previous | 9 December 2005 | next A bunch of quickies: A *very* low turnout yesterday at the DC Commission for the NMAP grant - if you are a DC resident and a creator of new media/sound art, then you should apply - there's another workshop next week, and it's a requirement that you attend if you want to apply - Jose Dominguez runs the workshop - it's short, painless, and *very* helpful to newbie grant-seekers like me. Via we-make-money-not-*, a project in LA to transform suburban lawns into Edible Estates. When the fossil fuels run out, are you gonna pay a zillion bucks for fresh produce? Interesting commentary at Digital Poetics on the Steven Soderbergh interview in WiReD with discussion of the capacity for the avant-garde to make commercially successful, popular works. Regarding mash-ups: "I have ideas like that - video mash-ups. Some of them I've done privately. But there's no way for them to be seen legally. I wish we could come up with a system that allowed someone to do a Grey Album without having to pay millions of dollars for music rights. A system in which rights holders share profits of a new piece of work and people can access it without breaking the law." Uhhh, Creative Commons anyone? Speaking of mash-ups, iTunes and NBC rolled out a bunch of titles for iPod video consumption. Incuded in the line-up... Knight Rider??? That's just *begging* for some click-n-paste action.