Gordasm » Uncategorized http://gordasm.org Weblog and Playground of Gord Fynes Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:40:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Copyright © 2010 Gordasm gordasm@gmail.com gordasm@gmail.com posts http://gordasm.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Gordasm » Uncategorized http://gordasm.org 144 144 Weblog and Playground of Gord Fynes gordasm@gmail.com no no In the NeighboUrhood http://gordasm.org/2009/07/01/in-the-neighbourhood/ http://gordasm.org/2009/07/01/in-the-neighbourhood/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:28:09 +0000 gord http://gordasm.org/?p=600
In the neighboUrhood

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Of the piles of podcasts I subscribe to, it’s these ones that make me the most giddy while updating:

* Harry Shearer’s Le Show

* The Subgenius Hour of Slack

* WNYC’s Radiolab

* Will Franken’s Things We Did Before Reality

* James Lileks’s The Diner

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Nothing like reading an article in the Globe and Mail that features the word “fucking”.

Toronto Sun readers would get their panties in a bunch.

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One of many wonderful lines from the great George Carlin. I’m still debating having actual bumper stickers made.

(hat tip: Sir Monteiro)

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]]> http://gordasm.org/2008/01/18/my-girl/feed/ 2 Best of 2007 http://gordasm.org/2008/01/01/best-of-2007/ http://gordasm.org/2008/01/01/best-of-2007/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:45:19 +0000 gord http://gordasm.org/?p=342 Continue reading →]]> The birth of my beautiful baby girl, Molly; seeing my family, friends and acquaintances becoming parents and the beautiful (and big!) babies they’ve brought into the world; successful vasectomy and the internet travelers that wished me well and IM’d to check on “the stones”, “the sac”, “the junk”, etc.; meeting GTA internet friends in the flesh; buying a Dyson vacuum cleaner; Intelligentsia’s Miller’s Blend coffee made in an AeroPress; running 5K thrice weekly; Sakura noodles; New York Sub chicken burritos (med); Hero Certified soul burgers; Monday Nights at Volo; Friday Nights at Sweaty Betty’s; Harry Shearer’s Le Show, Radio Lab, The Subgenius Hour of Slack, The Onion Radio News and The Sound of Young America podcasts; collaborating with norelpref; Nintendo Wii; getting behind the drums and gigging again; *finally* visiting San Francisco to see the city, meet and hang out with some of my favorite people on teh internets; spending a day with V. Vale; Sonic Youth in Berkeley; going back to school for web design; kicking Effexor; numerous movies, books, recordings, TV shows and websites; Klean Kanteen; Beyond Possession; my ever-loving family. Praise “Bob”.

]]> http://gordasm.org/2008/01/01/best-of-2007/feed/ 0 Happy happy, joy joy! http://gordasm.org/2007/12/25/happy-happy-joy-joy/ http://gordasm.org/2007/12/25/happy-happy-joy-joy/#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:41:19 +0000 gord http://gordasm.org/?p=341 someecards

someecards.com, for when you need just the right thing to say.

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Throughout the film, Anger recalls his works, his travels and relationships, most notably with Dr. Alfred Kinsey, who was his first-ever customer, purchasing a copy of his first film, Fireworks for the Kinsey Institute.

Naturally, a documentary on Kenneth Anger wouldn’t be complete without mention of Aleister Crowley. In addition to speaking about Crowley’s influence, the DVD bonus features include footage of Anger visiting Crowley’s one-time Italian villa, where, nearly 50 years ago, he’d scrubbed off the whitewash paint thrown over several of the magus’s murals by soldiers under Mussolini’s orders.

With this documentary, and the two separate volumes of restored films made earlier this year for the first time on DVD, it’s safe to say that 2007 is the year of digital Anger. Let’s hope restored versions of Hollywood Babylon (I and II) see their day on DVD, too.

]]> http://gordasm.org/2007/12/02/anger-me/feed/ 0 New digs, new features ‘n’ stuff http://gordasm.org/2007/11/17/new-digs-new-features-n-stuff/ http://gordasm.org/2007/11/17/new-digs-new-features-n-stuff/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:08:50 +0000 gord http://gordasm.org/?p=55 Continue reading →]]> I’ve recently switched over Laughing Squid as the host for this site and decided to polish up stuff around here (back-end stuff, mostly) and throw up a new lick o’ paint. The archives page is now being handled by one simple, brilliant, little tag, and I’ve *finally* started using an embedded Flash player and plugin to handle my audio files, just so’s ‘yer not staring at a gray page, should you decide to listen to anything here.

I’ll eventually finish importing all the previous posts, dating back to 2002 and jazz up the photos page, which is non-existent for the time being.

]]> http://gordasm.org/2007/11/17/new-digs-new-features-n-stuff/feed/ 0 Itchy Fingers http://gordasm.org/2007/09/25/itchy-fingers/ http://gordasm.org/2007/09/25/itchy-fingers/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:16:32 +0000 gord http://gordasm.org/?p=8 Continue reading →]]> shoes on a wire

Having spent a great deal of time using Toshio Iwai‘s Electroplankton, I am very, very much wanting his latest project, created with Yamaha: Tenori-on.

Sir Ranjit Bhatnagar has also kindly hipped me onto Monome, based out of Philadelphia, who are handcrafting a similar device for sale soon (check out their vids).

O Christmas time, how I wish you would come early this year.

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