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EAN: 0634479788352 Label: JoKrCode.com Manufacturer: JoKrCode.com Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: JoKrCode.com Release Date: 2008-07-01 Studio: JoKrCode.com Editorial Review: Jackson Pollack would likely have appreciated JoKr. Painting on an audio canvas, JoKr likes to weave. Using multiple strands of storyline, subject matter, musical stylings and desire to let randomness/chance enter the creative recording process, the songwriting duo of David Joost and Terrin Krantz have fashioned their latest musical statement. PSYCHOsync, a double CD offering serves as an off-kilter, yet strikingly synchronized alternate soundtrack to Alfred Hitchcock s suspense masterpiece, Psycho. JoKr s work provides audio response to the stark, sometimes disturbing black and white imagery conjured for the movie viewing public in 1960, with a multitude of trippy AHA! moments similar to those forged by the legendary Dark Side of the Moon/Wizard of Oz mash-up. Adding further color to the musical palette, JoKr places yet another story line into the mix, inserting excerpts from William Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet, with all the roles being performed by the Macintosh computer s speech function. The musical Brushstrokes of PSYCHOsync draw from a staggering roster of influences. First and foremost are other sweeping concept albums: Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, The Beatles Sergeant Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Who s Tommy and Quadrophenia. The listener will also notice similarities to classic double LPs of rich variety, such as The Beatle s White Album, Todd Rundgren s Something/Anything, Elton John's Goodbye Yellow BRick Road, and Fleetwood Mac s Tusk. This work also pays homage to and bears the influence of a host of other musical giants. Tom Waits. Bruce Springsteen (Nebraska and solo acoustic tours). Robin(Man of 1000 voices)Zander of Cheap Trick. Bono singing other people s lyrics over U2 music. Cinematic scores. Jeff Beck. Carlos Santana. Lindsey Buckingham. Elton John/Bernie Taupin. Roy Bittan. Laurie Anderson. Madonna. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Warren Zevon. The tambourine playing of Ray Charles Raelettes. Led Zeppelin. Jesus Christ. Superstar. Bob Dylan. The Who Sell Out. Broadway composers like Stephen Schwartz, Alan Menken, Rodgers/Hammerstein, whose clever internal rhymes move the plot. As well as traditional American folk, gospel and country & western. Like the film Psycho which inspires it, close attention to JoKr s PSYCHOsync rewards the listener with surprises around every corner and new discoveries with every play. What would Norman think? Indeed. Disc 1:
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Amazon.com is offering a so-called Black Friday special on Eye-Fi Share:
The 2 GB Wi-Fi-enabled Secure Digital card normally runs $90; it's $65 while the sale lasts.
Given that Eye-Fi introduced a limited-time-only 4 GB "Anniversary" model that replaced the 2 GB Share version in its current line-up, and that the Anniversary model was $130 list but $100 for Costco members, it's pretty clear that the 2 GB won't re-appear, the 4 GB model will drop in price, and Amazon's acting as a clearance center.
The Eye-Fi Share lets you upload pictures over a local network to a designated computer, or upload via a Wi-Fi network for which the Eye-Fi is configured to connect over the Internet to Eye-Fi's servers, and from there to a specified photo-sharing, social-network, or photo-printing service.
I'm a fan of the Eye-Fi, although I favor the currently $130 Explore model (see my review), which comes with geotagging (via Skyhook Wireless) and adds a year of included uploading via Wayport locations (now part of AT&T).
With energy conservation and easy eco-friendliness on just about everybody's agenda these days, one of the most popular concepts is the “Smart Home,” a living environment that knows just how much power you actually need to be comfortable and gives you not a drop more. Nokia's hopping on that wagon with its new Nokia Home Control Center, a Linux-based platform that will control your house's resources via your mobile phone.
According to Nokia, the NHCC will allow third-party developers to create services that are added onto the accessibility platform. That way, you'll rarely come across an incident where some new smart home tech you bought doesn't actually work with your main controller. NHCC works with Z-Wave, ZigBee and KNX, three of the most common command languages for home networks. It will be launched some time in 2009. [Nokia via Treehugger]
