disutility function

i think part of my problem is that i dont know all of the details of the show and im so super picky abt how my work ends up being displayed that im a little hesitant to make any real choice yet.

for one, i dont know things like how many pieces ill be able to display and i think i’d just like to be given a limit. so maybe i should go and limit myself, lets say no more than … four? is that abt right? i guess it also depends on how much room i have to use … and since i like to use large prints, maybe four is too many –
see what im saying? its hard.

and i dont even know where the show is located so i cant use the mood of the space to help me choose things that work in it, or specifically dont work and maybe choose them for that same reason
Updated: i just heard from Allison that the show will be at the Bankle Building, which is on Woodward north of the Fox and State theaters, etc etc … nice, i haven’t been there before.

the theme for the show is The Human Condition and in Allison’s style she’s chosen a theme that really doesnt help in any way to limit the art, because, and come on, we all know that a theme like that can be bent to fit anything … its all based on what title you choose for each piece, etc etc … maybe i’ll just use that as the title for each and every piece i choose. how would that work as a technique to piss off the audience… not a bad idea. we’ll see…

and then i have the internal debate of which style of photos to use … should i use the old warm photos that i love or go all out and use some super minimal photos, even though im not comfortable/confident enough with them yet??

i guess in the end, ill just choose a couple of each bc i can never make a good decision, although i know full well that doing so will probably make it so that its impossible to feel a specific mood from them all as a whole, and being the control freak i am, im not sure i like that either…. i totally rule.

i think the hardest part for me when it comes to my photography is that i really would like it to be appreciated, but im not yet able to take the huge chances with it that i would like to, or would be able to do if i was more comfortable with it like i am with, say, my audio crap. and all of that is pretty funny to me, bc well, i have had plenty of reasons to feel confident with what i do.

so yeah….. i suspect itll be two old ones thatll be my mood setters and then a couple minimal ones to show that i can also be an asshole - and you art jerks better not fuck with me, so there.

(this post is seriously not an invitation for my mother to pat me on the head and tell me im the cutest boy in my grade, so please mom, i love you but don’t do it)

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and now for tonight’s appropriate stolen quote:

and maybe i don’t have a choice
and maybe thats all i have
and maybe this is a cry for help.

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It’s an Audioblog, yo!

in order to properly document their complete and utter fall from grace, Igor and MaybeRain have decided to create an audioblog on MySpace.

check it out here:
audio fuck-off

this is going to be a place for them to toss up any and all of their audio-thoughts-in-progress to give a glimpse into the horrible and pretentious world in which they live.

but really, it should be loads of fun

and any of you WLT audio maker people out there can contribute, too.
keeping in touch with their roots, the boys want to let everyone know that if you have something youd like to add to this audioblog you are more than welcome. just drop them a line and they will let you in on how to go abt adding yr two cents to the mix.

so subscribe to their blog to keep up to date with all the tasty treats and drunken nights that rule this wlt lifestyle

believe it or not, i’m really excited abt this one, its an idea we have been toying with for a while and i think itll make me work faster and honestly much more haphazardly like the good old days …

so go check it out, subscribe to the blog and buckle yrself in for some good times in yr ear-bones

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Songbird, in their own words:

Songbird is developed by Pioneers of the Inevitable LLC, a small, chirpy team of digital media innovators.

Songbird plays the web … Songbird has all the features you expect in a desktop media player. And Songbird constantly improves. Like Firefox, Songbird’s features may be improved with user installed and contributed cross-platform extensions.

Songbird is a Web player built from Firefox’s browser engine. Songbird is open source, will run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux …

in regards to their first release, the birds have this to say:

This release is not intended to replace your current desktop media player… yet.

This release represents our first steps upon the path to a truly next generation media player. It is meant to give users a firm idea of the direction we are heading, but we would be the first to admit we are far from there with our 0.1 build. And we wouldn’t want to claim to be.
[…]
But take a deep breath, remind yourself it’s just a 0.1, and take a long hard look in the direction we’re pointing. We assure you, this is just the beginning.

i’ve been following the pre-release development chatter on their blog for some time now and basically my impression of this project is that these folks are trying to do to iTunes what Firefox did to Internet Explorer and Thunderbird did to Outlook … namely, blow wide open how behind the times and worthless they really are by giving us, the people, a functional, adaptable tool while also being, no way!, actually friendly abt it so you dont feel like a criminal when you use their software.

there was a spot on the site that said all of this, quite elegantly and aggressively, but they’ve moved everything around a bit as of the release so i can’t find it anymore … although, here’s a nice article abt the whole issue from a few months ago

but anyone who knows anything, or at least knows me, certainly knows my love for open-source software - and not just because its free.

by the fact that their website keeps crapping out this morning, i suspect there is much demand for this initial release … and thats always a good thing for revolutionary-minded software developers and their supporters

if you like the idea of bringing down a media giant or just like playing with new software toys, i’d say grab it and play around … the fun is only beginning

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- you long-faced…over-dressed…anarchist!
- i am not over-dressed!

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