John LeMasney and Brian Kelley return with this special episode of the Technology and the Arts webcast, as they talk about one of their favorite events, Art All Night, which takes place every June in Trenton, N.J. The webcast includes a teaser of an interview John and Brian did with Joseph Kuzemka, planning committee chair/creative director of Art All Night. The full version of that interview can be found after the jump or right here.
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Technology and the Arts 2.0 – Series 1, Ep. 10 (10-28-2012)
Here is the edited version of the 2012 season finale of Technology and the Arts with Brian Kelley and John LeMasney. John and I had to move our live chat up a day. Also, it threw off our planned chat with blogger/writer/podcaster Richard J. Anderson, who was able to get his hands on a Microsoft Surface a few days ago so we wanted to get his first impressions. However, after John and I did our live show/recording, I was able to get a brief chat worked out with Richard, which I—somewhat awkwardly—spliced into this edited version of the episode.
Anyway, here are some quick links to things mentioned during the show…
- While talking about Hurricane Sandy, Brian brought up this cool U.S. wind map.
- Brian also shared a Huffington Post article on how music and technology might be able to predict the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, and a Gizmodo post sharing the first photograph ever taken from space…from a Nazi-built V-2 rocket in 1946.
- Richard J. Anderson, who blogs at sanspoint.com and is one of the hosts of the Crush On Radio podcast, joined Brian for a bit to talk about his brief, hands-on experience with the new Microsoft Surface tablet.
Show Notes for Technology and the Arts Podcast #39
Art All Night 2008 - Trenton, NJ
Sorry, this is a few hours late…had some last-minute editing issues. – BK
In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, we share some interesting news, web sites and online resources we have come across recently, including FriendFeed.com, RememberTheMilk.com, and FreeLDAP.org. Plus, we discuss the recent Art All Night event in Trenton, NJ, Radiohead’s innovative “House of Cards” music video, and “The Googling,” a series of Google-based comedy sketch videos by The Vacationeers comedy group, and more. Also, the podcast welcomes back John LeMasney to the program. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney. File size: 18 MB. Time: 38 min., 4 sec.
Related Links:
- FriendFeed.com/lemasney – John LeMasney’s tumble log.
- lemasney.com – John LeMasney’s Web site.
- FriendFeed.com/bktandem – Brian Kelley’s tumble log.
- Here are some things John talked about:
- The birth of his second son, David, on May 16
- John’s recent Lyme Disease diagnosis
- FriendFeed.com
- RememberTheMilk.com
- ArtAllNight, an annual 24-hour arts & music event held in Trenton, NJ, that was held June 21-22, organized by Artworks Trenton. John’s photos. Brian’s photos.
- John’s other projects: BeerCritic and NJ Dining Review.
- Radiohead’s “House of Cards” video, which uses 3-D plotting technology rather than lights and cameras. There is also a Google Code version that allows you to shape the video’s data yourself.
- John is excited about the iPhone 3G
- Starbucks store closings.
- FreeLDAP.org.
- Here are some things Brian mentioned:
- He appeared on a live webcast called “Sunday Jams” on July 13, playing accordion and organ for his friend, singer-songwriter Christian Beach. Check out the video here or at the bottom of this post.
- Brian went to this year’s XPoNential (XPN) Music Festival in Camden, NJ, July 10-13, and saw a number of great acts, including Joan Osborne, Nicole Atkins, Chuck Prophet, Blind Boys of Alabama, and a whole lot more. Check out Brian’s photos from the event.
- Improv Everywhere strikes again with a “Human Mirror” in a NYC subway car.
- The Vacationeers present “The Googling,” a series of funny Google-based shorts.
- Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates fame presents the live music webcast, “Live from Daryl’s House.”
- There are works of art by Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and others on the moon right now, thanks to artist Forrest “Frosty” Myers and a clever NASA engineer’s plan to send art into space with the 1969 Apollo 12 mission.
- Check out the Technology and the Arts Events page.
Christian Beach – Live on Sunday Jams, 7/13/08
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Above is a Ustream.tv archive of a live “Sunday Jams” performance by Christian Beach on July 13, 2008. The backing band, which comes on for the fourth song, features Gorgo (mandolin, bass, backing vocals), John Pfeiffer (guitars, dobro), Michael Scotto (drums, percussion, backing vocals) and yours truly (organ, accordion, tambourine).
Set List:
1. Shadows (Christian Beach solo)
2. Cemetery Friends (Christian Beach solo)
3. Don’t Want to Be a Lonely Man (Christian Beach w/ Gorgo)
4. The Finest Day (Christian w/ full band)
5. Great Ideas (Christian w/ full band)
6. Poet of the Great Plains (Christian w/ full band)
7. Song for Matthew (Christian w/ full band)
8. Open Spaces (Christian w/ full band)
(T+A #26) Technology and the Arts: 1/9/2008
(T+A #26) Technology and the Arts: 1/9/2008
In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, we will hear more from Barbara Mink, founding director of the Light in Winter Festival in Ithaca, N.Y. Plus, we will discuss live streaming Flash video on ustream.tv and operator11.com, the David Byrne interview with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, an interactive fashion exhibit at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the latest buzz on eMusic and Apple, and more. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney. File size: 18 MB. Time: 37 min., 42 sec.
Show Notes for Technology and the Arts Podcast #26
In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, we will again hear from Barbara Mink, founding director of the Light in Winter Festival taking place January 18-20 in Ithaca, N.Y. Plus, we will discuss live streaming Flash video on ustream.tv and operator11.com, the David Byrne interview with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, an interactive fashion exhibit at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the latest buzz on eMusic and Apple, and more. Hosts: Brian Kelley and John LeMasney. File size: 18 MB. Time: 37 min., 42 sec.
Featured Story:
- Light in Winter Festival – Barbara Mink, director and founder of the Light in Winter Festival in Ithaca, N.Y., returns to talk about this annual event celebrating the synergies of science and the arts. This year’s event takes place January 18-20, 2008. (Pictured above: James Kakalios, University of Minnesota professor of physics and author of “The Physics of Superheroes,” will be taking part in a program titled “Imagined Identities” at the Light in Winter festival.)
Related Links:
- crumb.tumblr.com – John LeMasney’s tumble log.
- bktandem.tumblr.com – Brian Kelley’s tumble log.
- John talks about a big e-mail project at Rider University in which all users are moving over to Yahoo-owned Zimbra.
- John also spent some time over the holiday break with friends at Triumph Brewing Company in Princeton, N.J. While there, he found some new beers to enjoy.
- John also congratulated the Princeton Public Library’s Janie Hermann for a recent article featuring her in the US 1 newspaper. John will again be taking part in PPL’s Tuesday Tech Talk series in 2008.
- Brian will be returning to the stage when he plays organ and — believe it or not — accordion for his friend Christian Beach.
The show takes place at The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ, on Feb. 2, 2008. UPDATE: Oops! Just found out from Christian that the show is actually taking place at Paul’s Tavern in Lake Como (formerly South Belmar), NJ. - Brian also will be seeing synthesizer legend Howard Jones perform acoustically at the Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre in Blackwood, NJ, on Jan. 18.
- John is excited about the new “embed” feature available for Google Presentations.
- Stream live Flash video across the Web with ustream.tv or operator11.com.
- Check out the photographic political commentary of Allison Jackson at www.mbfala.com.
- John is excited about the prospects of a Netflix set-top box.
- Brian and John both discuss a recent wired.com interview of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke conducted by David Byrne of Talking Heads fame (check out the accompanying photo)…and, on a related note, “Weird Al” Yankovic asks why he hardly sees any money from digital download sales of his music. Also, sales of CDs tanked during the 2007 holiday season.
- Brian discusses an interactive, participatory fashion exhibit he came across on a recent trip to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Check out blog.mode: addressing fashion.
- eMusic is in the news. The No. 2 online music retailer after iTunes may have some indie labels threatening to leave the service. However, eMusic has also struck a deal with AT&T to allow wireless customers to download songs directly to their handheld devices…AND download free copies of the same songs to their PCs.
- With Macworld days away, Apple is in the news. First, the company reportedly will begin renting DVDs from Fox through the iTunes Store. Also, there is a rumor going around that Apple will be launching its own music label…with Jay-Z at the helm! (But take that rumor with a grain of salt.)
- Check out the Technology and the Arts Events page.
Show Notes for Technology and the Arts Podcast #24
In this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast, we will discuss some interesting news, web sites and online resources we have come across recently, including FoodTube.net, art inspired by spam subject lines (see example at right), recreations of iconic photographs featuring senior citizens, and six things to be thankful for in technology. Plus, we’ll take a look at Pandora’s new classical music service and Google’s upcoming online storage utility. Hosts: Brian Kelley, John LeMasney. File size: 13 MB. Time: 28 min., 15 sec.
Featured Story:
- Linzie Hunter’s Spam-Inspired Illustrations – Linzie Hunter is a UK-based freelance artist who has a series of illustrations based on spam subject lines, similar to the “No Girls Laugh at Me Now” illustration above. Check out her work.
Related Links:
- crumb.tumblr.com – John LeMasney’s tumble log.
- bktandem.tumblr.com – Brian Kelley’s tumble log.
- John discusses the new Rider University home page…coming soon.
- PodCamp NYC 2.0 is coming soon…to Brooklyn!
- A cover of David Bowie’s “Five Years” recorded by Christian Beach and featuring Brian Kelley on organ will be included on “Hero-The Main Man Records Tribute to David Bowie,” scheduled for release this Christmas.
- Brian recently saw They Might Be Giants play in Philly. While TMBG was awesome, Brian suggests you check out the opening act that night, Oppenheimer, a Belfast, Ireland-based synth-pop duo who really know how to write somewhat-quirky, fun pop songs.
- Also, Brian continues to work on new songs that he is publishing on his MySpace Music site.
- John talks about objects made of other objects, such as this spider made from scissors.
- Another thing that caught John’s eye recently was iconic photographs recreated using senior citizens.
- Google is reportedly close to launching its long-awaited online storage service.
- The One Laptop Per Child Foundation has unveiled a “Get One, Give One” promotion. Buy two laptops for a total of $425 (including shipping)…you get one and the other gets donated to a deserving child.
- One subway train in New York City apparently forbids cast members from Full House.
- Dezeen.com shows off redesigned compact fluorescent light bulbs.
- John discusses a New York Times slideshow depicting the working conditions at a foundry in India where New York City manhole covers are made.
- Pandora has added classical music to the Music Genome Project.
- A University of Utah professor calculates he rings up $12.45 million in copyright liability each day — without participating in peer-to-peer file sharing — and says overly broad copyright laws have made the United States a “nation of infringers.”
- Ars Technica presents six things to be thankful for in technology, 2007.
- Grant Achatz, acclaimed chef-owner of Allinea, has made a deal in which the Internet will be used in interesting ways to publish a cookbook.
- Want to learn how to cook a certain recipe by watching somebody do it? Try FoodTube.net, which aggregates cooking videos from sites like YouTube and Google Video by recipe to give you visual step-by-step instructions for preparing a dish. Some videos are homemade, while others are cooking shows uploaded to YouTube or other video sites.
- Check out the Technology and the Arts Events page.
(T+A #19) Technology and the Arts: 9/19/2007
(T+A #19) Technology and the Arts: 9/19/2007
Photographer Veronica Yankowski, who runs her own photography business — Chiarascuro Photography — and is one of the artists taking part in a current exhibit titled “20 Artists Remember 9/11 Six Years Later,” is the featured guest on this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast. Other topics of discussion include an update on the use of WordPress MU at Rider University, the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s newest addition, the upcoming Photoshop Express online photo editing service, and recap of PodCamp Philly 2007. Hosts: Brian Kelley, John LeMasney. File size: 14.4 MB. Time: 31 min., 20 sec.
Show Notes for Technology and the Arts Podcast #19
Photographer Veronica Yankowski, who runs her own photography business — Chiarascuro Photography — and is one of the artists taking part in a current exhibit titled “20 Artists Remember 9/11 Six Years Later,” is the featured guest on this installment of the Technology and the Arts podcast. Other topics of discussion include an update on the use of WordPress MU at Rider University, videos of TED Talks, the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s newest addition, the upcoming Photoshop Express online photo editing service, and recap of PodCamp Philly 2007. Hosts: Brian Kelley, John LeMasney. File size: 14.4 MB. Time: 31 min., 20 sec.
Featured Links
- VeronicaVision.com – The Web site for guest Veronica Yankowski’s Chiarascuro Photography. Learn more about Veronica and her work.
- Western Monmouth (Campus) Fine Arts Gallery – Learn more about the “20 Artists Remember 9/11 Six Years Later” exhibit, which features two photographs by Veronica Yankowski and runs through Sept. 27.
Other links related to this episode:
- crumb.tumblr.com – John LeMasney’s tumble log.
- bktandem.tumblr.com – Brian Kelley’s tumble log.
- John and Brian recorded the conversation for this podcast at the Crystal Diner in Lawrenceville, N.J.
- John talks about his presentation on Open Source Software at the Sept. 21 meeting of the Brookdale Computer Users Group.
- Brian talks about seeing Midlake perform in Philly on Sept. 7…and he was very impressed with one of the opening acts, Dawn Landes. Check out the video for her bluegrass version of Peter, Bjorn & John’s “Young Folks.”
- John provides an update on his use of WordPress MU (multi-user) at Rider University…and talks about Firefox Campus Edition.
- Videos of TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talks have made quite an impression on John.
- Brian discusses the opening of the Perelman Building, the first major addition to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 80 years.
- Adobe is readying a free, online version of Photoshop called Photoshop Express.
- A couple of movie notes of interest to Brian…Warner Bros. and Tobey Maguire (“Spider-Man”) have secured the film rights to the anime classic “Robotech”…and the trailer for “Iron Man” is available online (and freakin’ awesome!).
- Pixar has an online library of the scientific and mathematical work that goes into creating Pixar’s incredible animated films and shorts. (Thanks to my friend, Jason Pester, for the tip! – BK)
- Brian recaps his day at PodCamp Philly 2007. There are a ton of photos of the event on Flickr.
UPDATE: I just want to thank the FedEx Kinko’s in Cherry Hill, N.J., for bailing me out and helping me get the podcast online while it was still Sept. 19. As I mentioned in the podcast, I went to the Genesis concert in Philly Wednesday night. I had planned to get the podcast online during the morning, but didn’t get a chance. So, on my way to the concert, I stopped off at a Panera Bread location and tried to upload the file using the free wi-fi connection. However, 50 minutes later, the MP3 file still wasn’t getting to archive.org’s server so I had to give up and get down to Philly for the show.
On the way back from what was a pretty darn good Genesis performance, I found a 24-hour FedEx Kinko’s in Cherry Hill. I stopped in, plugged my MacBook into the pay-for-Internet system (LapNet or LapPort…something like that) and was able to finally upload the file before the stroke of midnight. The 38 minutes and $3.80 I spent in FedEx Kinko’s were well worth it.
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