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Since a couple of people seem to have liked the Analogy Library idea I thought I'd try and build a prototype. So I reached for tumblr, the papers and glue of the internet, and made analogylibrary.tumblr.com. All it does is aggregate things that are tagged analogylibrary on delicious or flickr. So if you see half an analogy somewhere please tag away. That seems like enough really. I guess you could add more sophisticated things at some point, but let's see if anyone uses it first.
On Friday, at Playful, the Electroplankton Quartet is playing its second, historic gig. We're providing the music over lunch, rather like a Palm Court Orchestra.
We've thought long and hard about our performative strategy for this occasion and, inspired by musical heroes The Bays, have decided not to bother with any practising.
Instead, we thought we'd morph into the Electroplankton Orchestra and invite Playful attendees to come and jam with us. (Think Mahavishnu Orchestra - minus the musicianship and the hair. And the instruments.) We'll provide a bed of ambient noodling over which you can come and take a solo. With your own, slightly different, ambient noodling.
To join in you need a handheld gaming device with some sort of music application (that includes iPods / iPhones and Tenori-On, if you've got one). And we're hoping to snag Roo and his axe too.
If you fancy it please email us and let us know via [email protected]. So we can make sure we've got enough leads.
And please note; you can't get in for free by saying "I'm with the band", to join in you need a handheld gaming device AND a ticket to the thing. Which looks like it's going to be great.
(picture courtesy of Steve)
A great recipe for a presentation: "an ending which is surprisingly sudden".
On Saturday 25th of October one of the most entirely good things I've heard of is going to happen. DS:London is organising a world record attempt - they want to get 500+ people in one room, all playing DS at the same time. It's part of the London Games Festival Fringe, with donations going to Children In Need. Me and Arthur are both already overexcited.
