By matthew on 2010/02/03
I finally got around to creating a new mixtape – one that I have actually planned off and on for over a year now. I didn’t exactly put much thought into it, at least not compared to some previous efforts. But it’s still a good representation of disco, italo disco, new wave, industrial, freestyle and sophistidisco. You may as well just listen to it inside the blog post window:
Posted in Mixtape Tagged Disco, freestyle, industrial, italo disco, mixtape, mp3, new wave, playlist
By matthew on 2010/01/31
Oooh, oooh, somebody waits for me…
Posted in Music Tagged 1979, david sylvian, japan, mp3, new wave
By matthew on 2010/01/07
You’re nervous, you don’t know exactly where to go, you feel lost in the maze of cafeteria queues, and you don’t actually end up doing much work. And this first day was no exception.
I ran into someone I’ve seen before (only on the internet of all things; I must have better visual memory than I thought), and also ran into someone I already knew (the husband of a former coworker of mine in New York). The fact that the office is so far away from home is a nuisance, but they have a large cafeteria and I doubt I’ll have much time to get away on lunch breaks, at least for the first few months.
Maybe it’s because of the economic uncertainty, and the uncertainty in my recent past, but I am very cautious and the slight sick feeling in my stomach hasn’t quite subsided. We shall see.
Posted in Matters Tagged AMD, Austin, employment, job, offices
By matthew on 2010/01/02
For the first Saturday of a new year (and new decade, as well), I give you a song from 3 decades prior, in 1979. Yet it is just as relevant and just as lovely as ever.
Posted in Auld Wave Syne, Music Tagged 1979, 2010, cowboys international, Music, new wave, new year, obscuro
By matthew on 2009/12/29
January: I was still in Seattle, but at that point I was beginning to see that I had to leave soon or else face irrecoverable mental strain. Nevertheless, it was a creative time for me personally – it really wasn’t so bad being unemployed in a city that you can easily walk.
Downtown Seattle from Beacon Avenue. This is what you might call the “long way home”.
This was a self-portrait I took with my tripod above Interstate 5 between Pike and Pine Street, at the dog run. I had been crying, and for some reason I thought I should capture that on film.
February: My favorite camera broke after I slipped on the ice outside my house, leaving most of the month uncaptured. But once I sold my computer and bought a cheaper netbook, I found enough money for a new camera and managed to document my last few weeks of living in Seattle.
I always loved hiking up to this viewpoint – in the Mount Baker neighborhood, high above the tunnels that carried Interstate 90 to downtown. This is facing Mercer Island and points eastward in late afternoon.
I loved the double meaning of this place. I also loved that I was one of the few people who actually walked through my neighborhood on foot. People used to talk about how ghetto Rainier Valley was, but I loved it. I may have not liked living in Seattle, but I adored the city itself, who is defenseless and held captive by its largely annoying citizens.
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Posted in Photo Tagged 2009, photography, photos, year in review
"AMD's Austin campus"
