concerts
Design
Stolen Traffic Cones Come Together To Form Concert Pavilion
6:00AM Rosa Golijan | You’ve got a tiny budget and need to have a pavilion for a concert, ASAP. What’ll you do? If you’re EFGH, an NYC-based architecture firm, you run out, take a bunch of traffic cones and take the DIY route. More »
Music
12:20PM Nick Broughall | Oh man. If you’re a fan of classic Aussie rock, live in Sydney and have a slight love affair with all things Apple, then next month is going to be like getting a “happy ending” every time you sneeze. While you’re in a pepper factory. More »
Sydney Apple Store Hosting Aussie Rock Legends All Next Month
12:20PM Nick Broughall | Oh man. If you’re a fan of classic Aussie rock, live in Sydney and have a slight love affair with all things Apple, then next month is going to be like getting a “happy ending” every time you sneeze. While you’re in a pepper factory. More »
Gadgets
Inside U2’s Behemoth 74-Ton LED Concert Screen
8:00AM Jack Loftus | Love them or hate them, there’s no denying U2 has a knack for bending light to its will. Their latest creation is no different. At 74 tons, it’s an epic, morphing LED centerpiece for an already technology-heavy concert tour. More »
Entertainment
The Blip Festival: Like Girl Talk and a Game Boy Had a Baby
10:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Brooklyn’s Blip Festival 2008, which is taking place this weekend, December 4th through 7th, is a celebration of modders, music, vintage game consoles, and graphics. Artists come from all over the world to perform electronic music created with Game Boys, Commodore 64s, and Famicoms, and it’s more than just bleeps and bloops: this stuff is really fun. More »
Entertainment
Sympho Canvas Orchestra Replaces Musicians With Speakers
10:45AM Wilson Rothman | Whoever said recorded music doesn’t have the same intensity as a live performance should meet Lead Sound, the Japanese company behind the Sympho Canvas virtual orchestra. Forty-six speakers are arrayed in a concert hall similar to the placement of instruments in a real orchestra and each speaker “plays” a discrete track. Four more fill in human voices and the rest add extra audio to improve the sonic facade. While this seems like an obvious experiment, it’s actually really really creepy, too, a totally still room brought to life with the music of ghosts. More »
Cameras
Why I Hate the iPhone (and Loved the Best Rock Concert Ever)
11:30AM Jesus Diaz | There. I said it. I hate it. OK, I don’t really hate it. But sometimes I want to smash it against the wall. The last time was in the pit at the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s concert in Madrid. I was there, first row, centre of the stage, after waiting a whole night and day outside of the stadium. That night was the most amazing and magical I’ve experienced in a very long time, and certainly the best rock concert I’ve ever been to. Only one thing failed: my iPhone’s camera. More »
Home
Pop-Up Hotel Rooms
9:40AM Sean Fallon | A French company called Abilmo has developed collapsible hotel-style dwellings that users can quickly construct in just about any location. The concept is similar to the Myhab cardboard units we have discussed in the past, except Abilmo packs numerous modern conveniences like electricity, a bathroom with shower, climate control and even hardwood floors into its 130 square foot space.
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