So in my morning art class, we spent the last half of the class just sitting in a circle and listening to remixes of the song Reckoner by Radiohead on this website.

What Radiohead did was provide all the studio tracks, bass, lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, piano/strings and drums, and create their own mix and resubmit it. Then you could vote on which one you like best and the band members will also listen to them.

I find this to be a really neat idea. Just the idea of taking an original piece of music and changing it and warping the sound to make a new song while also keeping enough intact enough that you can recognize the original song it came from, that’s just really cool.

And interesting contrast with the idea of change. I just really liked how it make me think and I enjoyed the website and the music, so check it out! radioheadremix.com

I received news that last weekend a guy I knew in my high school over dosed on meth and died. This is quick 8 minute audio response to that. A lot of interesting thoughts come from a death. Let me know you’re ideas/opinions/responses to what I have to say.

LISTEN TO PODCAST HERE.

Well, my friend Rob recorded some thoughts of his on various topics from poetry and art with philosophy and moods and Buddhism, and more. I was inspired to create my own mini rant in response to his. Though his is three times the length of mine, if you would like to listen to his, he goes into a lot more detail about things I just touch on and it will provide a context for some things I say which might not make complete sense. Click to listen to Rob’s Podcast.

Okay, so I had trouble uploading audio so I’m linking you to a site where I could upload it. It’s not my preference, but I’ll figure it out later if I ever post audio again. LISTEN HERE.

Thanks!

I can’t take credit for finding this one. I can’t even play it! This is a game for all you PC users out there. And my brother showed me the ropes on his computer so I thought I’d just share.

Audiosurf! It’s so cool I wish I could play it, but it requires Steam and a PC computer with Windows 2000 or later. What is does though, is you connect it to any music folder on your computer, including iTunes and it plays almost any song you want and makes a custom track for it. A pattern we noted, usually mellow songs have an upward slanting track, while more energetic, forceful songs have a downward track. Anyways, the obect of this game is usually to hit the colored blocks on the track while your favorite song plays. Although the specific game play somewhat differs depending on what character and level you pick before the song begins.

Either way, I think it’s a brilliant use of integration between a personal music collection and the game. And it analyzes and loads quite fast! You can even compare your score to other players online. I am very impressed. So try out that free demo, PC gamers, and tell me what you think! If you really enjoy it, it’s just $9.99 for the full version.

EDIT: Mac users, you can play this if you have Crossover Games. Just be sure you also have Steam installed!