Been working for way too long tonight, but I am loving these two right now (maybe because it is cold in here and these seem nice and warm). It might just be my fascination with diptychs and other multi-panel artwork tho! 
This is for a project I am working on for a new non-profit, more to come on that soon…
Sean
Folks, I am happy to report that you can now literally Virtual Desktop with any of your remote computers from your iPhone. Jugaari’s Jaadu has done a wonderful thing with this software (barring any future security snafus, of course). The latest in a series of robust apps for iPhone, it allows you to virtually control a remote machine thru the iPhone’s touch interface from anywhere with a data connection, including an iPhone Data Plan. Wow.
The next time you leave an important spreadsheet on your home machine after working on it late last night, you will be able to login to your home machine and control your home computer using the iPhone’s fingertip zoom and scroll technology to navigate around your computer and email yourself the file. In a less dire case, send yourself or a friend a photo you left at home on accident directly from your home machine.
This is going to change everything. I love this new wave of super relevant Apps released in the last month or so. In my mind, Jaadu parallels the achievements of Beatmaker (Robust sampler and sequencer in your pocket; this RULES), Simplify Media (Access your entire iTunes Library or up to 30 friends music libraries from anywhere you have a 3G connection) and Air Sharing (your iPhone becomes a Pen/Thumb drive, using WiFi instead of a typical USB connection).
Be sure to check those out if you haven’t yet. My iPhone is a damned digital Swiss Army Knife these days. 
Night all.
Sean
If anyone knows of good, affordable solutions for hanging posters on work cubicle walls (some of which are un-magnetic), please let me know! I was thinking something that hooks onto a frame and then over the top and rear of the cube wall could give enough leverage to hold a average wood frame for an 18″x24″ post. Sadly, I have not found such a product. Could be a good Etsy item tho.
While my third day at Outside Lands was not as long as the others, it did hold one of the most engrossing events of the festival. We arrived at the park in time to get in good position to see Andrew Bird perform his symphonic insanity stage center near the soundboards.
When I saw Bird at the Warfield in December of last year, he opened with a beautiful solo number dubbed “Why”. As he walked out in a 3-piece suit and dress socks (no shoes) and gingerly holding his violin at his side, I thought to myself what a curious individual. I had no idea what I was about to witness. The song describes two lovers in a spat over one partner’s cool and calm demeanor no matter the circumstance. The other lover’s fiery frustration builds throughout the song in valleys and crescendos accented by simultaneous whistling and violin swells, bluesy and soulful finger-plucking (again, ON A VIOLIN) and a voice that would wake Jeff Buckley from the beyond. I henceforth considered Mr. Bird to be part thespian, part musician as he acted the part of the frustrated lover so convincingly.
Now, this was at the Warfield theatre on San Francisco’s Market St., an intimate and small to medium sized venue that can hold a dynamite performance like this tightly in it’s fist, so when the Bird’s emotional explosions finally detonate, they have a container to expand against. It is an entirely different thing to perform this for a potsmoking, loud, delightfully abrasive festival-going crowd of 60,000+ in Golden Gate Park… but yes, he opened with it. And he owned it.
Check out this video of Mr. Bird playing the aforementioned “Why”, courtesy of Vimeo.
Andrew Bird live at IndigO2 in London 26 April 2008 from Michael Pigott on Vimeo.
The rest of the set was jaw-droppingly awesome; more than once my cousin remarked to me how happy he was to be there to witness this on such a beautiful serene day in Golden Gate Park. I had to agree. If you would like to know more about Andrew’s song-writing process, definitely check out his blog on the New York Times site here. It’s very approachable even for someone without a background in music, which is more than I can say for some of my posts.
Aight, time to turn in for the night.
Sean
Always have loved this Podcast for great indie acts, and now Radiohead has joined the fold with a superb feed from their Santa Barbara show. Wish I was there for this more intimate gig, but Outside Lands was an experience in itself. Check it out here. (iTunes Link) (NPR Link)
Also be sure to check out Jose Gonzalez, Bon Iver, and Andrew Bird’s Live Sets in this Podcast, just really really good stuff.
Happy monday!
Sean
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