Re.entry

I'm very excited to announce the release of the last known Dub Nine track, Re.entry. The Dub Nine was a musical group spawned in Edinboro, PA that worked the local circuit and left their mark on a town that never saw them coming or going. Members of the Dub Nine moved to Pittsburgh in 2003 the work and produce music. Through connections with AAM studios and other musicians both local and national, the Dub Nine produced thier 2nd release, D9.2. This album omitted one track from it's final state, Re.entry. Re.entry is a song that has been recorded and reworked over the last four years and is now available to the public. Please take a moment to listen to the track below and check out the link to the right for more about the band.

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The Cadillac of AM Transmitters

For the past few days I've been working with a friend and colleague, Adam Jensen, on getting an operable AM signal out of a Hamilton RangeMaster 1000. This short range radio transmitter is a few days of troubleshooting away from broadcasting La Roche College's first ever "present" radio signal. I say "present" because that is the issue we are currently trying to figure out. If you want to be technical, it has already broadcast a "radio" signal, just not a good one. I came into this project late in it's chain of events but the experience has been interesting and I'm definitely intrigued to find the solution to it's final broadcasting state.

Adam Jensen, for those of you who don't know, has worked rather relentlessly for the past few months on establishing a solid foundation for the Electric Bean radio station, click here, at La Roche College. The RangeMaster 1000 project will hopefully be the icing on the cake for his run as General Manager at the station before he graduates in May.

Enough about that though. This transmitter is supposed to be the "Cadillac" of all AM transmitters. I have to admit, it looks pretty freaking sweet if you're into this kind of thing, but I believe that when they say "Cadillac" it's in reference to the quality of the device. Honestly, it's just a metal box with a 102" antennae sticking out of it, but in this case it's what's inside that counts.

Check out the Hamilton RangeMaster AM1000 here, and get your broadcast on.

From here on in I'll be posting music playlists on a weekly basis. I'm using the Rhapsody Music service to pull the tracks together. Let me know if it works out or if I should try other methods.

Enjoy the music if you do check it out. This week features a song from Charlie Hunter's recent release, 'Copperopolis'; and a selection from the 'Life Aquatic' soundtrack called 'Let Me Show You My Boat'. It's good for your mid-day.

Heroes in a Half Shell

I saw an ad for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie the other day. I was actually surprised that I hadn't heard about it sooner as it is coming to theaters this month. This could mean any number of things, the most likely of which being that it isn't going to be very good. The script is probably terrible, but the animation looks phenomenal.

The TMNT were always cheesy in the script department. I would anticipate the same level of dorky writing to occur in this movie. It really doesn't seem right though because the images look so bad ass. The TMNT are, in fact, a testament that the inner dork in all of us can fight evil and kick ass when duty calls.

I do believe that there have been some real advancements in the animation field and that this movie is proof. It looks like a cross between Japanese style motion and present day computer generation. If you think back to earlier computer generated animation, which I think was pioneered with Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the effect wasn't really all that stunning. To this day I still prefer the hand drawn animation of yesterday over the computer aided graphics that every one is using in modern times.

I don't anticipate ever seeing this film. The Simpson's movie has me more intrigued but I probably won't see that one either. I am a fan of the TMNT however, and have in turn compiled this list of links to check out.

Official Site
Comprehensive Wikipedia Article
Film Index
Video Game Index
The Angry Nintendo Nerd