October 10, 2008 – 3:06 pm
In honor of all the makers, crafters, circuit benders, freestyle clothing editors, and science fair enthusiasts that will be convening on our fair city for Maker Faire, I thought it would be appropriate to mention a hidden gem for all electronic enthusiasts. now most of us flock to the internet or Radioshack or even Fry’s for most of our component needs. but there is not much of an alternative if just want to go down to a shop and ask some questions. I have known about MC Howards for years but i hadn’t been back since my circuit bending days in high school. i went back and was glad to know this hole in the wall mom and pop circuit shop is still there. the only people i know who know of this place are people who basically grew up here because it is a tiny shop in a commercial wholesale supply district. surrounded by tile warehouses, pvc suppliers and basic computer repair shops, is this place with halls of resistors, ICs, diodes, transformers, and all manner of basic electronic components. also love the style of pricing; in that most stuff is priced but the general tendency is to just eyeball whatever small pile of stuff you want and they put it in a little static free ziplock and give you an even dollar amount that rarely breaks the double digits. the guy working the register even had handouts for a small project on how to build a device that separates hydrogen from water in a manner fitting to apply to ones motor vehicle to reduce fuel consupmtion. So for those looking for weird discontinued ICs or a single component you dont want to have to order multiples of just to make the shipping worth it; this place is highly recommended.
more pics here:
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September 7, 2008 – 2:40 pm
Really digging Andy Campbell’s review of Bruce LaBruce’s new film Otto; or, Up with Dead People from The Austin Chronicle’s fabulous Gay Place Blog. The film was recently shown as part of the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival.
Excerpt:
Unlike any other Zombie flick, LaBruce exploits the revolutionary potential of the un-dead: Zombies are nature’s way of getting back at a world driven to destruction by late capitalism, and homosexuality becomes part and parcel of this outlaw status. Honestly, in LaBruce’s hands, it makes a strange sort of sense that zombies would be gay. It’s a final and horrific middle finger to the living status quo.
September 7, 2008 – 2:06 pm
Harvest, a group exhibition featuring new work by Austin-based artists Ryan Lauderdale, Dylan Reece, Corkey Sinks, and Anthony Romero, opened last night at MASS Gallery. The show highlighted the group’s overlapping interests in the aesthetics of the supernatural, found objects, and re-appropriated/re-contextualized visions of pop culture and nostalgia.
(More photos and textual goodies after the jump)
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Tagged Anthony Romero, art, Corkey Sinks, Dylan Reece, installation, MASS Gallery, opening, review, Ryan Lauderdale, sculpture, Video
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August 10, 2008 – 12:03 am
Expensive Shit / Cry Blood Apache / Indian Jewelry
Emo’s Lounge, Austin, TX
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Is Renee Robin Riddle the new Madonna?
Except total DIY style; Riddle writes all the songs and plays guitar, keyboards, and sings.
Casio driven and 80’s inspired, Renee Robin Riddle’s first full-length solo album “My Modern Life” made my modern day! This fresh self-release inspires you to dance and sing a long. There’s no way you won’t fall in love with Riddle’s voice. Recorded at Business Deal Record’s Bundyhill Studios, the smooth production is period perfect. The album features special guests: Pataphysics, Preston Damien Duke, Perry Gessler, and Tim Bond (oh and he also recorded and produced the album, and plays the tabla!).
Well it just so happens she’s playing tonight before she takes off to Tokyo so you better go!
She will also debut the video for one of the hottest tracks: “Tiger Night Attack”…
Carter Pagel and Renee Robin Riddle
Saturday 8/9/08: 6:30pm-9:30pm (she goes on around 7:30)
Cafe Caffeine: 909 West Mary Street
DIY Album Cover:
The last performance I went to at SVT–|||||—>
By the end of it, nearly half of the audience was laying on the floor in the middle of the “stage”. Jacob Green, when introducing the show, said “please feel free to move around in the space.” And the show was totttalllly waayyy worth it if you ventured around. You could see the instrumentation and instrumentators much closer. I know because I sat there– far away from everything, then I got up, then I walked around, stretched, and even laid down– and it was fantastic to do all that latter. I don’t know if you’re familiar with SVT, the big theater in the back, but it’s a deep dark space with stadium seating. Also an amazing space for happenings.
There were 7 people in the performance, it was dark, and they were spread out around the walls. Sporadic lights through shimmery water were just once of the scarce and transient sources of light. It felt to me like camping in the desert Wadi Rum Jordon– except underwater, and also you are in a more epic version of Bladerunner.
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