There's fantastic article on my favorite art-scientist, Natalie Jeremijenko over at Salon.com. For those unaware, Ms. Jeremijenko creates brilliant installations laden with irony, designed to illuminate our humanity and reveal the chain of consequences of our actions and inactions. In the narcissistic world of art where so much confessional self-absorbed and self-obsessed work is lauded, it's refreshing and inspirational to explore unique work like Ms. Jeremijenko's.

Attn Robots:

TASCHEN Warehouse Sale
June 22, 2006 - June 25, 2006
Thousands of slightly damaged and display copies from TASCHEN on sale at bargain basement prices, 50-75% off for 3 days only!
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LA Robots, don't forget, our friend The Hacker will be at Key Club this Sunday night 6/25. Be there or be a plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

Erlend Oye on how he selects tracks for his DJ sets:

"If they (the crowd) wear colorful clothes, they don't want minimal techno. If they don't wear colorful clothes, they want minimal techno."

Fans of XLOVER have something to celebrate. Mr. No and Bryan Black, the duo behind the dark electro sounds of last year's fantastic album, Pleasure & Romance bring us their first solo effort under the moniker MOTOR with their upcoming album Klunk. Unfortunately, Klunk won't feature the haunting pop vocals of Nina Rai, but from listening to the samples on their website they still have enough dark menacing grooves, corrosive industrial drumming and acid house hooks to keep XLOVER fans on the dancefloor.

Klunk is scheduled for a July 25th release on Novamute records. More information is available on their website.

Not only is pinhole photography fun, it can yield unexpected and beautiful results. One of the easiest ways to get started is by building your own pinhole camera.

Linatree.com has a handy PDF download from which you can cut out and assemble your very own pinhole camera. Check it out!

Right now I'm rediscovering Who made Who; no, not that one, this one. Anywho, while not a typical robot recording, the Danish trio provide enough pure audio serotonin to please anyone who like to hit the floor. You'll find nods to acid, disco, electro, house and indie rock all blended together brilliantly on their 15 track self-titled release. For more information, check their self-titled 2005 release on Gomma records, or their My Space page.