Well, the distributors swapped tibetanaction with the next release on the schedule, so the new single has been pushed back to August 5. Now, the upshot of this is that I’ve got a bit more advance promo time. To make it fun, I’m going to hit various services with the promo announcement, starting with Twitter. If you’re a Twitter user, follow logickal (if you don’t already) and message me that you want some pre-release goodness. In a day or so, I’ll announce another social network you can catch me on and snag a URL and a password. So, I’ll see you around the interwebs and we’ll have a blast, ok? Ok!
Updated: Ooops, I forgot to mention - I’m only going to give out 4 copies per social network. Just for fun, the first two people to email me with the subject line “Free Tibet” will get a link. Sound good? Let’s go!
Update July 23: Okay, four links have been sent to Twitterfolk - that actually went quicker than I expected! Which social network gets next?
In celebration of the 73rd birthday of Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, today was observed as World Tibet Day. I could ramble on and on about the need for the world as a whole (and the West in particular) to hold China accountable for their many human rights violations, of which the struggle of the Tibetan people is only a part. I will refrain from ranting, and instead offer this podcast of a live remix I performed today of Chantaction, which will see release on July 22, on the 4-track Tibetanaction single.
“The best sounds have been accidental encounters,” Burtt says. “I suppose part of the curse of having this job is that you’re always listening, and maybe not paying attention to your family at a dinner table or on a trip. ‘Wait, I hear something! Let’s record it!’ “
Mr. Burtt is one of those people I have never met, but is more responsible for my mindset than most that I have. I’m not ashamed to admit it: listen to Star Wars without looking at the screen and imagine what that can do to a little kid: R2-D2, lightsabers, blasters, the whole shebang. His work in WALL-E is incredible… and about time he received actor’s credit for one of his designs. He had more to do with R2-D2’s personality than any of the engineers who made the props or Kenny Baker being inside it for some of the shots.
Incidentally, reading these articles about him make me all the more anxious for some of the developments coming down the pike, which hopefully will allow me to engage in more creative location recording….
Oh, and kudos to the NYT for pointing out all of the issues with the new jugs. I mean, you give people brains and opposable thumbs, what do you expect?
Money Quote: ‘Why’s it in a square jug? Why’s it different? I want the same milk. What happened to my old milk?’
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