Comments on: Burger Time Event Horizon http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: H. http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-966 H. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:45:21 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-966 Hi, I'm H. and I work in a company interested in blog advertising. I found your blog engaging and I'm contacting you to ask if you are interested in blog post sponsorship. If you are interested, kindly mail back at k5sino@bigstring.com, indicating your blog for reference, and I'll send you back pricing details, guidelines and processes. Looking forward to doing business with you. Sincerely, H. Hi,

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]]> By: Bob Peters http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-965 Bob Peters Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:29:10 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-965 Um, Rob, I'm so embarassed. I'd love to offer this to you directly, but I'll be darned/danged/etc if I can find a proper email-esque thing. Obviously, feel free to delete this but I thought you'd want to peruse. Is it purely steampunk? Gosh, I don't think so.... but do we want anything that's PURELY steampunk? Is ANYTHING steampunk purely anything? Oh, great, now I've asked too many questions.....well, hell, you tell me. Best, Bob Peters AccessAllAreas At some time in the very distant future, long after America is gone, a group of artists scouring the backwater of whatever the Net has become discover the American Memory Archives of the Library of Congress. It's barely a ghost of its original form, all broken links and code that reads like gibberish. They manage to extract images, bits of text and sounds. Although they have no context for its meaning, they are intrigued by these strange antiquities. The group creates surreal impressions of the material they find and broadcast it back through time. A quantum radio channel beamed into the subconscious minds of the 21st Century. http://www.americanmemory.net/ index.htmlhttp://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/02/american-memory.html The American Memory Project will release a DVD EP in conjunction with the OHGR DTOUR, followed by a full-length Hi-Definition DVD in the spring of 2009. In our time, the first decade of the 21st Century, members of the American Memory Project are film-maker/guitarist William Morrison and drummer/composer Justin Bennett. Morrison may well be best known for the films and videos that have accompanied the Skinny Puppy performances, though he has also played guitar with SP and will be playing with OHGR on DTOUR. Bennett will play with Ohgr as well, and has performed with Skinny Puppy, Professional Murder Music, Rozz Williams, Pigface, and numerous others. Together, they have been channeling AMP for two years thus far. American Memory Project (AMP) will offer a startling multi-media presentation mixing visuals and audio from the past, the future, and the present in real time on each date of the OHGR DTOUR of the US and Canada throughout November and December 2008. Tour dates: OHGR - DTOUR with American Memory Project (AMP) Mon-Nov-17 Phoenix, AZ The Marquee Tue-Nov-18 San Diego, CA House of Blues Wed-Nov-19 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre Fri-Nov-21 San Francisco, CA Slims Sat-Nov-22 Portland, OR Dante's Sun-Nov-23 Vancouver, BC Red Room Mon-Nov-24 Seattle, WA El Corazon Wed-Nov-26 Salt Lake City, UT Murray Theatre Thu-Nov-27 Denver, CO Bluebird Sat-Nov-29 Minneapolis, MN Station 4 Sun-Nov-30 Chicago, IL Double Door Tue-Dec-02 Toronto, ON The Opera House Wed-Dec-03 Montreal, QUE Les Saints Thu-Dec-04 New York, NY Gramercy Sat-Dec-06 Boston, MA Paradise Sun-Dec-07 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel Tue-Dec-09 Raleigh, NC Cats Cradle Wed-Dec-10 Atlanta, GA Masquerade Fri-Dec-12 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room Sat-Dec-13 Tampa, FL State Theatre Mon-Dec-15 New Orleans, LA House of Blues Wed-Dec-17 Houston, TX Warehouse Thu-Dec-18 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre Fri-Dec-19 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit Sun-Dec-21 Albuquerque, NM For more, please contact: Bob Peters Access All Areas Um, Rob, I’m so embarassed. I’d love to offer this to you directly, but I’ll be darned/danged/etc if I can find a proper email-esque thing.
Obviously, feel free to delete this but I thought you’d want to peruse.
Is it purely steampunk? Gosh, I don’t think so…. but do we want anything that’s PURELY steampunk? Is ANYTHING steampunk purely anything? Oh, great, now I’ve asked too many questions…..well, hell, you tell me.

Best,

Bob Peters

AccessAllAreas

At some time in the very distant future, long after America is gone, a group of artists

scouring the backwater of whatever the Net has become discover the American Memory Archives of the Library of Congress. It’s barely a ghost of its original form, all broken links and code that reads like gibberish. They manage to extract images, bits of text and sounds. Although they have no context for its meaning, they are intrigued by these strange antiquities. The group creates surreal impressions of the material they find and broadcast it back through time. A quantum radio channel beamed into the subconscious minds of the 21st Century.

http://www.americanmemory.net/

index.htmlhttp://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/02/american-memory.html

The American Memory Project will release a DVD EP in conjunction with the OHGR DTOUR, followed by a full-length Hi-Definition DVD in the spring of 2009.

In our time, the first decade of the 21st Century, members of the American Memory Project are film-maker/guitarist William Morrison and drummer/composer Justin Bennett. Morrison may well be best known for the films and videos that have accompanied the Skinny Puppy performances, though he has also played guitar with SP and will be playing with OHGR on DTOUR. Bennett will play with Ohgr as well, and has performed with Skinny Puppy, Professional Murder Music, Rozz Williams, Pigface, and numerous others. Together, they have been channeling AMP for two years thus far.

American Memory Project (AMP) will offer a startling multi-media presentation mixing visuals and audio from the past, the future, and the present in real time on each date of the OHGR DTOUR of the US and Canada throughout November and December 2008.

Tour dates:

OHGR – DTOUR with

American Memory Project (AMP)

Mon-Nov-17 Phoenix, AZ The Marquee
Tue-Nov-18 San Diego, CA House of Blues
Wed-Nov-19 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
Fri-Nov-21 San Francisco, CA Slims
Sat-Nov-22 Portland, OR Dante’s
Sun-Nov-23 Vancouver, BC Red Room
Mon-Nov-24 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Wed-Nov-26 Salt Lake City, UT Murray Theatre
Thu-Nov-27 Denver, CO Bluebird
Sat-Nov-29 Minneapolis, MN Station 4
Sun-Nov-30 Chicago, IL Double Door
Tue-Dec-02 Toronto, ON The Opera House
Wed-Dec-03 Montreal, QUE Les Saints
Thu-Dec-04 New York, NY Gramercy
Sat-Dec-06 Boston, MA Paradise
Sun-Dec-07 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel
Tue-Dec-09 Raleigh, NC Cats Cradle
Wed-Dec-10 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
Fri-Dec-12 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
Sat-Dec-13 Tampa, FL State Theatre
Mon-Dec-15 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
Wed-Dec-17 Houston, TX Warehouse
Thu-Dec-18 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
Fri-Dec-19 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
Sun-Dec-21 Albuquerque, NM

For more, please contact:

Bob Peters
Access All Areas

]]> By: Sean Cranbury http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-964 Sean Cranbury Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:59:30 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-964 Rob: apologies for the late response but i've been spelunking in the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth for the past few weeks and haven't had internet access. You'll be happy to know that due to your American citizenship you won't have to fight the Canadian Master of West Wind but will rather have to engage his American cousin, Michael Vick. Shouldn't be much of a fight, really. Love the site. Keep rocking. Rob: apologies for the late response but i’ve been spelunking in the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth for the past few weeks and haven’t had internet access.

You’ll be happy to know that due to your American citizenship you won’t have to fight the Canadian Master of West Wind but will rather have to engage his American cousin, Michael Vick. Shouldn’t be much of a fight, really.

Love the site. Keep rocking.

]]> By: Rob http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-963 Rob Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:12:56 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-963 Elliot: You're welcome, and I'm looking forward to the Braunstein reports too. Funny how when you & I were first posting about Braunstein, it seemed like only a handful of people interested in RPG history had even heard of it; now David Wesely's the toast of Story Games... Sean: Do I have to fight the reigning Master of the West Wind to take his place? (I believe he is living in Vancouver, practicing bass guitar the Robert Fripp way.) Or is that just the Grandmaster of Flowers? Elliot: You’re welcome, and I’m looking forward to the Braunstein reports too. Funny how when you & I were first posting about Braunstein, it seemed like only a handful of people interested in RPG history had even heard of it; now David Wesely’s the toast of Story Games…

Sean: Do I have to fight the reigning Master of the West Wind to take his place? (I believe he is living in Vancouver, practicing bass guitar the Robert Fripp way.) Or is that just the Grandmaster of Flowers?

]]> By: Sean Cranbury http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-962 Sean Cranbury Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:31:43 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-962 Rob - you are approaching Master of the West Wind territory here (which, should you need to be reminded means that you have acquired at least 500001 xp). Glad to have read this. Thanks. Rob – you are approaching Master of the West Wind territory here (which, should you need to be reminded means that you have acquired at least 500001 xp).

Glad to have read this. Thanks.

]]> By: Elliot Wilen http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-961 Elliot Wilen Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:14:52 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-961 Muchas gracias for the link-to, Rob. I'm very much looking forward to reports from Tom, Ben, and the other participants at GenCon. There's already been a little tantalizing chatter at Story-Games... Muchas gracias for the link-to, Rob.

I’m very much looking forward to reports from Tom, Ben, and the other participants at GenCon. There’s already been a little tantalizing chatter at Story-Games…

]]> By: Adam http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-960 Adam Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:07:21 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-960 "...why are there keys if there is nothing to unlock?" Sounds a little like it's a stargate, that the sky will open up and pacman will waka waka into our world. They ever find those Arati 2600 E.T. cartridges buried out in the desert? We got a C64 in '84, Jumpman ruled! This afternoon CBC was talking about the Madden NFL game, it's been a top-seller for 20 years, or something. “…why are there keys if there is nothing to unlock?” Sounds a little like it’s a stargate, that the sky will open up and pacman will waka waka into our world. They ever find those Arati 2600 E.T. cartridges buried out in the desert? We got a C64 in ’84, Jumpman ruled! This afternoon CBC was talking about the Madden NFL game, it’s been a top-seller for 20 years, or something.

]]> By: Rob http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-959 Rob Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:54:25 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-959 Greg: What a fun course! Everybody should <a href="http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/~gdowney/courses/j676-video-games/index.php" rel="nofollow">check it out</a>. Tom: Coolio! I think the game is happening right now so I won't pepper you with questions for Major Dave. But I'll be curious to hear about it. Greg: What a fun course! Everybody should check it out.

Tom: Coolio! I think the game is happening right now so I won’t pepper you with questions for Major Dave. But I’ll be curious to hear about it.

]]> By: Tom Russell http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-958 Tom Russell Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:51:06 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-958 Hey Rob, I'm going to be playing in the Braunstein game the Major is running at GenCon on Friday. I'll give you the scoop afterwards. Hey Rob,

I’m going to be playing in the Braunstein game the Major is running at GenCon on Friday. I’ll give you the scoop afterwards.

]]> By: Greg Downey http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-957 Greg Downey Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:45:00 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2008/08/burger-time-event-horizon/#comment-957 Hey Rob, funny you should mention this; I ran a course this summer at Madison on "Video games and mass communication" and we watched the King of Kong in class. The students loved it. I was intending it to be a guilty pleasure (really, though, how many guilty pleasures do you need to throw into a class on video games, anyway?) but they convinced me that it had great Enduring Educational Value in demonstrating how even what to them was a dead-end "old media" artifact (the screen-by-screen arcade video game, RIP) could be a catalyst for people to build meaning, identity, and institutions. We also played some Donkey Kong ourselves, courtesy of the "virtual console" emulation of the Nintendo Wii, and they realized those old-skool games ain't as easy as they look. (Our university library still has a screen-by-screen guide to winning Pac Man on the shelves.) P.S. You (or your site visitors) should feel free to check out the resources I accumulated for the class, on the web site linked to this comment. Hey Rob, funny you should mention this; I ran a course this summer at Madison on “Video games and mass communication” and we watched the King of Kong in class. The students loved it. I was intending it to be a guilty pleasure (really, though, how many guilty pleasures do you need to throw into a class on video games, anyway?) but they convinced me that it had great Enduring Educational Value in demonstrating how even what to them was a dead-end “old media” artifact (the screen-by-screen arcade video game, RIP) could be a catalyst for people to build meaning, identity, and institutions. We also played some Donkey Kong ourselves, courtesy of the “virtual console” emulation of the Nintendo Wii, and they realized those old-skool games ain’t as easy as they look. (Our university library still has a screen-by-screen guide to winning Pac Man on the shelves.) P.S. You (or your site visitors) should feel free to check out the resources I accumulated for the class, on the web site linked to this comment.

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