On Lisa Rein's RadarThings On Lisa Rein's Fair and Balanced Mind TodayJueL Resistance At Wishfest Sunday Night - 7pm SLT- April 13, 2008 Who: JueL Resistance When: Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 7pm Where: Wishfest 1.0 - Solaris II - Second Life JueL Resistance's MySpace Page JueL on 'thesixtyone' As one of the first indie musicians to join and perform in Second Life, she has built a strong presence in the virtual world. A world where she is also known for her visual art work; her paintings, drawings and photography are displayed in various galleries throughout Second Life. JueL also owns and performs at the infamous "Living Room.http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/002826.php Machinima and Audio files of Cylindrian Rutabega's Performance at Wishfest 1.0- April 12, 2008 Come play at Wishfest 1.0 ! Last night's Wishfest 1.0 show started off our festival with a big bang. About 24 people showed up -- that's actually a lot for an SL event! As you can see from the movies, it was really hoppin! Here's my favorite of Cylindrian's songs, "Sweet Alice." I've made it available both as a big 54 MB and a smaller 20 MB file. I've also made an audio file available as an MP3 (6 MB) and a higher fidelity wav file. There's also a lengthier movie (19 MB) of the same...http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/002825.php Wishfest 1.0: Call For Artists, Poets, Performance Artists- April 11, 2008 Here's another of my favorite's from the Feather's Boa installation. Bryn Oh and Georg Janick, two other Node Zero Gallery artists, will also be setting up some of their incredible creations soon. The next acts that I know about at this time (because, of course, it is a Flash Festival - and if things are successful, there should be people on stage springint up at any time), is Sunday night, April 13, at 7pm SLT, when JueL Resistance (More on her in a bit...) will be doing a set, and Nick Noir...http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/002824.php Wishfest 1.0 - A Flash Festival Inside A Giant Art Installation in Second Life - Courtesy of Somatika Xiao- April 10, 2008 I just had a great phone conversation with Cylindrian Rutabega, who is playing at Wishfest tonight at 7pm. She's been hanging out on Solaris II for two days, just wandering around and enjoying the SIM. The beauty is that Solaris II is none other than the latest work of artist Somatika Xiao (a.k.a. David Stumbaugh). Somatika is the artist who collaborated with Spot Draves on the Sheep Vortex exhibit at Node Zero Gallery last month.So here's how it started. Wishfarmer Gary Bukowski, Somatika, and.http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/002823.php Video From Last Week's U.S. Congressional Hearing: The Case For Virtual Worlds- April 10, 2008 On April 1, 2008, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet had a congressional hearing on virtual worlds. The official title of the hearing was "Online Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars (link goes to official witness list). Video of entire hearing (300+ MB) Witnesses: 1. Philip Rosedale, FounderChairman of the BoardFormer CEO, Linden Labs 2. Susan Tenby, Senior Manager, Community Development, TechSoup 3..http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/002822.php The Daily Show on the Congressional Hearing on Virtual Worlds- April 10, 2008 This is from the April 7, 2008 program. More on the Congressional hearings on virtual worlds. Video files: 17 MB -- 56 MB Sound files: MP3 -- aiff The Daily Show - The best news on TV....http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/002821.php Cylindrian Rutabega - Live at Wishfest 1.0- April 7, 2008 Who: Cylindrian Rutabega When: Thursday, April 10, 7pm SLT Where: Solaris II, Second Life Wishfest 1.0 is a Flash Festival of music and arts! Musicians, artists, DJs, dancers, poets and creative folks of all kinds will be performing on the Wishfest stages. Think woodstock + earth day + a full moon rave -- just grab a stage and throw in your stream. All free! Just because we realized we could, and decided to experiment a little. Join this group to be notified when acts are performing -- and for..http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/archives/002820.php |