[Reader-list] TONITE! Dj Spooky, Cory Doctorow - Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Benefit

[Paul Miller]

Hey you all - sorry about the last minute e-blast, but hey... it's  
summer, and I've been traveling. Anyway.... tonite, me and Cory  
Doctorow are doing a conversation about our new books. It's a benefit  
for the Comic Book Legal Defense fund. Cory wrote the foreword to my  
new book "Sound Unbound" and works extensively in the new media/ 
digital media scene. Trust me, there'll be lots of people from  
different scenes...

Comic books are Kool!!!

IT'S A BENEFIT... But yeah, guestlist is flexible. We're expecting  
quite a few people to the event and after party, so come on out!

7:30pm

Basic Description of what it's all about:
http://www.cbldf.org/pr/archives/000367.shtml

My new book is called "Sound Unbound" and It's about sound art,  
digital media, and new compositional strategy. It has essays from  
Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Chuck D, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Moby, Pierre  
Boulez, Saul Williams, Bruce Sterling, Jonathan Lethem etc etc The  
audio companion has rare material from Allen Ginsberg, James Joyce,  
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jean Cocteau,Gertrude Stein, Liam Gillick, Trilok  
Gurtu, Sun Ra, George E. Lewis, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, Philip Glass,  
Iggy Pop etc

Sound Unbound edited by
MIT Press (2008)
www.soundunbound.com



Brief Bios
Cory Doctorow is an activist, writer, blogger, and public speaker
about copyright, digital rights management, and electronic freedom.
As a co-editor of the Boing Boing blog, he highlights critical
technology issues for more than a million readers a day. Doctorow
has lectured around the globe and has been nominated for Hugo and
Nebula Awards for his science fiction novels. Doctorow was EFF's
European Affairs Coordinator until December of 2005 and is
currently an EFF Fellow. His most recent novel, Little Brother,
was released in April of this year to critical acclaim and
highlights the risks of trading freedom for security in a
networked world.


Paul D. Miller aka DJ SPOOKY is a composer, multimedia artist and  
writer. His written work has appeared in The Village Voice, The  
Source, Artforum and Rapgun amongst other publications. Miller's work  
as a media artist has appeared in a wide variety of contexts such as  
the Whitney Biennial; The Venice Biennial for Architecture (2000); the  
Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; Kunsthalle, Vienna; The Andy Warhol  
Museum in Pittsburgh and many other museums and galleries. His work  
"New York Is Now" has been exhibited in the Africa Pavilion of the 52  
Venice Biennial 2007, and the Miami/Art Basel fair of 2007. Miller's  
first collection of essays, entitled "Rhythm Science" came out on MIT  
Press 2004. His book "Sound Unbound," an anthology of writings on  
electronic music and digital media was recently released by MIT Press.  
Miller's deep interest in reggae and dub has resulted in a series of  
compilations, remixes and collections of material from the vaults of  
the legendary Jamaican label, Trojan Records. Other releases include  
Optometry (2002), a jazz project featuring some of the best players in  
the downtown NYC jazz scene, and Dubtometry (2003) featuring Lee  
'Scratch' Perry and Mad Professor. Miller's latest collaborative  
release, Drums of Death, features Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Chuck D  
of Public Enemy among others. He also produced material on Yoko Ono's  
new album "Yes, I'm a Witch."