bluedaniel

February 26, 2003 8:04 AM

BLUEDANIEL: DJ, jazz drummer, animator, and Blair Witch website designer Dan Karcher's webpage, a true gem, is particularly timely right now. Great site design, great Flash/MX, great music. (More inside.)
posted by Shane (22 comments total)

Click "special edition" for Dan's Flash/MX on the (coming?) war. And the "About" page has a bit of animation that makes me chuckle every time I see it. You can also stream the broadcast from WBGO Jazz 88.3, Dan's station. And don't forget to view the trailers for Insomnia machine! (Heck, peruse the whole thing.)

Dan is a fine designer and a truly creative mind.
posted by Shane at 8:05 AM on February 26, 2003

Awww, he's against war.
posted by xmutex at 8:09 AM on February 26, 2003

Blair Witch sucked, Saving Private Ryan sucked, and so does this thread. I want my 5 minutes back.
posted by subpixel at 8:12 AM on February 26, 2003

subpixel, you're a troll. Back under the bridge with you.
posted by Shane at 8:13 AM on February 26, 2003

great Flash/MX

who's calling who a troll here?
posted by atbash at 8:25 AM on February 26, 2003

I don't use Flash and the site prevents you from clicking the back button. That sucks even more then trolling.
posted by mkelley at 8:41 AM on February 26, 2003

**sigh**
posted by Shane at 8:45 AM on February 26, 2003

I *know* I have flash 6 installed and I can't bypass the silly browsercheck page. I guess BlueDaniel's 'gift' doesn't extend into website creation.
posted by FearTormento at 9:04 AM on February 26, 2003

atbash = 4 comments to MetaFilter
FearTormento = 2 comments to MetaFilter
What is this, some kind of weird Newbie Pile-On? WTF?
Next time I'll forgo the word "great" and suggest "You might like this, or you might wish to comment constructively in another thread." Fuckinay.

posted by Shane at 9:18 AM on February 26, 2003

Does anyone recognize the music from the "special edition"? I can't quite place it and it's driving me nuts.

nice post, shane. thanks
posted by GeekAnimator at 9:22 AM on February 26, 2003

GORGEOUS! What a brilliant designer who knows music... wow. Thanks, Shane!
posted by sparky at 9:47 AM on February 26, 2003

I thought the intro was excellent... But by contrast, it made the "this is your brain on war" bit seem a little cheesy.

And I liked the Insomnia Machine trailers, but they don't give much away, do they? (Or did I just totally not get it?)
posted by Gregoire at 10:13 AM on February 26, 2003

I'm with FearTormento — I have Flash installed but can't see the site. Oh well... How about posting a link right to the content, instead of to the splash page?
posted by nicwolff at 11:04 AM on February 26, 2003

How about posting a link right to the content...
Um, can't do it. Sorry, nic, everything navigates off the http://www.bluedaniel.com/ url .

Gregoire, I had both the same impressions as you. I thought "Your Brain on War" was funny, but incongruous to the tone set by the intro. Comic relief? And I have very little idea of what Insomnia is about, although I like what I see (and hear).

And mkelley, the "prohibited-back" always strikes me as tacky, too. Maybe Dan will change it.

All, I don't mean to get testy, but I hat pile-ons & "deraillures". I just hope some people enjoy this site as much as I do.
posted by Shane at 11:23 AM on February 26, 2003

"hat" = "hate"
posted by Shane at 11:24 AM on February 26, 2003

He stole the explosion effect from Flashkit... who knows what else he stole. His work is good, but not particularly wonderful, nor original.
posted by banished at 11:41 AM on February 26, 2003

I really didn't mean it as a snark, but I do agree shane...it's tacky to do that. If someone could post a screenshot, I'd love to see it. But nothing will make me install flash.
posted by mkelley at 12:28 PM on February 26, 2003

Shane, honey, when 6 out of 17 comments are yours, mostly defending the post, you need to lay off the post button, m'kay?
posted by signal at 12:31 PM on February 26, 2003

SHUT THE HELL UP EVERYONE.
posted by xmutex at 12:47 PM on February 26, 2003

why don't you all check out the site before lamblasting it because it takes a political stance! the jazzography section is particularly interesting....
posted by iamck at 1:40 PM on February 26, 2003

What, then, offends you with Flash?
posted by dash_slot- at 2:43 PM on February 26, 2003

He stole the explosion effect from Flashkit...
LOL! I just found out he made the explosion for Flashkit, along with some tutorials.
(Hope this one more comment doesn't offend thy delicate sensibilities, signal.)
This was a bad time for me to post this, with the war controversy going on. Live and learn.
posted by Shane at 10:43 AM on February 27, 2003