Global Cemetary Online with Sad News Update
Possible and Impossible Aporias
Resounding the Cinematic – Resonance, Proximity and the Acousmatic in the Apparatus
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s0metim3s has given us her favourites of 2005. I wasn’t going to do this, but since I’m waiting for South Africa to be bowled out before I head out for the rest of the day… Favourites of 2005 I’ve restricted this to things that were published/screened or events that happened in 2005. Albums 50 Foot Wave – Golden Ocean It was mainly pop/rock for me this year – I even bought a guitar (which I still can’t play)! The sort of experimental music that I’d usually obsess over, this year I’d generally listen to once or twice before moving on. See Utility Fog for all the postfolkrocktronica that I should’ve been listening to. Blogs Too many – see the blog roll. It has been a privilege to have participated in the blog phenomenon and to have met so many amazing people. Extra love to those who have commented at, or linked to this humble blog. Films Charlie and the Chocolate Factory I didn’t go to the cinema nearly enough this year. Games Dragonshard Live Music Ben Byrne & Clayton Thomas @ Disorientation I also played live more often this year than any other. Highlights included a solo performance at the National Gallery of Australia for Liquid Architecture 6, Canberra; a technically disastrous but well-received set with WUAL for Liquid Architecture 6, Melbourne; better WUAL performances at Disorientation and Electrofringe; duo performances with Rik Rue (at if you like improvised music…), John Jacobs (at e)scapes) and Ben Byrne (twice, at the NOW now, and a VJ performance at Science Fiction); a solo performance at The Night Air Audiotheque; a solo performance and a Time Being DJ performance at Disorientation; performances with the Splinter Orchestra at Liquid Architecture 6, Sydney and Science Fiction. TV Arrested Development Thank goodness for broadband. What’s In / What’s Out What’s out: CDs What’s in: TEH INTERNETS! The Ars Technica Motherboard Guide The Aussie Wordpress Blog Improvisor Leiter Reports: Nietzsche etc. Nietzsche’s Moral and Political Philosophy Six Re-Views of Chris Marker: The Art of Memory and drank too much coffee
The Sydney leg of Liquid Architecture starts this Wednesday. Liquid Architecture showcases the work of some of Australia’s premier sound artists alongside international guests. VENUE: Performance Space (199 Cleveland St Redfern) PROGRAM Wednesday July 13 Opening Night, 8pm Thursday July 14 Artists Talks, 6-7pm Performance Night 1, 8pm Friday July 15 Artists Talks, 6-7pm Performance Night 2, 8pm Afterparty, late Saturday July 16 Audio-Visual Screening Program, 2pm The Splinter Orchestra, 4pm TIX The Season Pass provides entry to all talks and performances, except the afterparty. To book for Opening Night, a Screening or a Season Pass please contact Box office on 9698 7235 or boxoffice@performancepace.com.au LA6 SYDNEY DIRECTORS: Ben Byrne & Shannon O’Neill ARTISTS: Ian Andrews, Nat Bates, Adrian Bertram, Natalie Beridze, Thomas Brinkmann, Chris Caines, Clare Cooper, Tom Ellard, Cameron Foster, Robin Fox, Stephen Fox, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Jon Hunter, Julian Knowles, Erik La Casa, Ivan Lisyak, Borce Markovski, Stephen Masterson, Pete Newman, Martin Ng, William Noble, Inge Olmheim, Anthony Pateras, Rik Rue, Thembi Soddell, The Splinter Orchestra, John Watermann Liquid Architecture 6: Sydney is presented by A short film by Husein Alicajic, for which I did the sound design & music, will be screened at the Sydney Film Festival. [that makes three Sydney Film Festivals in four years in which my (sound/music) work has been included.]
Given that I’m a sound dude etc., it’s about time I started podcasting here, dontcha think? I’ll try to do at least one per week (I have hundreds of hours of ‘original’ material available). I’ve created a new Category called, imaginatively, ‘podcast’. You can subscribe to it as an RSS feed for iPodder or whatever aggregator you use (if that made any sense, then I probably didn’t need to tell you). Otherwise just download it by (right) clicking as with any mp3. OK, here goes. For our first podcast, you can hear me interviewed by Brooke Olsen, on the 2RRR program Jagged Frequencies, in November 2003. I remember being pretty stressed at the time of the interview, so it wasn’t a great performance, but at least it contains some info about what I do: Shannon Interviewed on Jagged Frequencies, November 2003. Duration 14m28s. Let me know if you have any technical problems. It seems that WP isn’t adding some of the info that it’s supposed to, as described here, but it still seems to work with iPodder. Also, some of my mp3s (such as this one) are encoded as MP3Pro, which sounds twice as good as a normal mp3 at the equivalent bitrate, but to get the full quality you need a compatible player, such as Winamp with the appropriate plugin. As far as I can tell, iPodder and Winamp don’t mix, yet. Anyway, just thought you should know, and if you know more about this, then let me know, y’know? |
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