tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227942022024-02-28T07:19:09.498-06:00On Learning to Koexistone of these days I'll explainkidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-35756456343536624552010-12-17T16:55:00.000-06:002010-12-17T16:55:27.092-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Auyzp6mu85SbMQPxe-afbegNpC4SdfeJoChJiaBr0i5q7GfMXsTv7fX7sw9Fc2eYTtTcy41X1g7HwsTSIyLqTYa_-o6kU225ut0gp0WmgoBMQDzQ2N3RzlKi0sz5SkYJZ_Cu/s1600/desktopbeef.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Auyzp6mu85SbMQPxe-afbegNpC4SdfeJoChJiaBr0i5q7GfMXsTv7fX7sw9Fc2eYTtTcy41X1g7HwsTSIyLqTYa_-o6kU225ut0gp0WmgoBMQDzQ2N3RzlKi0sz5SkYJZ_Cu/s1600/desktopbeef.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">R.I.P.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don Van Vilet</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Captain Beefheart"</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(1941-2010)</span></b></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have a lot of great memories driving around San Diego in my Volvo wagon in various mental states listening to Beefheart and the Magic Band's beautifully dissonant, precisely jumbled, mysteriously emotional music.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I immediately stopped working to go to <a href="http://hypem.com/#!/search/captain%20beefheart/1/">Hypem</a> and sit quietly in solemn respect while listening to his music but quickly found myself smiling. It's impossible not to. That's a quality I'll always consider when someone or something reminds me of Captain Beefheart. Rest in piece. Blabber and smoke.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">Thanks to <a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/41062-rip-captain-beefheart/">Pitchfork</a> for the heads up</span> </span>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-20962005717618209512010-12-07T12:11:00.000-06:002010-12-07T12:11:37.569-06:00Rise From Your Grave!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDfYiFPDQXKGeJ1BiGb70-4Fmf6-FEmvCl530YLVp3vy5NaqCepFXVmeSpNxWZgrjwTdemGZsy-dXMTsBR-XrPPoAw7j4mqXJvk2cOEgAuESUfeT7MnYHq4rNiwGt6GSpWLvMRw/s320/ab-rise.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDfYiFPDQXKGeJ1BiGb70-4Fmf6-FEmvCl530YLVp3vy5NaqCepFXVmeSpNxWZgrjwTdemGZsy-dXMTsBR-XrPPoAw7j4mqXJvk2cOEgAuESUfeT7MnYHq4rNiwGt6GSpWLvMRw/s320/ab-rise.gif" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am bringing this blog back from the grave... again</div>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-7745463903198075792009-11-10T15:21:00.002-06:002009-11-10T15:29:45.699-06:00Review: My hosting company WebHostingBuzzI've been hosting my domain <a href="http://koexist.com/">koexist.com</a> with Web Hosting Buzz <a href="http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/">www.webhostingbuzz.com</a> since the early 2000's, i think 2002. To be honest, I found them with a search engine and they didn't look all that established at the time. They certainly did not have the awesome site they have today. But they did have rock solid hosting. I was impressed that for $6/month I got all the bandwidth I needed and the power to host sites for my friends and clients along side mine. Today I still have the same account running koexist.com (there's not much there right now, I know) plus I've convinced my company to get one of their virutal hosting packages for unlimited FTP use.<br /><br />To be fair, there have been some ups and downs... we are talking about computers here, after all. The good news is, the WHB guys are super fast to respond to support requests and I've never had to wait long for results.<br /><br />So there it is, my recommendation if you're ever looking for inexpensive, solid hosting. For registration, I suggest checking out Netfirms. They have an easy panel to manage your domain registrations and automatic renewal that warns you well in advance before they charge you.kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-39544434812244680172009-04-15T11:13:00.003-05:002009-04-15T11:18:08.375-05:00On Game Industry overworkingMatthew Wasteland tells a lovely anecdote about an overworked Japanese game developer:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.magicalwasteland.com/2009/04/front_lines_pt_i_your_daughter.htm">[MagicalWasteland.com]</a>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-81227966580215965352009-04-10T16:32:00.002-05:002009-04-10T16:33:50.092-05:00Strum Hand TwitchGuitar- needs more bare hand twitchin slappin style<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8jN5vqEyV7g&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8jN5vqEyV7g&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Also, Dear generic Austin white guy blues players... STOP ITkidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-5473781437739831782009-04-09T13:20:00.006-05:002009-04-09T13:56:46.482-05:00Kicking the Bee HiveOne of my favorite games writers, Leigh Alexander (<a href="http://sexyvideogameland.blogspot.com">SexyVideoGameLand</a>, <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com">Gamasutra</a>, <a href="http://www.kotaku.com">Kotaku</a>), <a href="http://sexyvideogameland.blogspot.com/2009/04/kicking-dog.html">brought up an item from the GDC 2009 Rants panel</a> in an attempt to discuss maturity in games and game developers. Unfortunately it turned into the old "comic Vs. literature" debate when she kicked the nerd hive and the nerd bees came out to defend it!<br /><br />Aside from that tangent, the piece is an interesting outlook that successfully distracted me this week.<br /><br /><a href="http://criminalcrackdown.blogspot.com/2009/04/heather-chaplins-gdc-rant-game-making.html">David Jaffe had a solid response too</a>. While I don't find it to the the definitive response that some of his followers think it is, I certainly don't disagree with his perspective.<br /><br />Also,<br /><br />I am on Twitter now: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/kidkoexist">http://www.twitter.com/kidkoexist</a><br /><br />That other guy using my name took "kidko" already. I admit I'm way late to the Tweet party.kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-15831779532513282422008-11-26T12:15:00.003-06:002008-11-26T12:19:54.329-06:00Press: Austin Chronicle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:707241"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 327px;" src="http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/da38/screens_feature2-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo by Todd V. Wolfson" /></a><br /><br />A new interview is out in this week's <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:707241">Austin Chronicle</a>.kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-8481524420316822492008-11-24T10:57:00.002-06:002008-11-24T11:03:56.764-06:00Yellow Magic OrchestraThese guys obviously influenced the games industry. I think one of the songs in Puzzle Fighter is a straight rip of this song:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vEZ3VxGWwjM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vEZ3VxGWwjM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Thanks to James Clarendon for enlightening me about YMOkidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-28001453193523833712008-11-11T16:52:00.003-06:002008-11-11T16:56:41.308-06:00Press: Mushroom Men Audio Diary<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QcGvJcbU6uGioL00G_8Y3ZsEhU4Dz1HioK3Fv2TNaIwtvQOvXtL_seRHx0ZZMnVu61Ix07YYJ83C_l7cvw2TMDh_obcQRNxV98EoaMCwjSfGA0IUBm1mxA8J9BOQSlWhawIv/s1600-h/MM.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QcGvJcbU6uGioL00G_8Y3ZsEhU4Dz1HioK3Fv2TNaIwtvQOvXtL_seRHx0ZZMnVu61Ix07YYJ83C_l7cvw2TMDh_obcQRNxV98EoaMCwjSfGA0IUBm1mxA8J9BOQSlWhawIv/s320/MM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267537369259633602" /></a><br />I'm happy to have my first mention on gaming news mega-site IGN thanks to Matt and his <a href="http://wii.ign.com/articles/926/926946p1.html">Mushroom Men Audio Diary</a>. I get special mention for the Boss battle music. Hope you like it!kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-77114914680634542672008-10-23T11:17:00.002-05:002008-10-23T12:02:42.617-05:00Star Wars: The Old Republic <a href="http://www.swtor.com/">is real</a>, yay. Sorry, my enthusiasm has been hampered by the masses of forum trolls pummeling the SW:TOR forums. The old Star Wars MMO, <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=265337">Galaxies</a>, had a notoriously bad community of forum trolls constantly bitching, whining and flaming and all that crap took its toll on the game <a href="http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/10/03/star-wars-galaxies-developer-commits-suicide">and likely its developers along with it</a>. So these guys are hitting the new MMO's forums hard. It seems to be getting better as I think the forum moderators went on high alert wielding their ban-hammers.<br /><br />I picked up <a href="http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/02/kings-bounty-my-zombie-wife-the-belt-odoom/">King's Bounty</a> on Amazon and it arrived yesterday. Got home late after meeting a fellow musician from <a href="http://www.em411.com/">em411.com</a> for a little electro music jam so I haven't even installed it yet. I'll dig into it tonight for sure and post about it soon. Then again,...<br /><br />Fallout 3 is upon us (<a href="http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/922/922693p1.html">unless you're in India</a>). It's really really here and I don't think I'll have much to say about anything else besides Fallout 3 once I get it in my sweaty hands. Bethesda love + Fallout love = nerdgasm of bleach the sheets proportions. Soak it in:<br /><br /><embed src='http://videomedia.ign.com/ev/ev.swf' flashvars='object_ID=882301&downloadURL=http://xbox360movies.ign.com/xbox360/video/article/914/914062/fallout3_preview_092508_flvlowwide.flv&allownetworking="all%"' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='433' height='360'></embed>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-67279438796611266722008-10-10T14:23:00.007-05:002008-10-10T14:48:04.753-05:00BioWare and Lucas Arts, like mint and chocolateTwo mighty forces of geekery and awesome are joining forces once again to bring me (ok, and a few million other fans) <span style="font-weight:bold;">sheer joy</span>. Its like an Oreo Blizzard with mint ice cream when the mighty storytelling game company BioWare and the gatekeepers of all that is Star Wars video gaming, Lucas Arts, join forces to create a <a href="http://www.lucasartsbioware.com/">"groundbreaking interactive product"</a>. Er, couldn't they just say <span style="font-weight:bold;">game</span>?<br /><br />It's been two years since they officially announced the collaboration and we haven't heard a single detail about what it actually is. This week, game journos interweb-wide received this fancy invitation in the mail:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.massively.com/2008/10/07/check-out-our-bioware-lucasarts-announcement-invite/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/10/biowareinvitationheader.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />I'm a bit surprised honestly. I was beginning to think they'd never tell us and just hoard the hot hot awesome all to themselves. Of course, their new big papa, Electronic Arts would never let that happen. They want the monies! As a shareholder, so do I! Let's see the money, BioWareLucasArtsDudes.kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-47047330473179916962008-10-08T15:24:00.004-05:002008-10-08T16:21:16.946-05:00The Long Lost BlogSo I resurrected this blog again with the intention of getting motivated to blog a lot then letting it dissolve once I get bored with it.<br /><br />The fun thing about finding this blog again is looking back. The first thing that stood out was the title. It used to be called "Aura of Frustration". Wow, I was a tad more angsty back then. Not surprising, of course, since I was in college, had a crappy job and was continually dating really disappointing women.<br /><br />Life is on the other end of the spectrum now. I graduated, got a job with OkraTron 5000, voice over company which turned into a job for <a href=http://gl33k.com>GL33k game audio company</a>. I moved in with my sweet lady and we moved together with GL33k to Austin, TX.<br /><br />Now I've got the job I've always dreamed about and a good girl who's just the right amount of exciting and I live in a town that's full of bars, parties and big events and isn't shy about getting it's freak on.<br /><br />I'm motivated to start this blog up again to start talking about games and game theory, linking to smart people on the web who are pushing boundaries and doing things I want to get into. The first one is <a href=http://www.avantgame.blogspot.com/>Jane McGonigal</a>. If you know her it's probably because she's recognized by smart-person entities like MIT and Harvard for having breakthrough ideas on Alternate Reality Games or ARGs. You might also know of the Halo 2 viral marketing campaign <a href="http://www.avantgame.com/ilovebees.htm">"ilovebees"</a> which is what got me interested.<br /><br />Now she's launching a new ARG called Superstruct:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/208OA6YT29w&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/208OA6YT29w&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1164987768528673442006-12-01T09:38:00.000-06:002006-12-01T09:42:48.540-06:00Laptop Deathmatch #12 Win<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3043/2324/1600/243327/LTDMwin.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3043/2324/320/394106/LTDMwin.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This match showcased some awesome new talent. Everyone who was there was on top of their game and I'm honored to have survived a hair longer than the other finalist, the amazing Chakaharta. Really, it was like one of those rounds where everyone blows each other up, but I was just barely the last one alive to groan, "I..... uhnn... win..."kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1163778254623069242006-11-17T09:41:00.000-06:002006-11-17T09:44:14.646-06:00Gaming OrgyThis is the weekend of gaming for 2006. The PS3 launches today and the Wii comes out on Sunday. I'm in no financial shape to buy a PS3, but I'm ready to go for the Wii launch:<br /><br /><img src=http://koexist.com/external/iWiin2.jpg><br /><br />Also, Amazon.com is having a special where the Xbox360 core system will go on sale for $100 on Thanksgiving day. I might just have to try to get one of those for Mass Effect, the game which stands to be the greatest sci-fi orgy every created:<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="gtembed" width="480" height="409"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?umid=22051"/> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?umid=22051" swLiveConnect="true" name="gtembed" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="409"></embed> </object>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1162592427856316132006-11-03T16:02:00.000-06:002006-11-03T16:20:27.896-06:00Laptop Deathmatch Halloween Party 2006<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0203.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0203.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The Laptop Battle Dallas chapter, Laptop Deathmatch, holds an annual Halloween Party where we put down our gloves and put on costumes. We come dressed as whoever we mash-up or remix.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0119.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0119.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />For me, it was a chance to resurrect the corpse of Kurt Cobain, now Kurt NoBrain, and have him unleash vengeance on all who marginalized him or his family as well as those who idolized him to an embarrassing degree.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0120.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0120.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I did a 12-something minute remix/demix/decomposition/destruction set of Nirvana starting with a Seattle news report that aired the eve of his death.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0122.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0122.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I hit play on the clip and fell to the edge of the stage so everyone could see the bloody spot on the back of my head as they witnessed Kurt rising from the grave. Bleach's Blew and Big Cheese started off the set spewing hate and destruction to all.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0162.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0162.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Next a clip from an interview with Cobain plays over a loop from the Unplugged version of Dumb where Cobain mentions how happy he was to have found a mate. This is where my girlfriend Cara, dressed as a damn fine Courtney Love, stumbled to the stage with a mock-drunk smugness for a big wet kiss with her long-dead corpse of a husband.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0154.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0154.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />She was the crowd's darling.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0150.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0150.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />After a spacey droning rendition of Dumb, psychedelic enough to piss off Nirvana's obsessive "punk" followers, Kurt summoned the 100-ton weight of the mega hit album Nevermind to finish off anyone left in the crowd.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0144.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0144.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Kurt's then delivered his parting message punctuated by two high-flying middle fingers: "I don't regret a thing!"<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0174.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0174.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Kurt's final message repeated in warped echoes and distortion, fading away as he crawled back to his grave.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0175.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0175.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />All that was left was the looping segment of an old Cobain interview of him saying "I was suicidal, I just didn't want to live" when Courtney gave Kurt's corpse a final farewell.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0176.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0176.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0179.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0179.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />some other pics...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0203.0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0203.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0156.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0156.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0141.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0141.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0198.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0198.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/IMG_0201.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/IMG_0201.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1158731077656466312006-09-20T00:43:00.000-05:002006-09-20T00:44:37.666-05:00Faux TigersI'm going to join the Dream Tigers for a night as they warm the crowd for the one and only Dr. Octagon!<br /><br /><img src='http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b64/stephen_ruiz/poster2.jpg' border='0'>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1158098854920175652006-09-12T17:03:00.000-05:002006-09-12T17:42:01.163-05:00Been a while<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20060912/cm_thenation/15120539_1" target=new><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://cagle.msnbc.com/working/060911/chappatte.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I guess I'm not the personality type to really keep up with a blog. My attention span drifts so often. I saw this pic and wanted to post it somewhere because I find it to be an example of elegant cartooning.<br /><br /><br /><a href=http://www.laptopdeathmatch.com/><strong>LAPTOP DEATHMATCH! SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 AT THE DOUBLE-WIDE! BE THEEERRRRREEEEE</strong></a>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1151074483399182922006-06-23T09:48:00.000-05:002006-06-23T09:54:47.926-05:00WeFeelFine.org<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/1600/blog_WeFeelFine.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/blog_WeFeelFine.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wefeelfine.org">This site, WeFeelFine.org, facinates me.</a><br /><br />It gives you a flowing graphical interface for exploring the thoughts being posted on blogs around the world. Sometimes I got it to put up an image to go with the comments, and they ended up working together nicely. I'm not sure if it's pulling those from the corresponding blogs or what.<br /><br />This site is definetly worth your time.kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1149224815353876472006-06-02T00:05:00.000-05:002006-06-02T00:06:55.363-05:00Support Rachel Bevilacqua<a href="http://rbevilacqua.blogspot.com/">here's a link to her blog</a><br /><br />and<br /><br /><a href="http://www.freetimes.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3497">here's a freetimes article about her struggle. WOW.</a>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1148890938006993442006-05-29T03:05:00.000-05:002006-05-29T03:22:18.026-05:00Laptop Deathmatch: May 28th 2006<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://koexist.com/downloads/Cygnus1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://koexist.com/downloads/Cygnus1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />First, I have to give <span style="font-weight: bold;">respect</span> to tonight's MC, the hilarious <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mr. John Freeman</span>. Joe Butcher is not an easy act to follow, but he complimented the Nerd Rape stylings of the Butcher.<br /><br />Next, my hat goes off to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/cygnus">CYGNUS</a> for defeating us all once again. Since I didn't think to bust out the camera phone until the very end, I only have pix of Cygnus. Oh, there's also one of Cara and I posing all cheesy with him too.<br /><br />Finally, I'm announcing that the Laptop Deathmatch is my favorite night of the month, every month. I always have a blast there. I'm sure I would if I wasn't participating too. As a fan of electronic music, I'm treated with a buffet of new local artists to listen to and explore. As an electronic musician of sorts, I'm treated with the knowledge of at least 100 years of collective experience.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure the crowd is getting bigger at the Deathmatch each month, but this time did seem slightly more sparse. Hopefully it's only because of the holiday weekend.<br /><br />I'm so bad with names. I should have been writing them down. There were some awesome "new" people tonight that I want CDs of. One guy from Austin killed with a oxy8-sized midi controller on a strap that he played keytar style. Keytar playing bitrock just fuckin owns.<br /><br />I missed bexametrix and frogboy. Where were you guys?<br /><br />Mwanza looked to be having a good time. I'm glad he was able to kick back and just run the board instead of having to run around like mad.<br /><br />My woman was there in full effect. I'm sure she left an impression on everyone there. Sorry doods-- she's all about <span style="font-weight: bold;">THIS</span> nerd. Back off, dogg.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://koexist.com/downloads/MeNCaraNCygnus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://koexist.com/downloads/MeNCaraNCygnus.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://koexist.com/downloads/Cygnus2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://koexist.com/downloads/Cygnus2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://koexist.com/downloads/Cygnus3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://koexist.com/downloads/Cygnus3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://koexist.com/downloads/Cygnus4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://koexist.com/downloads/Cygnus4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1146865148421112232006-05-05T16:33:00.000-05:002006-05-07T02:58:23.053-05:00kidko LIVE @ Metrognome Collective<span style="font-weight:bold;">Dallas/Fort Worth area people can see me perform live at the Metrognome Collective in Fort Worth on Saturday Night, opening for Athens, GA band Psychic Hearts (not Thurston Moore).</span><br /><br />The music starts around 9:30 or 10:00PM, but show early for the opening of their new art gallery featuring the art of <a href="http://www.anzakart.com/">Matt Anzak</a>.<br /><br />For more info and <span style="font-weight:bold;">directions </span>visit <a href="http://www.metrognomecollective.org">MetrognomeCollective.org</a>. <span style="font-weight:bold;">DON'T USE MAPQUEST OR U WILL GET LOST.</span><br /><br />---------------<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Update</span>: That was really fun! The few people who stuck it out seemed to enjoy my collection of tracks and the little bits of backstory I gave with each one. I have a long way to go in smoothing it out, but for the first straight up concert, i think it was pretty good!<br /><br />James and Paul of the Metrognome mentioned a comic book event they're putting on and the possibility of me playing music that night. Some more ambitious ideas came up, but I won't jinx them by talking about it yet.<br /><br /><img src="http://koexist.com/external/kidkoAtMetrognome1.jpg" border=0 title="Rockin the stand">kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1146608647375259152006-05-02T17:23:00.000-05:002006-05-05T17:37:19.500-05:00Circle R Media and Illumitoon Party<img border="0" src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_IllumitoonTheBoard.jpg" title="High tech scoring board"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/djsexcidillionaire">DJ Sexy Dillionaire</a> invited me to a private mini-deathmatch at the Circle R (radioshack) office in downtown Fort Worth on Tuesday (5/2/06). We were entertainment for a private party celebrating a new company opening up called <a href="http://www.illumitoon.com/">Illumitoon</a>.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_IllumitoonWolfAndWildBull.jpg" title="Wolfman and The Wild Bull"><br /><br />It was nine laptop musicians competing for a $500 prize. I wasn't concerned about winning, just having fun... and that I did.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_IllumitoonDJSexciChattingUpLadies.jpg" title="DJ Sexci, chatting up the ladies"><br /><br />It was a bit strange overall. The party seemed well organized, but our part, the mini-deathmatch, wasn't included in all of that. It didn't matter, really, we were able to throw together a show.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_IllumitoonCygnus.jpg" title="Cygnus"><br /><br />Of course, the crowd at this party was totally mixed, and only a handful of the guests stuck around to experience the whole thing. Apparently the idea was that the audience would help to decide which of the battlers went on to the next round... that wasn't the best idea since they didn't really want to pick sides or even have to be involved. We singled out a really nice couple, the people behind the webcomic <a href="http://www.welcomeconsumer.com">Welcome Consumer</a>, to be our final judges since they seemed to be some of the only people left standing after our auditory assault.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_IllumitoonTheLadyMalice.jpg" title="The Lady Malice"><br /><br />They were kind enough to carry <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thewildbull">The Wild Bull</a> and I to the final round. As they were deciding a winner, he and I made a deal to split the winnings regardless of the outcome. We must have seen it coming, because they decided we should split it too. So I came home with a half the winnings. And I'm totally floored because the other AMAZING people who played. They were all very gracious and we had fun chatting it up at the end of our little event.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_IllumitoonWolfMan.jpg" title="Wolfman"><br /><br />Linkage for some of the other kick ass participants that i know:::: <br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/hirsutewolfman">Wolf Man</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/cygnusmusic">Cygnus</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/primadominaladyofmalice">Lady Malice</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/matthewmatics">Matthewmatics</a><br />Chainsaw played but I don't think i have a link for himkidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1146520728676415372006-05-01T16:45:00.000-05:002006-05-03T00:51:25.483-05:00Laptop Deathmatch ReportLast night was probably the most fun I've had playing my electronic music. The deathmatch was a success at the DoubleWide! There were 18 players! This thing gets bigger every time. Eventually there will be so many that they'll have to start turning people away.<br /><br />Event organizer and all around audio handyman <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thewildbull">Mwanza AKA The Wild Bull</a><br /><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3043/2324/320/blog_MwanzMic.jpg" border="0" alt="" title="The Wild Bull" /><br />won after the judges declared the final round between Mwanz and the flamboyant faux-Frenchman <a href="http://www.myspace.com/djsexcidillionaire">DJ Sexcidillionaire</a> a tie before a crowd that wanted blood.<br /><img src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_DJSexcidillionaire.jpg" border=0 title="DJ Sexcidillionaire" /><br />A tie was NOT going to cut it. The crowd chanted "TO THE DEATH! TO THE DEATH!"<br /><br /><img src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_crowd1.jpg" border=0 title="Crowd: TO THE DEATH!" /><br /><img src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_crowd2.jpg" border=0 title="Crowd: WE WANT BLOOD YOU FUCKERS!" /><br /><br />They also chanted "NERD RAPE! NERD RAPE! NERD RAPE!" thanks to the MC Joe Butcher opening the show with, "I've always wanted to rape a nerd."<br /><br />I should mention that I made it past the first single-elimination round, so in round 2, I was one of 8 deathmatchers left. While I was waiting for my laptop to boot, Joe told a story that involved him being 8 years old and having a necrophilic fantasy involving Burt Renyolds. Needless to say, I didn't make it past the 2nd round. I blame it on the horrible physiological response that story had on all of us... me as a performer and the judges as... well judges.<br /><br /><img src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_earlyPeople.jpg" border=0 title="We arrived early" /><br /><br />More pix for you. <span style="font-weight:bold;">I'm sorry the pics SUCK but it's cuz i was using a really cheap, really free, portable Logitech webcam thing with an assed-up flash.</span><br /><br /><img src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_GreyMusic.jpg" border=0 title="Grey Music" /><br /><img src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_ladyMaliceAndCygnus.jpg" border=0 title="Lady Malice and Cygnus" /><br /><img src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_MwanzGuitar.jpg" border=0 title="The Wild Bull rocking the Guitar... this is laptop deathmatch right?" /><br /><img src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_rawlysHands.jpg" border=0 title="Sir Rawly's hands, cuz I can't point-n-shoot worth a damn" /><br /><img src="http://koexist.com/external/blog_trent.jpg" border=0 title="Trent with the goggles and mouth thing that made smoke" />kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1146178390383390902006-04-27T17:49:00.000-05:002006-04-27T17:53:10.396-05:00Trashspotting!Check it out:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">TRASHSPOTTING, PRACTICAL DEFINITION:</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">To analyze the curbside recycling and general refuse of a household, neighborhood, city, or country, especially with a long-term view, for intellectual gratification, for social pleasure, and for cultural perspective.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.achewood.com">Achewood</a> is a cool webcomic where many of the characters have their own <a href="http://emerillg.blogspot.com/">blogs.</a> This blog, by the character Emeril, explains a new intellectual pursuit called trashspotting. He's developed a manifesto to explain it and lay down some trashspotting guidelines. I've decided to start a <a href="http://dfwts.blogspot.com">DFW chapter</a>.kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22794202.post-1146091675806257342006-04-26T17:41:00.000-05:002006-04-26T17:52:04.043-05:00Laptop Deathmatch - April 2006<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/blixaboy/deathmatch1small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px;" src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/blixaboy/deathmatch1small.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Laptop Deathmatch is upon us again, folks. If you're in Dallas on Sunday night, you have no excuse not to be at the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/double_wide" target=new>DoubleWide</a>, experiencing the <a href="http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2005-10-13/music/isthison.html" target=new>future of local music(!?)</a><br /><br />I'm trying something new this time. I'm going to build loops with midi instead of launching premade audio. It's going to be tricky, but I think it will be more fun since I'll be using the Trigger Finger:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.flickr.com/21/31655807_f79fdb4701_m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px;" src="http://static.flickr.com/21/31655807_f79fdb4701_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>kidkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607582616353637272noreply@blogger.com0