I’m Josh Ayala, a Music, Art and New Media Designer, Project Manager and champion of music, art and volunteerism through non-profit work. I live in Seattle. This is where I post inspirations, project notes, music I make and helpful or interesting links. I can be reached at info@badempire.com Archive | Delicious | Flickr | MySpace | MyFace | Linked | RSS | Twitter | Vimeo | Last.fmSpecial projects: Vera Project | TSBTumblr (3.0; @badempire)http://josh.badempire.com/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36205162?byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffdb00" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://curiositycounts.com/post/17169345293/koyaanisqatsi-sped-it-up-1552-and-compressed-to" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">curiositycounts</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em><a href="http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/" target="_blank">Koyaanisqatsi</a></em> sped it up 1552% and compressed to about 5 minutes.   <em>(<a href="http://kottke.org/12/02/koyaanisqatsi-in-five-minutes" target="_blank">via</a>)</em></p></blockquote>http://josh.badempire.com/post/17195104324http://josh.badempire.com/post/17195104324Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:20:31 -0800<a href="http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2012/01/24/the-dirty-three-w-chan-marshall-great-waves/">The Dirty Three w/ Chan Marshall :: Great Waves</a>http://josh.badempire.com/post/17097738028http://josh.badempire.com/post/17097738028Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:07 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le14d2atuL1qa2e9qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://comeseeinsidemybones.tumblr.com/post/2476966096" target="_blank">comeseeinsidemybones</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Be Here Now, Ram Dass, page 57</em></p> </blockquote>http://josh.badempire.com/post/17097025046http://josh.badempire.com/post/17097025046Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:46:38 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lywbvub6C71qz7bz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(Taken with <a href="http://picplz.com" target="_blank">picplz</a>.)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/17063603379http://josh.badempire.com/post/17063603379Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:23:53 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyw6aaNHj01qz7bz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(Taken with <a href="http://picplz.com" target="_blank">picplz</a>.)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/17057117844http://josh.badempire.com/post/17057117844Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:22:57 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyw699f3AS1qz7bz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(Taken with <a href="http://picplz.com" target="_blank">picplz</a>.)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/17057084523http://josh.badempire.com/post/17057084523Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:22:21 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyw2rqpB1X1qz7bz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>18th bday hang with sis. (Taken with <a href="http://picplz.com" target="_blank">picplz</a>.)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/17052956403http://josh.badempire.com/post/17052956403Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:07:01 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysyddHQMN1qz7bz3o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nice work Maj, you earned your second Boing Boing homepage badge. </p> <p>“That ONE little book, less than 300 pages long, lit a creative spark in my neurons that burned into a huge research trail that I would spend years following, leading me to Leary, Regardie, Hubbard, Eliot, Heisenberg and others.” (via <a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/raw-week-rawing-in-the-rain.html#more-142102" target="_blank">RAW Week Bonus: RAWing in the Rain, by Maja D’aoust - Boing Boing</a>)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16963805213http://josh.badempire.com/post/16963805213Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:39:13 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyobr1UZlz1qz7bz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Guild Wars 2 meeting. ArenaNet’s beatiful office. (Taken with <a href="http://picplz.com" target="_blank">picplz</a>.)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16824639188http://josh.badempire.com/post/16824639188Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:40:13 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lynjem9QiB1qz7bz3o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It was a sold-out affair with the Murder City Devils, the Blood Brothers, and Botch at the Local 46 space on First Ave in Belltown. Hell of a way to make a debut. Back then the Teen Dance Ordinance still existed! My how things have changed. (via <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/01/27/happy-birthday-vera" target="_blank">Happy Birthday, Vera! | Line Out</a>)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16810621101http://josh.badempire.com/post/16810621101Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:27:57 -0800<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ObmCg8c1PvY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>john & spencer booze explosion - boxing (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ObmCg8c1PvY#!" target="_blank">nburch2</a>)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16783280234http://josh.badempire.com/post/16783280234Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:04:18 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyi5kzqwEj1r4c64vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16651450735http://josh.badempire.com/post/16651450735Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:18:12 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyew55L0DF1r4c64vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16651425960http://josh.badempire.com/post/16651425960Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:17:46 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd9s9a9471qz7bz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(Taken with <a href="http://picplz.com" target="_blank">picplz</a>.)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16472320340http://josh.badempire.com/post/16472320340Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:24:09 -0800<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30501143" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Whoa.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jonnymclaughlin.tumblr.com/post/16363121941/a-record-player-that-plays-tree-rings-check-out" target="_blank">jonnymclaughlin</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A record player that plays tree rings. Check out Bartholomäus Traubeck’s website <a href="http://traubeck.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16384381556http://josh.badempire.com/post/16384381556Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:13:09 -0800<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a4NCnH7RPZY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>For fans of Lemonjelly, Pretty Lights, and/or Fresh Prince.</p> <p>Jaaam (The Fresh Prince Remix) (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a4NCnH7RPZY" target="_blank">Fagottron</a>)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16382618542http://josh.badempire.com/post/16382618542Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:47:04 -0800<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8IZKE2Hd6Ck?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Haha-awesome.</p> <p>Bon Joviver (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IZKE2Hd6Ck&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">miromosci</a>)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16380944814http://josh.badempire.com/post/16380944814Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:22:14 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FRWatw_ZEQI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FRWatw_ZEQI" target="_blank">pacificstandardtime</a>)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16187320655http://josh.badempire.com/post/16187320655Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:34:43 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly0bj9hLrH1qz7bz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(Taken with <a href="http://picplz.com" target="_blank">picplz</a>.)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/16069304655http://josh.badempire.com/post/16069304655Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:33:08 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrvgbCmzf1qz7bz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(Taken with <a href="http://picplz.com" target="_blank">picplz</a>.)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/15813177073http://josh.badempire.com/post/15813177073Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:04:59 -0800