Far From Home

dirty one:thirty LIVE in South Beach, Baby!

If you are going to be down in South Beach, Miami this weekend for Winter Music Conference 2009, then you are required to come check out at least one of the two gigs I am playing this year:
I think these times are somewhat subject to slight change, but they are, as of now, confirmed:
- Friday, March 27th - 9pm - 11pm - Xenoc solo set.

- Saturday, March 28th : 1pm - 5pm - dirty one:thirty LIVE.

Feel free to help me spread the word!  And please let me know if you plan to attend so we can meet up!
I will be in Miami from Friday morning to Tuesday morning.


Professional Inquiries:
Xenoc: info @ xenocmusic.comdirty one:thirty: booking @ dirtyonethirty.com

FORWARD : 4 Day Festival here in DC, Thurs - Sunday!

Thrown by my good friends at eightyeightDC! 

Lineups are killer, can't beat the price.. Music will be fantastic. Come on out!

Click here for more information.

dirty one:thirty live @ WMC 2009 in South Beach, Miami!!

I will be dropping a solo set on Friday night, and dirty one:thirty (Themba + I) will be playing from 1pm-5pm on Saturday during the day in good ol' South Beach, baby.

Here's details copied from the WMC List website... I'm working on the flier..  I'll have it up soon :)

Liqqy Siqqy
Free for All Saturday Mar 28th at 1:00PM Talent:  Flasko, Dirty One:Thiry (Xenoc & Themba) Mnmlife crew: (Sanath Shetty & Mike Fisher) L.J. Tisdale [Octopus/LJ MTX/Teize], Daniel Kristophere (Miami/Halo). Dysfunktional artists: Joel Moreno, Carter Hickman, Paul Guevara, Tommy Dirty.  Venue:  Hotel Shelley  Address:  844 Collins Avenue (between 8th & 9th)     Time:  1:00 PM - 5:00 AM  Presented by:  Liqqy Siqqy, the OH-C group  Admission:  Free  WMC Badge Policy:   Free  Details:  Liqqy Siqqy is Saturday's day party!..Get sensitive to siqqy minimal techno by the Dirty One:Thirty & the Mnmlife crew.. Late night performance by Octopus/LJ MTX, Daniel Kristophere, and Dysfunktional artists!  Email:  liqqysiqqy@gmail.com

Cows, Magnets, and Power Lines.

It's been a while since I got a chance to really post on this thing, so it seems appropriate to approach this void with a topic critical to the many issues we face today.

It's official.  Cows have a magnetic sixth sense.  And no, you can't develop one too by eating at McDonalds a lot.  Trust me, I've tried.  Mad cow disease, maybe.  Sixth sense?  Not a chance.  Besides, it's debatable how much actual cow goes into those burgers anyway... 

At any rate, it seems that herds are disturbed by the presence of power lines, or more specifically, the mild electromagnetic field that power lines emit.  The effect of this disturbance causes the cows to stray from their typical orientation along a north-south axis.

"These findings constitude evidence for magnetic sensation in large mammals as well as evidence of an overt behavioral reaction to weak [extreme low-frequency magnetic fields] in vertebrates," the research states.

Interestingly enough, this tendency for herds to be oriented in this manner was discovered in the study of none other than Google Earth satellite imagery.  The breadth of uses for Google Earth never ceases to amaze, right?

Apparently, herds of deer exhibit the same behavior, only more pronounced.  If deer have such a killer magnetic sixth sense, why on earth are they so bad at dodging cars?  I mean seriously...these guys were in the bathroom when they were handing out spacial navigation skills, not unlike myself.

Not surprisingly, there is a loose connection here, as the researchers theorize that the sensitivities to magnetic fields probably evolved as a means of aiding their directionally challenged ancestors during migration.  

As of today, the physiological mechanism for this potential magnetic sixth sense is unknown.  The research presents itself as "challenge [to] neurophysicists and biophysics to explain the proximate mechanism."

While they are at it, they could work on figuring out why I'm so damn bad with directions... and if goats have similar mechanisms.  

links:

Magnetic alignment in grazing and resting cattle and deer (pnas.org)

Cows Really Do Have a Magnetic Sixth Sense (wired)

Google Earth Reveals Sixth Sense of Cattle, Deer (wired)

The Bone Printer

This is really quite remarkable.  How come my inkjet can't do this? :)

Thumbs Up for Bone Printer!

Sorry for the short posts, all.  I'm spending time on the redesign rather than posting as much these days.  That will change.

DNA Telepathy?

A fascinating recent scientific discovery has revealed behavior of DNA strands that cannot yet be explained.  Strands are capable of recognizing similar genetic material from a distance and tend to congregate together.

"There is no known reason why the DNA is able to combine the way it does, and from a current theoretical standpoint, this feat should be chemically impossible."

DNA Found to have "Impossible" Telepathic Capabilities (dailygalaxy.com)