Last night I got to see one of my favorite bands, Negativland, play at a location that, until last night, only lived in my fabled imagination, The Internet Archive! It was a great show, with some excellent moments (before and during the show!), with good people!<\/p>\n
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About 6 weeks ago, I woke up from a nap with no hearing in my left ear and a lot of dizzyiness. So going out to a music show seems… inappropriate. My hearing hasn’t returned, and I’m still a bit dizzy but my friend Ken Duffy wanted to go with me and offered to drive! And it’s time to get back to living.<\/p>\n
When we got there, there certainly were a lot of white-haired and no-haired men, all around my age and Ken’s age, which was startling at first, but makes sense.<\/p>\n
We got inside and Ken graciously introduced me to several people in the lobby. One in particular, I hadn’t caught his name because deafness, but as we’re chatting I listened to his voice and got a thrill as I realized we were hanging with Mark Hosler. After a few minutes, he excused himself, saying he had to get ready for the performance. Hurray and squee!<\/p>\n
I got a ponder the universe while their dulcid tones played. It was a really good show!<\/p>\n
The performance space at The Internet Archive is this beautiful and noble mix of classic Library at Alexandria (the ceiling is so “classical”) and towers of servers in the back!<\/p>\n
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