One Night Only, Mage Sparrow’s Magical Marvels!

One Night Only, Mage Sparrow’s Magical Marvels!

by @Bendire Thrasher

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 25, 2022

Come one and all to see the work of the Great, the Magnificant, Mage Sparrow! No one is allowed to see his magic at work, that is only for the Great Mage Sparrow himself, but you are allowed to see the creative aftermath! For one night only, come and bear witness to the magical marvels […]
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Six Statics and an American James

by @Bendire Thrasher

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2616, ds106, Syndicated
February 25, 2022

“Now that we have a #ds106 radio up and running creating a 15 to 30 second bumper for the station. What is a bumper? It is a short recording that identifies the radio station with signature music or an expression that makes sure the listeners know what they are tuned into (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_(broadcasting)). So for ds106 […]
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Chew Chew Gum Commercial and Bear Footage (unedited)

by @Bendire Thrasher

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2479, ds106, Syndicated
February 24, 2022

“Create a 30-45 second radio commercial for a product from the 80’s. Add in some background music and/or sound effects to make it sound like a real radio commercial.” 80’S Product Radio Commercial I know creative people usually hate the question ‘where does your inspiration come from?’ and usually have a slew of witty answers […]
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TicklishMeerCat Shoots Bottles Over the Garden Wall

by @Bendire Thrasher

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated
February 24, 2022

@ds106dc #tdc3692 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is Judith Barnes and a very cool nonbinary best friend! pic.twitter.com/jba4j5xRKz
— Rufous Thrush (@rufous_t) February 21, 2022
Fantastic random character generator, gotta love nonbinary rep!

@ds106dc #tdc3693 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is if there was a live-action version of Wirt, it'd be Jaeden Martell pic.twitter.com/BC98Dfv9aT
— Rufous Thrush (@rufous_t) February 21, 2022
Oh how the gentle wind, beckons through the trees…

@ds106dc #tdc3694 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is Two. I saw the shelf of bottles move and the yoga ball disappear, I suppose I see but do not observe
— Rufous Thrush (@rufous_t) February 22, 2022
Quick sherlock reference for you there, my dear Dr. Watson
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Logo for a Narrative Podcast about Aliens and Space Post-Mortems

by @Bendire Thrasher

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2002, ds106, radioshowpromo, Syndicated
February 24, 2022

“As designers are shifting towards the KISS – Keep it simple stupid formula and creating Logos that are super simple and easy to understand. I want a something challenging Logo that is simple yet detailed. I know it is hard to a achieve but not impossible. You can use logo generator tools like https://www.logoorbit.com/ or https://www.tailorbrands.com” Create […]
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Cracking of Bones and Stretching of Flesh

by @Bendire Thrasher

| ds106, radioshowweek1, Syndicated
February 24, 2022

We started brainstorming last night and after an hour of bouncing off of each other and worldbuilding, we had an outline on the google doc. The basic idea was mine originally, but that seems so strange to say now because by the time we had finished talking, the nighttime hours having significantly progressed, everyone had […]
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In Reference to the Two Mystic Volumes

by @Bendire Thrasher

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 17, 2022

Dearest Jordan, It has only been a week since our last correspondence, but it has felt like much longer. Between my scholarly pursuits, regular riding practice, my father’s lengthened business trip in Broque, helping my sister with the family trade, and my many other necessary engagements, I have hardly had time to sit still. But […]
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Snowing? kissing?!? Riveting, Out-Of-This-World Stuff!

by @Bendire Thrasher

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated
February 17, 2022

Once for fun, twice for the minimum, one is sweet as raw cinnamon. Which is to say, not very sweet.
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The Awesome Beauty of Hinez Ketchup Packets

by @Bendire Thrasher

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 17, 2022

For my design blitz, I decided to take photos of signs or advertisements or announcements-type things around Mary Wash. And once I started looking, I saw how they are everywhere. Some have pretty good designs, some maybe needed one more look over, and some you wonder who gave the okay to put that on a […]
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The Most Human Daemon

by @Bendire Thrasher

| designassignments, DesignAssignments1534, ds106, Syndicated
February 14, 2022

“I know some of us (myself included) are a bit particular about the looks/cleanliness of our technology. But if that didn’t matter, and you had all of the resources at your fingertips, without any fear of it hurting your technology, what would you make as your laptop cover? Make your own collage or create your […]
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High School Baseball Coaches, This One’s For You

by @Bendire Thrasher

| #DesignAssignments2075, designassignments, ds106, Syndicated
February 14, 2022

“Create some sort of graphic. Design the overall graphic to convey some sort of feeling or theme, but then have text saying something completely contradictory to the theme or feeling. Sort of like one of those old anti-motivational posters, but with more design than a black box with a white frame.” Contradiction Creation This is […]
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What if a Beach Cult Tried to do Advertisements?

by @Bendire Thrasher

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2472, ds106, Syndicated
February 14, 2022

“Design a poster for an upcoming event, it could be a concert, a car show, really anything you want, the event can even be made up. Be creative and have fun with it. When you finish your poster, advertise it on your social media accounts so people will know about the event.” Event Poster So […]
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Squeaky is Relative

by @Bendire Thrasher

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2485, ds106, Syndicated
February 14, 2022

“Make a collage out of your pictures in the software of your choice and turn it into some rad Album art! Experiment with filters, add shapes and colors, and think about how you can create a design out of your photos. Finally, come up with a band name and album title to add to your […]
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Maria Popova Does The Unimaginable

by @Bendire Thrasher

| designthoughts, ds106, Syndicated
February 14, 2022

The extent of my design knowledge is pretty much just me saying “oh, that looks like a sick album cover” at any picture anyone takes that looks like it could be a sick album cover. I’ve never really designed anything. Though I have heard many blanket requests for various club t-shirt designs, I usually left […]
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Report # 8-2-5-B, Regarding Complexes 1-6, Subject J6

by @Bendire Thrasher

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 10, 2022

Report # 8-2-5-B. Subject J6 is revealing curious tendencies, namely fixations on specific subject matters. These fixations change every week with what is now unsurprising regularity. Research Assistant B1R0l admits fully that he was slightly familiar with Subject J6’s most recent fixation: Audio Complexes. This resulted in a renewed vigor in Research Assistant B1R0l’s work […]
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Coroner’s Tale

by @Bendire Thrasher

| #radioshowideas, ds106, Syndicated
February 9, 2022

{TW: mentions of blood, dead body, and a coroner} So I was thinking about what environments tend to have recordings, and I thought about the coroner’s office. My only knowledge of such things comes from movies or tv or books, but there seems to be a consensus. When doctors or physicians perform autopsies, they have […]
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Shadows of a {scholarly} Uni-Fox

by @Bendire Thrasher

| dailycreate, ds106, Syndicated
February 9, 2022

My three daily create tweets for the week.
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A Homemade Bone Chilling Concoction

by @Bendire Thrasher

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2613, ds106, Syndicated
February 9, 2022

“Within this assigment, you must find some spooky sounds and create a scary audio clip. Select more than four sounds and overlap them on a program like Audacity. You can use Freesound to select your sounds. Make them as spooky as possible. Good luck!” Spooky Season It is always Halloween in my heart, it is […]
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Fungi Growing on the Radio Waves

by @Bendire Thrasher

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
February 8, 2022

I don’t often listen to the radio, and when I do, it is not much of a radio show but more like a Spotify playlist broadcast into every car within the right radius. Tuning into ds106 Radio on Tuesday night at around 8 o’clock was like landing on the moon; one giant step for mankind. […]
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Disco Siri Takes One For The Team

by @Bendire Thrasher

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2616, ds106, radiobumper, Syndicated
February 8, 2022

“Now that we have a #ds106 radio up and running creating a 15 to 30 second bumper for the station. What is a bumper? It is a short recording that identifies the radio station with signature music or an expression that makes sure the listeners know what they are tuned into (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_(broadcasting)). So for ds106 […]
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When The Crickets Fall Silent…

by @Bendire Thrasher

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2615, ds106, Syndicated
February 7, 2022

Bob Ross has his paints to create forest landscape, I tried sound. “Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online. The story can be no longer than 90 seconds. Another example (by a UMW student): http://ds106.us/wp-content/audio/audio_story.mp3“ Sound […]
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They Change Colors?!? And Make Sounds?!?

by @Bendire Thrasher

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2734, ds106, Syndicated
February 7, 2022

Using the crome music labs at https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/ , Specifically the Song Maker application make a song that’s at least 20 measures long. Then share your Piece on your blog or tweet it and explain your artistic process. Chrome Music Labs Assignments My artistic process was beautifully childish. I opened the link to the Song Maker […]
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“Neil, You Gotta Hear This”

by @Bendire Thrasher

| #audioreflection, ds106, Syndicated
February 6, 2022

I have dabbled in listening to audio storytelling, meaning basically that I have listened to almost all of the Magnus Archives, and sometimes Trixie and Katyas’ Bald and the Beaufiful podcast, but Moon Graffiti was completely different. Moon Graffiti somehow managed to create a world out of sounds. It was the opposite of a silent […]
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The Visual Blind Date

by @Bendire Thrasher

| Syndicated
February 3, 2022

This was my first major introduction to photography and visual (digital) media. We had met briefly before in crowded rooms, hurriedly given each other’s names by mutual acquaintances before wandering our own separate ways to the dessert tables. But this week, it was just the two of us. It started with the basics, our histories, […]
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One Broken Tech is Another Man’s Art

by @Bendire Thrasher

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1239
February 2, 2022

“Glitch art is a genre of art based around digital artefacts. A digital artefact is the unexpected result of when a technology breaks. An artefact could be sound of a CD skipping or pixilation on a highly compressed Youtube video. Glitch has been called the “art of the artefact” and stretching the intended use of […]
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Can You Make a Xylophone Out of This?

by @Bendire Thrasher

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1882
February 1, 2022

“Take a close up picture of something as see if people can guess what it is. Try doing the skin or outside of something that would make it hard for someone to guess!” ds106 Assignments: That’s Not What I Expected Can you guess it? It was King. He’s my little skeleton friend. Do not worry, […]
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Candles Are Against Dorm Policies Anyway…

by @Bendire Thrasher

| comment, ds106, Syndicated
February 1, 2022

I really liked this post, and that is what I commented on it a few days ago, but I keep thinking about it so I am going to post a longer response here. I was particularly intrigued by the fact the treat-yourself day is a scam. And subsequently, how often self-care is confused with self-indulgence. […]
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A Dorm Room Exposition

by @Bendire Thrasher

| #photoblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 1, 2022

These were the tasks I was given: I stayed in my dorm room and completed the challenge in 8 minutes. I will let you decide if I did a good job or not. I was nervous about this assignment, my photography skills or lack-thereof making the tasks seem daunting, and my seeming lack of interesting […]
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Ice Skaters and Oldie Diners

by @Bendire Thrasher

| AnimatedGIFAssignments, AnimatedGIFAssignments2764, ds106, Syndicated
February 1, 2022

{written on feb 1st} Create a gif using images that Are from the same scene. For my assignment, I took images of a girl spinning and tried to capture each step of the turn. Then, I added the images to the gif maker In the order they were taken. https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/photos-to-gif/ Like most things, this was […]
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A Weapon? Art? New Species? Deep Meaning?

by @Bendire Thrasher

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2050
January 31, 2022

“Use photo editing software of your choice to splice pairs of pictures into single images. Play with scale in delightful ways. See artist Stephen McMennamy’s great collection.” ds106 Assignments: Combophoto So this is another step in my photoshop journey. But I didn’t exactly use photoshop. Yes, I returned to my old best friend, google doc. Maybe […]
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