http://www.instructables.com/id/The-TapeScape-Audio-Robot/

It seems to me that if you're of at least drinking age, you've got an old tape deck and a box full of old cassettes collecting dust somewhere in your house These audio artifacts of yesteryear have been eclipsed many times over, but for some reason so many of us can't seem to part with these old treasures. We decided to give them new life by creating TapeScape and the BoomBot. Now this obsolete media can be re-used and given new life instead of ending up in the garbage.

The idea was to make a robot almost entirely out of tape player parts, and mounting a tape head that continually drags itself over a flat field covered in audio tape (the TapeScape). So you're not playing a tape, you're playing on a tape. The resulting audio output is a glitchy sound experience with enormous opportunity for creative expression.

26/12/09>29/12/09

pHR!VOL!TY @ THE pHR34KpH4RM!!!
Once again the WrongCrowd heartily invite you to come get mutaloid at another multi-day free-for-all!
Bring your toys, games and music-making stuff for temporary autonomous delights!
Line-up consists of:
Base Electro(n)
Dol Mario
FeralBrown
Industrial_Peril
zPyramid
FeralPeril
Trancendental Headache
Traveller
Mister Mention
Throbgoblin(?)
Speculum(?)
...feel free to plug in and show off whatever "art" you have been creating!

THIS IS NOT A FUCKING RAVE, SO DON'T SAY IT IS!!!

The Mutoid Camp recommend cold and warm weather gear, your nargun-stick, as much alcohol as you can physically manage/afford...
I dunno... whatever floats your boat, I 'spose.

~DIREXIONZ~

from Sydney/Central Coast/Newcastle

http://bethesignal.org

Please, black out your website and online profile images in protest against the Australian Government’s Internet Filtering policy.

Why?

It may seem cheesy to turn your website or avatar black for an online protest, but it can form a part of a good online and offline campaign, particularly for Internet-related protests.

Many of my friends in New Zealand turned their websites and online profile images black to protest a proposed “guilt upon accusation” copyright law (Section 92A), providing massive online “Internet Blackout” support to the Creative Freedom campaign. I, and plenty of others around the world, also participated.

The most important bit: New Zealand media took notice, bringing a level of awareness to an Internet / copyright / online rights issue that would otherwise never have materialised. Ultimately, the new government chose to review the entire bill, and while the issue is still being fought, at least one battle was won… and now, there are more people informed about the issue to fight ACTA.

Now it’s Australia’s turn. Our current (otherwise pretty bloody sensible) government has adopted a terrible policy of mandatory Internet filtering, which Australians have been fighting against for many, many months. A technical report about the feasibility of the filter has just been released, which (on first glance) appears to validate the policy against technical challenges, and the government has announced that it is pursuing the policy to legislation.

Now, I’m not suggesting that turning stuff black will have a direct impact on government policy… However, I am suggesting that we can use broad-based online protest to increase awareness of the problem, and help those attempting to fight the good fight offline.

:supz:

IT ACTUALLY WORKS!!!

*WOB*