Sensoric Researcher Nicolas Villar build quite an awesome device. his latest project called HDdj actually turns an old hard drive into a rotary controller for a digital dj application.

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buddy BUSK talking about his work that - if you don't know, although you see it "writen" everywhere - includes graffiti, streetart and typography ... find the interview on lettercult.com and if you dont know them yet, go to my artist section to find the one or other shortfilm featuring BUSK ... the "view video" button is on the upper left side. and there is one more thing you should not miss. the "Busk-Cmod-Gasse" Vienna. Sad government officials removed this great art in public space. maybe my grandma did get confused by the sudden appearance of a new streetname. anyhow: great project! have fun. spread the word!

i'm sorry for you english speaking folks out there, but i dont think that there is an english translation of the books of Daniel Goeudevert. actually i read his second book "mit träumen beginnt die realität" (with dreams reality begins) back in 2000 and i must say - it already changed my view on a lot of things back then. anyhow; why i write this post: he just recently published his 6th book called "DAS SEEROSENPRINZIP - wie die gier uns ruiniert" (the water-lillies principle - how greed ruines us). its about economy, capitalism, ... ; how it works and where it will end. water-lillies take so much nutriens from their environment, that everything around them dies - until they die themselves. a very beautiful metaphoric to what he's talking about in the book. the economic world. before he started writing books daniel goeudevert was a manager and executive in some big automobile companies like Ford, VW, Citroen, ... and he was - already back then at the beginning of the 90ties - a very innovative man concerning the developement of eco-friendly vehicles and so on. that's why he had to leave VW in 1993 because of his conservative thinking collegues in the company and because what he wanted could not be turned over. among writing interesting books and giving interesting lectures, he is vice president of the EFI (Europe Finance et Industrie) and a mentor of the UNESCO. i love this guy. read his books. i dont want to link to amazon; decide by yourself, why you wanna buy this book. go to your local dealer!

Just had to share some pics of this beautiful vintage portable record player, that T gave me as a birthday present. A Geloso Stereofonica produced in Milano in the 60ies. Check this Geloso collectors site for more or this site to read more about the live of company founder and inventor Giovanni Geloso.
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bro nitram tamtin finished his work on the handshakin' and footsteppin INVADER that night. check the video. tomorrow its goin to be presented in yogi's subotron palace at MQ. thx for "white sands"... aufstehn! auflegn!

For all those P-Funk lovers out there: wait no more as there is a new People Under The Stairs Album waiting to be dropped end of September! It's called FUN DMC and what's even better about it: There's a free 60 minute Album teaser mixtape online right now called Funner Than Leather. Get it HERE. Have fun!