So hopefully its waiting in my postal box when I get off the plane back in Wellingtron… Except I couldnt as they are sold out everywhere in Japan (this says a lot about the price/feature/fun factor of this device), no new stock until April! As there was no way the store was parting with the one demo model they had left, I returned home & after doing a quick search on the interweb, sure enough managed to buy one from a store in NZ. Its my last day in Japan today, boo hoo… I’m about to head into Osaka to do my last minute shopping… Relatedly the only music/sound gadget I have picked up this time around is a Korg Kaossilator! I was skeptical of how much use/fun these things could be (and the terrible youtube videos of people making bad techno etc with them didnt go far to convince me) but after playing with one in a music store for half an hour I decided to buy one, then & there. Oh, and the oddities? Check out some of the musical weirdness from NAMM this year here, such as the Planter Sub – a subwoofer for your garden….
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I’m always intrigued to see what animated short films are nominated for an Oscar and this year it seems the selection is stronger than ever, with a pleasant absence of overly cute, overtly CG shorts… in fact there is only one CG short nominated & its rather good, but judge for yourself before those Oscar people do for you… Heres a low rez youtube version of the French CG short: