Caleb Booker

The world would be so much better if it was a musical.

Well. Maybe not “better” so much as “weirder”. But hey, I like weird.

Posted on March 14th, 2008 under art. Comments: None

[9:41] Ina Centaur: Hi Onder, do you think you can help get the word out on Hamlet? we have just 5 shows left (the miniseason ends this week!), and the production team has put in a lot of work to make it happen! There’s a show coming up later today at 11 am SL [...]

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 under art. Comments: None

A recent IM:
Draxtor Despres: dear friends, while my RL assignment continues, i recommend a story about music promotion i did a while back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrlSek4O8g4, the ingenious guys at CRUXY are currently working on avatar-based players and they are indeed shaping SL in an exciting way for musicians and video folk alike. enjoy! i am [...]

Posted on February 3rd, 2008 under art, new media, passion. Comments: None

I was recently directed to “The Magus” by John Fowles. It’s a book that you’ll either love or hate, but its significance isn’t in its merit as a work of fiction. Many people on the outer rim of new media’s entertainment circles look to this book as the genesis of a [...]

Posted on January 30th, 2008 under art, writing. Comments: 2

Warning: this trailer is really, really graphic.

Really. I’m not kidding. Do not hit play unless you want to see lots of blood.
It’s not like this level of gore is new to the indie film scene. Crazy flying bucket-fulls of blood have been the easiest way for indie films to stand out. Unfortunately, since they all [...]

Posted on January 22nd, 2008 under art, censorship, new media. Comments: None

I love my job!
I don’t usually blog about work here but this was just too sweet not to comment on. Clever Zebra’s first big project, “Zebra Corporate”, released version 0.1 yesterday. There’s me and Lordfly hanging out on stage, answering questions about GPLv3, open source, and the worthiness of giving out something and encouraging [...]

Posted on January 19th, 2008 under art, new media, passion. Comments: None

Launches Saturday night. I got a sneak peek from Dizzy Banjo the other day. This is not an exaggeration: Parsec is the most staggering audio / visual interactive experience in Second Life. Period.
Wouldn’t you know it, my weekend is jammed… but as soon as I can I’ll have some machinima up here. Meanwhile, you can [...]

Posted on January 18th, 2008 under art, new media. Comments: 3

Time for a video roundup.
First up: Hitler Explains Second Life.

That was courtesy of Magrathean I believe. Good guys.
Next, DiVAS - Episode #3.

Lastly, Georgia Tech. & Ludwig Maximillian U. bring us some mixed reality goodness in two videos that, together, I’m calling “Second Life’s Invasion Of Reality“.

Oh so cool.

Posted on January 16th, 2008 under art, writing. Comments: None

Annie Ok has been creating even more vLES videos, and they’re damn hot. The stream above should update itself automatically as she ads more - there are another 7 videos available as of the time of this writing. Indie music hotness.

Posted on January 15th, 2008 under art. Comments: 1