Friday, 28 July 2017

Modular in the CarPark - inagurial event - Wollongong

Sunday, 16th July, 2017. 
Many thanks to Claude Spinelli & Andrew G for helping put this event together.

The location was Prosound and Lighting, Wollongong.
Address: 16 Flinders St, Wollongong NSW 2500


Anyone with a synth, drum machine, etc was welcome to come,watch and perform. The synth didn't have to be modular.

 Keyboards were welcome too. 

The event was free, with sausage sizzles and barista coffee.
A good place to network with electronic musicians in the Sydney/Illawarra area.
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Lots of great tunes too.

If you would like to perform at the next gig please leave a message here or contact Claude at Pro Sound and Lighting. (02) 4226 1177









Open Frame 40 - Carriage works gig

http://carriageworks.com.au/events/open-frame-room-40/

I attended this gig a month ago. Loved it.
There were 3 artists:
ALESSANDRO CORTINI 
KLARA LEWIS
SARAH DAVACHI

Klara Lewis is Swedish.

She released her debut album Ett in 2014
In that same year she also released an EP, Msuic.


Sara Davachi is Canadian.

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I think her instrument was a ARP odyssey.
It was difficult to tell from a distance.
 
Alessandro Cortini needs no introduction.

A member of NIN and a founding member of LA-based electronic band Modwheelmood.
He also recorded as Blindoldfreak (esp. when using his Buchla 200e)
Alessandro is also the front-man for the band SONOIO and a member of the band The Mayfield Four.

The Avanti performance was beautiful and heartfelt especially with the backdrop of those old super 8 family videos shot by his grandfather of a young Cortini playing with a wheelbarrow.
I wish I could have recorded it all ... there were visits to the seaside, pictures of Venice,
a wedding. Very emotional and personal.

I received lots and lots of questions regarding what instruments Alessandro used.
I'm not really sure as I never got close to the stage. But the general consensus seems to be
that the sounds were of a EMS synthi, performed with a 4 track tape recorder.

"'AVANTI’ was written and recorded with an EMS Synthi AKS, but live I perform it with a TASCAM 4 track cassette player. It allows me to add another layer of expression to it, much different from the original creative one, while providing a certain degree of stability that the vintage machine wouldn’t be able to provide….with plenty of room for random and happy mistakes if needed."
(CyclicDefrost)

Shwenandaw Monastery - Mandaly, Burma

Shwenandaw Monastery is located near Mandalay Hill, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (formerly Burma).

Its also known as the Golden palace monastery.
  built in 1878 by King Thibaw Min.

The building was originally part of the royal palace at Amarapura, before it was moved to Mandalay

 The building was heavily gilt with gold and adorned with glass mosaic work.


This is a section of the ceiling.

This was once covered with gold leaf.

Shwe Nan Daw Kyaung is famous because it is the only palace building which is left from the destruction of WWII. The Royal palace was burnt down in 1945.


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Sunday, 16 July 2017

Spanish drawings - 1997-98

 Granada.
These are some pics from my old travel journal.


Avila


Santiago de Compostella



Cordoba


Dali drawing





Segovia

Thursday, 13 July 2017

vorkoisgan saga reading order

 The Vorkoisgan saga by Lois McMaster Bujold

I recommend reading the books in this chronological order.
If you try to read the books in their order of publication, it can get confusing.
These novels make up the Vorkosigan Saga.  The first was published in 1986 (Shards of Honour) and the most recent in May 2018. So far, there are 16 books and 6 short works in the series.

0.5 Dreamweaver's Dilemma
published Feb 1995


1. Falling Free (April 1988)
 Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date : April 1988
Media type    Paperback
Pages    307


 It was first published as four installments in Analog from December 1987 to February 1988, and won the Nebula Award for Best Novel for 1988.

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This is the hardcover version.

The hardcover book club edition was the first hardcover edition published.

Publisher: Baen Books. 1988
2. Shards of Honor (1986)
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 Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date  (June) 1986
Paperback (Mass Market)
Pages    320
ISBN    978-0-671-72087-2
ISBN 0-671-65574-4
 Cover Art : Alan Gutierrez


 Bujold wrote Shards of Honor, its sequel The Warrior's Apprentice and Ethan of Athos in 1986.

Shards of Honor is paired with Bujold's 1991 Barrayar in the omnibus Cordelia's Honor (1996)






3. Barrayar (1991)
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Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date (Sept 16) 1991
Softcover (Massmarket paperback)
Pages    386
Awards    Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1992)
               Hugo award 1992
ISBN    978-0-671-72083-4


First published as four installments in Analog Magazine
Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct 1991.
Published in hardcover book form by Baen Books in October 1991
4. The Warrior’s Apprentice (1986)

 Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date
    1986
ISBN    0-671-65587-6














4.1 the Mountains of Mourning (novella) (1989)












4.9 Weatherman
Published 1990

first published in the February 1990 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact.***

5. The Vor Game 1990


 Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date
    1990
Pages    345
ISBN    978-0-671-72014-8












6. Cetaganda (1995)

Analog Science Fiction and Fact: October, Oct. 1995 ("Cetaganda")
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: November, Nov. 1995 ("Cetaganda"














7. Ethan of Athos (1986)

 Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date
    December 1986
Media type    Print
Audiobook
Pages    237
ISBN    0-671-65604-X










7.1 Labyrinth (novella) (1989)

"Labyrinth" was originally published as a stand-alone novella in the August 1989 issue of Analog.

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7.2  the Borders of Infinity (novella) (1987)



8. Brothers in Arms (1989)

 Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date
    1989















9. Mirror Dance (1994)

 Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date
    1994
Pages    392
Awards    Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1995)
ISBN    978-0-671-72210-4










 
10. Memory (1986)

 Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date
    1996
Pages    462
ISBN    978-0-671-87743-9













11. Komarr (1998)


 Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date
    1998
ISBN    978-0671017835













12. A Civil Campaign (1999)

 Published    1999 (Baen Books)
Media type    Print
Pages    405
ISBN    978-0-671-57827-5
















12.1 Winterfair Gifts (short story) (2002)

(Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #13.1)
Nominations: Hugo Award for Best Novella
13. Diplomatic Immunity (2002)


















14. Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance (2012)

 Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date
    November 6, 2012 (hardcover)
(e-book was sold from June 2012)
Media type    Print (hardcover), e-book
Pages    422
ISBN    978-1-4516-3845-5 (hardcover)











14.1 The Flowers of Vashnoi (novella)

15. Cryoburn (2010)

 Publication date
    October 19, 2010
Pages    345
ISBN    978-1-4391-3394-1














 16. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (2015)

  Publisher    Baen Books
Publication date
    2 February 2016
(eARC sold from October 2015)
Media type    E-book, print
ISBN    9781476781228


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Omnibus Editions

MILES, MYSTERY & MAYHEM
contains Cetaganda, Ethan of Athos 


YOUNG MILES
contains The Warrior's Apprentice + stories


 CORDELIA’S HONOR
contains Shards of Honor, Barayarr


MILES, MUTANTS & MICROBES
contains Falling Free, Diplomatic Immunity


MILES IN LOVE
contains Komarr, A Civil Campaign


MILES ERRANT
contains Brothers in Arms, Mirror Dance

 

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Falling Free.
First published as four installments in Analog from December 1987 to feb 1988.

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"Labyrinth"



 Originally published as a stand-alone novella in the August 1989 issue of Analog.

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Weatherman

 

 

February 1990 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
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