Well, I thought it would take a few more weeks, but apparently three days is all it takes for Amazon MP3 and Lala to post your new album on their websites for listening (LaLa gives you the first listen for free) and purchase. iTunes, Rhapsody, and eMusic, it seems take a bit longer.
So, yeah: phreakbox v1.4: The Instrumentals is out today!!!!
Expect a full page for the album soon, including a link to purchase a physical CD copy of the product (once I approve it). But in the meantime if you want to get your (mostly) mellow electronic jazz downtempo loungecore chiptune worldbeat groove on, head over to the album on Amazon MP3 or Lala and give it a listen (and if you like it, download a track or two or the whole album). It’s very chill.
Also, while at Amazon MP3 or Lala (and soon iTunes and Rhapsody) you may notice another single I’ve recently released, “The Flying House of Loreto”.
This is a track I did a little while back which has become very popular on the net (to date this year, it’s been downloaded over 16,000 times from my website). If you like, give it a listen and a download too. It may just give you the inspiration you need to do whatever it is you need to do today (heck, I mean, if a house can fly anything is pretty much possible). Jackie did the cover design for the single, incorporating one of her recent fiber art pieces… I’ve gotten a lot of good feedback on that.
And, as always, if you haven’t gotten your daily dose of Robot Love recently, you can download my first CD on iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon MP3 and a number of other places around the net.
With a few more weeks to go, Xanderbert was growing weary of his aircast. Although, I must say that he has done really well so far and complained little about the boot. So with one trip to the craft store a simple Aircast was transformed into Space Boot! You can see a few other shots of it on the flickr site in the Misc folder at the bottom.
‘Xander and I were lucky enough today to sneak away and watch WALL·E and I have to say that I was amazed. I was amazed when I saw Ratatouille, too, but this is even light years ahead of that film in terms of visual style, radically innovative story-telling (the fact that this movie got made at all, much less was #1 at the box office this past weekend, is a miracle), and just sheer scope. This is the film that anyone who’s ever played with or appreciates animation wishes they could make. If over 100 years of making movies (telling stories, taking us to new worlds, broadening our horizons) culminates in anything, it culminates in this film. It really is, chiefly, a really sweet love story in which the survival of the human race is at stake. So, anyway, go see this film. One word of warning, though: this is not “Kung Fu Panda” or even “Cars” - this movie asks something of you, the viewer, and will make you think.
Oh, yeah: and it’s got Fred Willard - non computer-generated Fred Willard (!) - in it.
A farewell gathering for a dear friend. Her husband has a great new job in Maryland and they have left us. These are all fellow MOPS moms and friends. Best of luck in your new adventures Alison. You will be missed.
For the MQAI
Like layers of rock that develop over time, Italy is a stratification of cultures that goes back centuries. Intertwining images of Venice and Rome with Dante’s Inferno in old Italian, opposite Latin words of peace, this piece illustrates Italy’s tremendous and lasting influence on the world we know today.
We just created our very own YouTube Channel. At the moment it mostly just has my animation and video projects. If you haven’t seen them before, though, be sure to check them out (my personal favorite is still “Peas Grow There” because it’s just so stupid, but you are free to disagree). Look for new stuff posted in the future!
Super Toilet is a character created by our son and his friends in Kindergarten. To date, our son has written three Super Toilet adventure books (you can read the second one here) and Super Toilet will also soon be starring in his own video game. So it seemed fitting that he should have his own theme song, explaining what he’s all about.
Super Toilet (Theme)
Lyric:
Flying through the sky
He’s a very super guy
But he’s not really a guy
He’s a toilet
When evil’s all around,
He’ll protect the town
From anyone around
Who would spoil it.
When Evil Toilet or Mister Poop
Or Mini-Man or Jake-O plan
A devilish plot,
He can foil it.
With his friends Codo,
Bird, Wolf, and a weed-eater,
He is the one called
SUPER TOILET!
So I decided I needed a stamp of a foot print on a small project I’m working on. Why would I use my own foot when I have someone with one perfectly good foot sitting nearby? He was more than happy to help out and he got a black foot in the process which he thinks is really fun.
Seven-and-a-half years after I release the darn thing, the reviews are in! And they (well, it) are (is) glowing. I’m not sure who undomondo is, but they really like my Robot Love CD. Which makes them very cool in my book. Actually, since I think they really managed to articulate what I was trying to do with that album better than I ever could, I’ll post the entire review here (click on more). I don’t think my mom wrote it… never can tell with these Internets, though. (more…)
Having a six year old with a fractured foot is a lot of work for those around him. Except for the two year old, he thinks his big brother is a sitting duck waiting to be whacked and wrestled with. So yes, we have had little time to do anything creative in this house. I have two deadlines coming at the end of the month and I am a little stressed about meeting them. Not much left to do, just no time to do them. Today I will be venturing to Target to get some activity and puzzle books for the Xanman. Even video games are starting to bore him.