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While not writing this blog, I am a bioinformatics programmer.  I’m still trying to figure out whether to have multiple blogs or one blog.
Anyhow, some of these rules could apply to either getting a science paper published or music published, I think: 10 simple rules to get published [Public Library of Science Computational Biology].
Some of [...]

Being a control freak, I’m always looking for ways to expand my one-man-band-ness without being too dependent on the laptop thing. I’ve been interested in the Kellar Jam Bass for quite some time now. Basically it’s a strip with membrane buttons that replicate the first two strings of a bass, connected to a simple GM [...]

Being a part-time game nerd, I really liked this article about Tetsuya Mizuguchi.  He’s one of the more creative game developers, having worked on Space Channel 5, Lumines, the cult hit Rez, and many other games.  I love how he is inspired by simple things.  For example for Meteos was “inspired by the multi-tasking environment [...]

Just read this article in Wired. An economist named David Galenson has proposed an theory about what we think of as genius. He essentially sees Geniuses lie on a continuum between what he calls conceptualists and experimentalists. In a nutshell, conceptualists produce their best work when they’re young (examples: Orson Welles and Picasso) and are [...]

The Swirlies were one of the scruffiest and most inventive bands to be associated with the shoegazer nametag. Mixing samples, fuzzy guitar and sweet vocals, they were truly unique. One of these days I’ll write about “Blonder Tongue Audio Baton”, their 1993 masterpiece, but I ran across this very charming set of demos [...]

Ran across this nice table of shoegazer bands both old and new: Shoegazer poptable
I’m always into finding new and obscure shoegazer bands. Always good to see some underappreciated bands (like Secret Shine and The Telescopes) get some mention, as well as some that I’ve haven’t heard of, such as Postal and the Night Blooms. [...]

A very interesting New Scientist article on visualizing music and harmony. Link to Article.
Basically, the researcher, Dmitri Tymoczko, has devised an interesting way to visualize chord progressions. I’m not sure I completely understand it, but it appears that the visualization method exposes why certain chord progressions in Chopin’s music that have baffled music theorists [...]

Here’s one of my favorite shoegaze songs: Flying by the Telescopes.
The Telescopes started out biting My Bloody Valentine with much more punky influences. By the time they released the single, “Flying” they had backed off the distortion and produced some brilliant pop gems that still astound me to this day.
This song is kaleidoscopic…after the intro, [...]