Last year, we published an item about the animatronic robots of Showbiz Pizza Palace/Chuck E Cheese getting reprogrammed to perform gangsta rap, including a cover of Miss New Booty. Lots of people have fond memories of visits to see these cheesy robots as kids, and videos of the reprogrammed robots went on to become hits… Read More New Movie Looks At How The Rock-afire Explosion Came To Cover “Miss New Booty”
touched echo is an electroacoustic artwork that uses bone conduction to take people back in time: The visitors of the Brühl’s Terrace (Dresden, Germany) are taken back in time to the night of the terrible air raid on 13th February 1945. In their role as a performer they put themselves into the place of the… Read More Art Work Uses Bone Conduction To Send You Back In Time
OT: Australian dance Diva Kylie Minogue became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Thursday, receiving the award from heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles at a ceremony in London. “It is an incredible honour for me to receive this award,” said Kylie. “It makes me feel both humble and proud to be recognized for… Read More Kylie Honored By Prince Charles For Being Scorchingly Hot Dance Diva
AudiOdyssey is a free experimental computer game designed to be accessible to both the visually impaired community and mainstream gamers. AudiOdyssey was developed with four research goals: The visually-impaired and the sighted can enjoy the same level and quality of gameplay Navigate game’s menus with ease and efficiency approaching that of conventional user-interfaces (UIs) Create… Read More Free Experimental DJ Game Explores Accessibility Issues
This is a Pixar promo – but it takes an interesting look at the sound design of Wall-E. Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, and Ben Burtt share their process for creating the sound of a sci-fi animated feature.
Here’s something fun I saw highlighted at the Califaudio blog – the Theremug, a DIY project that turns your cup of coffee or tea into a theremin, of sorts. Here’s Kyle McDonald’s explanation of the Theremug: 1 Prepare some tea 2 Expose the L/R leads on an 1/8″ cable 3 Immerse leads in tea 4… Read More Turn Your Coffee Cup Into A Theremug
This is a rough cut of a new documentary, the Vinyl Revolution. The video captures some wonderful characters that represent a disappearing world. via Crate Kings
Trailer for the work in progress RAYMOND SCOTT: ON TO SOMETHING, a biographical documentary by his son, filmmaker Stan Warnow, about the 20th century musician, composer, and inventor whose musical career included the swing era, electronica, and everything in between, including use of his music in Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. For more… Read More New Documentary Takes Look At Electronic Music Pioneer Raymond Scott
Dr. Earth‘s plan to save the world with sex, hedonism and clubbing seems a bit out there, so I did a little digging to find out more about sustainable clubbing. I came across this YouTube video that looks at the Sustainable Dance Club in Rotterdam (NL): While the video is a promo for Toyota as… Read More Is Sustainable Clubbing Legit?
Wax Museum is a documentary view of the art of collecting vinyl. Featuring DJ Capsize as he interviews friends and strangers on a search for the answer to “what is the future of records?” via CrateKings
