| 3 Things About DJ Stuffs |
[Oct. 3rd, 2006|12:30 am] |
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| | Between Lines on Fuel TV | ] |
1) I love Theo Parrish. He said this:
"In fact, now you could go and download a whole record collection and then go get Final Scratch and be the best DJ in the world. But I’ll tell you this: if I walk into a party, and I know a jock has access to his whole collection to be able to bring to the party, I’m gonna walk outta there crying and be, like, two inches taller or two inches shorter or sumthin’. To me, that’s bypassing the necessary suffering for an art form and hyeah, records are clumsy, they’re fragile, they take up space. Yeah you can damage ‘em. Yeah you gotta clean ‘em and yeah – guess what? – after a time they will wear out and you won’t be able to use ‘em again. But that’s how it is. That’s what it’s about. People are making it far too easy. Far too easy."
Also, if you have never listened to "Solitary Flight," go download that now.
2) In related news, I am in the process of transfering the entirety of my record collection into the digital domain. Once I am finished, I will never use a turntable to mix records again (hopefully). I'm excited! Ableton Live is the greatest thing ever.
3) Also, rave music is coming back! This is welcomed news, because everyone desperately needs to stop doing cocaine and getting dumb haircuts. Witness Trevor Jackson's brillant new Playgroup remix of The Gossip's "Standing in the Way of Control."
Now if I could only find that old Frankie Bones tape from high school... |
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| I haven't been to a club in years... |
[Sep. 10th, 2006|11:22 pm] |
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| | Hot Chip - Colours (Remixed by Fred Faulke) | ] |
But that's ok, because every time I feel the urge, I just watch this video. It's cheaper. And nearly as exciting in every regard.
Also, I haven't smoked a cigarette in nearly four months. But I have not yet found a way that YouTube could help me with that one. |
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[May. 16th, 2006|04:17 pm] |
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| | TEX@NYY, Game 2 | ] |
Thanks to Mike Taylor's part in the new DVS Shoes video "Skate More," I've had the tune "Pounding," by Doves, on constant mental rotation for the past week.
It's a great song, and an even better part.
Thank you, YouTube.
PS: Daewon's part is really, really good, too. A little too good, if you ask me. |
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| Someone is waiting up for me. |
[May. 10th, 2006|07:50 am] |
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| | the walkmen - another one goes by | ] |
The new Walkmen album is soooooo fucking good.
Horns, hand drums, and a tune that sounds eerily reminicant of Minor Threat? They're going in so many directions that it's making me dizzy.
And I like it. |
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[Feb. 9th, 2006|01:05 am] |
Against Me! - Don't Loose Touch
Greatest song ever. Or atleast in the last couple of months. Here are the lyrics.
And while I'm sure that many will interpret it in differently, I choose to take it as a direct assault on The Bravery. And that's alright with me. Honestly, it should have happened sooner.
black t-shirts and unkempt beards > mascara and plucked eyebrows. |
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[Nov. 30th, 2005|02:35 pm] |
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| | Notorious BIG feat Jay-Z - Whatchu Want | ] |
A note to Hip-Hop producers:
Please keep your Tupac vocal tracks out of my Biggie songs.
Thank You. |
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[Dec. 15th, 2004|02:42 pm] |
So, Folks. I'm done with Livejournal.
I've got a new spot-- over at allthrows.com-- where I'm planning do devote the majority of my on-line writing time. So, if you like what's been going on here for the past couple of months, check it out. It'll be more of the same. And hopefully a little more.
For instance: I just posted an 1,100 word editorial on video game award shows and why gamers hate Hip Hop. You know you want to read it :)
Lates. |
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| Haha. Chaotic good Dark Elves were my shit back in the day. |
[Dec. 15th, 2004|01:21 am] |
| You scored as Chaotic Good. A Chaotic Good person is someone who has little intrinsic respect for laws or authority, seeing them as insufficient to sustain what's right. These people work according to their own moral compass which, while good, is not necessarily always aligned with that of society. Despite their chaotic tendancies, these people are good at heart.
Chaotic Good | | 70% | Lawful Good | | 65% | True Neutral | | 65% | Neutral Good | | 60% | Neutral Evil | | 45% | Lawful Neutral | | 35% | Chaotic Neutral | | 30% | Lawful Evil | | 25% | Chaotic Evil | | 25% | </td>
What is your Alignment?
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[Dec. 13th, 2004|09:15 am] |
Half-Life 2 finished in 2 hours, 57 minutes, & 35 seconds.
And here's the video to prove it. Although, clocking in at just under 700MB, it may take just a little bit longer than that to download. |
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[Dec. 10th, 2004|11:11 am] |
US Supreme Court to hear Grokster case!
The nation's highest court announced today that they will hear arguments on whether P2P companies can be held responsible for the activity on their networks.
Lower court rulings have previously gone in favor of Grokster.
The court is expected to hear the case in about 6 months. |
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[Dec. 9th, 2004|03:07 pm] |
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Why does all the cool stuff come out in Asia first?
From SF Gate:
Call it the gadget gap or the device deficit-- call it what you will, as long as you recognize that, where cool high-tech stuff is concerned, America is light-years behind its counterparts in the Far East.
Why is it that Japanese manufacturers (and, increasingly, those in Korea and China as well) have such a death grip on consumer-electronics cool? And why are Americans deprived of the choicest fruits of this technological bounty?
The answers to these questions offer an intriguing look at how culture shapes technology-- and vice versa.
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[Dec. 7th, 2004|06:49 pm] |
In a report published today, an Internet traffic monitoring firm is reporting that the recent surge in on-line gaming will put added pressure on broadband networks in the coming years to evolve to better accommodate its customers.
Sandvine is reporting that with the release of Halo 2 last month, Microsoft's XBox Live saw its traffic quadruple-- another indication, the firm says, that broadband customers will soon begin demanding better and more reliable service, with lower latency.
The player's hunger to compete, they say, will push the market to bigger and better things.
"The explosion in X-Box Live traffic attributed to 'Halo 2' should be seen as a clarion call," Marc Morin, chief technology officer of Sandvine, said in the report. "ISPs need to enhance the broadband experience for these high-end users by prioritizing or reserving bandwidth for games and other kinds of latency-sensitive and feature-rich applications." |
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[Dec. 7th, 2004|04:39 pm] |
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A new Web site entered the search engine frey today, with financial backing by the Chinese government and former President Bill Clinton as their spokesman.
The site, dubbed Accoona, reportedly uses artificial intelligence to produce better results than their competitors.
From AP:
The Chinese government, one of several large backers, has granted Accoona a 20-year exclusive partnership with the China Daily Information Co., the government agency that runs an official Chinese and English Web site.
The deal gives Accoona data on some 5 million Chinese companies, which Accoona sees as a lucrative opportunity as U.S. businesses seek to do business in China ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Personally, I would think that a business in the information service industry that has received financial support from a country that has jailed over 60 people, including 40 journalists, for posting "questionable" content on the Internet, would be open for criticism over censorship.
So, for kicks, I searched for the phrase "Tiananmen Square" on both Accoona and Google. And, surprisingly, I received similar results on both sites.
Accoona, for example, lists a pro-democracy website that "makes hundreds of grants each year to support pro-democracy groups in Asia."
Whether or not this information would be offered to someone searching with-in China, of course, is another question. |
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[Dec. 5th, 2004|09:58 am] |
The crew over at Play Asia have a PSP (those lucky bastards).
As one of 500 winning bidders in Sony's recently held pre-release auction of PSP's to benefit victims of the Mid-Niigata earthquake in Japan, Play Asia have got their hands on the new handheld one week before its Japanese release date.
They're reporting that the system immediately asks users to select English or Japanese as their operating language, which comes as good news to those in this country who are planning to import the system to beat the Q1 2005 launch that is planned for the PSP in North America.
Sony previously announced that the PSP would be region-free, meaning that any game from any country could be played on any PSP, no matter their respective points of origin.
The Play Asia website has over 60 photos of Sony's portable and its packaging, and nearly 30 videos of the PSP and footage from the demo disc that comes bundled with the unit. |
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[Nov. 28th, 2004|08:36 am] |
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CherryOS release pushed back to Q1 2005.
Maui X-Stream has announced that the release of their highly scrutinized Mac emulation software, CherryOS, has been delayed until next year to accommodate the "high-volume demand" that the software has attracted.
From the company's press release:
As a direct result of the overwhelming response to our October 12 announcement, and in order to provide current and future customers with timely service and attention, MXS has chosen to extend the beta development for CherryOS. In order to accommodate those who were inconvenienced by the interruption of immediate access to the CherryOS download, and to further validate this breakthrough product, MXS will provide a free trial download of the CherryOS software, in addition to the purchase download in early 2005.
Pending orders are being held, but not processed at this time.
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