sights 555 - 555 facilitates the development of emerging artists. 555 offers exhibition/installation space, leads and collaborates in the development of programs for the visual and performing arts, and provides workspace for practicing artists. 4731 - "4731 is an arts incubator, a place where creative people come together to share ideas, enjoy amaraderie and advance their art. We are dedicated to a philosophy that promotes mutual respect and inclusion, and exploits the notion that diversity of thought, of background and of preference is our greatest asset". 7teen - local artist with cool links and awesome site. Primary Space - gallery in Hamtramck Quarlo - NYC photographer, Todd Gross; awesome sounds Halon - a Detroit area instrumental four piece, back from a hiatus to wreck the scene the way it deserves. Larval - avant/progressive rock ensemble led by composer Bill Brovold Zeno - Three-piece pop project led by singer/songwriter Daniel Lopez Kaufman Switch Stance - hip hop to take over the planet Windy & Carl - local arty guitar duo Beyonder Records - home to killer Detroit band, Paik Ghostly International - Locally founded and internationally renowned independent record label Neptune Records- "Best Discerning Record Selection" in the MetroTimes Best of Detroit 2003 Stormy Records - Windy & Carl's Dearborn, MI based record store collectives co-lab* - Located in Detroit Michigan, co-lab* is a creative team with a common belief that through art, architecture, and design we can participate in bringing about a societal-awareness that respects humanity and the planet. Detroit Summer - a multicultural, intergenerational, youth movement to rebuild, redefine and respirit Detroit from the ground up. [FLAK]detroit - Dedicated to invigorating the creative community in Detroit and believe inventive, sensitive and humane visions are not only relevant but urgently needed for Detroit and the world. information The Agonist - breaking, balanced news DailyKos - political analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation Informed Comment - Ann Arbor, MI based blog covering the Middle East, History, and Religion The Metro Times - Metro Detroit's news, arts & culture weekly The Rude Pundit - proudly lowering the level of political discourse Talking Points Memo - political blog by Joshua Micah Marshall software most of these are free/open-source software that we like to use... if you're looking for something fun to play with, this is the list for you... :: audio :: Super Collider - A real time audio synthesis programming language. If SC were a woman, Chris would have a lot of explaining to do. Cycling 74 - Home of Max/MSP, real-time audio development environment (not free) CREATE - Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology, creators of really cool software like PulsarGenerator and Cloud Generator Kinky Beep - Sound synthesizer for Mac OS9, Igor and Chris swear by it. The author made plenty more software, but we like this one the best. SoundHack - Spectral audio processing for Mac. thOnk - "An extremely simple to use Freeware Macintosh application, that uses Granular Synthesis to produce very diverse sounds based upon a sound file provided by the user, where you have NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER over the process." Pure Data - A real-time graphical programming environment for audio, video, and graphical processing. Sound Converter - Converts almost any kind of audio format to another one. $10 Shareware and definitely worth it, if you need it. MacOSX Audio Hijack - Killer software that records any audio playing on your computer. $16 and so worth it... :: visual :: Processing - A programming language and environment built for the electronic arts and visual design communities. This is where we stole the graphic on our main page, but it does so much cooler stuff than that. Processing is currently in Beta development stage, but it still works beautifully and is really fun to play with. Seriously, take a look. :: utilities :: these are programs we have come across in our quest to create this community, and there's a good chance some of you could use them in your own web efforts, so in the spirit of WLT, we thought we'd pass along some help WordPress - the blogging software we use for the 'news' and 'events' pages. Open-source, totally wonderful to use. Jext - Java based text editor we are using to edit this very page. Mac & Windows! SimpleFTP - Windows based FTP utility for all your webdesign work when you're at work and can't get to your Mac. Fetch - Mac based FTP utility for all your webdesign work when you leave early to work on your site at home. Mac OS9 & X. Mozilla - Yeah, we know, it doesn't seem right that we would give props to a company that makes a web browser and email program, but seriously, these two programs are the shiz. They are both open-source and free and hell yes, they wreck IE and the rest... Trust us, go get Thunderbird and Firefox and get ready to laugh away your troubles, you'll see...and you'll never doubt us again.	external links open in new window

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