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Experimental Tribute from Chris Carter on Vimeo.

Throbbing Gristle’s (and Chris and Cosey’s) Chris Carter posted this video he made as a tribute to the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop. Founded in 1958, the Radiophonic Workshop has been creating sound effects and scores for radio programs.

Says Chris “This is a brief tribute I made to the experimental work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop who recently staged a performance in London, that I couldn’t attend. All the sounds and loops originate from the BC8 synth, the Gakken SX-150 synth and the BugBrand Weevil synths. All the effects and processing is done with the Boss pedals. Oh yeah… and I did the whole thing ‘upside down’.”

What to Pack: Part 1

In six weeks, we’re traveling to Panama, and - as is often the case with me - I’ve started obsessing about packing.

I’ve always been one for traveling light with varying degrees of success. But it seems that over the past few years, carrying less has become impossible. Why? Becasue I’m traveling with 3 under-10 boys and they require items items like a stroller, a Pack’n'Play and more changes of clothes than a model about to hit the runway.

I vowed this trip would be different. If I am going to instill the virtue of travel with less in my boys, then I would have to set the example. To wit, I started surfing the Internets to see how others pared down their clothing and tool requirements for optimal travel.

Back in 2007, Four Hour Workweek author Tim Ferris wrote How to Travel the World with 10 Pounds or Less, an excellent post with videos that includes his description of the Buy It There, philosophy. Meaning, he allocates $50 to $200 per trip as a ’settling fund’ to buy items that are 100% needed. Smart. I’ll be doing the same thing for getting wired and buying a phone in the Isthmus.

Ferris also gives his packing list for a trip he was taking to Maui. I’m using Ferris’ list, adding his Kiva Keychain bag and MSR Towel.

Because we’ll be spending a fair amount of time in Panama’s interior (Chiriqui, next to the Costa Rican border), and I’ve been brutalized by mosquitoes, I’m planning to test a couple of ExOfficio Insect Shields items.

As I find other resources on traveling light with kids, I’ll include them here.

6.3.2009 UPDATE
I ordered a pair of the Ex-Officio Insect Shield pants and the style didn’t work for me at all. I did, however, keep one of the hats and will report on how it works.

I also decided not to order one of the Kiva Keychains because I received some Internet Expo 2.0 schwag that will work just as effectively - a small tote that compacts into a 2×2x1 inch square.

In addition, I just added an IBM T43 Thinkpad that I’m testing right now and will likely be my travel laptop. This is certainly not a 2lbs ultralight netbook, but for a number of reasons I decided keyboard and screensize are much more important to me for a long-ish trip than extreme portability. More details to follow.

A Google search popped up the following Top Lists.
Metal-Rules.com. #1 = Metallica’s Master of Puppets. Metal Rules also has a Top 50 list of Glam Metal Albums. #1 = Skid Row’s Skid Row. And a list of Top Extreme Metal Albums
Metal Storm #1 = Judas Priest, Painkiller. This list includes a lot of newer bands.
Digital Dream Door. #1 = Black Sabbath’s Paranoid.
Tomb of the Mutilated. Top Death Metal Albums. #1 = Tomb of the Mutilated, Cannibal Corpse.
RateYourMusic.com’s 100 Top Metal Albums by Beezelbum. #1 = Slayer’s Reign in Blood.
About Heavy Metal’s Top 100. #1 = Metallica’s Master of Puppets

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