to most Chinese people? If the traffic on the roads outside my apartment is any indication, very. I’m still planning to conduct some interviews but I’d like a bit more time to improve my Chinese beforehand, so for the time being here’s a video quickie about traffic on 8/08/08.

Please forgive the lack of updates. I’m going through some shit. I’ll get back on a regular schedule in a couple days, if I can.

In the interim, here’s a video.

As previously mentioned, we videotaped the entire live show and now I’ll be uploading everything to Youtube piece by piece and posting it here (and in the video section) for those interested. Here’s the first part, which is the introduction and the first song I performed, “The Dao of Sun Zoo”. Enjoy.

Here’s a quick-and-dirty promo video I made testing out my new camera and Final Cut Express 4’s color filters as well as playing with titles a little bit. It’s not particularly interesting, and I misspelled “disappoint”, but if nothing else it shows how good some of the video features that are (I hope) to come will (I hope) look. More on that sort of thing in a little bit.

We got the CDs in today from manufacturer Built By Icon. They look absolutely great! In case anyone wants to take a sneak peek, or see what 550 CDs looks like in heavy-ass boxes, here’s a quick unboxing video I made and threw up on Youtube.

So the long wait is over. You’re going to want one of these hard copies, because they are sexy, and you can get them from Veggie Co. If you really really feel like missing out, though, remember that the album is available through iTunes, and Amazon as well.

This is mostly an experiment and I will take it down when I have the first episode ready, just wanted to see if I had the compression settings right for youtube, and also give everyone a taste/warning of what’s to come.

Anyone know what compression settings are best for youtube videos?