Feb
15
2009
1

It’s Not You… It’s the E Talking

Soulwax – E Talking

Soulwax – I believe they are Belgian.  I haven’t ever seen them but I love their beats.

About a year ago I was in a meeting in a conference room – very nondescript stuff – and then heard a heavy bass and a really great rhythm – and realized it was coming from our studio that shared a wall with the conference room.

Later that week I saw Rafael (our sound engineer) and asked him who it was.  He said “Soulwax!  And they told us to throw out that mix, because they thought they were off.”

Even though I had only heard it through a wall, I told Rafe that I thought it was awesome.  He agreed.   But there is no arguing with artists.

Anyway, this one is part of the weekend I never lived.  But fun to think about.

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Feb
15
2009
1

Oakie would love that I dug up his Havana session

Paul Oakenfold, Essential Mix, Live in Havana

I used to listen to the Essential Mix on Radio One FM when I lived in Oxford and spent hours in the darkroom rockin out and making latest photo prints.  That’s how I got introduced to Paul Oakenfold – whom I’d like to actually meet some day if circumstances conspire.

This set – Live in Havana, is over an hour long I think – I got it off of Napster in 1999 and over the course of the next two years listened to it about 500 times while working out and driving and then… somewhere in the early 2000s…. lost it in the flotsam and jetsam of digital media management.

So a month ago, it occurs to me “I’m sure Oakie would love to have this set on the web for his fans” and I do a simple web search.  Easy!  but I’m confident that Oakie would want it this way.  You can’t find this stuff to buy, I’m pretty sure. Anyway, enjoy!

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Feb
15
2009
0

The Power Load

To start the blog off right, how about a favorite anthem – AC-DC, \”T.N.T.\”

I’m not actually sure what a Power Load is, but I’m pretty sure that I want to be able to confidently bellow “I’m the Power Load!  Watch me exploooooooooode!”

oy!  oy!  oy!

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Feb
15
2009
0

Hello WordPress

Man, setting up WordPress is easy!  Why didn’t I do this a long time ago?

Anyway this is the new blog section of my eponymous website.

To set some expectations.

  • I plan to post when the mood strikes me.
  • I plan to post music more frequently than original insight.
  • I might get creative occasionally, and I might drop some big words that come uncontrolled from my subconscious
  • Apart from those general agreements, who knows what the future will hold

OK cool?  cool. cool.

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