Ya, I got distracted for a while and absolutely *nothing* had been updated. But its a new year and I can start fresh. Which I already mentioned in my typically long-winded email.

But today I carry a heavy burden. Something that’s been confounding me for a long time.

I run an arts and music site. You know the one (here you are!). I post a *lot* of what I think is some of the best new art/music/photography and I think there are a lot of like-minded people out there. Thats what my server logs tell me (not to mention my bandwidth!).

But when it comes to experimental artists using more traditional painting things move a little more slowly. Personally I love painting, it was probably my first real intro into art. We all grow up with the classics, many of which are quite beautiful, if not so exciting now days…

But a lot of artists are still taking paints/dye’s/pastels/charcoals/etc to canvas/wood/wall/etc and making beautiful work.

I notice a trend with these artists. Less traffic. Boggles the mind! Same, to a lesser degree with photography. Photography, photoshop, filters, they are certainly a good new breed of artist.

Okay, I’ll be honest, this is a pointless rant. Mostly I’m curious and slightly tired (just woke up you see!).

Ciao!

(note: I’ll update that world domination map soon, lots of new little dots!)

.plan

2006-09-15

2006-08-17

Okay. I’m updating this page for the hell of it. I figured I’ve ignored it long enough and about 50% of my brain power is out so I figure a little light mental lifting is definately called for.

First you can see how Last.fm LIES about me and my listening habits. Too bad because its a really good service, but most of the time I’m listening to music outside of my sandbox (sound editor, radio, etc) is when I’m listening to new music looking for good P/E music or good music to mix into podcasts or radio segments (notice all the ethnic music, which I love, but its mainly for spicing mixes):

Not a lot going on upstairs tonight other then that. I’m listening to a bunch of music that is a tad too smooth for me (or P/E really). Not bad mind you, just better for a laid back night of drinks with a small group of friends or a massage. You know?

Aside from that I’ve been very very busy with P/E and regular life/work. I’ve had the pleasure and luck of working behind the scenes (and on the forefront) with some wonderful new and old friends. It really makes doing this a *lot* more fun. So I’m pretty happy. People are pretty amazing. Interviews are coming along and I’m guilty of being a little slow. I’ve got some wonderful ones set up and I’m really looking forward to them (!!!). And more are always in the works! (Even if it seems like they aren’t happening, I swear it just takes longer!)

:)

Oh, and I’ll update those tables some time soon!

About

AKA Zach Goss or Zach Goss-Garner

I’m a ex-punk (its not relevant, but someone had to do it) systems administrator by trade (Unix, hardware and networking geek).

I’ve loved art and music all of my life. Dabbled in graphics, photography, drawing, played music, did stuff but was pretty crazy mostly.

I left home at 16. I left Seattle around 22. I left Hawaii around 24. I haven’t left San Diego yet.

I first conceived of the idea of running popexperiment after discovering the wild-life on the internet in the late 90’s. Indie music was really starting to shift with software like Pro-Tools and digital recording really catching on. Combine that with a much more immediate means of distribution and I’d ended up in a situation where most of my favorite artists were not available anywhere accept their online home(s). Fast forward a couple of years and I realized that the one thing missing for me was a way to give something back and I had the technical skills do something.

Voila. Popexperiment was born. Off to a shaky start, its first genesis was strictly radio and happened to coincide with a rather rough (and poor) patch in my life. All told I think P/E lasted about 3 months.

But not to be off-put. A few years and a career change later I resurrect the project. By this time I’ve realized that what I’d seen happen in music was happening just as much in the arts.

So popexperiment is reborn.

I do this site because I truly love the art and music I present here and want to encourage new artists and fans to explore and to express their version of beauty. I *like* seeing the sections mentioned as sources of inspiration for both established artists and fans alike. Feels like maybe we’ve got something. :)

And so on..

Curious?

5 and 1/2 Months in the life of Pop Experiment. :)

Day	Number of visits	Pages	Hits	Bandwidth
01 Apr 2006	787	3694	34070	2.59 GB
02 Apr 2006	821	3937	41614	2.64 GB
03 Apr 2006	879	4932	49407	3.36 GB
04 Apr 2006	1188	7426	78783	4.42 GB
05 Apr 2006	1168	8537	70432	3.73 GB
06 Apr 2006	1586	10217	112777	5.42 GB
07 Apr 2006	1324	9498	87125	4.75 GB
08 Apr 2006	1314	8961	83724	4.39 GB
09 Apr 2006	1217	6744	70287	4.75 GB
10 Apr 2006	1348	7922	86199	4.83 GB
11 Apr 2006	1407	8090	89119	5.51 GB
12 Apr 2006	1158	8153	77543	4.35 GB
13 Apr 2006	1303	8427	75750	4.67 GB
14 Apr 2006	1466	8654	98393	5.55 GB
15 Apr 2006	1030	5794	62925	5.19 GB
16 Apr 2006	1091	5951	65263	5.69 GB
17 Apr 2006	1371	8511	98311	7.86 GB
18 Apr 2006	1382	8024	89955	6.11 GB
19 Apr 2006	1001	5436	56948	3.52 GB
20 Apr 2006	1035	6470	59361	8.32 GB
21 Apr 2006	1112	7519	71670	6.29 GB
22 Apr 2006	1183	6748	73275	7.21 GB
23 Apr 2006	1339	8248	90571	7.96 GB
24 Apr 2006	949	5795	58302	7.35 GB
25 Apr 2006	1210	6893	78266	5.94 GB
26 Apr 2006	1133	6227	68285	6.13 GB
27 Apr 2006	1131	6868	73283	5.04 GB
28 Apr 2006	1504	9188	105485	6.80 GB
29 Apr 2006	1005	5271	56824	5.79 GB
30 Apr 2006	951	4913	50565	4.84 GB
Average	1179.77	7101.60	73817.07	5.37 GB
Total	35393	213048	2214512	160.99 GB

Day	Number of visits	Pages	Hits	Bandwidth
01 May 2006	1065	6575	61157	5.58 GB
02 May 2006	1068	6056	62092	4.86 GB
03 May 2006	786	3724	35454	3.56 GB
04 May 2006	982	5234	54425	4.11 GB
05 May 2006	814	3712	33595	2.52 GB
06 May 2006	759	3160	31955	2.35 GB
07 May 2006	677	4355	25573	2.30 GB
08 May 2006	760	4975	13327	1.46 GB
09 May 2006	714	3722	11126	1.08 GB
10 May 2006	478	3288	11529	1.09 GB
11 May 2006	578	3692	12031	1.18 GB
12 May 2006	620	3420	10427	1.11 GB
13 May 2006	636	3707	11968	2.41 GB
14 May 2006	610	3893	12405	2.14 GB
15 May 2006	689	4538	14715	674.38 MB
16 May 2006	769	4771	14364	2.41 GB
17 May 2006	874	6534	16824	2.29 GB
18 May 2006	1252	10327	25716	2.34 GB
19 May 2006	1119	9916	24386	1.45 GB
20 May 2006	957	8902	21369	1.07 GB
21 May 2006	1061	12059	28169	1.22 GB
22 May 2006	766	8053	19214	783.93 MB
23 May 2006	746	7713	22067	763.91 MB
24 May 2006	924	8797	37635	753.59 MB
25 May 2006	960	9868	40124	1.07 GB
26 May 2006	831	7238	32098	1.03 GB
27 May 2006	865	6998	36280	1.51 GB
28 May 2006	787	10236	35897	869.72 MB
29 May 2006	898	56705	84895	1.38 GB
30 May 2006	816	15703	40822	1.24 GB
31 May 2006	998	6993	37878	1.14 GB
Average	834.16	8221.42	29661.84	1.86 GB
Total	25859	254864	919517	57.64 GB

Day	Number of visits	Pages	Hits	Bandwidth
01 Jun 2006	1035	7297	37269	1.37 GB
02 Jun 2006	728	5550	27432	629.54 MB
03 Jun 2006	872	7578	37998	1.36 GB
04 Jun 2006	883	8105	39543	3.50 GB
05 Jun 2006	909	7393	35146	3.45 GB
06 Jun 2006	1206	9569	51222	2.75 GB
07 Jun 2006	1489	11672	63328	2.70 GB
08 Jun 2006	1225	9676	51145	2.49 GB
09 Jun 2006	1207	9781	48303	2.10 GB
10 Jun 2006	1275	10650	55187	1.59 GB
11 Jun 2006	950	9412	39511	1.43 GB
12 Jun 2006	847	6841	31834	1.01 GB
13 Jun 2006	941	6476	34035	982.13 MB
14 Jun 2006	1151	9190	48001	1.87 GB
15 Jun 2006	1078	8357	42351	1.72 GB
16 Jun 2006	1215	8830	47996	1.27 GB
17 Jun 2006	815	5730	27650	807.58 MB
18 Jun 2006	1016	8300	42069	1.76 GB
19 Jun 2006	971	7257	35764	1.57 GB
20 Jun 2006	1136	9083	46708	1.66 GB
21 Jun 2006	927	9614	40117	982.58 MB
22 Jun 2006	1086	10162	44095	1.28 GB
23 Jun 2006	879	7961	35220	1.16 GB
24 Jun 2006	916	8242	39013	1.18 GB
25 Jun 2006	847	8960	38918	1.08 GB
26 Jun 2006	1084	9185	42220	1.55 GB
27 Jun 2006	1004	8779	41910	1.82 GB
28 Jun 2006	819	6723	32332	1.09 GB
29 Jun 2006	1063	8415	43303	1.34 GB
30 Jun 2006	925	6542	31648	1.27 GB
Average	1016.63	8377.67	41042.27	1.62 GB
Total	30499	251330	1231268	48.69 GB

Day	Number of visits	Pages	Hits	Bandwidth
01 Jul 2006	856	6329	30061	1.43 GB
02 Jul 2006	902	6842	32834	2.93 GB
03 Jul 2006	1141	10542	48110	2.20 GB
04 Jul 2006	1063	9433	41926	1.73 GB
05 Jul 2006	879	6691	32425	2.41 GB
06 Jul 2006	791	5809	27983	1.59 GB
07 Jul 2006	898	5971	31222	710.74 MB
08 Jul 2006	698	4748	21792	716.51 MB
09 Jul 2006	712	4407	21605	1.06 GB
10 Jul 2006	705	5434	24885	817.05 MB
11 Jul 2006	741	5229	24197	746.47 MB
12 Jul 2006	1002	7906	40558	1.33 GB
13 Jul 2006	821	7204	29881	937.66 MB
14 Jul 2006	640	4969	21609	1.27 GB
15 Jul 2006	696	4947	21311	1.65 GB
16 Jul 2006	612	4141	18352	589.35 MB
17 Jul 2006	694	5414	24953	865.77 MB
18 Jul 2006	865	7569	33257	1.39 GB
19 Jul 2006	860	5427	27407	840.32 MB
20 Jul 2006	794	6947	26820	1.62 GB
21 Jul 2006	661	5231	20491	649.29 MB
22 Jul 2006	647	5675	21695	729.06 MB
23 Jul 2006	832	7029	30910	870.29 MB
24 Jul 2006	678	5708	24005	2.20 GB
25 Jul 2006	849	11101	46095	2.32 GB
26 Jul 2006	721	7634	33029	1.23 GB
27 Jul 2006	828	6885	31119	978.95 MB
28 Jul 2006	755	5984	28324	964.36 MB
29 Jul 2006	715	6524	28285	1.34 GB
30 Jul 2006	1085	8821	42055	3.88 GB
31 Jul 2006	763	6632	29804	2.93 GB
Average	803.35	6554.29	29580.65	1.44 GB
Total	24904	203183	917000	44.69 GB

Day	Number of visits	Pages	Hits	Bandwidth
01 Aug 2006	1098	9171	45189	2.21 GB
02 Aug 2006	1010	8295	37500	2.09 GB
03 Aug 2006	734	5624	26718	974.58 MB
04 Aug 2006	805	6548	31290	1.33 GB
05 Aug 2006	888	6797	30434	1.59 GB
06 Aug 2006	960	7178	35865	1.63 GB
07 Aug 2006	987	7863	38337	1.40 GB
08 Aug 2006	906	6986	32718	988.85 MB
09 Aug 2006	826	6739	30241	1.27 GB
10 Aug 2006	1066	7779	38802	2.04 GB
11 Aug 2006	713	5209	24447	1.03 GB
12 Aug 2006	883	5634	27737	1.20 GB
13 Aug 2006	786	6405	27238	2.57 GB
14 Aug 2006	964	7008	34207	1.09 GB
15 Aug 2006	1042	8845	41483	2.16 GB
16 Aug 2006	630	4517	18260	1000.91 MB
17 Aug 2006	928	7086	32289	1.52 GB
18 Aug 2006	941	6678	32117	1.65 GB
19 Aug 2006	729	4648	20841	1.28 GB
20 Aug 2006	784	5763	24476	1.67 GB
21 Aug 2006	681	4397	19917	1.36 GB
22 Aug 2006	695	4827	21766	1.29 GB
23 Aug 2006	642	4117	20409	1.44 GB
24 Aug 2006	736	4817	23189	997.86 MB
25 Aug 2006	721	4503	21574	2.02 GB
26 Aug 2006	610	3348	16872	2.35 GB
27 Aug 2006	740	5045	23725	1.22 GB
28 Aug 2006	1106	8506	41842	2.85 GB
29 Aug 2006	787	5518	24435	1.70 GB
30 Aug 2006	1512	12222	61213	1.93 GB
31 Aug 2006	1025	6968	34264	1.18 GB
Average	868.87	6420.68	30303.06	1.58 GB
Total	26935	199041	939395	48.95 GB

Day	Number of visits	Pages	Hits	Bandwidth
01 Sep 2006	718	5035	22857	876.52 MB
02 Sep 2006	1031	7080	34154	1.89 GB
03 Sep 2006	1503	11764	57924	2.22 GB
04 Sep 2006	1239	9970	48409	1.28 GB
05 Sep 2006	1422	12220	59436	1.65 GB
06 Sep 2006	1530	12636	63633	1.74 GB
07 Sep 2006	818	5763	25394	1.03 GB
08 Sep 2006	1055	8181	35720	2.75 GB
09 Sep 2006	1619	12663	65642	3.62 GB
10 Sep 2006	963	7319	34438	1.77 GB
11 Sep 2006	788	5929	26527	4.27 GB
12 Sep 2006	850	6585	29471	2.22 GB
13 Sep 2006	1185	9615	45395	1.77 GB
14 Sep 2006	1369	10610	55343	2.14 GB
15 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
16 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
17 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
18 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
19 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
20 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
21 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
22 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
23 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
24 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
25 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
26 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
27 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
28 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
29 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
30 Sep 2006	0	0	0	0
Average	1149.29	8955.00	43167.36	2.09 GB
Total	16090	125370	604343	29.21 GB