Whither Succa?

In the process of trying to fix some of the linkrot that has infested most of my older blog entries, I discovered that fellow Torontonian Nick Taylor (whose Succaland.com domain was snatched from him in 2002) has a new weblog. Unfortunately, Triplespeak hasn’t been updated since last August.

Maybe he got SARS?

iPod Quilts: Compilation Champs SXSW 2004

Hey everyone, let’s start a meme! Take a collection of songs from iTunes (a playlist, your last 9 or 16 or 25 songs) and turn the album cover art into a sort of quilt. Here’s my compilation from this year’s South By Southwest Interactive (sorry to anyone using anything less than 1024×768 resolution):

Dirty Love (Motorhead) Here Among The Cats (Max Webster) The Frogs (Wesley Willis) Black and White (The dB's)
When You Wake You're Still In A Dream (My Bloody Valentine) River of Orchids (XTC) The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (The Smiths) Suspect Fled The Scene (Pedro The Lion)
Nova Heart (The Spoons) Vika (The Pets) I'm Sorry That I Got Fat (Wesley Willis) The Best Of The Best (Half Japanese)
The Shape Of Things To Come (The Diodes) Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy (Devo) A Midwinter Night's Dream (Rheostatics) Untitled 1 (Sigur Ros)

The quality of some of the art is pretty crappy, but this has some potential. Hey, by the way does anyone know where iTunes actually stores the album art you import?

Decemberists

my ticket stub

Great show, but they didn’t play my favourite song. Whaddya want for 7 bucks, eh?

SXSW 2004: Geek Hoedown

This has been a long time coming, and I’ve decided to just make a list of things I noticed or experienced this year. Vignettes. Snapshots. Whatever.

As always, a fabulous time was had. By me, especially. Thanks everyone!

Back

I got home last night about 6:00pm. I’m exhausted and inspired at the same time. Catching up on a million work things today. Watch for some kind of report or summary here and maybe a few photos. Soon. But not right now…

In the meantime, Kristin has put up her photos. Who IS that handsome lad in the cowboy shirt?