November 2010
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The Best Fantasy Season Ever
I don’t like people who gloat. I think it’s something that was ground into my subconsciousness after years of being picked on by smug bullies in the public school system. I tend to define arrogance or egotism as a character flaw. Call me crazy.
So it is not without a tremendous amount of internal conflict that I discuss the unbelievable success I have had in my fantasy football...
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Keepin it loose
At Dan’s bachelor party :: Austin, TX :: October 4, 2010
Photo by Galen.
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"Cars playing drums" →
Rockandreview.com has an article about this fascinating new digital spot for the 2011 Lexus IS. The spot was developed by Team One and implemented with the coordinated efforts of a precision driver, a drum tech, and a university mathematics professor. The mini-documentary is in many ways more interesting than the spot itself, which seems sadly anticlimactic. I can appreciate how much work went...
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass (via Rabbit Write’s interview on Gala Darling)
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building a home studio
Earlier this fall, I managed to sell a composition for an upcoming ad campaign. I can’t really go into specifics about that song yet, but be assured that once the ads go live I will be bringing them to your attention. I decided to take a portion of the earnings from that sale to invest in home studio equipment. My goal is to start working exclusively in Pro Tools in order to become versed...
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ANDREW SHOEMAKER - “SKY RIDER”
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In the Circuit of the Sun →
When I lived in North Carolina, Heather worked with this guy Tofer, and occasionally she would come home from work and say, “You should really get together with him sometime and play music.” My response was always something dismissive and self-deprecating. I knew how hard it was to find someone with whom you really connect aesthetically from many past failed attempts. But one day...
