The Den

Root Elements is the primary solo electronic music project of my close friend Jeremiah. Originally started here in the Bay Area, he's now based in just outside of Barcelona, Spain. Check out his releases on IfElseThen and En:Peg digital .   Update: Root Elements will be playing live on May 18, 2007 at the Civic Center in Poble Sec, Barcelona. Be there!

I spend way too much time hitting this link.  But its great when you have a few minutes and want to read something interesting. I have a book mark for it that I just hit over and over until I find something interesting. Never takes many hits!

It takes you to a random article out of the more than 1.5 million articles in the English version of Wikipedia, the online, user-edited encyclopedia.  

My friend Meg, currently of the Big Apple, has a domain and front page reserved. She says somday there will be content too!

I recently was told through the grapevine that my friends Aurelia and her husband Brian (now living back home in Adelaide) have not only a blog and website of their their artworks, but also now have a lovely baby boy!!!  So it looks like my 'babies everywhere' post a while back is still in full force.  Is anyone else I know out there actively procreating these days?

One of BJ's solo electronic music projects. Wormfood creates techno with darker, more direct sound.

Another local net and disc label for great electronica, run by the same folks who bring us en:peg.  Some of my favorite artists on n5md: Proem, Bitcrush, Run Return, Funckarma, SubtractiveLAD,.....

...from the mouths of babes... uh,  oh wait, that's Ben....

This is the website of my friend and sometime roommate Chris Ross.

One of the largest download sites outside of iTunes. eMusic works on a subscription basis - some $$ per month allows you to download a certain number of tracks - which is great if you don't want all the tracks of an album.  All genres are represented, from classical choral to indie hiphop. Plenty of smaller indie labels.

Great Barrier Lodge is a wonderfully picturesque and cozy guesthouse on Great Barrier Island, off the coast of New Zealand's North Island east of Auckland.  It's owned by Tony Christiansen, a good friend of my New Zealand family. I stayed there for a couple days in Dec. 2006 and it and the island were among the highlights of my trip.

Aubie's website, of course.

Couchsurfing.com aims to create a better world, one couch at a time.  Meet people from interesting places, meet people IN interesting places!

A 'social networking' site that links travellers with hosts. Sick of being just another tourist? If you're going somewhere and would like to meet a 'local' and get an insiders view of your destination, check out couchsurfing.com.  You can sign up to offer your couch to a passing surfer, or look for available couches in distant lands.   A site with a pretty active community, it offers plenty of wise and useful info about the concept, including issues of safety and trust with regard to opening your home to, or staying in the homes of, strangers. 

 In my many travels I've crashed on plenty of couches offered by total strangers out of pure kindness and hospitality. This is a wondefully karmic way to 'give back to the world'

Another excellent East Bay-based netlabel with a great selection of hard-to-find works from indie electronic artists, including our own Root Elements!  All tracks are non-DRM'd mp3's, only $2 per album .

BJ's solo electronic music project focusing on experimental IDM, hip hop, and trip hop beats.

Great site for buying a wide variety of great music from a good-sized list of independent labels. All tracks are high-quality mp3's with no DRM. *yay*