iMac
November 1, 2009
- Well, it took some doing but I finally figured out how to add a page to my Beautiful Desolation blog that is specifically devoted to the short stories, poems and novel excerpts I've recorded over the past two years.This has been a long time coming and I'm delighted to offer audio presentations of my work to my readers, for free listening and downloading. Many of the recordings feature soundtracks ...
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September 28, 2009
- Oh, yes, I do love Garageband. It has added a whole other dimension to my writing and if you'd like to hear the newest examples of my "spoken word" efforts, pop by my blog, Beautiful Desolation.I've recorded four more short-short efforts, about three-and-a-half minutes of prose, accompanied by weeeiiirrd music. You'll love it, I promise...
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September 19, 2009
- I'm finally working up the nerve to explore some of the amazing things this iMac can do: movies, music, you name it. This weekend I recorded three of my favorite prose poems (short short stories), added some incidental music and sound FX and posted them on my blog.I'm a ham, I admit it, and having the chance to perform this trio of stories, compose music in Garageband and edit it all into a ...
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September 13, 2009
- As some of you know, I have a sordid history with Apple products. It's a complicated co-dependent relationship, and just when I think I'm in the clear, I get pulled back in. Now, a lot of good has come from me and Mac, like six books. However, there is a dark side. And a dark side. And a dark side.Okay, so a couple of days after I wiped out my website, I deleted several days of work ...
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June 17, 2009
- Meet the owner of a brand, spanking new iMac computer.Took a good deal of time to work up the nerve to upgrade from my old, old, OLD Mac but, I have to say, I'm stunned by what this new beauty can do. This is all part of the process of addressing some of that sense of stagnation I reported feeling in a previous entry. Like I'm spinning my tires, artistically speaking. I want to try making ...
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October 31, 2008
- • I’ve been doing this blog fairly steadily for six months now and seemed to have settled on a pattern of one every two or three days. Doing 15 a month as I did in June is a bit taxing, but doing fewer than 10 is too skimpy. I’m doing a round-up of items here on the last day of October because it’ll give me 13 for the month. I could do one a day if I did round-ups of little items, but ...
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