List in descending Avg IQ by State, and who that state voted for.

Redneck Nation

On a lighter note, what do the iPod guy, A white suited b-boy with a giant boombox, 3 china dolls, 2 snow princesses, Rick James and Condoleeza Rice all have in common? Check out the pictures from the Halloween Boom Boom Block Party to find out [thanks Damon].

Not my values. Not my President.

AAARRGH! How can this be? Please say it's not true. Who are these people who claim to support this presidential candidate because of his 'moral issues'? Hmmm, let's see - lying to the American people and the world to justify his invasion of a country that never attacked us, responsible for the death of over 100,000 Iraqi citizens (profoundly immoral), destroying the environment for corporate greed and profits (profoundly immoral), giving the richest Americans huge tax breaks while continuing to stick it to the poor (profoundly immoral). I simply cannot relate to a people who value blind faith over facts. I love this country, but I have never felt so alienated, so disenfranchised and so full of contempt for my supposed country mates. Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice, shame on us. Get ready for the nightmare to begin all over again.

In case you're unsure of where your polling place is, simply use the helpful lookup utility at mypollingplace.com.

Calling all robots to get out there and VOTE tomorrow. If you're with me in supporting John Kerry, you can send your friends and family a voting reminder through the John Kerry website. Go JFK!

Spinalcat is MIT thesis project using a set of disk-jockey turntables and paper ‘records’ that can be printed or drawn. One of the many cool parts is the optical scanner used is nothing more than the CueCat barcode scanner, widely distributed as a free giveaway.

iDressed up for Halloween last night. Yes, that's me as your favorite digital music player ad.

This just in from the Fischerspooner camp:
Fischerspooner are putting the finishing touches on their second album in NYC with French producer Mirwais. So far the band have collaborated on tracks with David Byrne, Linda Perry, Susan Sontag and Tony Hoffer although the final track listing for the album remains undecided. The album is tentatively titled 'Odyssey', is being mixed in London with Mark 'Spike' Stent and Stephen Fitzmaurice and will be released via Capitol and EMI worldwide next Spring.

Add one more item to my wishlist - the LooP.Ph light sleeper. It's an electroluminescent textile bedding with integrated alarm that simulates a natural dawn to ease you into your day. Seems like it would be really easy to make this with some EL wire and a simple timer.

LA Robots:

More party planning goodness for your spook-tacular weekend,

Thursday night see the sold out Interpol show at the Wiltern, then head over to the aforementioned DFA show at The Echo, or head to the Beauty Bar where Carlos from Interpol will be reinterpreting his Les Infants Terribles/Dorkpol appearance, spinning his favorite beats.


Interpol at the Filmore SF, Feb 2003

Saturday night head to Key Club for the Gigolo Records Halloween Party with Zombie Nation, Mount Sims, Crossover and DJ Unknown. Maybe you'll even hear DJ Unknown throw down his Bush-bashing acid techno burner (thanks Kevin McFancy).

Also, next Friday November 5th, catch Tommie Sunshine on the decks at Training Bra, the LBC's monthy electro party.

Thanks to DJ Saintpatrick for the tips.

SF Robots:

Friday night don't miss the Remix Hotel Afterparty at RX Gallery, featuring Ghostly International artist Matthew Dear and Telefon Tel Aviv from Domino.

Then Sunday head to Studio Z on Folsom St. for Tokyo Electric's Halloween bash, for a night of electro beats plus a live performance from Metropolis Records Artist 'Fixmer/McCarthy' (NITZER EBB Frontman Douglas McCarthy and Gigolo Records artist Terrence Fixmer).

Proving once again that Thursday is the night to go out in LA, head down to The Echo on the 28th to catch James Murphy from DFA/LCD Soundsystem and get down to his unique blend of hard techno, sprawling space rock, hipster pop and squealing 909 jams. Tickets are $17 at the door.

Continuing with our Thursday night theme, on the fourth choose from seeing our favorite Canadian, Tiga at Key Club, or head back to The Echo for VHS or BETA along with Telephone from P-town.

Mr. Robot?

Last night's Metro Area show in LA was fantastic. Morgan Geist was throwing down old school robotic love and the crowd went wild. If you're in San Francsico, make sure to see the Metro Area DJs tonight at Kelly's Mission Rock as part of the Blasthaus 9th Anniversary celebration - it's not to be missed!

Some fisheye lens fun from the opening night party at Rachel Ward's Terminal Five exhibit at JFK, before it was closed down.

I know, I know. I said more updates soon, but since early September I've traveling quite a bit, but now I'm finally getting some time to start enjoying what LA has to offer. Here's a few upcoming notable events:
- Tonight: Metro Area DJs at the Conga Room on Wilshire
- November 4th: Tiga at Key Club

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On temporary hiatus; back soon; new city; new robot love.

4 million personal robots will be sold in 2006.

Join Tokyo Electric on the dance floor for this Friday for a live performance by Miguel Fierro, better known to the electronic music world as Single Cell Orchestra. He's been producing everything from lush, emotion driven tracks such as "Knock out drops" to dance floor driving breakbeat and techno tracks for labels such as World Electric, Astralwerks, Reflective as well as Si Beggs' own Noodles imprint. More info at tokyoelectric.com.

Tokyo Electric
Friday, August 6th
Luna Lounge
1192 Folsom
10pm-3am 21

Not to brag or anything, but I got an award in this (page 75). For this. Yay!

O'reilly's new Make Magazine looks like Readymade for gadget freaks and geeks. I can't wait!

"The people who are into us are smart."

A whole lotta EmPeeThrees.

Ah, Farnsworth house, how I love thee.

Not exactly new, but extremely cool. Also not new, 30 seconds of Fischerspooner's latest song "Just Let Go" from the show Nip/Tuck.

Ruth La Ferla of the NY Times encourages you to take a look around — you’ll soon see it’s not just fellow iRobotnikers that are obsessed with robots, it’s all of society, from the robomates of The Stepford Wives to the latest embellishments by Muccia Prada.

Once again, robots - we're way ahead of the curve.

George Lucas has announced that the next Star Wars film will be called Revenge of the Sith.

Issue 6 of Spain's Fake is dedicated to all you wonderful fashion whores.

If you ever wondered what it would sound like if Stereo Total and Vive La Fête had offspring, then check out Auto. Auto is a french electro band. I like them. You might too.

Also, check out WordCount™ from Fabrica. It's a beautiful interactive presentation of the 86,800 most frequently used English words. See where your favorite vocabulary words rank.