When the Sky is Full of 0′s and 1′s
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• My sun/requiem video was added to a pretty neat great of abstract videos http://t.co/dnFFaQnz very honored someone dug it #
• I am surprisingly able to do a lot of what I need on my phone. Preorder the @mapmap CD. Ordered other LP from @PermanentRex .now blogging? #
• The 1-2 punch of both @disappears LP http://t.co/dcb3CDXz #

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• Stuck using only my phone for the next 5 business days.expect more typos than usual #

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• Thanks #BASED genius for extending my apple care by one day #
• Playing monks – black monk time on vinyl for the fist time. I think @sadlypanda have it to us like 2xmas ago #

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• Thanks @amyjfisher http://t.co/IKp0wN3v you rock #
• http://t.co/iOd6ET25 Telnet nyan cat #
• PHX -> ORD #

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• "this is all desert"…great it's pitch blank I can't see a thing #
• Probably not getting an iPad for xmas which sucks since my mbp suddenly won't boot up. Ugh #
• Merry Christmas.I added some of you to lists because I really care what you have to say. Wheee #
• Mountains http://t.co/p1S20va4 #
• Maxwell house counts as coffee here.please send help #
• Hey it's 10am and were are already arguing about politics. Can I start drinking now? #
• I think @mgeils will try to steal this gift @quartertonality gave us http://t.co/Is2dtVn6 #
• #shitmydadsays that place they do art on the wall in the ghetto #
• The box which maru can't enter #
• Racism cloaked in bad jokes. #homefortheholidays #ugh #
• Anyone want to pick me up a bottle RT @prfl2559: Black ops by Brooklyn is in, also a few goose bcs. #
• All of them QT @Marcissist: there are a lot of good songs by the Chills. I can think of like 20 just sitting here. in reply to Marcissist #
• excellent net label 2011 best of list.some great ambient on there http://t.co/59epRI9X via @vuzhmusic #

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• Tortas by Rick bayless in the airport totally worth the time and money. Damn tastey #
• ORD -> PHX #
• http://t.co/HxZgzANE #

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• do it RT @machinefabriek: On my bandcamp page now: http://t.co/HRzLjGva This means that it's downloadable as mp3/wav/flac/etc..For free…. #
• aw yes internet. http://t.co/b5JfZnA0 steve shelley/lee ranaldo/@therealYLT doing mote last night! #
• and just so we know, ira can still rock out even seated http://t.co/tpx400oS #
• Waking around union station listening to Kevin drumm pure hellish miashma. This must be what being on acid is like #
• Pizza http://t.co/Xkgk3l5j #

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• thanks to @bwdiederich current http://t.co/e3cLJJZp i am now obsessed w/ anne guthrie http://t.co/rD0T4AZ3 #
• a wonderful sleep aid. http://t.co/UVLqEi0V goodnight #
• Currently transferring the one of a kind @ergophizmiz LP to the computer http://t.co/DaYOln5K #
• damn..2 friends releasing stuff on rural colors…congrats you 2 (you know who you are and i cant say yet…) #
• At the dentist getting a tooth crowned listening to @liturgy #
• following @sublamp and @doomglue lead http://t.co/6PaKw1bf http://t.co/IzzH3pcH all releases at http://t.co/HyATcQ4Z are pay what you want #
• please ignore the fact that mine have always been pay what you want…you should actually check out @sublamp and @doomglue links #
• man the total control side of this thee oh sees split is even hotter than thee oh sees side..yow #
• i could never been in a band..i can barely keep up playing along to @mannequinmen and fresh & only's tracks #
• and yes…drone artist play along to garage rock albums…deal with it #
• wow! #swoon RT @nyctaper: Sonic La Tengo. Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley with @TheRealYLT #

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• ah the sadies http://t.co/MMsgzR61 i never get tired of this trick #
• continuing the week of @tim_hecker my newest jam is Chimeras http://t.co/I6pmusdl #
• ok twitter..i dont get it..what am i missing w/ hall and oates? in my mind its some of the worst song writing ever #
• thanks to @sadlypanda you can watch me in a dark room stare at a laptop for 20min http://t.co/jF3s3rlR w/ a keyboard and guitar #
• "Earnest scholarly types who will happily use the word â��etherealâ�� in everyday conversation." #
• "People who are not ashamed to have spent an unspecified sum (extend to five figures) purchasing vintage Russian synthesizers on eBay." #
• guilty on both counts http://t.co/VyqbntCj flavorill stereotyping based on best album of 2011 #
• RT @~: your 2012 boycott resolutions: https://t.co/JPWOKwsy #
• chicago beer nerds: black ops @prfl2559 tomorrow…you know you want some #
• other great things like barrel aged old rasputin and avery mephistopheles …i love this time of year for beer #
• Omg! Mark Heap in the next episode of Misfits!!!!! Genius #
• today: http://t.co/kBXMWFwE #

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1 GY!BE weekend @ metro & vic

2 woodsist fest (highlights: sun araw, fresh and onlys, white fence, thee oh sees)

3 portishead @ aragon

4 zola jesus @ p4k

5 low @ lh/pritzger

6 tame impala @ lh

7 neon marshmellow fest (highlights: white rainbow, reene hell, onehotrix point never, pelt) @ eb

8 skull defekts @ h/o

9 wild flag @ subt

10 liminanas @ eb

11 blonde redhead @ pritzger

• "After working 12 hours a day and paying operating expenses, weâ��re averaging $4.38 an hour" http://t.co/LaKTCPtt chicago cabbies petition #
• black hole acoustics, a new noise band? RT @HughesRich: Sound waves … from a supermassive black hole … http://t.co/g5rASIxR #
• things i like about wilco fans..many are tapers..and they tape the openers. eleventh dream day recording found! #
• 2 days. 2 differnt beermosas .. @3floyds jinx proof + OJ or finch's golden wing + OJ..both are great. your welcome #

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• as i said. its tim hecker week. today's jam is azure azure from radio amor http://t.co/I6pmusdl #
• kinda: http://t.co/6w4Q7ojv @ourmaninchicago: Coffee is magic. #
• more reason to root your android phone ASAP and install cyanogen mod RT @~: ice cream shit sandwich: http://t.co/DX52G7Ul #
• really a chicago treasure! try and support in some way RT @Lampo: Support Lampo today! http://t.co/0T1utkZc #
• incase you (rightfully) ignored my drunk tweets this weekend, i played music to ppls faces and then wrote about it here http://t.co/QHmKLG9t #
• for ever: http://t.co/JfJXzFe4 (stolen from the @PermanentRex email blast) #
• hey incase you didnt know..looks like http://t.co/wWFinXhZ is open for twitter users #
• RT @~: "ice pellets" is an apocalyptic sounding meteorological phenomenon. "and thus the lord rained down pellets of ice on the sinners" #
• trying to find nice things to say about these other video's in this vimeo group that i am trying to post to. its really hard #

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• hey fuckers audo from @sakistore instore http://t.co/UVLqEi0V video was what was projected. eat it #
• #drunk #
• there are a lot of bands i dont knwo #
• also the last 4 things i have uploaded to the blog are the best things i have ever done #
• sometime i feel i talk to much about myself #
• can some explain to me what OGG video is..and how to convert an m4v into it so it will work w/ HTML5 in firefox #

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• again WAY too many to fit in a tweet..but thanks ALL that came out to @sakistore no worries on those that didnt. i hope to do more in 2012 #
• but i really need to thank @pkmonaghan and everyone @sakistore for letting me take over the space. too kind. #
• its fitting on the day that i schooled myself on detroit techno i reached 808 followers #
• fuck vimeo and youtube and their damn limits. 500gb is not enough ..nor is 10 minutes…going to have to just host it on cinchel.com..ugh #
• video forth coming..for now..audio here http://t.co/gHXoxqLf #
• pseudoephedrine jitters just about wearing off. i've been up since 7am. i baked bread. did laundry. ate kumas. played a show. got tipsy 2x #
• goodnight #

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so i am sitting here with a bit of cheap scotch and processing the video that kirstie took of my set tonight. its rare that i get time this close to a show to write about my feelings. usually its a few days before i can sit down and think back. although its also rare that I do something right after a show. with this set being done by 8pm me and a few friends got dinner/drinks afterward. it was really tough not to just pester them about every aspect of the set i just did. i refrained to the best of my abilities and only asked about 3 times.

i also said to Patrick that “feel really bad making people leave their house” which he thought was the most self deprecating thing a musician has said. but i meant it in the sense that i really want to make it worth people leaving their house for. i went into this show with a lot of trepidation. i was really grateful that Patrick and Erin and Adam at saki were will and enthusiastic about my proposal (which basically stemmed from a tweet i cant find now). i had just finished uploading this sun video and soundtrack and though how i would love to do a quasi surroundsound setup live to that video.

It made sense that there be another band playing and i was excited that not only did steve agree that solar fox could come out (i dont think they play shows often/ever ..i only know them from the coach house sounds session they did a bit after mine. coincidentally steve had always wanted solar fox to soundtrack the stars so i agreed to make them a collage of stars/plants/galaxy’s for their set to. (i hope to upload that with the audio from their set soon, with steve’s approval).

i was most nervous because the soundtrack is mostly the monotron and my laptop running the 16-multitap delays in plogue bidule. basically me poking at a small black box on my lap. kinda lame visually and not completely what i wanted to display in public. with solar fox prepping for a 20min set and my original edit of the video only 8 minutes i decided to expand a bit. I added another 12 minutes to the video (which will be uploaded w/ the audio track from tonight hopefully UPDATED: SEE FULL VIDEO BELOW) and decided to bring the guitar. to achieve the the pseudo surround sound i split the signal, one side going to the laptop (which was direct to the PA) and the other side going to the looping pedal and out to the rear guitar amps.

people stood around the outside of the space which was not really the point but i think it still worked. basically the whole space filled with sound. and a good range of sound. the laptop to pa had a good drone while the amps picked up my melody (if you can call it that). since I extended the video and i was basically using the plogue bidule scheme that I wrote for “requiem” I had the guitar plugged in and switched to it at about the half way point. it felt like i was on guitar longer. being that it was requiem for the second half i have to acknowledge a tribute. this time its “requiem for spooky boo” who was our first cat. he passed away in late august. (past requiem performances have been dedicated to lee hazelwood, and trish keenan of broadcast because they both meant a lot to me)

saki store is a great space. a very open and airy record store. all the people I interacted with were amazingly kind and helpful. everyone had nice things to say after the set which is always good to hear. i was assured that it wasnt too loud or unbalanced (i worried that the laptop/pa was not loud enough but I think it was just that were i was sitting the larger guitar amp was pointed more right at me). friends like the synthy analog part equally to the guitar half which was also nice. good to know that as long as there is some kind of visual ppl dont mind that you are a dude with a black box and a laptop.

i think ppl dug both the videos. i am working on more silly video collages using public domain stuff. i like it and it does help to have a different narrative. and maybe more shows.

more reflections. Tim Ferguson from red plastic budha came. i dont know how! i went to a show of theirs a few years back that that put together for the high dials. i think i also saw them one time before that show. they are a really neat psychedelic band from chicago. i was really happy to say “hi” to him. we chatted a bit about my setup but with all the chaos after the set (tearing stuff down, making sure i had everything) i ended a conversation with him before it was really done and then he was gone.

a few friends came that are not typical noise/drone fans that said afterward they really enjoyed the set. i think the visuals really helped.

i talked to a few friends tonight at a party and they concurred that the visuals helped.

here is the visual

here is the audio for you to download (mp3)
ogg (for those inclined)

Here is video that kirstie took. yes its sideways for a bit. oh well.

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• #highfive @chsounds Matt Baron for his kickstarter getting funded http://t.co/uCwNQnkK i think it was the best reason for a KS all year! #
• because i like dissonance in my life i am schooling myself on Detroit techno today in preparation for my drone show tonight. #huh #whythat #
• had an idea i would eat kumas for lunch but its too cold and i should really get stuff done. so a bagel from bagel it is … #
• drunk on beer from kumas (thx @StNero for the ride) and high on cold meds. lets do this http://t.co/trrCFBBS #
• still only listening to detroit techno #
• http://t.co/OjnWhltM tonights instruments #
• nice! RT @nofi: @cinchel Break a LED! #

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• i like this list by @jongraef http://t.co/9g7CU5Ti not only because i am on it but also b/c of the way he explains the sections. #
• i like the war on drugs covering the greatful dead on this @nyctaper recording http://t.co/g5Ptzhd2 should i be worried #
• this @ooray CD was a fav of mine this year http://t.co/mnvt7LDW here is a free EP from him http://t.co/xEk1rJAX #ambient #cello #
• i need to remember that when the package of pseudoephedrine says take every 4hrs they mean it. also it takes an hr to kick in. oof #
• if i had time i would line up early for sonic youth as @samorama @paulsuwan are for wilco #
• chicago beer nerds: my favorite local corner beer store is now on twitter @prfl2559 #
• I recommend this minus that cinchel dude QT @samarov: You should buy something from these people I follow on Twitter. http://t.co/8bwm0TLU in reply to samarov #
• YES! my shippment of the hookup klub form @HoZacRecords ..first one i put on is ofcourse @mannequinmen HOBBY GIRL! #
• threw my name into the hat that @GonzoChicagogo is doing "lottery league" . basically random bands. well..i feel like the nerd one out… #
• but i am looking forward to it..it will be crazy and probably fun ..right.. #
• i think i like dropped pianos MORE than ravedeath 1972. tim hecker may get 2 spots on my top 10! #corrected #sorry #

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• seems like everyone is getting invites. i have 5 for thisismyjam @ or DM for one. #
• I love staying late for a meeting to discuss posters and not discussing mine. Not like I could have used those two hours. Fuck #
• Wondering if @MidFidelity is on the railing to be close to joy formidable or to chat up @kirstiecat while she shoots #

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• the cognitive dissonance going from the p4k top 100 tracks to the @mimaroglu best of has split my head. or its this cold medicine #
• in post: the p4k list of top tracks and the @mimaroglu list both point out it was a rather EXCELLENT year for music. #
• today: http://t.co/aH3RUeTL #
• all.the.soups. lipton cup of soup for breakfast. left over thai lagoon soup for lunch. #
• or really THE BEST right?! RT @implicitorder: I just recorded the WORST Christmas songs, ever! #
• .@LRO_NASA hey fb.me/YU9rkAAx this link is dead. do you have another? #
• listening to the Matt Carlsons (@hellospiral ) on draft records http://t.co/vZCSglJ2 awesome space age tweaks and buzzes #
• this is like chrismas music for the black lodge of twin peaks http://t.co/zFDy9X5R (via @implicitorder ) #
• hey what was that coffee place that @Carrie_Rachel said was great in phoenix AZ? #
• how do i make a DVD that has multiple audio tracks? #

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• http://t.co/ySle0E9T D1 @BLWBCK: digital edition of Delayed Summer sent to all pre-orders !!! thank you again (2 copies left) #
• RT @xyzr_kx: ICYMI, the @chicagoist writeup of visions of astropolis, this friday night at @transistorchi http://t.co/Ew8TvfX2 #
• i know my last RT was for a show on the same night as mine http://t.co/R4WL7Lqn but i get it maybe you are not a drone person. thats ok #
• aw yeah…my last tweet to @quartertonality was tweet 33666 #
• "so now they are on spin.com" – @kirstiecat #hillarious #youhavetobehere #
• quickly realized that my show @sakistore is friday and i dont have solar fox video done just. just finished 7min of it. only 14 more to go #
• "sussex..surey…somerset..what the hell, none of these are countries!" – @kirstiecat "no they are counties" – me #

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