Kay Buena is an American singer-songwriter, musician, artist, jeweler and writer based in Austin, Texas. She is best known for "Comp Carnage",[1] music and performance art expressing frustration with computers, and for recordings that were popular on MP3.com in the early days of that site.
Kay Buena | |
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 Self portrait for Charles Umlauf (1970) | |
| Born | Caroline Patricia Abbitt October 26, 1947 |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Education | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Known for | Sculpture, Music |
Comp Carnage edit
Comp Carnage[2] consisted primarily of videos of Kay and friends shooting computers and an accompanying music video, "Ode to Geeks".[3] As one of the first efforts of this nature, it gained coverage in The Register, which conducted a contest to give away one of the "victims".[4]
MP3.com edit
When MP3.com became popular in 1999, Kay Buena made some of her recordings available there, with strong response[5][6][7] and some commercial success with CD's such as Lady of the Highway. "Lonely Man"[8] was particularly popular with the MP3.com staff and featured on a collection CD. She has retained copyright to her songs and made CDs available.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Search results for Kay Buena - The Register". Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "Report on Comp Carnage". Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "Ode to Geeks". Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "Competition: Win a bullet riddled motherboard!". Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "WayBack Machine May 8, 1999 MP3.com Country Blues chart". Archived from the original on May 8, 1999. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "WayBack Machine May 8, 1999 MP3.com Folk chart". Archived from the original on May 8, 1999. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "WayBack Machine May 8, 1999 MP3.com Reggae chart". Archived from the original on May 8, 1999. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "Lonely Man lyrics". Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "4 Kay Buena CDs again available at KayBuena.com". Retrieved 2021-11-17.