I'm looking for books, articles, movies or documentaries about con-artists / pathological liars.
posted to Ask Metafilter by SmileyChewtrain at 11:50 AM on August 8, 2008 (10 comments)

I'm doing research (for a writing project) into Film Noirs and Mystery Pulps, and I'm looking for good selections of a certain plot type: the "missing person" scenario.
posted to Ask Metafilter by SmileyChewtrain at 7:51 PM on March 11, 2007 (20 comments)

Another entry for the song-a-day (pt 2!) project. This one's got a sweet glorified click-track for a drumbeat, and even more vocal overdubs!
posted to MeFi Music by SmileyChewtrain at 9:37 AM on November 18, 2006 (1 comment)

First song from round 2 of my song-a-day project (previously on metafilter projects). On-the-spot songwriting fun with many, many overdubs!
posted to MeFi Music by SmileyChewtrain at 10:19 AM on November 16, 2006 (2 comments)

How do I get an image file, manipulated in photoshop and placed onto a compact flash card, to be understood and read by a digital camera as if it had taken the shot?
posted to Ask Metafilter by SmileyChewtrain at 3:50 PM on August 14, 2006 (14 comments)

One of the stranger (and more "polished") results of my recent Song A Day project.
posted to MeFi Music by SmileyChewtrain at 2:15 PM on July 16, 2006 (1 comment)

Grazer's Song a Day Songs Inspired by the results of various rigorous ‘blank’-a-day exercises of writers (100 nights, 100 stories – click the banner at top) and artists (40 days of drawing) that I’ve seen online, I’ve decided it’s time to take the challenge myself, and write/record a song a day. With the notion that no melody or idea is too small, overused or simple, I’ve set a few restrictions for myself: I have to make the song up on the spot – sit down, write the song, record it. For the most part, lyrics have to be improvised, but I can improvise freely then write them down before recording (though this has generally not been the case). If I do a take and it’s not terrible, I have to leave it and move on to overdubs and attempt to fix and flaws with additional vocals or sounds. I’ve allowed myself a seven day buffer before uploading (and uploaded 12 songs here before announcing), since I’m a busy guy and all… but any days I miss I’ll have to make up by recording two songs the next. And I must accept failure if what I record is no good, and move on. I’ve chosen the blogger format for the song directory so I can easily post links from anywhere, and so anyone interested can leave comments on the songs. I hope that listeners will take part in helping me choose which aspects of which songs work and which do not, so I can further develop. I have no idea how long I'll be able to keep it up, but I hope to make it to at least fifty songs. If you’re looking for a song to start with, try today’s upload, eye peach.
posted to Projects by SmileyChewtrain at 8:37 AM on April 21, 2006