

it's not particularly aimed at ex black slaves, because we have moved pass that slightly (it is the 21st century), in the sense that there are plenty of other people who the police want to get rid of.

This isn't a racist law, its a discriminate world. I've met many a street troubadour white and even rather young. and while many people in this town are white as snow, it doesn't matter because the law allows for them to bust whoever they want, I'm sure they'd take that over the ability to round up just one group of people.

But this is a great thing to remember:

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

Trigger Finger Jam

Looking to set up a trigger finger jam, let me know if interested. Would be cool to work towards goal of performance, I want to figure out how to use this thing to its full potential.

Narwallagraphic Protest

I'll be on the radio about this on thursday 101.1 at 6pm
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narwallagraphic protest
friday (s) 9pm-12 midnight.
Front Street and Laurel in the Community Bank Parking Lot (unless we are blocked and forced to relocate to another public parking lot.)


We are protesting against the unconstitutional Jim Crow laws in Santa Cruz.

FREE "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS" FREE SCHOOL LESSON.

Bring your own civil liberties.
family and children welcome.



DID YOU KNOW?

1. Jim Crow Laws are used to discriminate against minorities and the homeless and encourage profiling by officers to decide who to enforce the laws on.

2. The Santa Cruz City Ordinance 9.64 is unconstitutional, and discriminately prohibits access and use of public property, which it defines as "loitering"

2. The Supreme Court in 1999 struck down loitering laws as unconstitutional because they abridge the peoples right to assemble. (City of Chicago vs. Morales, 97-1121)

3. Santa Cruz City's unreasonable West Cliff parking Curfew has been repealed for similar reasons.

4. The Constitution guarantees you're right to free speech, freedom of the press, and the right to peaceably assemble.





WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS IF APPROACHED BY A POLICE OFFICER?

The law permits police officers to approach you in a public place to request information. You need not submit to questioning and are free to walk away.

If the police reasonably suspect that you are committing, have committed or are about to commit a crime, they may briefly detain you for questioning. Under these circumstances, the officers may request your identification and an explanation for your actions. You are not required to answer. You may be frisked for weapons during the detention if the police officers reasonably suspect that you are armed and dangerous. If while frisking you for weapons, they find anything illegal, it may be confiscated and you can be arrested.

THINGS TO SAY IF AN OFFICER DETAINS YOU:

It is always important not to disrespect police officers for obvious reasons... If a Police Officer asks to see your ID, ask if you are being arrested and under what charges and if you can leave. Unless he demands to see it because you have broken the law, You should not show him your ID.

You can be arrested without a warrant if the police have reason to believe that you have committed or are about to commit: (1) a felony whether or not in their presence; (2) a misdemeanor in their presence; (3) a misdemeanor not in their presence if they have reason to believe you may escape, cause injury to persons or property, or destroy evidence unless immediately arrested. Without your consent or special circumstances, you cannot be arrested in your home without a warrant.

You can also be arrested without a warrant for traffic violations, including: driving or attempting to drive while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or drugs; failing to stop or give information in the event of an accident causing death, bodily injury or property damage; driving or attempting to drive on a suspended or revoked license; fleeing or attempting to elude police officers; or when the police reasonably believe you will disregard a traffic citation.

WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS IF ARRESTED?

If you are taken into police custody, you have the right to: be informed of the charges against you and the allowable penalties; obtain a lawyer, including the right to have one appointed if you cannot afford one; have a judge decide whether you should be released from jail until your trial; and remain silent.

The police may ask your name, address, and other routine processing questions. Before questioning you about anything else, the police must tell you that you have a right to remain silent; that any statement you make may be used as evidence against you; and that you have a right to speak with a lawyer and, if you wish, to have a lawyer present when you are being questioned. The police must also tell you that a lawyer will be assigned to your case without cost if you cannot afford a lawyer but want to speak to one before questioned. The questioning must stop if you state that you wish to remain silent or request a lawyer.

You silence cannot be used against you. However, what you say, as well as what you write or sign, can be used against you. Unless you actually requested a lawyer, the police may later ask you to speak with them. If you have requested a lawyer instead of merely refusing to answer questions, the police cannot question you further unless you later decide to talk without the benefit of legal counsel.


In Short, smile, be quiet, be polite, and don't uncle tom the police because they'll just use you.. As long as you keep drugs and alcohol to a minimum, they'll get frustrated and probably just look for someone easier to detain.



Hope to see you there! Let's bless america!





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( I'm in talks about the possibility of having someone do a know your rights freeschool lesson during the protest)

ezine deadline: friday morning.

just a heads up, mike and i are heading out on friday to the east coast. let's put together the ezine either tonight or thursday. this requires:

1. finishing edits
2. stenciling envelopes
3. making a dvd with a navigable menu
4. collating zines.

cool. lets do it.

thursday planning?

Hey would Thursday evening work for you guys to get together and start working/planning on this phat mobile party?

THE FUTURE OF NARWALLAGRAM

http://www.arkaos.net/software/gvj_description.php

alright heres my deal smurf get em up

diego

MBW top 5 vlog styley

hey, so i signed up for 'vimeo'. i hope to put up some stuff today so it isn't just one vlog. my name is kelly peach.

here is the vlog:

millz MBW montage edit

Mini Bike Winter 2008 montage from millz on Vimeo.

LETS WORK WITH GDI!!!!!!!

Wanna submit films to the guerilla drive in? (they play shorts before the feature)

HEres the scoop. contact them at guerilla-drive-in@lists.riseup.net


Update regarding GDI this winter and future plans:

This winter the GDI collective decided to not have a regular schedule of films and instead do special showings, either in conjunction with others (as we have done plenty this winter) or to show films that individuals in the collective have a fondness for, but never get on the official schedule (this has been slow to come to fruition). We will have our regular summer series starting early May.

Before the summer series keep your eyes open for the following possible offerings from the GDI folks:

-midnight movies- favorites from our past series, from Repo Man to the Third Man (maybe we'll be able to show the film uninterrupted this time) and so on!
-Jan Svankmajer meets the Brothers Quay at Der Weinersnitzel (dark stop motion short films shown on the roof of deserted fast food monstrosity)
-Videodrome (a Chronenberg favorite of the Reverend's)
-Billy Elliot- overlooked time and again but well worth a viewing
-other special showings in conjunction with others (have a proposal?...get in touch)

Other Possibilities (open to film suggestions):

-a subversive family/kids night
-Iranian film night
-(resist) police state night (shown downtown)
-and so on and on and on

Any questions or comments or suggestions (favorite films with a subversive bent?) or you want to have a special public film showing with a radical intent (again send us a proposal), then contact us at our website www.guerilladrivein.org

yes indeed,
your pal,
jason

Mobile Parking lot Party

We should have some kind of planned trajectory for the night as far as locations and times. It would be cool to have different attractions at each location. That way people would know how to meet up with us and join the posse at any time throughout the night. We could book performers for different times at different places and have it be like a procession bike mob from one concert to another. It could be convenient to find locations where power outlets are available so we won't have to burn gas the whole time. Also, I was thinking it would be really fun to have a circus component. I know a group of people who spin fire poi. We could bring canvases and have live art. The mob could go around making occasional stops to gather more heads and lazer tag, etc. And culminate in a big concert at the end location.

note to self

GET ON IT
http://tickets2.burningman.com/info.php?i=693

m@rE PHAT LaZ0rZ

Hey, so this goes out to millz whom I hope tells Alex.
I think you and I millz, if and when we can, sit down for say 3-4 hours and work exclusively on some laser burners. Do a phat tag in the paul sweet living room wall where you hold the pen and I operate the computer and adjust the brush sizes and the colors for you as you command me to. You can paint a phat laser pone and Alex should kill that shit too. Just some good excersises to get our laser game up and also some good timelapse filming opportunities.

Cheers!

also I think we should REALLY REALLy look into signing up to be members at the local community access TV station. they WANT us to check out their equipment. It is confirmed that they have multichannel video mixers for us to check out often ...
all the station wants back in return is a copy of the tape... so that they can AIR IT! pretty good deal to me. They seem probably more likely to harbor the aims and goals of UTAG (united technical artists group that Andreas is one day going to spearhead @ cabrillo)

also we should all REALLY REALLy rep as narwallagram/massive-exchange @ Yuri's night as volunteers. Fill out the volunteer form, tell them you are a multimedia BADASS and want to surrender your talents to the greater hyphonic good of NASAs grand-flash-masonic-demonic AMON TOBIN DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA! BONZAI

MC FROOTLOOM

freemasonic dance party

people who don't get the freemasonic dance party are in the few, but evidently one or two of you are a little confused, or even hesitant to use trigger words... man you make me shake my head, i wonder about you...

its burning man, its the american dream, only the freemasons are the incrowd, if you weren't you couldn't have a hyphy freemasonic dance party, but we're fucking gods amongst men.....
this is mostly an attention thing and an art project, and it's the only good american dream theme I've heard of so far...

freemasonic dance party is tongue in cheek, its just like scandalous mocking of what the people who own society deem as important.


WE NEED TO MAKE:
glamourous giant gold sigils, maybe 10-14foot big plaster statue of a really scary sexy goddess with certain cat like features... plaster castings to make 2 lama's by the front door... I hope you get what's happening...


its just like, yo we don't give a fuck, we're dancing, and yeah we brought this.

and theres cracked vj sets, with glitch and spiders, with flash animations of pentagrams, masonic sigils, stars and stripes, bohemian owl god eating children, a angry moloch bullgod,,, -we need to make some hyphy masonic flash cartoons, technocoloured babylonians marching with fire, (like the kkk but colourful) illustrating innocent but suggestive senators and children situations, -use maocentric and postmao chinese art, and mash it together in the american dream...


its just a overwhelming and scary experience, that I know most people are willing to pay money for, but beyond that its a scene, its a vibe, its what people want, its flavour, its fashion, its what those in the "in" fashion designers are going to be excited by this...

and when people hear, "freemasonic" and piss themselves a little... -well its a trigger word, and its a great way of getting a little attention... -plastering gold mason signs at burning man that say "freemasonic dance party tonight" is my goal...

(it had to be said) burning man. -please start acknoledging it.

by the way, burning man, start listing contacts and start publishing posts on craigslist, tribe and wherever... I posted an add in the vancouver chapter of craigslist just talking a little bit about myself and asking for other people with similar interests... pretty vague...

Right now we need to be doing two things: one: throwing a Song of the South Movie night (seriously, these displayed africans (who's insinuated sacked culture and heritage is apparent in their storys) -the way they have to live... -it'le help you understand post apocalypse life, what we'll be like after all we have is gone... hopefully.... (and the old man uncle remus won't stop calling the little white boy "honey")


nd two becoming good at throwing mobile freemasonic dance parties, and having gypsy tent, understanding our gypsy tent, having gypsy tent protocol, these are all things part of preparing for the freemasonic dance party at burningman...

Now what we need to do is go with another hyphy crew of djs with their own sound equipment and power from another city or state or country like canada...

the go fuck yourself camp? they were a perfect fuckbuddy for our camp, they had their camp and we didn't have shit, but for the recicycle center, which was huge and is going to be huge again, its in fact a vital necessity, as there is narwal and trash crew, there must be a confederated division between the freemasonic dance party and the recicycle centre, and certainly between the music and visuals in the dance party... :

RECICYCLE CENTER:
Aglers bike church chapter needs to be bigger and more legit than ever with signs...


Two:
Patriotic Freemasonic Mobile Dance party. mobile AT burning man

Why not aim to film short films every day, throw several partys at night, go to the other parties, and in fact throw a mobile gyspy block party out in the playa?

lasertagging on peoples art buildings in black rock city like we do in are own. we should have hyphy block parties in burning man...

puppets the movie

puppet tv show the movie:





KIDSSHOW greenSCREENSHOT
opens with a medium shot of the puppet with alphabet and numbers behind him,


FRANK:
Thats right nine, ahahahahaha. 9.

Well little eric siemens in mooselake ontario...


DIRECTOR
CUT!

The puppet looks to his upper left confusedly.

Cut To:
Full Wide shot of the puppet at the greenscreen with a camera in front, revealing the shoot. Frank speaks in his normal deep voice now.

DIRECTOR
frank, the kids name-

FRANK
seiments what.

DIRECTOR
is simons.

FRANK:
thats what I said. that's what I said.

The director just sighs.

FRANK (cont.)
what'd I say?



(credits)
PUPPETS
Cut To:
EXT. (against the wall) Outside
Frank is smoking a cigarette and sighs. a man opens the door and tells him he's back on. He turns and looks, puts out his cigarette and leaves.

Cut To:
Camera 1

FRANK
okay whats my cue?


DIRECTOR
yeah, we're just gonna say action and you know, you laugh and go..
Cut to:
View of the production

FRANK
sigh, okay...

DIRECTOR
so you ready frank.

FRANK
yeah, I'm good...

Cut To:
Camera 1. frank is preparing. and gulping his own sock puppet saliva.

DIRECTOR
great, okay sound? speed? 3 .. 2... action.

FRANK
(high pitched laugh)
that was really great! but remember kids, just because eric got the cookie,
doesn't mean you will! so always listen to your mom and dad!
and remember, not everyone is as nice as mr. otterbee so be careful of strangers.
and if you can, always bring your cellphone like eric!
Hey if you have a story like eric did, send it to us at

Squeekers Television
PO BOX 81112
Fargo, North Dakota

Maybe we'll put it on the air like we did with erics! ahahahahaha.

well thats all the time we have for today kids! make sure to tune in next week! ahahahaha bubye! ahahahahaha ahahahahahaha ahahahhaha



DIRECTOR
Cut!














Some puppets were born stars, other puppets try to make it in a royalty controlled ratrace.

A walloon puppet from belgian, a puppet from a canadian kids show sick of the beurocratic bullshit, a puppet from ndakota that wants to do something different...


The puppets make their own show

they cant get funds from the bank so they sell crack...
Frank gets addicted to crack...


but the canadian puppet keeps it legit and hyphy, and the human roomates are down..

they interview a rasta about the whitedevil and smoke herb, they interview bands and pay rent....






FRANK
are you trained?

STANKY
Nah motherfucker, I'm a wild sock

FRANK
oh.

dj lundegaard 2nd rate hustlers

DJ lundengaard from The 2nd Rate smashed it with these mixes.

posting audio on the massive

SO yeah, for anyone that wants to post audio via the massive and/or any other blogs: simply upload your file to your FTP and post the address within this code:

<embed src="URL GOES HERE" autostart=false loop=false height=62 width=144 controls="console"></embed>

happy rocking!

big room skate sesh/ stopmotion

tis the season

sync up!

I sure do love audio! and I sure do love still making all this wonderful stuff with massive exchange happen too. check out the amount of mixing coming up at the end of this month/beggining of next month that I must put my sharpest attention toward.

sync up

bike film fest deadlines

Hey So the dead baby international film festival deadline is April first (no joke) their site. and the bike porn entry deadline is april 15th. but the idea submission deadline for bikeporn is SATURDAY. So i came up with a little something.

Two kids (boy and girl) decide it is up and time to abandon society after being exploited by: dickhead bikers, cars, cops, toxic trash, landlords, druggies, and buisnessowners, and pack up and bike to a secluded retreat. (garden of eden) to find peace, harmony, good hills, and great orgasms. they decide to live predominantly nude and love to use their bikes as "sex seats" this short will be between 4-8minutes and is sure to leave you with a sweet taste in your mouth and maybe a hard-on.

im just sayin. i see it in my head, do you?

Lance Boner gets PSYPHY!!!

Allright, I know this isn't that great, but at least I did something. And it's FRESH!

Rest in Peace Christine.
I feel very blessed to be able to spend time with you while you were on earth at such a beautiful place as paul sweet.

Yuri's Night @ NASA

Hey yo, I just signed up to volunteer at this shindig and it sounds like they strongly encourage amateur media artists to get involved. It is on April 12 at moffet field, we should all get involved if we can. You can sign up to volunteer here

MOVIE NIGHT!

Yo, it was just discussed here moments ago that we should to a Trey Parker/Matt Stone live action movie marathon!

* Cannibal the Musical
* Basketball
-and-
* Orgazmo

I'd love to set a date that works for everyone and tell our friends to come over and have popcorn and blunts

bike stencil

bike stencil
Originally uploaded by kellypeach

hey team!

here's a scan of a multi-tonal stencil i worked on this weekend. i was thinking it could be on front of the envelopes we use for the ezine. yeah. lots more of this stuff to come hopefully...

TAG! Your it.

GRL: SC - LASER TAG [March 7th, 2008] from R2 Stew 2 on Vimeo.

* * *

Well, I can honestly say that I enjoyed Friday night much more than any concert or Paul Sweet party I've attended for the same reason I loved Minibike Winter; it was rawkcus free fun. Created by the participants, FOR the particpants (including any passer-byers that wanted to throw down and participate!).
Mad props to the crew for being so on point: Andreas smoothed talked the pepper, Millz busted awesome tags, Will rocked the soundsystem trike and charged the hills with a bunch of cargo, Agler repped his freak bike designs and brought the ruckus, as well as a boatload of bitchin mixes from our favorite psyphy DJs.

We also made such a spectacle that we attracted some allies to come up and check our science:

- The guy who owns the laundromat near UCSC told us that we can project at his business anytime
-Adrian Rasmussen ( contact@adrianrasmussen.com )from the Hyde Gallery came up to us and offered Narwallagram a gig doing projections this month on the 28th. (for pay)
-Gregory MacNicol ( gwiz2k@pacbell.net ) runs a non-profit called Technology As Art and says that he can help us find grant money for our pirate projecting. He also says that he can get us an official document stating that we are supported by the T.A.A. foundation and have a right to be doing what what we do pretty much wherever.
-Peter, a saxaphonist, came and hung out with us and played his sax for close to 3 hours straight. He was busting some sweet riffs along to the stretchy sounds of our glitch hop. sick.
-Countless local writers stepped up to bust their name 20 ft tall on the side of a building. Many smiles were had by all

[] [ ] [ ] GO TEAM! [ ] [ ] []


So now that we are somewhat official in terms of our status as a division of Graffiti Research Lab, we should network with our brethren and make something big happen.

Check out some of the interactive projection games that GRL: Australia is bustin

GRL: Hong Kong is gettin out there and bustin their science like true aZn ganst0rz


Go forth and funk my children!
R-stew

a night on the town

pretty successful test run, even though we were running off of the cars power inverter and not a mobile bike unit. We need a 1000+ watt pure sine wave inverter in order to run our shit (I think). Later on tonight (Friday) we will attempt to hit various spots around santa cruz:
-liquor store
-parking garage?
-harvey west?
-riverfront bridges
-the boardwalk
-the harborhouse

We expect to hit this shit at about 9:45, so get ready to mash and graff

Sicknasty Stop Motion shIT

I found this through a "mystery link" on the sparks website, which is really cool and interactive. Even if you don't like to drink Sparks you should still check out their site.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u46eaeAfeqw
also, I just stared at this picture for almost an hour.

interconnectbivectjections

http://www.gotoandlearn.com/

pictures of fire and lights!

Thursday!

Yo, sup masstronarwalkians?

The narwallagrams are planning on going out on friday night for a round of laser tag all around our side of town.

On thursday night (7pm) are going to test the projector on the deep cycle battery, test setting up the camera and lining it up with the laser pointer. Hopefully everyone can become trained to be an official GRL:SC GURELLIA OPENSOURCE JUSTICE SEEKING bike punk.

I thought since me, mills and andreas (and most likely agler too) were already getting together thursday night that we might as well try and have Kelly Peach, Chris, Christina, and Will over too so we can meet about/work on the Santa Cruz Minibikewinter/portland trip Zine project.

I've seen this particular group of people do some really incredible things in the past couple of weeks, most of which have been documented or has yet to be captured. RAD! What a good excuse to pool all our resources into and present people with something entertaining, new, and enlightening.


some of R2's Ideas:
* if Andreas, Maitland, Evan and mysef could put our combined coding/flash/actionscript/design knowledge together we could birth a very swift, sick, and intriguingly functional interface with which to present all our content

* the whole crew would submit and remix each others writings, drawings, edits, animations, scripts(?)_, textures, background patterns, ect into a big yummy creamy batter. We could then bake a big gnarly heft cake out of said batter for distribution on the internet and DVD, with the rest of the batter we could whip up little zine versions of our collected work. Printed versions to keep 29 copies of in your backpack everywhere you go so that when someone wants to get to know you you can just bust something out and show em. bam!

life of strife

its a good thing that we are not findable on google. wednesday narwallagram meeting. latenight.

virtual 3d paint sculpting, online vj program

open source onyx:
http://www.onyx-vj.com/?page_id=10
kind of complicated compared to arkaos, not really though... and its open source...

so this is done with motion capture, not ir, but should be easy enough to do, and I doubt porting to ir would be as difficult as all that, but the black square distorts shape as he angles it, making possible curves...

Well aparently Andreas has gotten a green screen recently. Millz speaking.
so yeah bring that sucker over, our sock puppets want to go to the beach and paris and antartica and the moon and your moms house. but most of all they want to work with you smurf. and how can they if they cant find you.

le bleu et eisko

Eyes from Dean Pogni on Vimeo.

why is it so hard to find the massive on google? as in impossible? did somebody click the hide from the public button on google search?

maybe I'm just paranoid, but yeah it's impossible to find this thing without typing the url in perfectly...

¡hurrz wasp...


Rising Star from Alistair Cheyne on Vimeo.


Video Vinyl from Alistair Cheyne on Vimeo.


Nystagmus from Alistair Cheyne on Vimeo.