Warm Pants
On cold days like this one, where the forecasted high is -2 degrees, I’m oh so pleased that I remembered to put my Adidas track pants on the radiator last night. They’ve been steeping all night. Putting them on is pure satisfaction. It’s so good in fact that I might have to buy five or six more pairs just like them. I could then leave one pair on each radiator in the house and change them frequently throughout the day. Or not.

Figures made from poop and more figures not made from poop (although one has poop on his paws).

A fine article in the Receiver from one of my favorite authors (and fine musician) David Toop about the creating the Sonic City:

“In 2002, the Touch label released “Ringtones”, a CD collection of sounds commissioned or collected from 99 artists and sources, ranging from Gilbert and George to sound recordist Doug Quin’s tapes of arrow frog and baboon…A number of composers were quick to realise the way in which mobile phones can introduce diverse and unpredictable sounds into public space…Golan Levin’s “Dialtones” (A Telesymphony) was a composition for 200 mobile phones. These belonged to audience members, who registered their personal phone numbers into a database, received new ringtones and were assigned seats, then sat amongst the ensuing sound as two live performers created tone combinations using custom software.”