Fun evening at ClubSmutek Ā š
What if I were a fruit bat?
Daddy, if I were a fruit bat would you take good care of me and get me fruits?
Saturday morning, hanging with my little boy, eating “home made toast”, discussing the sleeping patterns of fruit bats and the dressing habits of vampires.
Apparently some vampires dress in doctors suits and occasionally wear bow ties.
Liberation Through Limitation
Attack Mag interviews Korg designers Tatsuya Takahashi and Yuki Ohta.
The DemocratizationĀ of Synthesis: Korg Designers on the Making of the Minilouge
A Volca is not a jack of all trades, they are each good at one thing, and this is something in common with the comeback of hardware in general. Itās simple machines doing simple things so your mind is free to enter a creative space. Thatās at the root of the Volca concept: liberation through limitation.
Attack Mag nailed it with the “DemocratizationĀ of Synthesis” line. Since purchasing my little Korg Volca boxes Tatsuya Takahashi has become a personal hero.
Happy Platypus
So, I’ve become obsessed with this series of little grooveĀ boxes by Korg, called Volca, and have been setting up a little low budget techno music rig. It’s been amazing fun.
I recorded this little jam last week. It’s got sort of a Detroit vibe going on, I think… anyway, I’m really happy with the sound and totally digging my new obsession. š
Korg Volca Beats with Ableton Compressor, Korg Volca Bass with Scarlett Reverb and Ableton Ping Pong & Filter Delays
Panasonic is bringing back the SL-1200
As for why Panasonic is bringing back the 1200 now, after a six-year hiatus, the company says it’s a direct response to the recent growth in vinyl sales.
I still have my ollllld 1200’s. I bought them second (third?) hand 15 years ago and they looked like they were atleast 15 years old when I bought them. Super awesome, all around.
Article at ars
Image via Panasonic
What if politicians had to wear their donors logos?
Sounds like a great idea, not just for California.
Stop Calling Night Owls Lazy
Waking up early is perceived as a quality. Which is ridiculous. Thereās no reason to think of it as a quality.
levels.io on night owls, and the concept of time.
In a nut shell, where possible, we should be working when we are most effective, and when we do our best work.
Totally agree, and I tend to be a night owl as well, but I have a day job so balance can be difficult.
Time is such an odd construct.
Steaming Into History (2015)
Steaming Into History is a non-profit organization that runs a replica Cival War era steam locomotive in New Freedom, Pennysylvania. Learn more about them here.
The short of it is that you ride on this super cool old train for an hour trip to a Christmas tree farm. Once you arrive at the destination there’s horse drawn carraiges waiting to take you from the train stop to the Christmas tree farm. You cut your tree down, pay, grab a hot chocolate and head back to the train.
It’s a really nice day for the family and it’s looking like it’s going to become a tradition for us. We were even able to take my mom this year!Ā Here’s photos from last years trip, and photos from todays trip are below.
Great way to cap off a fantastic Thanksgiving wekeend. š
Simon is super excited!
Jen is super focused.
Moms first train ride!
Arty Simon shot.
Simon and Pop.
Simon and Pop
Simon telling Santa that the coffee shop is out of snicker doodle cookies
The giant Christmas tree hill
View from the top!
My heart and soul. š
Couldn’t find a tree we wanted
Headed back down…
me cutting down a tree, at the bottom of the hill!
Hot chocolate station!
Nothing beats an elf with a flute playing the Peanuts theme song on a Civil War era steam train!
Rad Modular Synth Jam
Andrew Hunter, Eurorack Modular Synth Improv.
Super rad. š
Also, posting this using the new WP desktop app, which is also super rad and nice.
Little Bobby Tables
And I hope you’ve learned to sanitize your database inputs.
Pretty great! HT @ my buddy Andrew Adcock.
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Jimmy Smutek 