steve boyett | December 22, 2009
I think one reason I don’t post more often is that I have a sort of essay mentality when it comes to blogging. I tend to want to have a topic or a theme, and sometimes I’m either stuck for one or just too damned busy to put together something coherent or even god forbid [...]
steve boyett | December 15, 2009
Throughout history (and probably before that) human beings have created types of music that are intended to focus awareness and, somewhat paradoxically, induce trancelike states, and they rarely take the form of three-minute pop songs. It’s not about melody, which I think is antithetical to such states, and which is the primary reference for most [...]
steve boyett | December 9, 2009
My Podrunner podcast has been named as one of iTunes’ Top 100 Podcasts of the Year for the fourth year in a row. Woo-hoo!
Podrunner is a series of nonstop, fixed-BPM electronic dance music mixes for runners, joggers, power walkers, treadmill, aerobics, and just about any other exercise that can benefit from a fixed tempo. We’ve [...]
steve boyett | December 9, 2009
I’m in Seattle till Thursday, working with my friend Adrian Smith (polymath IT genius whiz who has also been a guest DJ on my Podrunner podcast) to finalize the Google Earth maps depicting the locales and route for the primary events of ELEGY BEACH.
Since no one else seems to have realized what an amazingly cool [...]
steve boyett | December 6, 2009
Monday marks the final entry in my two-week gig as a guest blogger on Borders’ Babel Clash page. The theme has been “apocalypse,” and I’ve surveyed books and movies in the field and talked about why I think many of us are attracted to end-of-the-world (or at least of civilization) scenarios, why some are more [...]
steve boyett | December 1, 2009
The Fuzzy Edge of Authorship – “An entire reconceptualization of copyright and ideas of authorship is beginning to fill the vaccum left by current intellectual property law that is being rendered archaic by technology. This explores some of the implications for authorship inherent in the ability to freely reproduce, remix, and transmit digital media. What [...]
