I'm back from the LA bent fest and finished up with the NY one and I'm worn out! It was a whole lot of fun and I wish I was off to Minneapolis for more, but I'm happy to be back in the studio. I raffled off some Speak&Spells, met LOTS and lots of people, played with some awesome hand built instruments and made some music.<br> Big ups to DJ Tendraw, eraSure, Mimo, phil, Aaron, Dr.Rek, Austin, Alex, Joker, ....um ....who else? You know who you are.<p>
Here's an awesome picture from the NY fest taken by Christopher McDonald using his amazing LED printer. You really have to see it to believe/understand it. Check out Chris' fantastic work <a href="http://vanitaphonecompany.com/">here</a><br>
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There are a whole bunch of photo sets available from NY and LA and I'm sure there will be a bunch from Minneapolis. Click on the images below to link to the appropriate sets.<br>
<h2>Los Angeles</h2><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/82098553@N00/sets/72157604678853456/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/2421745277_5818a25ce7_s.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a><br>Here's a set from Univac. <p>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/beckidyb/sets/72157604625367223/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/2425848576_0c62751e96_s.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a><br>Here are some beautiful pictures of the CRAZY LA venue.<p>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26074679@N07/sets/72157604765203910/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2447134041_1176127a68_s.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a><br> LA photo set by Cooper Baker.<p>
<h2> New York</h2>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewbesinger/sets/72157604773738007/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2167/2447759649_85f5d1044e_s.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a><br>Pictures by Mattew Besinger.<p>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26119995@N05/sets/72157604803695237/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2111/2452348879_729073fbbb_s.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" title="" /></a><br>NY set from Alex of <a href="http://www.getlofi.com/">Getlofi.com</a>
<p>There are lots of videos available as well. Here are two sideways videos from my performance in LA.<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KAAhnyRBEw4&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KAAhnyRBEw4&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OcGOIbyePl8&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OcGOIbyePl8&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><p> on a side note, today was a day of awesome news. I was asked to speak on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC FM next month. I spoke with Mark Hosler of Negativland today who told me that they have a new album coming out this summer(!!!) with my circuit bent sounds all over it. so look for that! Also I was asked to speak at Hasbro toys in June for "inspiration day" (how crazy is that?) whoop 