anyone know these guys? saw them at the Nickelsdorf festival weekend before last - pretty awesome. any band to stand out at all amongst the constant barrage of heavy hitters from Barry Guy Orchestra to Misha Mengelberg to Evan Parker's new quartet has to be note-worthy.
perfect post-kraut...
supposed to "dj" a small b-day party (in an apartment) saturday for a girl who just "loves house music" -- and i can't be arsed to make a special set just for this on Ableton Live so... anyone made or know of any good house and techno sets out there? cheers and thanks for indulging my laziness...
first time this weekend. love new software :) but miss my turntables :(
basic question: do i need a sound card or can i send directly from computer to sound-board? (i.e. mini to RCA) cheers
isn't it annoying when people refuse to recognize the greatness of an artist like Michael Jackson? i mean, all personal preferences aside, and forget about all the shit that's happened since, how can any music lover not see that Thriller is timeless and perfect?
again, personal preferences...
hang-overs ---- mostly indian classical music. and the rare kind which does not build into a climax of sorts. for instance some Ali Akbar Khan raggas are mellow all the way through. the warm tones and organic structures are very nice for a hurting head. sometimes western "ambient" music but...
ethnomusicology
great stuff!
http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/pre/archive.html
first issue of 10 includes articles such as:
Standardization and Innovation in Mariachi Music Performance in Los Angeles
The Vocal Music Composer in a Nigerian Traditional Society and his Compositional Techniques...
i had never heard of this before!!! seems like i should have... (like the Mark E Smith and Mouse on Mars collaboration)
http://www.livescience.com/health/prehistoric_dwarf_041027.html
are brits the most unique euros?
taking into account my very brief stay on this continent, and very much limited experience of people -- been hanging out with Italians and Germans mostly (and have been friends with Frenchies and Czechs, etc. etc., in the past) -- it seems to me that the english...
what is general opinion of her? uptown irrelevant fake? pop sensation? flavor of the week/month?
she doesn't sound all that bad to me. long way to go before can be compared to serious bad gyals... but album better than the new Rihanna for sure? i'm just glad atleast one partial...
very niiiiiice! i liiiiike. you like? sexy-time!
EDIT: sorry I'm drunk posting again. what i meant to say is that the atypical drum patterns bridging the gap between half-step and garage with polyrhythmic structures aping almost Latin (Cuban) percussion on certain tracks is very refreshing...
agreed. the sheer amount is just disgusting. plus bad for all parties involved: humans, animals, earth.
a very good NY Times cover story which thoroughly analyses the issue from all angles, including Animal Rights, Environmentalism, Religion, Morality, Economics, etc. and the conclusion he...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/homicidereport/2007/05/roderick_poole_.html
I was crushed when i heard the news. a more gentle, passionate, unassuming, and humble man is hard to imagine, and with (largely unrecognized) talent of a very rare level... the kind of talent i believe comes around...
shocked that it's actually a good song from people i just love to hate.
who is that on the mic? beats are decent too.
love those bunnies... when they are pushing eachother around it's too much like come to daddy tho.
http://www.pleix.net/GrooveArmada.html
found this today. to my very much limited research and knowledge, seems a pretty good summary of some ideas i'm very much interested in at the moment. entire article below:
What is the intellectual foundation of science? What is the basis of the claim of scientists to have access...
driving me fucking nuts right now, i hope you know solution:
one of my dj mixes. when i click on ARTIST it is in order, but when i click on ALBUM it is all out of sequence -- 01-07-14-03-08... etc.
and there seems to be nothing i can do to change this - including manually typing in "01...
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