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Scarf Swagger

Subvariant viral video of a very funny webcam dancer wearing a scarf and doing his best two step. You can dance if you want to, but leave your scarf alone.

[6.13.09] GEEK PROM ft. a DJ set by Liz Revision. LOLz will be had

Geeks, nerds, dorks — chances are, you didn’t attend your high school prom. During college, you were so focused on your engineering/math/science degree that other humans barely registered within your domain space. This is your chance to rectify your oversight without yielding to irrational forces of social pressure, and perhaps enrich your symbolic-semantic internodal linkages, as well! (okay, that was actually gibberish) Come to the GEEK PROM. There will be music, dancing, and some sort…

[SAT Jun. 20] Artificial Intelligence 1: Excepion AM Release Party FREE

Hangovers are the annoying, productivity-inhibiting result of a night spent drinking quite a bit, and yet we still put up with them because it’s fun to loosen up, be social, and dance. Sure, it’s easy to pop some aspirin, rehydrate and muddle through the morning, but wouldn’t it be cool if music could relieve your hangover? That’s the concept behind Exception AM, a free digital compilation from subVariant that aims to present a collection of…

Put your hands up for Detroit! I love this city.

Watch for Movement 2009 coverage soon!

How to be a LOLkid

LOLkid. Also: Lawlkid. LOLkids are like Scene Kids except add 100 IQ points and subtract emo. (LOLkids=($humanIQ+100)-$emoFactor;). LOLkids heart the intertronz and nerdery and are all about zar lawlz. 1. Is ok to LOL at yrself. In other words, don’t take yourself too seriously. This involves having a formidable degree of self confidence and not taking things personally. However, don’t overdo it and proclaim how awesome you are at every opportunity (like tweeting about your…

Yo, dawg, I heard you like laptops…

That is all.

Pac-Man candy & more at Fractalspin

Pac-Man CandyAh, Pac-Man, you were my gateway drug. When I was in preschool my mom would take me along to her bowling league meetings every week and plop me down on a bar stool in front of Pac-Man where I would obsessively guide him through the maze, chomping away at yummy dots. Next up it was Haunted Mansion on the C64 and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on the Apple IIe in my early school…

Donk

Donk is basically 90s-era happy hardcore with amateur rapping on top of it, extremely popular in northern England and Scotland among a certain class of young people into sportswear, speed, and removing one’s shirt in clubs (*cough* chavs). Apparently it’s also called bounce house or scouse house. VBS (Vice) did an insightful and respectful documentary on the subject, “Donkumentary.” Here’s part one: Are you stoked to PUT A DONK ON IT yet? I found this…

Benn Jordan creates an alternative score for "The Living Planet" in front of a live audience

Here’s an article I wrote for CDM about Benn Jordan who’s live-scoring said TV show at Sonotheque tomorrow (May 5). Commercial music producer Benn Jordan (recording as The Flashbulb) stumbled upon David Attenborough’s 1984 documentary series that was, in the creator’s words, “more in touch with nature than any other.” Along with the BBC he and his crew geared up for the endeavor–and they would risk their lives and careers to do so. The result,…

My label's latest glitchy techno / IDM compilation is now a free digital download: SubvaritraxTM

Piggy flu, recessions, global warming==boo. Free music==WOO! I’ve decided to make SUBVARITRAX™, a compilation by subVariant available as a free download. So, since it seemed right to add some good karma to the world and not let these tracks fall into obscurity (there are some real gems in there), I decided to make Subvaritrax a free digital release encoded at 192 MBS .mp3. The concept of compilations, in my mind is to provide a sample…

Jamie Lidell: "Figured Me Out (Nintendo DSI Remix)"

If you thought Tonematrix was cool, check out the Audiotool

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