Torley in Paris

Paris in Second Life:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Paris%201900/56/68/24








Torley in Paris - by Doubledown Tandino

Experts talkin' bout Experts talkin' bout Experts

Philip Rosedale: Interview and Expert Reactions <--- VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT now posted!
Submitted by Robert Bloomfield on Fri, 09/19/2008

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Ok, so here's the quick recap: Philip Linden discussed stuff. Then, Robert Bloomfield of Metanomics got to discuss some stuff with Philip Linden. Now, Benjamin Duranske of Virtually Blind & Robert Bloomfield teamed up to discuss the discussion.

Special appearances included Christian Renaud, Wagner James Au, ‘Dusan Writer,’ Nic Mitham, Tish Shute, ‘Betinna Tizzy,’ and Roland Legrand. It's a maaaaaad orgy of genius. Check out right here for all the intelligent synthetic universe talk: Philip Rosedale: Interview and Expert Reactions

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Benjamin Duranske on Metanomics September 29th on Panel Discussing Philip Rosedale Interview - September 27th, 2008 by Benjamin Duranske

Koinup's Burning Life Directory

Via: New World Notes
Wagner James Au
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

"Koinup's Burning Life Directory
In my weekend Open Forum on favorite sites in Burning Life, Silvy Noel points out a pictorial directory and photo archive of BL places on Koinup, an NWN partner. (Like this place at left, a chill DJ club in the heart of the desert.) If you have a Koinup account and want to share Burning Life sites you vist, just shoot SL screenshots as postcards, then upload them to Koinup's server; the X,Y,Z address automatically filters them into the social network's BL content stream. Details on how to do that here."

Thank you Wagner James Au

Blog Love - "Not Possible IRL" (in real life)

Total super shoutouts and blog love to
NOT POSSIBLE IN REAL LIFE
by Bettina Tizzy along with collaborative efforts.

http://npirl.blogspot.com/

In the voice of James Lipton from Inside the Actor's Studio: Go to this blog... feed burn it... read it always... warship and love it

Burning Life 2008 - Ready Set Explore

I've arrived for a wonderful day of exploring Burning Life this year (with a unique outfit inspired by last year's festivities).

See you around at all of the creative installations.

For all info about Linden Lab's Burning Life 2008, go to http://www.google.com/ and search for "Burning Life" or check out LL's Wiki

How to beat-sync songs to video in Sony Vegas - Torley Tutorial!

Amazingly awesome of Torley to post this tutorial. Personally, I find myself choosing to use Sony Vegas (video editing) and Sony Sound Forge (audio editing) most of the time. Thank you Torley for covering this topic



For more info, BE SURE to visit www.TORLEY.COM!

"Matching music to visuals is fun and pretty easy to do in Sony Vegas, my fave video editor. After trial and error with various means, I figured out a practical way to do this with MixMeister BPM Analyzer. It works best when the music has a strong, steady tempo — most modern pop, rock, and dance will do. Works lovely for your music videos, action-packed cinematics, and more."

Barack Obama in Second Life - Gearing up for OBAMAFEST on Sept 27th and 28th

DON'T FORGET:

OBAMAFEST 08 - September 27th and 28th in Second Life and across the web!




Courtesy of Rik Riel - The Click Heard Round the World

John McCain Disregards Intellectual Property Rights of Musicians - Jackson Browne Fights Back

John McCain just takes what he wants, without any regard to laws, permissions, and legalities. In fact, I bet McCain doesn't even know what he did wrong:



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Jackson Browne DID NOT want McCain to use his song, and decides to sue him (RIGHT ON!)



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Awesome new track by Jackson Browne

Ravelong SL & Doubledown's DJ Shop Temporarily Offgrid

The inworld Ravelong Office & Doubledown's DJ Shop is closed temporarily. The shop and all of SLMC Info Island will be restored in several days.

In the meantime, all products are available including dj equipment, booths, lighting, dancefloors, dj animations, and broadcast stream rentals.

Please contact Doubledown Tandino inworld or email DJDoubledown (at) gmail (dot) com for any inquiries.

Obama Fest - September 27th & 28th - Presented by Obama for President, Second Life

Obama Fest ‘08
Second Life Obama Music Fest to Encourage Registration and Real Life Activism.

Saturday Sept 27th : Live performances (slt)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20homes/168/129/22

11:15am - 12:00pm Thumper Bucher
12:00pm - 2:00pm 2 Live performers to be announced soon
2:00pm - 4:00pm Desmond is trying to get Von for this time period
4:00pm - 6:00pm JC (via Marqi Entertainment)

Sunday Sept 28th : Live DJs (slt)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/MARQI%20GLOBAL%20HQ/62/90/2

Preshow hangout and mingle and music with Doubledown.
11:00am - 12:00pm Doubledown Tandino
12:00pm - 1:00pm Sir Brennen
1:00pm - 2:00pm Derrick Stewart
2:00pm - 3:00pm DJ from Marqi
3:00pm - 4:00pm Desmond

TO LISTEN IN LIVE BOTH DAYS
TUNE IN:
http://www.slmusic.info:8880/

(copy and paste the URL into your favorite media player, winamp, itunes, etc)

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On-Site Coverage: Metaverse TV

PRESS:

FRONT PAGE OF METAVERSE MESSENGER Sept.23.08

The Avastar - "Backing Barack in SL"

The Click Heard Round The World

Daily Kos

iReport

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Second Life, the virtual home to over one million residents worldwide, will host an major music festival in support of Senator Barack Obama’s historic run for the Presidency. Obama for President, Second Life’s largest pro-Obama group, is inviting Obama/Biden supporters from across the country for an afternoon and music, fun and activism.

Obama Fest is a drive to register some of the more than 50 million Americans who failed to register in 2004. Obama for President will set up virtual registration computers, with links to online voter registration sites. Experienced group members will also be available to answer questions on registration procedures and deadlines, as well as specific Obama policy questions. Obama for President founder Keith Mandell (Second Life Name Cubsfan Pugilist) says Obama Fest ’08 hopes to go beyond inspiring Obama activity in Second Life: “The goal of Second Life events is to reach people who might otherwise be unreachable, and encourage them to become involved in Senator Obama’s real-life campaign, at a time when such involvement is essential for victory.” According to organizer Sienna Harris, another goal for Obama Fest ’08 is encouraging Second Life residents to give generously to Senator Obama’s campaign: “we want to make sure he has the funding needed to get his message out.”

About Obama for President in Second Life

Obama for President is Second Life’s oldest and largest group in support of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Founded in January 2007, it boasts 1313 members, and is part of a pro-Obama Second Life network of 2924 Members. Obama for President has been featured on ABC World News Tonight, the Wall Street Journal, and numerous Second Life in-world publications.

Contacts:

Denise Hill
Sienna Harris in Second Life
412-462-2382 (home)
412-361-8560 (work)
412-225-6953
siennaharris2008@gmail.com

Keith Mandell
Cubsfan Pugilist in Second Life
312-855-0309 (work)
cubsfanpugilist@yahoo.com

Reuters - "Poll: Second Life residents prefer Obama to McCain by over 2 to 1" By Eric Reuters

5th Anniversary of FOEM - September 21st, 2008

FOEM - 5th Anniversary Party
SEPTEMBER 21st, 7am - 11pm (slt)
@ "The Basement" / Anymotion

The schedule starts at 7 am slt and last one starts at 10 pm slt, what a day this will be!!

WHO IS www.foem.info

Basically it is an international forum and provides a lot of opportunities for both experienced and inexperienced DJ's. There are lots of remix contests and opportunities for downloads for free of some of the best music to be heard. There is no charge for membership, and the members help each other with all sorts of things including how-to's for different mixers and other equipment. Mostly they do promo for young talents, hence the name. All genre's of electronic music are to be found here, and the members interactions are both interesting and informative. At the present time there are over 11,000 members and most of them are active members meaning that they use the different forums and participate in what I believe is over

The also do offer paid promotion services at a very reasonable price, and all proceeds from this go directly back into FOEM to support their efforts. They also have a net label for releases to their members. They have recently started to do visual releases as well, and have a few vinyl releases out.

Who we are - What we do:

FOEM is an independent A&R agency, promotion agency, licensing agency, talent resource and netlabel, driven by people from all over our small planet. We just love the music and do not want the private individuals to pay for it. The music is completely free and legal to download.

Our intention is to distribute electronic music from artists of all electronic music genres. The CDs are downloaded by private individuals as well as by talent scouts, record labels, advertising agencies and companies which need the music as content for their media productions. FOEM negotiates the contracts for the artists.

THE LINEUP:
RL artist names (scroll down for SL names) - SLT (secondlife time)

07.00 am GT Serbia Style: techhouse / electro
http://www.myspace.com/visitgt

07.45 am Dee Green Rome, IT Style: techno / minimal / dub / deep
http://www.myspace.com/djdeegreen

08.30 am Laurent Caligares Lyon, FR Style: electro / minimal
http://www.myspace.com/mygenome

09.15 am DJ Clik Singapore Style: live-act / djset + live synth
http://www.myspace.com/clikyou

10.00 am DJ Ionic Luxembourg, LX Style: minimal /minimal tech
http://www.myspace.com/djionic

10.45 am DJ Acid Kills Croatia Style: progressive house / electronica / trnc http://www.myspace.com/djacidkills

11.30 am DJ Matt Gill Leeds, UK Style: techhouse / progressive house http://www.myspace.com/mattgilldj

12.15 pm Bioni Samp Londen, UK Style: live-act & visual / minimal / techno http://www.myspace.com/bionisamp

01.00 pm Noraj Cue Amsterdam, NL Style: own productions set + live edits http://www.myspace.com/norajcue

01.45 pm Yuzien Born North Carolina, USA Style: breaks / experimental http://myspace.com/theriffraffproject

02.30 pm Spenza Berlin, DE Style: nu rave / electro house
http://www.kwiksnax.tv/

03.15 pm A8 Berlin, DE Style: acid / techno / breaks /
http://myspace.com/altern8mcmillan

04.00 pm Trevor Caruso Detroit, US Style: dark minimal / tech
http://www.myspace.com/tiarimusic

04.45 pm Psonikadia Brighton, UK Style: djset / live-act
http://www.myspace.com/psonikadian

05.30 pm Sam Rockwell Canada Style: elektro / progr / techno / mnml http://www.myspace.com/samrockwellmusic

06.15 pm Yallah Fingah Brazil Style: Djset / techno / house
http://www.myspace.com/maxiboom

07.00 pm Freakmund Zoid Passau, DE Style: Djset / Electrohouse / minimal www.myspace.com/goldenground

07.45 pm DJ Elisha Seattle, USA Style: Hardtechno / Schranz / Detroit

08.30 pm DJ Grip Talon Minneapolis, USA Style: techno / elektro / house
http://www.smart-aleck.com/

09.15 pm Jubilee Washington DC, USA Style: ableton live loops & edits set
http://myspace.com/lejubilee

10.00 pm Zarbeat Mexico, USA Style: Djset-live-act / mnml / 4 decks + Ableton http://www.myspace.com/zarbeat

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Secondlife names... in the same order as above:

07.00 am Gabor Turbo
07.45 am Green Lannock
08.30 am Genome Diesel
09.15 am Clik Magic
10.00 am Ionic Benton
10.45 am Acidkills Sideshow
11.30 am Mamoo Mannonen
12.15 pm Samp String
01.00 pm 2ndthoughts Brando
01.45 pm YuzienBorn Janus
02.30 pm Dave Attenborough
03.15 pm Altern8 Mcmillan
04.00 pm Tiari Eun
04.45 pm Pson Zanzibar
05.30 pm Zam Robonaught
06.15 pm Maxiboom Boram
07.00 pm Quirin McCallen
07.45 pm Elisha Richez
08.30 pm Grip Talon
09.15 pm Jubilee Ceriano
10.00 pm Zar Boa

Thanks to Justine Perenti, Eliza Moody, Elisha Richez, Elizabeth Hallstrom, 2ndthoughts Brando, GRIP Talon, Tiari Eun, Mamoo Mannonen, Doubledown Tandino, Robot Recreant, Alfred Kabuki, SiKK Designs, F.A.T. Designz, and many others that just popped in with great input!

"It's been a dream of 2nds and mine for over a year now to introduce FOEM artists into sl, and it's finally happening!!! :)) " -Justine Perenti

Stephen and the Colberts - "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You) - The Rock Band 2 Avatar Video

Previously, Metanomics and SLCN.tv invited Stephen Colbert to come into Second Life to talk about the issues in the Metanomics Stephen Colbert Challenge

Mr Colbert declined by way of miscommunications, mainly, he miscommunicating back.

Well, as it turns out, Mr Stephen Colbert decided to spend his time another way.... by making a virtual avatar video for Rock Band 2.

Well, Mr Colbert.... we see now which side of the platforms you're on.
You're a Gameican and us Second Lifers are Universeacrats.

Bush Administration Moving to Block Second Life and Other Online "Games of Skill"

Doubledown's preface: I am not sure if this is a 100% legit truthful story. It may be a total internet hoax... It may be some info that was embellished into this.... Either way, whether it's fake or real, you'll read it and think to yourself, "Bush can't do that" .... well, the fucking dipshit asshole running our country CAN! He's shown he does whatever the fuck he wants.

Bush Administration Moving to Block Second Life and Other Online "Games of Skill"
Original Source: http://netfreedomforever.com/vote.php

In 2006, Congress passed the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act." The bill was vaguely written and voted on months before the '06 election.

The bill's political purpose failed-- Republicans lost control of Congress, and the bill's primary House author, Rep. Jim Leach, was defeated in his reelection bid. Unfortunately, the law lives on.
This month, the regulations that will implement the 2006 act are nearing completion at the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Department of Treasury. The rules will significantly expand the reach of U.S. government oversight, bringing new scrutiny and enforcement activity to a wide range of online activities.

Broadly speaking, there are two areas of internet activity which the government intends to regulate. The first is online sports betting-- wagering on the outcome of sports events-- which is relatively easy to identify and control. Indeed, it is already very difficult to transfer funds to an online sports betting web site.

The second area targeted by the new regulations are "games of skill"-- such as online bridge or backgammon, some types of fantasy sports, predictive markets such as InTrade, and communities involving transactional activity like Second Life. This area is far more diverse and difficult to define, identify, and control. As the Federal Reserve itself noted in April testimony, “The activities that are permissible under the various Federal and State gambling laws are not well-settled and can be subject to varying interpretations,” and that both the new law and proposed regulations "did not specify what constitutes unlawful Internet gambling."

Because it is nearly impossible to ban actual web sites, which can be easily moved around the internet, the law targets the payment processing systems (bank credit cards, PayPal, etc) that make the internet economy work. The law makes banks evaluate your personal charges and block transactions which involve activity in these two areas. As Congressman Ron Paul testified in April,

"The regulations and underlying bill also force financial institutions to act as law enforcement officers. This is another pernicious trend that has accelerated in the aftermath of the Patriot Act, the deputization of private businesses to perform intrusive enforcement and surveillance functions that the federal government is unwilling to perform on its own."
To be clear, banks to not want this new burden. They bear liability under this new regime, and as a result will be very conservative when it comes to determining what types of web sites should be blocked under the regulations. Already, the U.S. Attorney's office has extracted tens of millions of dollars in fines through online gaming and related enforcement activities. For example, when eBay acquired PayPal in 2003, the company had to pay a $10 million fine to settle online gambling charges. And that was before the passage of the 2006 act substantially raised the stakes for the banking industry.

With the new rules under final consideration by the Bush Administration, the potential penalties will now expand to a broader category of internet activity, stifling innovation and economic growth online. The financial service providers will be even more risk-adverse and will implement blanket bans rather than take the risk of a case-by-case approach. The new federal rules will result in bans on processing for many activities such as low-stakes poker online, even though those activities are legal in most states.

Ground-breaking sites like Second Life will likely fall victim to this expanded reach. Second Life has a successful in-world economy that involves, in part, trading and developing real estate with other community members. The Second Life economic system has hundreds of thousands of users trading 5.3 billion "Linden dollars" which are freely convertible to U.S. dollars.

Linden Research has already moved to ban games of chance within Second Life, but the new regulations pose a threat to the fundamental economy of the site.

Given the new risks and burdens the proposed regulations places on the U.S. banking system, there is little difference between trading real estate in Second Life and other “games of skill” that the regulations target.

The new rules will clearly stifle innovation and the creation of new forms of online interaction. It will be impossible to distinguish new forms of collaborative economic activity from the wagering “games of skill” targeted by the law. For the payment processors, it won't be worth the legal risk to even try.

Further, these skill-based online activities will not only be banned for consenting U.S. adults, but for users accessing U.S. sites from anywhere in the world. Again, it does not matter if the “game of skill” is legal or not in the user's local jurisdiction. Federal law, as implemented by these new regulations, will make it illegal, and the feds are empowering your bank to analyze and block any offending transactions.

The new regulations also mean it will be more difficult for U.S. technology companies to operate on a global basis. It is a recipe for moving more technology companies offshore. Already one of the most innovative predictive futures markets covering U.S. elections, InTrade.com, operates in Ireland.

On Tuesday, September 16th, the House Financial Services Committee will hold an emergency mark-up of legislation that attempts to address this urgent matter. The bill is a compromise that will make online sports betting illegal, but delay the implementation of rules governing "games of skill." Instead, the bill would require formal rulemaking so that the impact of the new regulations on communities like Second Life can be fully understood.

Please consider taking action and Tell Congress to pass H.R. 6870, and to oppose regulating internet games of skill.

Urgent: Vote in Congress on Tuesday (9/16)

FreedomWorks
601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 700 North Building
Washington, DC 20004
NetFreedomForever.com is a project of FreedomWorks

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An aside: Ron Paul's Testimony

"Andy Meets..." One RL and SL DJ meets top DJ talent in a new Thursday Weekly

Andy Meets..........
The new weekly event hosted by Andy Moon on his private Esate. Every week a new installation, from minimal architecture to crazy environment and unreal areas.

Always the best DJ´s will be Guest of Andy Moon. Its a session, so the Guest DJ´s decides about the style! Its a DJ Event so any Guests presents his unique style and can play open end. Andy is opening the Session with a 2 hours Set and try to play (meet) the style of the invited DJ.

ALL DJ´s play for Tip only so never forget to show your Linden Love to them.

Could your Second Life Machinima be good enough to win $7500usd

Machinima makers of Second Life may want to jump on this contest, especially because the total money jackpot they're giving out is a whopping $125,000usd!!! That's 10 $7500usd awards and 10 $5000usd awards!

The film project: "Make a 3-minute film about a person with a Digital Crib" could easily be won by a talented SL machinimist. In fact, in my opinion, a good SL video could easily place up in the winners circle among any live-action when the task at hand is about digital technology. WOO! I hope a SLer can take this one home for the pixelated peoples! Remember me when you win a crapload of money!

From the contest website FILMAKA

* Make a 3-minute film about a person with a Digital Crib

* Make a 3-minute film about the Crib

Find someone who has a passion for digital technology and is using it in their home in a unique and creative way. Interview them in their space and get them to talk about what they do, why it excites them and how they are using technology in their personal lives. Your subject should have lots of personality and be interesting and engaging to a wide audience - this is a great opportunity for them as well. This person should mention their favorite digital service and who their service provider is. The second half of your entry will be a separate clip that gives a tour of the tech equipment and a look at how this technology has impacted the life of everyone living in the Digital Crib.

All submissions must be uploaded through the Filmaka website by October 13, 24:00 hours PST
DELIVERABLES
HD preferred but not required
In your native language with English subtitles
Photo & info about you & your subject

Cisco strongly prefers submissions in High Definition Video and 16 x 9 aspect ratio, however, no one should fear exclusion because they don't have access to HD equipment. Creativity is most important in your submission. We want to hear your interview in your native language - but subtitle your clip in English (if you are not a native English-speaker). Filmmakers submitting to this competition should upload a clear headshot and bio to their Filmaka profile and be ready to provide more information about themselves and their subject if they are selected as winners.

For more details on what Cisco is looking for, click here.

PRIZES

10 Brand Awards of $7500 each

10 Voter's Choice Awards of $5000 each

Possibility of having your clip featured on Cisco.com as part of the Digital Cribs marketing campaign

Cisco and Filmaka will select 10 Brand Winners to receive $7500 USD each. The remaining films will then be voted on to determine 10 Voter's Choice Winners who will receive $5000 each. Both Brand and Voter's Choice Winners may be featured on Cisco.com or other websites as part of Cisco's Digital Cribs promotions. These clips will be distributed across over 200 video sites and blogs.

The winning filmmakers will likely have their work seen by millions of viewers!

ALL INFO: http://www.filmaka.com/competition.php?page=current&competition_id=271

Online YouTube video to MP3 audio converter

Extract any MP3 audio from YouTube videos.

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Saturday Night Live - Gov. Palin and Senator Clinton Address the Nation

"Full Moon" at Haad Rin - Sunday September 13th, 2008

HAAD RIN

Drew Carey's Reason.TV presents "Second Life - A Virtual Frontier"

SECOND LIFE - A VIRTUAL FRONTIER

Drew Carey takes us on a guided tour of Second Life (SL), a virtual world with more than 500,000 residents.

But SL isn’t your typical virtual world. Unlike other popular massively multiplayer online role-playing games, like EverQuest and World of Warcraft, there are no defined roles or objectives in SL. Just like in real life, SL residents determine their own goals and decide for themselves how best to achieve them. Moreover, virtually everything in SL was created by the residents themselves using tools provided by Linden Lab, the company that launched SL in 2003.

SL is based on a simple set of institutional arrangements that would make F.A. Hayek proud. In essence, the people who own the property in SL make the rules. The result is a spontaneously ordered world in which residents are free to fly, teleport, build, trade and interact with others without interference from the state.

Recently, Linden Lab—the SL equivalent of a state—has begun acting more and more like a real life government by restricting activities such as gambling. But open source competitors based on the SL platform are currently in development. so better virtual worlds offering even more freedom are just around the corner.

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New World Notes - Wagner James Au

Shiny Life

Poetik - Artistic Venue Design and DJs - Tuesdays

POETIK AT SINTETIKA

Costume Designer Expo & Masquarade Ball - Saturday, September 6th

Saturday September 6th, 2008 11am - 9pm slt

The Costume Designer Expo & Masquarade Ball

at the Monogramia Prime Convention Center

Expo starts at 11am

7pm-9pm DJ Doubledown Tandino & the Masquarade Ball

This will be Monogram Virtua's 12th successful event this year. All of our events have yielded an average of 300 visitors.

Please view http://monogramvirtua.com/news

For more info regarding participation, please contact Harlow Madden formore details.

Vendor booths are still available for any vendor who would like to participate.

http://www.monogramvirtua.com/

http://www.monogramvitua.ning.com/

Space Journey Electronica Symphony by Doubledown Tandino at Wanderlust - Sunday September 7th, 12pm-2pm (slt)

WANDERLUST : DESTINATION MARS

Sunday September 7th, 2008

12pm-2pm

Doubledown Tandino's
Space Journey Electronic Symphony

Rezzable's Global Music Festival - September 2008 - Sponsored by LanguageLab.com

Rezzable presents the 2008 Global Music Festival live on the grid, sponsored by Languagelab. The festival is a month long showcase for live DJs and performers working with non-English based lyrics and international beats. Great sounds and energy will flow across the metaverse. Starting September 3rd running till the end of September, the festival will be hosted across the more than 20 rezzable virtual world areas. Also check out our SL Photography Contest 'Captured Proverbs' for the SL photo-fanatics!

Performers at the Global Music Festival:
Doubledown Tandino, Krakov Letov, Swina Allen, Otawan Fouquet, LilTank Thibedeau, Evermore Noel, Santos Dagger, DJ Indigo, Summer Delight, Adamatic Aeon, Nova Sakigake, MoShang Zhao, Bianca Darling, December Dollinger, Heroin Allen, Derfel Birmingham, Serinajane Loon, Aslyn Dufaux, Vampires Bulloch, Amanda Shinji, Mabb Dilweg, Azufr3 Catteneo, Cataplexia Numbers, Mavi Beck, Dreams Lightcould, Becca Nishi and Jarl Soderstorm.

CHECK OUT THE FULL SCHEDULE, EVENT DETAILS, AND INFO ABOUT LANGUAGELAB & REZZABLE HERE

A Few Party Fliers from Second Life 2006

Second Life 2006... the glory days! Here's some events I produced inworld back in 2006.

Doubledown's Dinky Rants - Virtual Worlds Created for Collaboration still remain in Isolation

After viewing this:

I got a nice warm feeling about the future, followed by a feeling of nausea. These smart-alecs that can create virual worlds may be missing the point. Each virtual world is about community & collaboration. The users make the world, no matter how much the company prefabricates it. The entire concept of "virtual universe" or "virtual internet space" is a brilliant thing..... but do we need 50 of them???

I was watching this video, thinking, there's 50 (or more) collectives... or groups... or companies.. or just one smart nerd in the basement.... making these virtual worlds... for people to log in to and collaborate in.... however, not one of these virtual worlds has yet to work with another virtual world. Practical virtual spaces have been in operation for over a decade. Not ONE of these worlds has yet to connect to another.

My view: I watch this video of 50 of the same concept, with the same redundant technology, and same perspective of the internet. It's about time these virtual universes start collaborating much like their users inside.

Reason.TV - Drew Carey's Second Life Episode

----------> REASON.TV - Episode: Second Life <------------ Here it is! Drew Carey's "Reason.tv"
... tonight's episode: Second Life.
This appears to be an episode not yet released, but as I mentioned months ago, Drew and I met up to have a little chat, and that I would be appearing in an upcoming Reason.tv episode featuring Second Life.

I want to especially thank Drew and his Second Life crew for using 5 ORIGINAL TUNES of mine for the episode!!! I cannot express how appreciative I am at the music usage.

Drew Carey (Who's Line is it Anyway, The Price is Right) is a top-list comedy producer, writer, actor, among many things. He is also an activist. Not only an activist, but the right kind of activist. The kind of activist the world needs. I have always loved Drew Carey's entertainment work, however I have never been more thrilled and appreciative with the work that he is doing with Reason.TV. I encourage everyone to check out, many, if not ALL of the previous episodes.

Thank you to Holli Hollwood for delivering the first footage to me! Holli Hollwood's Weblog

Cetus Gallery District - 1st Thursdays Art & Music

1st Thursday at Cetus is here!
And we want you to join us for new art and great entertainment!

Thursday, September 4th.

What is 1st Thursday?
1st Thursday is the rejuvenation of art in the Cetus Gallery District! Gallery owners are breathing new life into their spaces with fresh exhibits ready to open on this day of events. YOU are invited to explore this vibrant arts district and discover what's new!









We'll be hosting some fabulous entertainers for your enjoyment:

2-4pm SLT
DJ Doubledown Tandino spins his eclectic blend of deep artistic beats in live DJ mixset

7-8pm SLT
Winston Ackland returns to Cetus with a LIVE set you won't want to miss

8-9pm SLT
JAMBA Losangeles is back with great music to wander the galleries by

9-10pm SLT
DJ Jaxx Tardis is on the stream to wrap up an exciting day of art and music

So bring your friends and join us for top-notch art and friendly conversation at the 1st Thursday events throughout the district on September 4th, and every first Thursday of the month.

Who is Doubledown Tandino? Is he US Presidental Candidate Material?

With so much at stake, there is one candidate that may be able to make the difference. Tandino has surprised both Democrats and Republicans with a grass roots effort. This candidate has made many wonder: Who is Doubledown Tandino?

WATCH THE FULL NEWS STORY HERE