RIP Marcia Lucas, whose skill as a film editor and storyteller made a clunky independent film called STAR WARS greater than the sum of its parts. Rightly referred to as "Lucas's secret weapon," Marcia had an uncanny talent to see a film from the perspective of an audience--and won an Oscar for it.

a new HISSandaROAR library just released SD085 SWISH WIND FLUTE www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjKA... #sounddesign #gameaudio hissandaroar.com/v3/soundlibr...

Looks like a good time in the news cycle to tackle three big myths 🧵 ❌ NZ pension costs are an unsustainable burden ❌ Seriously, no, for lots of reasons. 1. Our current Govt spending on pensions is low compared to most other advanced economies. And... [1/n]

Surprised no one has made a canary ratchet module

The only answer to 'whats for breakfast? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEJa...

'What could possibly go wrong, you may ask': Mark Amery takes a deep dive into the restructuring and devolution of Creative New Zealand.

love these native bird murals in Wadestown #wellington #nz by Aidan Walbækken wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...

Incredible

wowzer!! if you use ProTools check this out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tbo... clipmapapp.com/openbeta

scanning photos from my family archive & came across this from mid 1980s.... Marny the cat, on the family farm #nz #cat #floof monochrome version via silverefx

Just released

one for @wejustinnocentmen.bsky.social

Great sound! This method might create some skull cracks if not careful

squelchy plans for the weekend? (fwiw golden syrup = treacle)

So, what did happen to that plan to acquire a sea-going rescue tugboat for Cook Strait? My #cartoon today #NZpol #Infrastructure

Lots of potential! eg projecting horror movie scenes on slow drivers...

#phase8 #fsu

We’re just normal men

custom tines are tiny!! Will try scaling some Daxophone tongues to size from the Daxo font, and get done laser cut.. #korg #phase8

mmmm Electromagnetically prepared piano: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t3c...

Sorry to hear local (Ashburton #nz) legend Peter Lynne has passed away... Apart from being a mechanical genius with a collection of Sterling Engines, he was also famous for his kites - often remember seeing him in parks etc with massive kites of his own unique designs... RIP plk.nz

more ANTIFA propaganda...

Darkroom build progress... First stage is proper setup for UV printing cyanotype and alt printing, lumen prints etc. Next stage is building LED head for the DeVere 507 enlarger... More info at my blog: www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/dark-ro...

Dr. Lee, PhD x Beastie Boys www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEU9...

Rodney Graham Lobbing Potatoes at a Gong, 1969 2006 (Extract)

aka #fieldrecording opportunities.... charging batteries for Cyclone Vaianu

‘I’m not a commercial director – I’m not even a professional film-maker’: Jim Jarmusch on the seven-year journey to make his new film

The self and the cyberself in quiet introspection

This view of the Moon from Artemis II is just... WOW!

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

Mitch Mitchell's drums from Voodoo Child www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjii... (a bit lofi/grainy/smeared via ML split, but still...)

Okay, this is nuts. I'm running TurboSynth on an emulated PPC inside Mac OS 9.2.2 on Tahoe on an M1 Max?! All with UTM/qemu. And, honestly, TurboSynth is ... kind of still great. (Yes, yes, for aesthetics I need to make a separate all B&W instance of UTM, but this works!)

Fuck. Yes. #NZFilm

multitasking!

This is Molly. She was finally found a week after her human fell down a 180-foot waterfall while hiking together in New Zealand. Her human was badly injured and rescued by helicopter, but Molly was missing. A week later, Molly was found at the base of the waterfall and reunited with her human. 14/10

This is more or less the kind of bus I get when I'm writing a poem

Shredding gaffer tape & sellotape for #soundfx - new HISSandaROAR MiniFX Library released: FX033 100K STICKY TAPE recorded 192kHz with Sanken CUX100K mics www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzGW... #sounddesign #gameaudio

Foley artists fever dream?

Suno next

Native NZ Bird version of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives!! I've been recording ruru around my house the last week.. some hits & misses eg one night recorded for 6 hours, got 1 short set of calls... other times a 6 min minimalist symphony! will post some - such an evocative call

Drop (the bass with) something RED 🔴

Its market day

How can I not love this? I've always had a soft spot for half-breed characters with divided loyalties.

Is there a non-nuclear exit strategy?

Inside Project Hail Mary youtube.com/watch?v=CO6o...

fairly serious analysis... theconcernedobserver.substack.com/p/1018-days-...