It Came From Brooklyn

From our November 2007 trip to the Big Island of Hawai'i

Learn more at http://cruxy.com/suzannevega Please join Suzanne Vega for a one-of-a-kind event as she returns to her avatar form for a special virtual listening party on Second Life on Friday, July 13 at 7pm Eastern, 4pm Second Life Time . Users are invited to stop by and chat with Vega on a virtual Ludlow Street, one of the many NYC locales that inspired the songs on Vega's new CD, and spray graffiti, watch videos, and pick up a free Cruxy Player containing music from the new album.

The first part of my short pitch at UnderTheRadar.com

Nathan from Cruxy meets the robotics guys from HowToDoTheRobot.com and ElasticIllusion.com

Cruxy 1.0 is launching, and Jon and Nathan discuss some of the users, ideas, and inspirations that helped get them through the beta!

Its like peanut butter and chocolate. Two great tastes!Elastic Illusion / HowToDoTheRobot.comhttp://cruxy.com/howtodotherobotISSOWN!http://cruxy.com/issown

This video is mashup of some the great talent you can find on Cruxy. It features the fruity-loops magic music of ISSOWN! (http://cruxy.com/issown) backing video of the robotic gyrations of the Elastic Illusion / HowToDoTheRobot.com crew (http://cruxy.com/howtodotherobot).  

A short videoblog from the front seat of Mikette's car...somewhere on Coldwater Canyon Road.

Cruxy and Blue Note will be hosting listening parties in the Echo Park Listening Lounge. You can come and meet other fans, talk about shows, and enjoy the great music. Teleport to Second Life Now

Becky, Noelle, and Sara joined MC and Nate for some afternoon ice skating at the Bryant Park rink.

We stumbled upon a great band (A Place to Bury Strangers) with a light percussionist in Williamsburg at NorthSixth last night.For more info, check out http://cruxy.com/blog

It's Friday, so its time for a little creativity and fun around here... I wandered over to the Javitz Center today for the NEXTFEST. Little did I know I would end up getting a seat inside Virgin Galactic's Spaceship 2.Props to the original article on BoingBoing that alerted me to the awesomeness awaiting me.Finally, if you dig the tune, then check out The Retrogrades, a great band from Massachusetts who ve taken a chance with our new service Cruxy. Please visit http://openvision.tv/blog/?p=79 for the full post.

Some thoughts on the site we recently launched, Cruxy. It's a great place for creative people of all sorts to promote and sell their digital works. Featuring the music of the Sean Driscoll Group (http://cruxy.com search jazz )See the full length version of this video at: http://openvision.tv/blog/?p=78

The first of many as a couple. Congratulations!

This was written and recorded five years ago, and I thought perhaps I'd share it with some folks today. This song was the first time I had tried to really express some of the emotions of what I had experienced on that day.

The crew at Public Eye Films is making their next movie - and this time their dabbling in the Creative Commons and open-source movie making .Features interviews with Tony Torn, Julie Talen, Ruth Margraff, and Mike McCartney. More information on Public Eye at http://myspace.com/publiceyefilms Part of a new series of videoblogs created by Cruxy.com to promote independent artists who are sustaining their creativity through innovative ideas.

The New York Academy of Medicine participated in the AIDS Walk held in New York City on May 21, 2006.Music: Jim was Right by Tycho Brahe: http://tycho.brahe.music.free.fr/

The New York Academy of Medicine participated in the AIDS Walk held in New York City on May 21, 2006.Music: Jim was Right by Tycho Brahe: http://tycho.brahe.music.free.fr/

MC gets some quality time with her baby cousin

A flash video I put together of the day I spent participating in the 20th annual New York City AIDS Walk.

Sunday nights are always good for a quiet night out with friends. Han, Heather, and I headed over to a local bar, which we pretty much had to ourselves, and proceeded to rack 'em up! Who knew that pool playing would be such a good topic for a videoblog?