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The Day After Winter SolsticeBouts of rain are occasionally punctuated by beautiful moments such as these. Water droplets on the now bare maple glisten in the fog.

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Creative Sydney now onJust a reminder that Creative Sydney is now underway. It is part of Vivid Sydney, a festival of music, ideas and light. A program of free talks and happenings explore issues surrounding the arts scene in Sydney and showcase local talent. The Salon Bar will also be open every night till the event's close on June 12.

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Changing SeasonsWhen will the rain stop?

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Creative SydneyMay 27 - June 12 2009This new festival celebrates the diversity of cultural talent in Sydney through a series of events at the Museum of Contemporary Art and The Roxy Parramatta.Nick Mainsbridge will take part in the free public talks program, discussing technology's influence on creativity, reflecting on his work with Deprogram using sensor gloves to control audio and visuals:ART

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Happy EasterSwimming at my favourite seaside pool and visiting the local Hindu temple are just a couple of ways I've been enjoying the Easter break. I hope your long weekend is just as relaxed as mine.The Sri Venkateswara Temple in Helensburgh was a hive of activity today. Filled with intricate sculptures of gods and goddesses, devotees carrying fruit offerings, floaty flute music, and fragrant

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New MusicIt's a while since I posted some new material to the site. Here's a mix I made a while ago, the start of an ambient live set - over an hour's worth of music.Size: 58.6 MBDuration: 64:02DOWNLOAD Deprogram Podcast 6.04.09.mp3

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<!--We took advantage of the rare sunshine to check out the Thirroul Seaside & Arts Festival today. This work is made part of the sculptures and installation exhibition by the shore. Constructed of coca cola bottles, it's use of recycled materials was echoed in many of the other art on display.

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Looks a lot prettier than it sounds (I can't stop taking screenshots since my cat showed me how to do them)It's a gorgeous Autumn day outside and all I can do is try to work out why Patchage isn't picking up my firewire card and why it's glitching constantly - a persistent problem for me. For now I'll use my internal laptop soundcard, cause I don't want to interrupt my 'flow.' Even so, I still

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Which way is home?

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Puffer FishThis poor guy washed up with the tide today.

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Night driving clears the head, when all else fails. Not to mention it's conducive to rambling conversation, singing, mulling over ideas.

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Linux MultiMedia Studio (LMMS)The last few night have been happily spent messing with sounds, beats and basslines in LMMS. I've written a blog post on it at Gnugal. If you're looking for an open source alternative to FL Studio or Garageband, check it out here.

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Huge MothJust before the rain kicked in for a solid week, I saw this majestic moth in the garden. At first I thought it was a bird or a browning leaf. From the photos it's pretty hard to see the scale of it, but believe me, it was huge.

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Endless summer almost over?As the savage heatwave dies down, I feel my creative motivation returning. No more hiding in the house with all the windows and doors closed, fan blasting. I've been trying to wrap my head around Linux Multimedia Studio (LMMS), which resembles Garageband or Fruity Loops. It's a sequencer with inbuilt samplers and synths, which has been lots of fun to explore. I've just

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The heat this week has been unbelievable. Every single day has been spent at the beach, looking for relief in rock pools and comfort from occasional sea breezes.

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Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season and a brilliant year in 2009. We're back from the Peats Ridge Festival in Glenworth Valley. We saw some great live music and took in the festive village atmosphere. After a fun gig at the dome, known as the Land of Hopeless Utopians, we saw an amazing astral event. The international space station crossed the sky right above us, illuminated so brightly

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Peats RidgeWe've confirmed our performance at this year's Peats Ridge Festival. It will be at the dome on New Year's Eve, giving us another chance to fine tune our sensor based performance. Photo by Prue Upton (source: Underbelly Flickr Group)We're hoping to expand Smokescreen over the next few weeks, the open source program that translates our music into vision. Wearing gloves with sensors, I'll

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Last week I took a much needed break in the Blue Mountains. These photos were taken on a wet, foggy day, bushwalking around Leura Cascades.

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The damaged hard drive saga is almost over. After getting quotes from various data recovery companies ranging between $800 - $3600 I decided to manually redo every bit of lost work, rather than blow out my non-existent album budget. I still need to save up for duplication and mastering costs, so I just could not justify the expense.Sorting through various back-up drives, I've managed to recover

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Art Groupie photosHere are some panoramic shots of the Art Groupie exhibition courtesy of David Kagan:There's also a photo album of some of the works and how it looked on the night:. All photos are by David Kagan and Alex Crowfoot:http://www.groovescooter.com/catalogue/artgroupiephotoalbum/index.html

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Machine MeltdownWell it's been quite a week. After a packed turnout to the Art Groupie exhibition, I was on a bit of a high and feeling inspired to do lots of creative work. My machinery had other ideas. First a video project I was really close to finishing ended up corrupted. All progress made over the last few days was lost.Then my main hard drive, which is a Lacie (do not buy one of these

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Here's the view from our studio on one of the first hot days of spring. It might explain why I spend so much time looking out the window instead of the computer screen. A healthy dose of daydreaming to slow down my work.

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ANODENext week sees the start of the Anode Festival, a series of cultural events throughout Sydney spanning art, music, film and installations. Running from 25 - 28 September 08, events will include group exhibitions like Art Groupie and Field Trip, featuring projections, improvised performance and photography.All the program details can be found on:anode.net.au

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Early Signs of SpringSpring is finally starting to show in my garden. The Japanese maple is getting its first leaves, jasmine and rock orchids are blooming. No sun today but I can sense warmer temperatures are on their way.

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Art Groupie ExhibitionThe list of artists exhibiting has been released -Steve Kilbey [The Church] Ben Ely [Regurgitator] Mick Turner [The Dirty Three] iOTA Amanda Stewart [Machines For Making Sense] Rachael Chaos [Cherry2000] Nick Wishart [ToyDeath] Martin Kennedy [All India Radio] Alex Crowfoot [Ollo] Robert Jarvis [Zeal] Georgie Zuzak [Mothloop] Darrell Archer [Night Radio] Caroline

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