Wednesday, September 26, 2007

My new hobby: creating things that don't exist.











Initially, I just wanted some software that would allow me to do some simple two-dimentional animation, but my buddy found this "Blender" software and I thought, "What the hell..." Now, about three weeks into my studies (there are a LOT of tutorials and help files out there) I'm beginning to get a slight grip on the software's interface, though you should really see some of the truly amazing things people are doing with it. The software is free, but be warned, the better your system, the faster, your renderings will be. Some of these took me a few minutes to design, but much l o n g e r to render (animations in particular).



Simply put, the more complex your subject is, the more time it will take. LOTS of MEMORY and a FAST proscessor are really going to enhance your experience greatly. The user interface is BRILLIANT, yet really complicated to master, I assume, as I have yet to master it. This is what I initially wanted a computer for, back in like, 1990, when I got my 486 DX2 with 4 megs of ram and a 213 mb hard drive (only cost us $1,500.00)



Go to Blender.org if you're so inclined. Have fun!

Saturday, September 01, 2007

Vic demise-“Neither”, “Nor”, and “Both”
Song List for the four disc collection:

DISC ONE

1. Only Rock and Roll (Intro)
2. Sorry I Am
3. Payphone
4. I Don’t like It
5. Falling
6. Hey Monkey
7. Babylon (3 Verse Version)
8. Don’t See Me Now
9. (You’re Still) In
10. Passion and Pride
11. Low Down Dirty Lie
12. Black and White
13. Free Stuff-No Cops
14. Drunk
15. No Trouble
16. Fuck You
17. Chernobyl (Original Demo)
18. Destination Nowhere
19. Not Any More
20. Say
21. Reflections On A Failed Relationship In An Empty Driveway

DISC TWO

1. Girls Always Know
2. Sincerely
3. It Could Be Worse
4. Your own Dumb Way
5. This Perfect Day
6. Lost The Feeling
7. Linda’s Song
8. I Can Tell
9. Given Time
10. Lullaby For Lucifer
11. Jesus
12. Passion and Pride (Sax and Harp Version)
13. Harder
14. If I-Will You?
15. Real Life
16. Babylon (Two Verse Version)
17. Letter To Joe

DISC THREE

1. Kittywompuss
2. Tom and Dave
3. Opium Den
4. Ain’t That The Song? (Inst.)
5. Groovy Horn Sequence
6. Better Days
7. Score Me Some Too
8. Backward Elephant Walk
9. Cursed
10. Dixieland Betty
11. Dumb Rock Song
12. Midi Ditty
13. Echo Jam
14. Experiment 1
15. Ah!
16. Experiment 2
17. Harder (Inst.)
18. Jane’sy Thing
19. My First Sax Song
20. Salvage
21. Tech No

DISC FOUR

1. Tom’s Bass Face
2. Untitled
3. Dr. Rhythm Raunch
4. Chernobyl (Live)
5. Mausolia (Live)
6. Hard (Live)
7. Words Of My Own (Live)
8. Ain’t That The Song? (Live)
9. Lullaby For Lucifer (Live)
10. She’s So Heavy (Intro)
11. Lithium (Nirvana Cover)
12. Waiting For Summer (34 Leaves)
13. Red (34 Leaves)
14. Blind Opportunity (34 Leaves)
15. Happy Days (34 Leaves)