2010
July- Ghostly Showcase
In which I break some silence.
- New Shows to Kick Off 2010
In which I team up with the inimitable Trip Wamsley for some liver performances.
2009
November- Scent of Embers: Live at Y2k9
In which another video is posted.
- Vaporous Restraint: Live at the Y2K9 International Looping Festival
In which I post another performance video.
- Metamesmeric: Out Now. Download, Special Edition CD, and Limited Edition Print
In which my new album, Metamesmeric, is released.
- Y2K9 International Looping Festival
In which I plug my spot in Y2K9
- Venice Originals
In which some one said “Hey bro, take our picture!“. And so I did.
- Crowdsourcing the Album Art
In which I try to overcome some serious creative block.
- Lunch Time Sketching
In which a grizzled old man is rendered at lunch time.
- Awesome Rush/Beastie Boys Mashup
In which I post… well, a Rush/Beastie Boys mashup.
- A Little Music in the Park
In which I post a picture of someone grooving. Really.
- Ridiculously Tardy Blog Entry
In which I post something, well… ridiculously tardy.
- House Concert Group Improv
In which I post a video from the house concert in Capitola.
- More Photos of Loki
In which I post… well, more photos of Loki.
- Loki - April 18th, 2009
In which I lose a little buddy.
- Cloudlift: LIVE from Capitola
In which I post another video from a house concert.
- As Shards Descend: LIVE Video
In which I post another live performance from a house concert.
- Clown Picture
In which I post a picture of a clown thing.
- Scent of Embers LIVE: Video from January’s House Concert
In which I post a video of Scent of Embers.
- Ghostly 10th Anniversary Show
In which I link up some Flickr action from the show!
- If Not Us: Another Improvisation
In which I, in fact, post another improvisation. Just like it says.
- Unexpected: Breach
In which another improvisation surfaces.
- New Site: Splatterhouse
In which I post the very latest from LEVEL… Splatterhouse.
- The Settling Dust
In which I finally post about the house concert and other recent goings on.
- Botched Concerts Landing Page
In which I put up a landing page for our little house concert.
- House Concert: January 23, 2009
In which I’ll be debuting my blend of Ambient Looping Bass Cello Explorations.
2008
December- Mixes: A Sneak Peek. Or Sneak Listen?
In which I post some of the mixes we’ve been mixing.
- It’s a Christmas Miracle!
In which my iPod magically comes back to life!
- Over at the Illustration Blog
In which I take you over to… well, the Illustration Blog.
- The New Night Table
In which I post more of my father’s fine craftsmanship.
- Meeting with Christopher Willits
In which I post a few thoughts about my meeting with Christopher Willits
- Coraline Featurettes
In which I find some cool promo movies for Coraline.
- Early Star Wars Storyboards
In which I post a link to some early storyboards from Star Wars.
- Loki Wants in on the Action
In which I post a photo of the cat.
- The Creepiest, Most Beautiful Thing I’ve Seen Today
In which I post an animation of an army of puppets.
- The One that Mostly Goes Backwards
In which I post more bass loopery.
- Another Pesky Little NEW Idea
In which I post another new bass loop construction… and test out a snazzy new little player.
- A New LEVEL
In which the new LEVEL is unveiled.
- Status Check
In which I just post some random thoughts.
- Mythbusters at Nvision 08: CPU v. GPU
In which the Mythbusters paint with paintball guns.
- I Seem To Have This Problem…
In which I post yet more bass tomfoolerly. Bass CELLO tomfoolerly, that is…
- I Can Has Vice Prezidant
In which i post a lol-barrack.
- The as Yet Untitled Detroit Trip Composition
In which I post another musical composition, composed during a trip to Detroit.
- I Met the Walrus
In which I post ANOTHER bit of YouTube fantastic-ness…
- Samsung Unboxing
In which I post another bit of YouTubery.
- Rush Playing Rush: Rockband
In which Rush plays themselves on Rockband… the game.
- This is One Long-Overdue Post
In which I post an entry after, well… not posting some entries.
- Into the Wee Hours
In which I’m barely coherent.
- Switched On Bach
In which I take a little side-trip in the way-back machine.
- Genre Peak: A Tiny Bit of Press
In Which I get a little shout-out.
- Travel Sketches: New York
In which I post… umm… some travel sketches, feeble as they may be.
- Cloud:Lift
In which I post another ambient bass excursion.
- Solo Bass Night 4
In which I post some photos on Flickr.
- Sketchbook: No Longer Empty
In which I get around to sketching some.
- More Work in Progress: From Last Weekend
In which I post an mp3 of some work in progress.
- Ambient Bass Practice
In which I post some evidence…
- It is Near
In which… it is near.
- Minority Report is Near
In which I post a video of some very cool touchless-interface technology.
- Nëw Crüe
In which I did some quick and dirty designs for Mötley Crüe.
- Vintage Maximum Indifference
In which I participate in some YouTubery.
- Yuri’s Night Bay Area
In which I post some photos and a few comments about Yuri’s Night.
- Anybody There?
In which I muse on twittering away the day.
- My Poor Empty Sketchbook
In which my sketchbook remains, well… empty.
- The Twitter Challenge.
In which I am challenged to a solo-bass set by Steve Lawson.
- New Instrumentation
In which I acquire an NS Design Bass Cello.
- Minor Breakthrough
In which a ray of creativity shine’s through the cloud of procrastination like a beam of golden sunlight.
- Happy 2008 So Far
In which I have a lot of catching up to do.
2007
December- Keith “ Ketman” Shirasawa
In which I learn some sad news.
- Divided
In which the muses of music and art do battle, anhilating each other mercilessly.
- Making Noise
In which the creative impulse slightly overtakes my laziness.
- Catching Up
In which I… catch up!
- Best Buddies Challenge
In which we are going to ride 100 miles.
- Dusting Off
In which one of my basses makes if off the wall.
- New Design Reactor Site
In which the newest version of the Design Reactor Web Site is launched.
- Peter Daldry CD Release Party
In which Peter Daldry finally releases his CD.
- April Studio Activities
In which I build a new portfolio site, an attract loop animation, and rebuild a previous project.
- Enchant at the Avalon
In which I do some studio tidying up and catch an Enchant show.
- SHM Drawing Session #7
In which I post yet more life drawings…
- SHM Drawing Session #3
In which I post another life drawing bit.
- Shrunkenheadman Drawing Session #1
In which I post a bit of life drawing.
- The Botched Blog: One Year Old.
In which the Botched Blog turns… well… one year old.
- Crow-Quill Re-acquaintance
In which I’m getting reacquainted with the crow-quill pen.
- Sketchbook Geese
In Which I post a gaggle, or… at least a couple sketches of geese.
- Superbowl Sketching
In which I post a few studies sketched during the Super Bowl.
- Painted Feet
In which I post a couple painted feet.
- The Summoning
In which I’m currently waiting for jury duty.
2006
December- ‘Twas the Week Before Christmas
In which I try to make good use of my Christmas vacation.
- New Hosting Company
In which I switch hosting companies.
- Pig Robot Done… and even more Thievery
In which I finished the pig robot thingy.
- Painting Work in Progress
In which I post yet another work-in-progress update regarding the pig-robot.
- Pig Robot Progress
In which I post a mostly-complete graphite rendering.
- 50 Thumbnails
In which I try to come up with 50 distinct illustration concepts in 25 minutes.
- Studio Happenings
In which the studio sees an upturn in activity.
- Getting back into it
In which, um… I’m getting back into the swing of things.
- Back from Vacation
In which I post a few pages from the sketchbook from vacation.
- Tom… From Way Back When
In which I post another sketch… and a lament or two about comment spam.
- Turning It Around: Or, the Pig-Robot
In which I post a little work-in-progress sketch of a mechanical pig in a suit.
- Today’s Junk.
In which I post a really junky sketchbook page.
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