Finally got back home yesterday. Arrived to 70 degrees with a slight cool wind, and our backyard pear trees in full blossom – Portland is in its prime, folks.
Took a nice long nap and then went to see Adventureland at St. John’s Twin Cinemas. There’s another good example of a film whose trailer undersold it – the one I saw pushed the movie as a load of hot girls & slapstick, and that really doesn’t do it any sort of justice. It’s witty and sweet and yes, a little ridiculous. Also found Living Room Theaters – looks like a cool setup, will have to go to one of their $5 shows soon (maybe next week).
Jumping back into all my work projects today – will flesh out Coachella round-ups within the next few days, but my clients need some attention after the two-week break to prepare for the festival.
It’s really fantastic to work on a team that’s pitching in on a shared content pool like this – we are able to come up with a concept and turn it into a workable VJ system on a tight schedule without totall burning ourselves out. It’s definitely inspiring ideas for activities to do with 
Our preparations would surely be incomplete without a pilgrimage to that Mecca of disorganized electronics, flourescent lighting and obscene store design we all know as Fry’s. We picked up a Scan Converter, power strips, an extra 500GB external drive, a UPS, a cheap camcorder, lots of S-Video cables (6 and 12-foot), various Composite Video connectors, and probably a few cheap chinese-made electronics that we don’t need.
We listened to our library of Coachella 09 acts and jammed for a few hours, the first time we were all playing (previously, there was at least one person fussing with hardware at any given time). We had some happy accidents, but we’ve got a ways to go, still, learning to complement each other’s mix and feel the ebb and flow of how our powers combine.
Paperwork!
