Something Tangy in the Air
… and I almost liked it
Imperfect Tense: Music. Technology. Culture.
American-born composer, computer musician, and maker living in France. Writing about technology, music, and the unexpected ways our tools shape us — with the occasional detour into politics, culture... and thoughts on where noise becomes signal.
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A strange multiplicity of sensations…
...as I woke somewhere in the late morning on Thursday.
Kinect Art War Technology: Part 3
Sensing to Control: Beyond the Kinect
Kinect Art War Technology: NTL;WM
Annotated Resources for Those Who Want to Go Deeper
Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Steven Pinker, and the Fragility of Norms
Once norms are discarded, what’s the point of listening?
In Defense of Megalopolis
"Only artists can stop time"
Kinect Art War Technology: Part 2
Into the Studio
Heritage, Voltaire, and the door on rue des Filatiers
How a tragedy in 1761 Toulouse became Voltaire’s enduring cry for tolerance.
Kinect Art War Technology
Part 1: The Machine That Learned to See Us
Late Summer Soul Reading for Composers (and Other Creators)
A distilled map of books to keep within reach, for when the music eludes us
When Liberty Valance Wins: America’s Lost Moral Compass
I woke up this morning thinking about two films from my childhood: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and The Magnificent Seven (1960… or any version).
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