January 22nds (To Sir With Love)

1/22/2002

Sent Secret Sphinx CD to Keith Hannaleck.

[This was demo album I did in 1998, right at the beginning of DIY music, not yet fully on the internet, although MP3.com did exist at that point. I think I had burned about 5 copies of the CD. It was never a formal release. I like some of the songs on it. It had possibilities if done as a production. I played and sang everything as an elaborate demo.]

1/22/2010           
  
Interesting: Twitter #hashtags. Excellent example of exformation: a set of meanings reduced to its smallest element. Whole communities are built around a codified tag. They’re called ‘twubs’.

[1/22/2025: Unfortunately, there is still no standardization of hashtags. They essentially drive algorithms, so they are not strictly informational as a book call number is].

1/22/2017

Lots of 60s pop songs had “easy” bass lines that were “basically” chord roots and/or arpeggios. They were easy to play from a fingering standpoint but were harmonically interesting as well. After SNL’s tribute to Obama, To Sir With Love is a good example. I think Carol Kaye played on it.

[1/22/2025]:

 

1/22/2047   

(Anthony Townes Diary) 

Art therapy. They had a few BCIs in the studio and data sets. I gave in and made some neuroart and showed it to the VR gallery. Walking through art as opposed to viewing it on walls has always been interesting but how is it different (or better) than works on canvas or paper in terms of color gamuts? What I thought was kind of interesting is that it’s also shadow-less. When we create no shadow, then we feel less human.

How was art therapy used to help Anthony overcome his brain injury?