tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317375112024-03-13T20:32:04.414+09:00Machine Gun SararimanNot about the meaning of life. Not about Japan (well, not entirely). Not about anything really. Like all the best things in life. Just bits and pieces of everything, written the only way I know how - extravagantly. Call it bad pop-art.djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-77005034487839685172010-03-01T09:23:00.006+09:002010-03-01T13:34:06.220+09:00Death by (Feb) Mixtape<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGBMhKkgRda-iOnFxNNmVFqtM6IEcHezgHTpICCXpYYvYKBp5FH1D0kzhm6Sw_wEjIfpjQRRS8V2rjycN__PvUXqjTfLR8mT0kOB4TwKsxY-y00jv3TFXf3ccMvR8uazKTHIirw/s1600-h/0040-teddy-bear-sepuku.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 372px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGBMhKkgRda-iOnFxNNmVFqtM6IEcHezgHTpICCXpYYvYKBp5FH1D0kzhm6Sw_wEjIfpjQRRS8V2rjycN__PvUXqjTfLR8mT0kOB4TwKsxY-y00jv3TFXf3ccMvR8uazKTHIirw/s400/0040-teddy-bear-sepuku.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443516383466258770" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Image: artandwit.lifeofpoet.com</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This blog is quickly becoming a monthly event and not much else.</span><br /><br />So I haven't really been blogging on here lately, bar to update with the latest mixtape I've compiled. Part of it is laziness, part of it is using other outlets for my sociability (Facebook being a big one), and the other part of it is also laziness. <br />But I haven't given up on the monthly mixion, so there's still cause to update.<br /><br />I got overloaded with good tunes over the last month or so, so had a big problem finding the right selection for this mix. Lots of dubstep and drumnbass coming through the door, but I still prioritise the old electro (I'm not a very good dub compiler). <br />One artist who features heavily this month is Drop The Lime - Luca from the west coast in the states has a handful of absolute bangers out, and really making a name for himself. I've been a fan since his remix of Curses <span style="font-style:italic;">What I Need</span> a while back. Since then his tracks have got a lot more dancefloor savvy, and he's really turning into hot property. I've been trying to get him over to Japan, which hasn't been easy due to his busy schedule, but we'll get there. For now enjoy the 3 offerings of his up in the mix.<br /><br />Danger's track <span style="font-style:italic;">04h18</span> is the first track I've used in two consecutive mixes (not including the 09 collection last December), and this is because I didn't think I did it justice in Jan. Absolute classic that I hope to hear lots of club-time on.<br /><br />The last transition (Dada Life into Major Lazer) is very bootleg, but I had fun with it. <br /><br />Anyway, check out the Feb mix on Soundcloud:<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fbigted%2Fbig-ted-feb-electro"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fbigted%2Fbig-ted-feb-electro" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/bigted/big-ted-feb-electro">Big Ted's Feb Electro</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/bigted">BigTed</a></span> <br />(or on <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?j5zmh5zmeyy">mediafire (Permanent Link)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tracklist</span><br />1. Danger - 04h18 (w/ Transmission acapella)<br />2. Boys Noize - Transmission (DJ Djedjotronic Remix)<br />3. Ocelot - Our Time (Bird Peterson Remix)<br />4. No1else - Up Ravers<br />5. Dan The Automator - Rapper's Delight (TEPR Remix)<br />6. French Fries - Predador<br />7. Rye Rye - Bang (Addeboy vs. Cliff Remix)<br />8. Mustard Pimp - Cherry (feat. Kali)<br />9. Martin Solvieg feat. Dragonette - Boys & Girls (Laidback Luke Remix)<br />10. Boy 8-Bit - Baltic Pine (Run Hide Survive Remix)<br />11. Drop The Lime - Devil's Eyes (Diplo's B-Live Mix)<br />12. Major Lazer - When You Hear The Bassline (Tony Senghore Remix)<br />13. M.A.N.D.Y. & Booka Shade - Donut (Boy 8-Bit Remix)<br />14. So Shifty - Wine<br />15. Kid Cola - Kappa Kappa (Last Japan Remix)<br />16. Buraka Som Sistema - Kalemba (Wegue Wegue) [Reso's Aguardente Remix]<br />17. Blatta & Inesha - Bite Your Lip (Deathface Remix)<br />18. Drop The Lime - Doomsday Device<br />19. Drop The Lime - Set Me Free<br />20. Dada Life - Let's Get Bleeped Tonight (Mustard Pimp Remix)<br />21. Major Lazer - Keep It Going Louder (Diplo Remix)<br /><br />It's over!djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-19340436677081439802010-01-25T14:39:00.006+09:002010-03-01T14:52:35.401+09:00New Beginnings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhBd5iBKVeHgDz2CllYAoNENkRtC02XNW2lpYeR0ibzzA1QRnvizY1euAW6PmSzWbOXue8MrNCuNqa_2KCwNH4ygcnkfujdYSOu2VLs-DcxzvJJXnvfr2OH5hyphenhyphenzEDCHecLW0SnA/s1600-h/teddy+bear+suicide.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhBd5iBKVeHgDz2CllYAoNENkRtC02XNW2lpYeR0ibzzA1QRnvizY1euAW6PmSzWbOXue8MrNCuNqa_2KCwNH4ygcnkfujdYSOu2VLs-DcxzvJJXnvfr2OH5hyphenhyphenzEDCHecLW0SnA/s400/teddy+bear+suicide.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395376482096636082" /><br /></a><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This mix may not be suitable for those who suffer from a lack of diverse musical taste.</span><br /><br />So 2010 has rolled around, and between heading home for Xmas/NYE and a spell in China cracking the whip (not literally, I'm all about worker and human rights), suddenly the end of January has too. Spending time in China makes me so out of touch with the rest of the world that I feel like a chunk of my life is missing when I get back - I'm struggling to figure out how February is only a week away.<br /><br />Meanwhile however, I managed to put together a mix of stuff that I have had kicking around for the past two months (December's mix not bringing much to the table in new music). It's all quality stuff that I am really into, but it's not really a club mix. Well, the first 40 mins or so aren't. By the time Noisia's remix of <span style="font-style:italic;">Hooligans</span> rolls around, there's bangers aplenty and it's all quite overwhelming. In comparison, the first half is all about great vocals and remixing over them - it's not often I sing along to electro, but this is mix brings out my lipsynching on the subway like nothing else. <br /><br />If anything is to be said about it, the mix isn't tremendously "fresh", as a lot of the tracks have been around for some months. I promise we'll get back to flavours of the month in Feb (and there is quite a few juicy releases planning then, believe me), but for now it's all about savouring some slightly aged quality. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Big Ted's Jan '10 Mix (Mediafire <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mmjomeqqt2n">here</a></span>)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Favourite transition:</span> <span style="font-style:italic;">Hooligans (Noisia)</span> into <span style="font-style:italic;">Let's Get Bleeped Tonight (Don Rimini Remix)</span> - 43m18s in. The latter has a fantastic drop that just blows the whole thing wide open.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Tracklist:</span><br />Mario Basanov - <span style="font-style:italic;">Do You Remember Arithmatix?</span><br />Munk - <span style="font-weight:italic;">No Milk (Mercury Remix)</span><br />Hail Social - <span style="font-style:italic;">No Paradise (Diamond Cut Rebuff)</span><br />Djedjotronic - <span style="font-style:italic;">Dirty & Hard (Boy's Noise "Jump If You're An Idiot" Remix)</span><br />Memory Tapes - <span style="font-style:italic;">Easy Pert Mom</span><br />Delphic - <span style="font-style:italic;">Doubt (Riton Re-Rub)</span><br />Boys Noize - <span style="font-style:italic;">Jeffer (Para One Remix)</span><br />Tommy Sparks - <span style="font-style:italic;">Miracle (Grum Remix)</span><br />We Are The World - <span style="font-style:italic;">Claystones (Turbotito Remix)</span><br />Modeselektor - <span style="font-style:italic;">Cash</span><br />Golden Bug - <span style="font-style:italic;">Assasin </span> (sic)<br />Don Diablo & Example - <span style="font-style:italic;">Hooligans (Noisia Remix)</span><br />Dada Life - <span style="font-style:italic;">Let's Get Bleeped Tonight (Don Rimini Still Skill Kill Remix)</span><br />Kick-Oh - <span style="font-style:italic;">Black Celebration (SonicC Remix)</span><br />Kid Sister -<span style="font-style:italic;"> Right Hand Hi (Riton Vocal Re-Rub)</span><br />What Kind Of Bleeze Do You Blow? - <span style="font-style:italic;">The Probe</span><br />Myagi & Utah Saints - <span style="font-style:italic;">Rock One (Utah Saints vs. Zero B Remix)</span><br />Danger - <span style="font-style:italic;">4h30</span> (killer new track from the French DJ)<br />Boys Noize & Erol Alkan - <span style="font-style:italic;">Waves (Chilly Gonzales Piano Remake</span><br /><br />Enjoy!djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-45979592087403227312009-12-22T12:05:00.004+09:002009-12-22T12:21:57.701+09:00DECAmix<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCY8wzjmMKGivHeFlMI9ezfbnT_GcVE2JeOVPmtqPwNilWZ2oVAU57nROHSAfq5aYi8-Wc2vvTClaESZRLyFGj8xcHHtHEepkLcr0KFTnUBvUt58Bz-fxn2lkmtlbt1sdcnYT3w/s1600-h/BIGTED+Xmas.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCY8wzjmMKGivHeFlMI9ezfbnT_GcVE2JeOVPmtqPwNilWZ2oVAU57nROHSAfq5aYi8-Wc2vvTClaESZRLyFGj8xcHHtHEepkLcr0KFTnUBvUt58Bz-fxn2lkmtlbt1sdcnYT3w/s400/BIGTED+Xmas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417894743584474146" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This mix has so many drops you may think it's raining electro.</span><br /><br />So 2009 is rounding up, and I haven't had the time to do the usual "best of" section. With a trip back home on the cards as of tomorrow it's doubtful I'll get around to it, but I've been biding my time putting together something else: a compilation of the biggest tunes of this year - electronically speaking.<br /><br />The result is 41 tracks smashed into 42 mins of chop & change music - which despite my finest efforts often sounds a lot like an album teaser. However I do dare say it's worth a listen at least once; for those not in the know it's a lesson in what you missed out on, and for you more savvy individuals, it's a little nostalgia from the club scene o' the '09. <br /><br />There's still a buttload of tracks I could've put in here (see: most of The Prodigy's <span style="font-style:italic;">Invaders Must Die</span>, Yuksek's <span style="font-style:italic;">Away From The Sea</span>, or Royksopp's <span style="font-style:italic;">Junior</span>), and some of the remixes I chose aren't necessarily as good as the original - but hey, that's what worked when I put it in. Having said that, comments on what you thought Track of The Year was are most welcome.<br /><br />Without further adieu, and it being December, I present the Big Ted DECAmix for 2009. Merry Bass-mas.<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fbigted%2Fbig-ted-deca-mix"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fbigted%2Fbig-ted-deca-mix" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/bigted/big-ted-deca-mix">Big Ted Deca-mix</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/bigted">BigTed</a></span> <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Permanent Link </span><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/wmz5jmc20iy/Big Ted Decamix.mp3">here</a> <span style="font-style:italic;">(Mediafire)</span><br /><br />Tracklist will be up later - for now, play DIY Track ID amongst yourselvesdjbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-14572779225736757182009-11-28T09:22:00.005+09:002009-11-28T11:01:06.352+09:00Everything's All White<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLm_zWtzsNYgIjgxeDmbZjb4tMfNIviO0QUHsMPvIJJ8DW7DHXRhcS8qkIF8DfeVjNE31HYxY95c6mR5qbNrDG1bkanlG5gUTaKKlDspZ9Kh1CHS90wDDSNyI41AUvf4cqn1fOqA/s1600/Rory.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLm_zWtzsNYgIjgxeDmbZjb4tMfNIviO0QUHsMPvIJJ8DW7DHXRhcS8qkIF8DfeVjNE31HYxY95c6mR5qbNrDG1bkanlG5gUTaKKlDspZ9Kh1CHS90wDDSNyI41AUvf4cqn1fOqA/s400/Rory.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408960458403108114" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">(Real) Warning: The video below contains large amounts of excited and relieved explicit language.</span><br /><br />2.5 years ago, I <a href="http://machineguntim.blogspot.com/2007/05/you-little-beauties.html">posted</a> a youtube clip of the friendly between Wales and the All Whites on here. The game itself, played halfway around the world and for no particular trophy, was hardly broadcast about, even in NZ. I think the footage I put up was a TV3 news report - which has since then been taken down for copyright violation. Its nearly impossible to find footage of the game online that wasn't from some bloke's digital camera. <br /><br />But obscure as it was, that game was a turning point. It was the dawn of Shane Smeltz's blossoming career (he nabbed both goals in a 2-2 draw), another piece in the puzzle that brought us to November 14th, 2009.<br />Incidentally, Wales was ranked around 20 places higher than us at the time (but to be honest FIFA rankings mean nothing below #50, and not a lot above it either) and sporting such famous names as Ryan Giggs and Craig Bellamy. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFQc3GAVLsduEXjhWZm2_ffXuiOLHsAK6WNF20U5EXUgAth9ypoLic_ns9BbcdLHEa2R32yEXYJT6i1icar9UrZKwEVpDG9Aq8PEjytKPSOuVETZkD7TpMT47glNMVYArVPZIvA/s1600/FIFA+Rank.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFQc3GAVLsduEXjhWZm2_ffXuiOLHsAK6WNF20U5EXUgAth9ypoLic_ns9BbcdLHEa2R32yEXYJT6i1icar9UrZKwEVpDG9Aq8PEjytKPSOuVETZkD7TpMT47glNMVYArVPZIvA/s400/FIFA+Rank.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408960466553375282" /><br />New Zealand's World Rank history has some rather unrealistic topography</a><br /><br />It was also the first time I really started paying attention to the state of the national game. And suddenly, Wellington got a pro football team. We started seeing more regular appearances of national level footballers. New Zealand qualified for the playoff against the fifth placed Asian team. We nearly beat Italy. We drew with Iraq, previous Asian champions. The team started to look more like a team and less like a bunch of guys flown in to bump into each other on the field.<br /><br />And now we're going to the World Cup.<br /><br />When someone asks me about 2009 years on, the heading picture is the first thing that will come to my mind. It's a picture that says Victory. It's a picture that shows joy and excitement. But it's also a picture that says "now, have I got your attention?" Even moreso, "I better damn well." <br /><br />More than enough has been blogged, spoken and broadcast about the game for me to go into an analysis here, and sadly even the idiotic arguments "the All Whites didn't have to do much to get there, European teams would kill for our route" and "Rugby vs. Soccer: Is New Zealand undergoing a shift in sporting interest?" But it's so refreshing to have all this after a big fat nothing for so long. The media didn't care. The public were ignorant to the whole thing. But now everyone's listening. Mark Paston and Rory Fallon are household names. And I'd take all the overkill in opinionated journalism you can muster if it means football is on NZ's radar. Then someday, maybe not today or tomorrow, you'll be able to read the headline: All Whites 1:0 England/Brazil/Italy/you get the idea.<br /><br />Sorry, the point of this post was actually to show you the chaos that was our excitement at the moment of NZ's qualification. Sure, it's nothing on what was going on at the stadium, but I think we did them proud.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PmSZmjryp3Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PmSZmjryp3Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Go the All Whites.djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-45698013237604116732009-11-26T18:46:00.006+09:002009-11-28T09:20:29.373+09:00Movember Mix<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhariY7zPK131hvW_PEGMIX3PRMNrhypy_Gs_HHk-Mp3l9lnLxeyu7n80KeeiLJA-7j9wXVZgMOYHUnd9pY_Idto76yAAWZDkIZKFtGOEXnWEAYw4mu7mXM39vm07csdF1NZyqGrw/s1600/BIGTED+MO.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhariY7zPK131hvW_PEGMIX3PRMNrhypy_Gs_HHk-Mp3l9lnLxeyu7n80KeeiLJA-7j9wXVZgMOYHUnd9pY_Idto76yAAWZDkIZKFtGOEXnWEAYw4mu7mXM39vm07csdF1NZyqGrw/s400/BIGTED+MO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408346936877616530" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: None of this electro mix is remotely hairy.</span><br /><br />I have a Movember post abrewin', but for now here's the latest instalment in the Big Ted Mixion, and in bassthumping 320kpbs to boot:<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lq2rmymzjym">Big Ted's Movember Mix (320kpbs)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Edit:</span> I've also put it up on Soundcloud, though this will only be around for about a month - ie. till I put the next one up.<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fbigted%2Fbig-teds-movember-mix&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff0f00"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fbigted%2Fbig-teds-movember-mix&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff0f00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/bigted/big-teds-movember-mix">Big Ted's Movember Mix</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/bigted">BigTed</a></span><br /><br />Electro with the fashionable dubstep aside here and there, though a bit more dancehall-y than of late. Probably my tightest effort at track collab thusfar, even if I haven't been particularly ambitious with the effects between tracks (loop fade, anyone?)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tracklist</span><br />Boris Dlugosh - <span style="font-style:italic;">Bangkok</span><br />Strip Steve - <span style="font-style:italic;">Breakin'</span><br />The Big Pink - <span style="font-style:italic;">Dominoes (Switch Remix)</span><br />Huoratron - <span style="font-style:italic;">Corporate Occult (Passion's Splatter House Remix)</span><br />Alex Metric - <span style="font-style:italic;">It Starts (Evil Nine Remix)</span><br />The Prodigy - <span style="font-style:italic;">Thunder (Bang Gang Remix)</span><br />Florence and The Machine - <span style="font-style:italic;">Drumming Song (Jack Beats Remix)</span><br />DJ DLG - <span style="font-style:italic;">Paramount (Rogerseventytwo Remix)</span><br />SonicC - <span style="font-style:italic;">Stickin' (Kissy Sell Out VIP Edit)</span><br />Eve & Benga - <span style="font-style:italic;">Me & My</span><br />Reso - <span style="font-style:italic;">Smash Yer Face In</span><br />Mexican Institute of Sound - <span style="font-style:italic;">Cumbia (Deathface Remix)</span><br />Tom Stephan - <span style="font-style:italic;">Turn That Shit Up (Diplo Remix)</span><br />Mixhell - <span style="font-style:italic;">Highly Explicit (Brodinski Remix)</span><br />Passion Pit - <span style="font-style:italic;">Little Secrets (Jack Beats Remix)</span><br />Fenech Soler - <span style="font-style:italic;">Lies (Alex Metric Remix)</span><br />Ellie Goulding - <span style="font-style:italic;">Under The Sheets (Jakwob Remix)</span><br />Subwave - <span style="font-style:italic;">Stars Get Down</span><br /><br />So yes, the now-traditional Prodigy track remixed, and yet another remix by Jakwob - this time with a beautiful if mildly uneventful remix of Ellie Goulding's debut single. What can I say - quality breeds quality.<br /><br />Comments always welcome.djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-32884774523743022632009-10-29T11:08:00.005+09:002009-10-29T12:18:32.036+09:00It's Getting Dark<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJe_zJEM2C4A78mcTp7fA0u3z1srY62VoLhNy8jyAUjMC0xErjQiH159Eewd6uQGGWEZPl_0Ye2asu0lbyEvvtdaYUJDCkw4bvYWjkwb-ZfHLUn4rLCl18c0ZJ8jkXVE2fEsjk2A/s1600-h/Dubstep+Big+Ted.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJe_zJEM2C4A78mcTp7fA0u3z1srY62VoLhNy8jyAUjMC0xErjQiH159Eewd6uQGGWEZPl_0Ye2asu0lbyEvvtdaYUJDCkw4bvYWjkwb-ZfHLUn4rLCl18c0ZJ8jkXVE2fEsjk2A/s400/Dubstep+Big+Ted.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397853712816949778" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This mix contains basslines that wobble more than your dad's jellyrolls.</span><br /><br />The lack of dubstep on the last mix I made left a hole in me that I needed to fill, so I overcompensated and put together a dubstep mix last night. <br /><br />Dubstep is a misunderstood genre - kinda like science fiction. Many people will lump anything with a wobbly bassline into the "dubstep" category, and though this is the defining feature (that and a speed of around 140bpm), its a bit like saying any book/movie set in outer space is a science fiction book. Not only does being a fan give you a bit of a rep, the bad habit that arises from this is that when you say you like dubstep people instantly assume you mean everything from the dark, hard stylings of Goth Trad, past the "clownstep" business that Jack Beats and Rusko love, out to the pop/electro dubstep remixes that have been making waves since Skream put out <span style="font-style:italic;">that</span> La Roux remix. <br /><br />I tend to prefer my dubstep without cheese nor minimal essence - and mostly without rap. MC Dynamite completely ruined Caspa's <span style="font-style:italic;">Rat-A-Tat Tat</span>. My choices from the assorted menu tend to be dark bangers and those with emotional, melodic samples. <br />While I tried to keep any of the original, dated hits (which I still love) like Chase & Status's <span style="font-style:italic;">Saxon</span> and Caspa's Remix of TC's <span style="font-style:italic;">Where's My Money?</span>, I think this is a fairly good control sample of what I personally think makes dubstep worth listening to.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?imtmgmywjfj">Enjoy! (mediafire)</a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Tracklisting</span><br />GTRONIC - <span style="font-style:italic;">Destroyer</span><br />Udachi - <span style="font-style:italic;">Jellyroll</span><br />Last Japan - <span style="font-style:italic;">Jungle Warrior (TEDD's "Eseya Huo" Remix)</span><br />Hostage - <span style="font-style:italic;">Badman Sound</span><br />DZ - <span style="font-style:italic;">Down</span><br />The Prodigy - <span style="font-style:italic;">Breathe (Numbernin6 Remix)</span><br />Datsik - <span style="font-style:italic;">Gizmo</span><br />Tek-One - <span style="font-style:italic;">Pressure</span><br />Mikey B. feat. Ill Bill Bachelor - <span style="font-style:italic;">Still Dre (Dubstep Fix)</span><br />Wachs Lyrical - <span style="font-style:italic;">Dark Entity VIP</span><br />Pitbull - <span style="font-style:italic;">I Know You Want Me (Evol Intent Remix)</span><br />Mistabishi - <span style="font-style:italic;">Printer Jam (Barbarix Remix)</span><br />Reso - <span style="font-style:italic;">Beasts In The Basement</span><br />Emalkay - <span style="font-style:italic;">When I Look At You (Sduk Remix)</span><br />Reso - <span style="font-style:italic;">Onslaught</span><br />Deadmau5 - <span style="font-style:italic;">I Remember (Caspa Remix)</span><br />Teasers - <span style="font-style:italic;">Sooner Or Later (Jakwob Remix)</span><br />BONUS - Flight of The Conchords - <span style="font-style:italic;">The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Kissy Klub DNB Version)</span>djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-38384901066186701972009-10-28T11:01:00.004+09:002009-10-28T11:25:58.492+09:00Megadrive<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_tZTOLJNfsEdPyfupspQDPmJ7RZ2XDEbM1o-PG_FO5773At415dyaUPqPXii0KPKpFqs6VAaKJRj1xBwKD60F-Wz1NqrR182yTuwDIwiRoXY9olBi7kxhq5xjzkfllEkc3HN_g/s1600-h/IMG_0937.JPG" title="Scratching was not a feature on existing consoles, so he obviously had to design his own"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 450px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_tZTOLJNfsEdPyfupspQDPmJ7RZ2XDEbM1o-PG_FO5773At415dyaUPqPXii0KPKpFqs6VAaKJRj1xBwKD60F-Wz1NqrR182yTuwDIwiRoXY9olBi7kxhq5xjzkfllEkc3HN_g/s400/IMG_0937.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397469884644868962" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This post does not accept game cartridges.</span><br /><br />DJ Sega played at Triangle last Friday, coming all the way from Pennsylvania to hit us with the East Coast ish that got the guy onto Diplo's Mad Decent label. The electro junkies at Triangle just didn't know what to do with it - is it hip-hop? is it dubstep? Are his decks skipping?<br /><br />Baltimore beat (there's probably another term for it, but I'm not very genre-savvy) is indeed unique, but it's not hard to see where it came from. My guess is it's just a tangent of the East Coast hip-hop sound, where a few DJs decided they'd rather screw with samples of other tracks than just lay down a beat for an MC to spit on. The upside is in it's shock value - "hey I love this son-what the hell is he doing to it?!", where the downside is, to be frank, it's a bit repetitive. As soon as you pronounce the bassline, you've got to do more things with it than just boom, boom, b-b-boom. Still, if you can get past that, the key is in hearing Nirvana and Michael chopped to death. That, and wonderful moments like this one below.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cI_GuQ4IlIo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cI_GuQ4IlIo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />The track did get a <span style="font-style:italic;">little</span> bit more expansive with it's sampling, but hardly - so you get the repetition. But the fact that Timmy! is obviously having a brain explosion over a beat is extremely entertaining, to this patron, at least.<br /><br />The crowd swelled at the start, but slowly dropped off til we had a lot of the dancefloor to ourselves. Shame, really - not often Osaka gets a change of pace like that.<br /><br />Nice work Sega - now, if you wouldn't mind giving me back my girlfriend before you go...cheers.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMrpXck_1A-UCoRksIq6xpAYlLsx3ekYJR2wXaM6qUT25HcdzH4qb3HU-DPi5Gpt1JtKIvwGXGWPkPKN2ZB17x4aI8iZN9tAqGQjjndMuhzRV4v4npi6yxcBM9xQBq0ZWfZ51UQ/s1600-h/IMG_0943.JPG" title="Mio ponders the pros of going black"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMrpXck_1A-UCoRksIq6xpAYlLsx3ekYJR2wXaM6qUT25HcdzH4qb3HU-DPi5Gpt1JtKIvwGXGWPkPKN2ZB17x4aI8iZN9tAqGQjjndMuhzRV4v4npi6yxcBM9xQBq0ZWfZ51UQ/s400/IMG_0943.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397469893524161778" /></a>djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-55648662742923786672009-10-28T09:42:00.004+09:002009-10-28T10:53:25.687+09:00Dilem-Mo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXG2gfj36D1SoNmZmuuTdBxpbchlCF41EO5pNqlCA2jrMmQ6Nouc8jmlTvR7aioLuIUxbXMN20zTWCLzbM7TF9vXDK0ktT_Z2_S5HgPmKUM88I-VaCBR0ZtLRLWBon3yAG9SJJsQ/s1600-h/Mo!.jpg" title="I don't know what's more concerning, that he has to walk through doorways sideways or that his turtleneck is made of chesthair"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXG2gfj36D1SoNmZmuuTdBxpbchlCF41EO5pNqlCA2jrMmQ6Nouc8jmlTvR7aioLuIUxbXMN20zTWCLzbM7TF9vXDK0ktT_Z2_S5HgPmKUM88I-VaCBR0ZtLRLWBon3yAG9SJJsQ/s400/Mo!.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397462066808784258" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This post features unfashionable facial hair.</span><br /><br />I'm currently tossing up whether to grow a moustache for Movember. <br /><br />Any moustache I grow would be purely amusing and decorative, as sadly I don't really have the ability over here to collect any funds for charity. <br /><br />The dilem-Mo I am facing is that<br />- I really don't look that great with a mo<br />- I'm not 100% certain about the above statement, as every time I try to grow one, they get to a point where they itch like a Mo-fo and I frustratedly shear them from my upper lip.<br />-Not many of my compatriots seem to care much for growing one themselves.<br /><br />But what the hey. I figure there's no better a time to put aside my deMo-ns, Mo-ve past my irritation and put it all in Mo-tion.<br /><br />I could organise a collection and send it to someone in NZ, but it seems a bit tough. If anyone knows anyone who I can send Mo-ney to, however, please let me know - I may change my Mo-ind.<br /><br />I think this is all entirely because I like saying the word "Mo".djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-33223927807167188802009-10-27T15:42:00.006+09:002009-10-27T16:00:52.970+09:00Revisited<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-POaMu_MIphx66O9C_910LyRMd26AS6zs28SomBYGi1DyE9V4aE47V9AOWXpkw-BLMprE2ncK9_LwfkSzxyDu1CLcxWPQB4A23Ii99PHZrhIhpT9d8caERGIu4Vh6t73tiEEyQ/s1600-h/IMG_0961.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-POaMu_MIphx66O9C_910LyRMd26AS6zs28SomBYGi1DyE9V4aE47V9AOWXpkw-BLMprE2ncK9_LwfkSzxyDu1CLcxWPQB4A23Ii99PHZrhIhpT9d8caERGIu4Vh6t73tiEEyQ/s400/IMG_0961.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397170218310351810" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: Those of you with low tolerance for bad singing should NOT watch the below video.</span><br /><br />I've had my 4th group of Kiwi visitors come and go last week, with Caroline & Edwina dragging along a couple of mates and camping out in my spare room for 6 days. <br />We took the girls along for a long-awaited sesh in the karaoke rooms, with the Energizer Bucky (he just keeps going when he's on the mike) and "Dios" Mio (who is indeed a vocal OMG). <br />We hit a point 2 hours in with 3 tracks - Bohemian Rhapsody, In The End and Wannabe (yes, we are shameless) where the energy was so high that...well, it's been a long time since karaoke like that. We should have sung "Like a Virgin", because that's how it felt. I even think there was bleeding.<br /><br />Looking back on the videos, however, is a bit like seeing drunken photos. Did I really look that munted? Or, in this case, did we really sound that bad?<br />I had a feeling we did - well, that *I* did, as recently I lose my voice after an hour of the 'roke. But I didn't expect we'd sound like sick dogs going down a coal-chute. <br />Still, this video is very entertaining, if only for Mio's reaction to our stupidity. <br />Enjoy. At least, don't judge me. More than you already have. <br /><br /><object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lkS8YQezJCI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lkS8YQezJCI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object>djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-78163206714675234582009-10-22T19:40:00.008+09:002009-10-29T13:26:36.802+09:00Mixed Bag<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhBd5iBKVeHgDz2CllYAoNENkRtC02XNW2lpYeR0ibzzA1QRnvizY1euAW6PmSzWbOXue8MrNCuNqa_2KCwNH4ygcnkfujdYSOu2VLs-DcxzvJJXnvfr2OH5hyphenhyphenzEDCHecLW0SnA/s1600-h/teddy+bear+suicide.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhBd5iBKVeHgDz2CllYAoNENkRtC02XNW2lpYeR0ibzzA1QRnvizY1euAW6PmSzWbOXue8MrNCuNqa_2KCwNH4ygcnkfujdYSOu2VLs-DcxzvJJXnvfr2OH5hyphenhyphenzEDCHecLW0SnA/s400/teddy+bear+suicide.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395376482096636082" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: Though it may be "Rock-tober", this mix only includes guitar in a sampled, heavy distorted format.</span><br /><br />The 3rd instalment of my monthly "mixion" (a bad attempt at combining "mix" and "mission") contains a sole Fake Blood track and NO Boy 8-bit, and only one dubstep track. Madness, I know.<br /><br />It's still quite stompy, but the midpart gets quite minimal, with lots of stuff from Sweden's Style Of Eye. This guy does minimal like I like it - not really very minimal, and fairly loopy (check out his track "The Big Kazoo" if you can hunt it down on youtube). The other major hat-tips this month are to Dexpistols, the up-and-coming banger-meisters of Japanese electro, and the new mix from Plump DJs on Global Underground.<br />With 80kidz and Lowbrows (and their Tokyo following) getting distinctly more pop lately, it's up to Osawa and Dexpistols to toe the line between success and good DJing with great care, which as yet I feel they have. <br />Meanwhile, Plump DJs are showing they're at their best in the mix (with Headthrash being a bit of an average album) on their newest release, chock-full of the bigbeat ish you just wish was dropped more often these days. <br /><br />Anyway, track <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dq2uiwlcjl3">here (mediafire)</a>.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Tracklist</span><br />Mille - Ghost Dancer<br />Kid Sister - Get Fresh (Zombie Nation Remix)<br />Alex Metric - Shirley You Can't Be Serious?<br />Huoatron - $$ Troopers<br />Sharam Jey - In My Blood (Mom & Dad's Remix) <br />Style of Eye - Grounded<br />Fake Blood - Mars (Style of Eye Remix)<br />Drummatic Twins - Crazy Love (Peo De Pitte Remix)<br />Royksopp - This Must Be It (Rex The Dog K-DART Remix)<br />Lily Allen - It's Not Fair (Style of Eye Remix)<br />Boys Noize - Jeffer (Dexpistols)<br />Beat Assassins - Boom Style (Dub)<br />Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)<br />Heartsrevolution - Dance Til Dawn (Dexpistols Remix Deux)<br />Atlantic Connection - Rocksteady (LA Riot's 'Shake it All Night' Mix)<br />Chase & Status - Saxon (Oh Snap!! Edit Stylee)<br />The Prodigy - Omen (Kilmar Remix)<br /><br />Feedback? Dare I ask?djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-90945149886003065912009-10-06T11:09:00.003+09:002009-10-06T11:12:01.460+09:00The innocence of youth<span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This video may have you smiling and causing your coworkers concern.</span><br /><br />I do love my baby nephew. And my lovely sister. And their stupid games.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CV9GolKoHuQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CV9GolKoHuQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-40710895924847817382009-09-30T18:19:00.000+09:002009-10-21T18:42:26.207+09:00I sense a theme<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTfLW42icbJp3vRP-veDoT1JXIAeJ0WIHus3HKwKuizCr90cDua4dAVuC7iMvNB5SOaSNo1VOdAssGjxWte2yHSOYpbAVAeXqrOwRCsAc3f6dLB2PMXbxa8T2BzYC7oQVrG7q1w/s1600-h/superted.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTfLW42icbJp3vRP-veDoT1JXIAeJ0WIHus3HKwKuizCr90cDua4dAVuC7iMvNB5SOaSNo1VOdAssGjxWte2yHSOYpbAVAeXqrOwRCsAc3f6dLB2PMXbxa8T2BzYC7oQVrG7q1w/s400/superted.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394986007595365554" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: We here at Machine Gun サラリーマン accept not responsibility for mutilating dance music.</span><br /><br />So I'm back-dating this post, as I never actually wrote it at the end of September, but for sake of records it should probably exist.<br /><br />Continuing on with my endeavour to learn how to DJ, my second mixtape is loosely based around a theme of...well, themes. Theme tunes, to be precise. Admittedly only a third of the tracks in this mix have any relation to TV & movie music, but hey, Will Smith's <span style="font-style:italic;">I, Robot</span> only contains around 3 lines from its namesake written back in the day by Isaac Asimov. Sue me*.<br /><br />It's full of bangers and might not really be home listening material, but I'm sure it kills on your own in the car (or while playing COD4 or whatever it is kids do these days). <br />Mix <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mmnyyz3omxw">here(mediafire)</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Tracklist</span><br />Barry Gray - Thunderbirds Theme<br />Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)<br />Midfield General - Sirens (Boy 8-Bit Remix)<br />Grum - Heartbeats<br />Fake Blood - The Dozens<br />Gossip - Love Long Distance (Fake Blood Remix)<br />Wes - Alane (Legobeat Remix)<br />D.I.M. - Lyposuct<br />Cyperpunkers - Check This Out (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)<br />Pola-Riot - Superpimpin'<br />Kill Frenzy - 54321<br />Bumblebeez - Rio (Boy 8-Bit Remix)<br />Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (Pola-Riot Remix)<br />Jack Beats - UFO (K-Hole Riddim)<br />Lea Luna - Leaving For Mars (B. Rich Remix 128)<br />Torqux n Twist - Doom's Night Dub<br />Metronomy - Radio Ladio (Radioclit Swedish Remix)<br />Tiga - What You Need (Zombie Nation Remix)<br />Jakwob - Wild Pitch<br />Douster - King Of Africa<br />Birdy Nam Nam - Parachute Ending<br />...<br />Pascal & Pearce - Disko Biskit<br /><br /><br /><br />*Don't actually sue me. That would make you a cock.djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-51955210988008142762009-09-07T16:09:00.002+09:002009-09-07T16:15:31.207+09:00The King Says Dance<span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This post has one of the best montages of kids dancing I've seen in a long time.</span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/giXDt3ceaN4&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/giXDt3ceaN4&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />I like this. Do you like this? You should like this.djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-20405509448106251062009-09-04T12:58:00.006+09:002009-09-04T16:07:12.755+09:00The Return<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87OCM81JlMUBwD1IlSkr6M6Su0DtcKfcZY5Mp5KsC0QWZjbcWDMvg7U3-78Fpdw3rj5rpeEpsuzK_SaAu0-vJA8TCDmdf3pcsf8CCsayHUnSHy01FsEeY2jFPpeQhluT9qF_JrA/s1600-h/warp20big.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 498px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87OCM81JlMUBwD1IlSkr6M6Su0DtcKfcZY5Mp5KsC0QWZjbcWDMvg7U3-78Fpdw3rj5rpeEpsuzK_SaAu0-vJA8TCDmdf3pcsf8CCsayHUnSHy01FsEeY2jFPpeQhluT9qF_JrA/s400/warp20big.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377457629624864562" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">This post is back. Back again. Yeah, it's back. Tell a friend.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KXtRo9vGyQVzWgbLftZ2crYvulJalOxzhMen3IBq0Pho3Eku0oj4yizXocGL76gMbhgyMe-yrRyXoQcBurIkv6PphjDOOZhKUxZ555SqnoyBf812i7XNbKpAVbtitSiEvO_MEw/s1600-h/Warp20LineUp.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 372px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KXtRo9vGyQVzWgbLftZ2crYvulJalOxzhMen3IBq0Pho3Eku0oj4yizXocGL76gMbhgyMe-yrRyXoQcBurIkv6PphjDOOZhKUxZ555SqnoyBf812i7XNbKpAVbtitSiEvO_MEw/s400/Warp20LineUp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377457904581580658" /></a><br />What do the above wonderful people have in common? Well, they're all nice enough to put aside a little time to come to Tokyo and play for the masses at <a href="http://www.electraglide.info/top.html">Warp's 20th anniversary gig @Makuharu Messe</a>, presented by electraglide.<br /><br />For those of you who haven't heard of electraglide, their annual flagship gig in November was the premier electro event in Japan for many a year. Playing in Osaka and Tokyo, the likes of The Prodigy, Underworld, 2manydjs, !!!, Carl Cox, Tiga, Tim Deluxe, Darren Emerson, Sharam Jey, Coldcut, Sasha, Orbital, Vitalic, Fatboy Slim and X-Press2 laid it out each year. <br />But suddenly in 2006, there was no more electraglide. <br /><br />I hit the 2004 gig, and have been waiting for another chance since then. The fact that I missed Underworld at the 05 gig (and twice more since then) haunts me. Even the excellent showcase of French electro that GanBan put on last year didn't quench my appetite. We wanted the 'glide back.<br /><br />This years lineup is far from being fully announced yet, but so far it looks worth making the trip to Tokyo for (sorry Osaka, no show for you this year - story of our life). I'm not familiar with Battles but I'm being told that I should be. Flying Lotus had the Essential Mix of the Year in 2008, and !!! are always fun. But probably the biggest pull for me is Chris Cunningham. Not quite sure what to expect from the music, but the visuals should be intense.<br /><br />Tickets have been out in pre-sale windows, and go on general sale tomorrow. Consider mine booked.djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-18764492729081442222009-09-04T10:57:00.006+09:002009-10-28T10:54:49.408+09:00My Package<a href="http://moronail.net/img/1773_condoms_its_a_bit_late_for_that" title="Preparing to put the baby back in"><img src="http://img.moronail.net/img/7/3/1773.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This post doesn't meet local standard dimensions.</span><br /><br />So the folks are coming to Japan, and ipso facto my mother is frantically searching for what chunk of the homeland she can fit in her suitcase to bring over for me. She has a habit of sending whatever she can to me, magazines and chocolate being staple additions. Being 25 this all makes me feel a bit molly-coddled, but she seems to enjoy it, and hey, care-packages are always nice.<br /><br />But I'm struggling to think about what I want from home. Sure, there's loads of stuff I love when I come back - most of them foods - but a lot of that doesn't travel well. She's promised some baking, which I am looking well forward to. Alcohol-wise, I'm still 2.25 bottles short of finishing the South gin my wonderful friends brought in August. So what else?<br /><br />Would it be weird if I asked my parents to buy condoms for me?<br /><br />Yeah, probably would be.<br /><br />It's just that the Japanese ones tend to be a) made of this rubber that feels more like a small balloon than latex, and as such tends to shun lubrication rather too well, and b) - I'm not bragging, promise - they tend to be a little on the small side.<br />Without wanting to think too hard about it, I'm sure Japanese cock is more than satisfying, but it does seem to have a median a bit lower than my equipment. TMI, I know. <br />Just like with low overheads in doorways, I fail to see why they don't just make all condoms longer. A short guy can walk through a tall doorway, but a tall guy has to duck a lower one. A "short" guy can wear a longer rubber, but "longer" guys can't wear shorter ones (without it looking like the cock is wearing a hoodie with exposed midriff - now I KNOW I've gone too far with the mental imagery). Maybe they save a few square cm of materials, but come on.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDWgewmqlm6QReYKW9rW5u1FMvbHhjiRap32b8XPARaFOzvqqpoMmXbXHUXnF2dXaVkiFxoAo5DJ7EVILY21sqqlX4WlX0pm0V7puo_s-vVwZ6pvJupmgqGsmZ68N9VtLmW1Tsw/s1600-h/super_bigboy2.jpg"title="Hung like one, yeah yeah."><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDWgewmqlm6QReYKW9rW5u1FMvbHhjiRap32b8XPARaFOzvqqpoMmXbXHUXnF2dXaVkiFxoAo5DJ7EVILY21sqqlX4WlX0pm0V7puo_s-vVwZ6pvJupmgqGsmZ68N9VtLmW1Tsw/s400/super_bigboy2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377433744427624162" /></a><br />Rodney recently found some "XL" condoms in the local supermarket, but I'm not sure if I can bring myself to buy protection with an elephant/horse/whale shark on the cover. However is asking Mum to pop down the chemists for 5 packs of Durex really the lesser evil?<br /><br />I might just wait til I'm home in December.djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-5767363554577985072009-09-03T15:53:00.004+09:002009-09-03T18:22:02.647+09:00ExhAugusted<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/motormouthtim/3883926980/" title="Sexified"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/3883926980_2fc74a526f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Sexified" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This post has nothing worth warning you about in it. </span><br />So August has come and gone, and my summer is basically over. I'd say the end came just after <a href="http://asiaticleague.blogspot.com/">Mr. Chris</a>'s visit around Obon, as I spent the rest of the month in China. Looking back, it was all a bit intense:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/motormouthtim/3883813094/" title="Leaving Crew"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3510/3883813094_8883db4cdd.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Leaving Crew" /></a><br />- The locals of the last year all began to depart back to their countries of origin, and we lost a few good men and women. Still, I increased my potential locations to crash while travelling, if one is looking on the bright side. See you soon guys.<br /><a href=""https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBaREe2Dqd5v4ItIWfhFC8Nov6eKhbrfli0OC4o1tzFTMtgsBqjIe1gIXnhUDLqDQZRatXAFt3wRjm82lQnFZnDF-K8ti64bOgfO_2XeTAGWrwzt3e797vYcXrUCgkkqhAfqcaw/s1600-h/Jake+Tim.jpg title="Summer Sonic"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBaREe2Dqd5v4ItIWfhFC8Nov6eKhbrfli0OC4o1tzFTMtgsBqjIe1gIXnhUDLqDQZRatXAFt3wRjm82lQnFZnDF-K8ti64bOgfO_2XeTAGWrwzt3e797vYcXrUCgkkqhAfqcaw/s400/Jake+Tim.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Summer Sonic" /></a><br />- <a href="http://www.hakopa.com/">Jake</a> arrived and we hit Summer Sonic, which I was too busy to even do a delayed "live blog" for. If you're feeling ripped off, <a href="http://www.hakopa.com/?p=2276">Jake's report</a> on it sums the 2 days up well. While I missed Soulwax and Birdy Nam Nam, I did get to see NIN in their last tour (who were most excellent), and Aphex Twin, who was also quite intense. Boo-urns to Phoenix and Placebo for letting little things like their health get in the way of playing - you shall be redeemed when you come back for a separate tour. All in all, not as good as Fuji, but at least my clothes didn't get permanent mudstains.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/chVa9YcMjJA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/chVa9YcMjJA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />- Jake left, to be replace by another certain Wellytownian. Chris and I, along with a <a href="http://prettyhairs.livejournal.com/">tiny but fierce Swiss girl</a> trekked down to Shikoku to Tokushima's <span style="font-style:italic;">Awa Odori</span>. Thousands of dancers, tens of thousands of tourists, a warm evening by a river and more taiko than you can shake a drumstick at. Good times, though as our host was right to point out, it's OK to watch, but much more fun to do. And do I...uh...did.<br /><br />- Chris moved on to bigger things (Europe), but not before getting his karaoke on - good times. Then I was left with 2 precious nights with the missus, one of which I had couch surfers, the other one she had work. Fantastic. Oh well - off to China.<br /><br />- Various work-related crises overted, I return home to find my cellphone bill for roaming in China is 94,000yen. 940USD. 9 Bajillion New Zealand Dollars. Oh well - not using the iPhone overseas again...<br /><br />- I made a mix of some tracks I got in August, and some tracks I've wanted to hear in a mix but haven't. It's terribly amateur at times, the volume needs normalising for starters, but hey it's a start. Start of what? We'll see, if I actually do continue trying to mix music. The mix is <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?amnmkzieydf">here</a>.<br /><br />- Somewhere in between China and coming back, all the Gaidai exchange students left, so now I have no friends I can pretend to be 20 with.<br /><br />- Mio left for Spain for 3 weeks, completing my bereavement and leaving me with a next-door-neighbour, 2 random german guys crashing at my house and 3 bottles of South gin. Dangerous parameters. <br /><br />September is gunning to be 3 weeks of recuperation, abstinence, exercise and work, with a final week with the parentals on a 5 day tiki tour of Japan. All of which are well needed.djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-43255436497630707772009-08-06T14:35:00.002+09:002009-08-06T15:59:04.201+09:00Who I'll be watching at Summer Sonic<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/motormouthtim/3345502857/" title="Fuji Rock-Summer Sonic 09 by Captain Kimchi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/3345502857_93d66a72d1_o.jpg" width="572" height="130" alt="Fuji Rock-Summer Sonic 09" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: If you haven't bought a ticket, you ain't coming.</span><br /><br />Round 2 (well, three if you count the Star Festival) of La Musique a la Summer in Japan is Summer Sonic 09, a 10th anniversary edition over 3 days. Sadly they've gone for quantity over quality, and the lineup this year is far inferior to years gone by. However, a few gems are nestled amongst the wannabe's, enough that I've considered it good enough to go on both Saturday & Sunday. Here's my planned viewing schedule:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />SATURDAY</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[13.40] Girl Talk</span><br />The rather arrogant, very entertaining "mash-up DJ" Girl Talk plays early afternoon, possibly the worst timing at SS since MSTRKRFT played that early 2 years ago. While he should be excellent, it will be warm and light and it only makes me feel ever more justified in saying that the early dance acts should be at the Sonic Stage, inside where it's dark and cool. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[14:20] Phoenix</span><br />The distance between the Sky Stage and the Dance Stage and overlapping of Girl Talk and the friendly French boys from Phoenix may be enough to suggest skipping the former in favour of seeing the whole of the latter. They did indeed rock out when they played here in '05, so it'll be interesting to see how they bring it 2 albums later...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[16.10] Datarock</span><br />I only know the track <span style="font-style:italic;">Give It Up</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Computer Camp Love</span> from these guys, but they should be good fun back at the Dance Stage. <br />The songs are good, the video even better (see below).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[17.30] Tricky</span><br />One of the fine Bristol trip-hop crew from the 90s, if you don't know Tricky, you're a liar because you actually do know Tricky. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[17:55] Nine Inch Nails</span><br />Soon after Tricky starts, however, I think I'm going to have to head to the main stage to see what has been rumoured as NIN's final tour. They were excellent in 2005, as were the crowd. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[19:00] Soulwax</span><br />I can imagine this will pack out, but the boys from Belgium are always worth a look. Their set last year really showed their live incarnation is now their strong point.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />[20:00] Aphex Twin</span><br />The last time I saw this guy, it was quite confusing indeed. Much as I love him for his mental breakdown music, I do hope he pulls something together that we can all enjoy. Live vids on youtube look promising.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">SUNDAY</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[13:10] Little Boots</span> <br />Again, I feel they got this wrong - Little Boots is an outdoor stage girl, or at least the Dance Stage. The Sonic Stage is a bit too dark at 1pm for Miss Boots, but it should still be wonderful to see her.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[14:00] Yuksek</span><br />Though we'll miss half his set thanks to the commute, Yuksek should be a fun afternoon electronica affair.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[15:05] Placebo</span><br />Finally, after 9 long years the original androgynous emo boys (well, not ORIGINAL, but still "veteran") return to Japan. Their new album is severely mediocre, but their back catalogue is some of my favourite music. I do wonder how the crowd will take them - never hear their music here. Hoping they'll go down well.<br /><br />(Placebo clashes with Birdy Nam Nam, 4 scratch DJs from France who do indeed look very impressive. I'll regret missing them, but it's a choice that needs to be made)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[16.40] Metronomy</span><br />A unique, impressive 3-piece of boys who look like jocks and play music like...a parallel universe made of playdough. Very nice use of brassy synth and strange guitar sounds, with catchy vocals. Music to dance in the strangest way possible to.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[18:30] CSS</span><br />Brazilian...electronic band fronted by an odd Japanese-Brazilian girl, who may be considered a cross between Bjork and Chicks on Speed. Should be fun - though I find a lot of their music a bit simple.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">[20:10] Klaxons</span><br />I did enjoy these boys back in 07, when their album come out and they visited. The lead singer was in a wheelchair with a broken leg, and perhaps a bit sombre, but it all worked, mate. This time around? Who knows? They had a new album worked out, it got canned, and it's back to the drawing board. So will we hear more of the old, or some of the new? Who knows? Will I care enough? I may be a bit tired by then.<br /><br />Youtube playlist of tracks from all of the above (though I suggest visiting it directly on youtube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4A8E4EDABA8405E6">here</a>, seeing as the friendly ppl at universal & emi won't let me embed their artist's videos).<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/p/4A8E4EDABA8405E6&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/p/4A8E4EDABA8405E6&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="385" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-40692835023289168532009-08-06T12:59:00.002+09:002009-08-06T13:58:27.479+09:00FMF Trailer<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n2igjYFojUo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n2igjYFojUo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: Wes Anderson + Roald Dahl = Fantastic.</span><br /><br />Might Roald Dahl be a better source of book-to-movie gold that even Steven King? While it may be a hard race to call, having grown up on Mr. Dahl's books (like many of us), I'm pleasantly impressed with how well he translates to the silver screen. <span style="font-style:italic;">Willy Wonka</span> & the remake <span style="font-style:italic;">Charlie & The Chocolate Factory</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;"></span>, and his efforts at screenwriting for such gems as <span style="font-style:italic;">Chitty Chitty Bang Bang</span> and my favourite Bond, <span style="font-style:italic;">You Only Live Twice</span>. Even <span style="font-style:italic;">Matilda</span> wasn't that bad.<br />The latest of Dahl's back catalogue to be utilised for the cinematic powers of good is <span style="font-style:italic;">Fantastic Mr. Fox</span>, brought to life by the wonderful Wes Anderson (Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore). The trailer looks awesome. The cast are the only remaining funny people left in Hollywood. The director is a mildly eccentric genius. Should be great.<br /><br />FYI, my favourite Dahl book was <span style="font-style:italic;">The Twits</span>, though I'm not so sure I want that to be made into a movie.djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-9463773227007682452009-08-06T11:42:00.003+09:002009-08-06T11:46:27.581+09:00"I'm so cute and cuddly! I help you pee!"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNUpmHZqYfn2rQCVZTHbo_lCcD_NNxhQud_rdx_85SYzdFpS569xpWhDnbhz2fm27_ovSHG-VPollvZ_xbi0YW4az8AMUuc-9Z4h9OFJkoHT1VJ8hdZc0ZTnxV6iM3qHjZH-SkA/s1600-h/hello_kidney_design_light_blue.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNUpmHZqYfn2rQCVZTHbo_lCcD_NNxhQud_rdx_85SYzdFpS569xpWhDnbhz2fm27_ovSHG-VPollvZ_xbi0YW4az8AMUuc-9Z4h9OFJkoHT1VJ8hdZc0ZTnxV6iM3qHjZH-SkA/s400/hello_kidney_design_light_blue.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366675751123523922" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: Aaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahaha!</span><br /><br />Available on a T-Shirt <a href="http://www.wrongtees.com/product.php/26/hello_kidney">here</a>, along with the rest of their fantastic lineup.djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-68345840070060249892009-07-28T14:33:00.017+09:002009-07-31T13:59:00.301+09:00Fuji Rock Festival: The not-so-live blogging experience<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/motormouthtim/3771009505/" title="It's Go Time!"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3432/3771009505_0a5948dc31_b.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="It's Go Time!" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: These micro-posts are all on a 6+ day delay.</span><br /><br />The cellphone coverage at Naeba Ski Resort (home of the Fuji Rock Festival again this year) was sufficiently patchy, and my interest in the outside world sufficiently minimal that I didn't manage much in the way of live status updates from Fuji. <br />However I do enjoy live micro-blogging from festivals and events, and in blatant disregard for the fact that this all happened days ago, I'm still going to bring you my report of Fuji Rock in time-stamped, twitter-esque form. Consider it delayed coverage, like if you don't have cable.<br />Here goes.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Friday, July 24th</span><br /><br />[0:15] We're off! Just about to leave Namba, with a packed car and 5 excited passengers. I can't see out the back window for all the luggage. Red Bulls and pumping stereo are ready. Bring on 8 hours of driving!<br /><br />[4:30] Sunrise and we're making great time. Alex, Yutaka and Kate are passed out in the back, while Mio's keeping me company as we listen to Diplo's Essential Mix from last year and admire the Sea of Japan from the passenger-side window. <br /><br />[5.40] Some random guy in a van decided to tail me in my blindspot. He looked a little off the boil so we pulled off the highway to lose him. Should be in the mountains by 7am!<br /><br />[6.50] Good news: Just saw the sign saying 10km to go! Bad news: it's spitting, and a call from Rob (who's already there) says it rained something atrocious last night.<br /><br />[7.25] We have arrived! And we are immediately greeted by pouring rain. Didn't even start until we were out of the car. Queuing for wristbands. Pain. <br /><br />[9:00] Tent's are up, but the rain's still coming down. I'm having a nap to make up for missing sleep last night.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/motormouthtim/3771004849/" title="Hottie Cat with Major Lazer"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2551/3771004849_90fd3bc49e_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="IMG_0350" /></a><br />[14:20] Down at the White Stage, and Major Lazer roll out in dashing suits with Brazilian dancers dressed in mummy-esque rags (Hottie Cat, I later found out). It's early days in the festival and already everyone's jumping up and down like maniacs<br /><br />[14:45] Switch & Diplo drop Pon De Floor, and we get a circle going with a bunch of Brits and random Japanese girls. The ground is a slushy mess of muddy clay, and my sandals & legs are caked with it.<br /><br />[15:05] Dubstep remix of a reggae track from their album. Madness!<br /><br />[15:15] Walking back through the masses. Alex teaches some Japanese the meaning of the word "choad".<br /><br />[16.30] Back up at the tent - we chose a spot up the top and jeez it's a mission to walk up. Nice view though, and the privacy is golden. Can hear Lily Allen playing a cover of Womanizer in the distance.<br /><br />[18:20] Down at the Red Marquee (the only indoor stage, mainly for electronic acts) to see Peaches. She strolls out wearing a puffy jacket that somewhat resembles a peach, and a scary lycra balaclava. Strips out of it by the time she finishes the first song, and says "I'm Peaches, you can call me <span style="font-style:italic;">momo</span>."<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/motormouthtim/3771814406/" title="Peaches"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2641/3771814406_6f8c536b41_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="IMG_0369" /></a><br />[18.50] These Japanese boys go crazy for Peaches. Her haircut is permed on top and shaved at the sides, in a kind of 80s scary lesbian style that goes with her crimson makeup across her eyes. Looking a bit old, but entertaining none the less, especially with her hot guitarist. <br /><br />[18.55] "Shirts come off, shirts-shirts come off" says Peaches and most of the crowd (well, the male contingent) oblige.<br /><br />[19:30] Dinner time. Most of the food here looks fantastic. Alex can't stop saying how the festival is "exactly like Glastonbury". Those doner kebabs look fantastic.<br />Taste even better.<br /><br />[20:30] Red Marquee is fairly packed out for Simian Mobile Disco. They have their mixers stood up vertically, set into what look like record cases. The 3D feel to it looks like they're tinkering with a model of a building plan. The music is pounding and intense, the crowd responsive in kind.<br /><br />[22:15] Chilling out in the food court, listening to Oasis blasting out at the Green Stage from across the way. Too packed & muddy to bother heading over there - only those prepared with gumboots and camping chairs can really handle the conditions. <br /><br />[23:00] Eye from Japanese band The Boredoms starts up the "Planet Groove" all night session in the Red Marquee. He's OK - if The Boredoms themselves were here it would be 1000x more entertaining: those guys have drums. Lots of drums.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Saturday, July 25th</span><br /><br />[0:30] Gang Gang Dance are on, and the crowd has swelled. People have been talking to me about these guys all day, but they're just 2 or 3 degrees too hippy-ish for us. Some white guy on stage is wearing what looks like a Tibetan postman's uniform and is holding a white flag made from a rubbish bag tied to an umbrella. The singer is impressive, but old and quite frankly a bit scary. <span style="font-style:italic;">House Jam</span> sounds good, but the rest of the set doesn't go anywhere. It's like LCD Soundsystem in boring slow-motion.<br /><br />[1:20] Finally, the hippies depart, calling on "Diplo & Switch". Seems it's just Diplo though. <br /><br />[1:30] <span style="font-style:italic;">Pon De Floor</span> does it's 2nd run of the night. Getting a bit of a vibe on now.<br /><br />[2:05] Peaches is dancing on a speaker with her hot bassist. Diplo's revving the crowd up with his mike. Typical American DJs - but it's working.<br /><br />[2:20] Stage is getting crowded: Switch is out there now. Diplo's chugging back red wine from a bottle. His <span style="font-style:italic;">Harder Better Faster Stronger</span> remix gets spun.<br /><br />[2:25] Diplo rinses out some solid dubstep. <br /><br />[2:40] <span style="font-style:italic;">Fuck The Pain Away</span>, and Peaches is dancing above the decks now.<br /><br />[2:50] Diplo: "You guys have no idea what you're in for now." Well, some of us do. Buraka Som Sistema, a la Lisbon! DJ Riot, electronic drums, real drums, 2 MCs (the large Andro and the classy Kalaf Ângelo), and the exceedingly hot and vibrationally-talented MC Blaya. <br /><br />[3:00] These guys are insane.<br /><br />[3:05] They just blended in "Rhythm is a dancer"!! Fuck I haven't heard that in forever.<br /><br />[3:15] Diplo is back on stage. Looks pretty drunk.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/motormouthtim/3771017351/" title="Mio's the one waving"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3514/3771017351_d055f51c59.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG_0386" /></a><br />[3:20] Buraka just invited a whole bunch of girls up on stage. I thrust Mio over the bar and Kalaf was nice enough to say she was cool to come up. Peaches jumps back on the stage, they fire off some gun full of gold streamers and everyone's going nuts. <br /><br />[3:30] Diplo has now scaled the lighting frame and is hanging from the ceiling like a monkey 2 metres above the stage. Motherfucker's <span style="font-style:italic;">brachiating</span>.<br /><br />[3.40] Buraka come to a close - amazing set with everything in it. Ass-shaking, pounding beats, talented MCs and one drunk American stealing the show. Diplo has now brought out a watergun and is shooting the MCs and the crowd - <span style="font-style:italic;">over the equipment of DJ Craze and Klever</span>, who are very politely freaking out about it.<br /><br />[4.15] Craze & Klever are ripping it up, but its basically more of the same as Diplo's set, with scratching - and we're tired. Let the exodus back up the hill to the tent commence.<br /><br />[8.30] WTF - suddenly awake, to find the tent is sweltering. Stumble outside - hello sunshine! My happiness is competing heavily with my feeling of sweaty, sleep-deprived, dehydrated exhaustion.<br /><br />[9.30] Kobo-chan has arrived, so I'll have to go pick him up from the carpark. Oh well - no more sleep for me.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/motormouthtim/3771017907/" title="Damn you Diplo, you got my camera all wet"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3483/3771017907_9c51f979a5_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="IMG_0390" /></a><br />[10.00] Chilling outside the tent - pretty sure I'm getting sunburnt. Bread, tinned tuna and bananas for brekkie.<br /><br />[11.30] At an onsen just up the road. Heaven is washing away the night before. Alex can't stop saying how having an onsen is "nothing like Glastonbury". Nab a few beers at the combini on the way back and chill with a fairly odd Aussie and his very cool Japanese mate. <br /><br />[14:30] There are a few bands on but noone big yet, so we'll take the cable car up to the Day Dreaming stage. First: watermelon, and a big bottle of Sangria.<br /><br />[15:00] Jeez, this gondola is massive. Biggest in Japan, apparently. 20 minute ride up through the mountains - people like ants at the stages below. <br /><br />[15:15] Christ - just saw some people in a gondola car going the other way, all wearing Doraemon masks. They looked more like hostages than like people enjoying themselves - hilariously unnerving.<br /><br />[15:30] This stage is amazing! Like we've been transported to some kind of hippie central. Furry characters like pandas and rabbits are skipping after a girl playing a mouth organ. The music is reggae laced with some breaks, with a Japanese MC. Really chilled way to kill the afternoon.<br /><br />[16:05] Sadly they're finishing at 16:30, and the rain's about to return. Back down the cable car - but not before bumping into our mates from Osaka again. Tequila shots in the gondola on the way back down.<br /><br />[17:20] Back down at the Green Stage to see Ben Harper. "We're Relentless 7, and we're here to sing the blues." <br /><br />[17:30] "We're Tim & Mio, and we're here to sit on a groundsheet and sleep away the early evening."<br /><br />[17:40] Not a single classic Ben Harper track in sight. Looks like he left behind his soul tracks when he joined his new band. Tis a shame - the new sound is good, but not half as fun as last time I saw the guy.<br /><br />[18:50] Dinner time: Pizza for me. Mio goes with curry with nan.<br /><br />[19:40] Stroll back to the Green Stage to check out the Kiyoshiro Memorial gig. Perfect timing - Tortoise Matsumoto from the Ulfuls comes on to bash out a soulful tribute. Brings tears to my eyes, and I didn't even know who Kiyoshiro was until today. Matsumoto is all class - lots of passion and a fantastic voice.<br /><br />[20:00] Hiroto and Mashi from The Blue Hearts come on to do a few tracks. Hiroto is a maniac - always chewing or moving his mouth even when he's not singing. "Rock n Roll will not die!" he proclaims in Japanese. Reminds me of Mick Jagger, perhaps a little uglier but great presence.<br /><br />[20:15] A big group effort, a montage of Kiyoshiro footage on the big screens, and it's all over, with most of the crowd weeping. Beautiful send-off.<br /><br />[21:30:] We move a bit closer for Franz Ferdinand. They come on to "Do You Wanna", which is good fun.<br /><br />[21:50] Bit too many songs we don't know, and we're saving our energy. Nice visuals on the big screens though. <br /><br />[22:30] Right - they've played "Take Me Out", and it's go time.<br /><br />[23:00] Red Marquee's "Tribal Circus" tonight- first up: FAKE BLOOD! Being first kind of sucks though, as the crowds haven't really accumulated yet. He's wearing a woodcutter shirt. And he's bald. No way.<br /><br />[23:05] "Love, it's a weird thing ain't it" <br /><br />[23:??] Pulls out Sonic C's<span style="font-style:italic;"> Stickin'</span>, which is about the 3rd time I've heard it this festival. Also pulls <span style="font-style:italic;">Pon De Floor</span>, which seems to be the track of the weekend. Crowd's loving it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sunday July 26th</span><br /><br />[0:05] "Mars!"<br /><br />[0:15] Wow, that was over quick. Shame it wasn't a full 2 hours. 80kidz is getting packed, so I think we'll go outside for a break.<br /><br />[0:45] Some nice drumnbass going on at the Ganban Night Stage - not sure who's playing, as the line-up isn't announced.<br /><br />[1:00] Fake Blood just rolled up on the Ganban Night Stage! We rush down the front. He's only playing to around 100 people.<br /><br />[1:30] This set is much more experimental. "I'm Horny" accapella on "Mars". <br /><br />[1:50] ...and he wraps it up with some fun loops on "Voulez-vous" by Abba. That's more like it. Not as intense due to the crowd size, but a much more satisfying set.<br /><br />[2:00] Damn, we've missed Bloody Beetroots.<br /><br />[2:30] Still outside, eating pizza and chilling. Seems a shame to be missing all the music, but it's just as fun in the crowds of the courtyard.<br /><br />[2:50] Back inside to see The Shoes. They're cranking it - far harder than when I saw them at Summer Sonic. Admittedly, that set was one of the first of the day, whereas this is one of the last. <br /><br />[3:05] "Ich-ni-san-shi-go, Knock Out!" Sounds like they borrowed the vocalist from 80kidz for a Japanese sample.<br /><br />[3:15] And to close out the night, Crookers! <br /><br />[3:30] Fake Blood is dancing like a robotic nazi on their decks. <br /><br />[4:00] This is turning into a quality set. <span style="font-style:italic;">Down</span> by DZ just got dropped. Dubstep rears its brutish head yet again.<br /><br />[4:30] Right, I'm spent. Wanted to stick around for <span style="font-style:italic;">Day N Nite</span>, but I think that's enough for one day.<br /><br />[10:30ish] Last day! Better get up and enjoy it. So tired. Kobo-chan is up and off already. <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/motormouthtim/3771843352/" title="Dancing at the tent"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/3771843352_2754996d5d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Fuji Rock 025" /></a><br />[11:30] First act I'm keen on is Jimmy Eat World at 15.50, so we spend the morning dancing to electro on Al's speakers and looking like idiots. This feels as much like Fuji Rock as the rest of it. Good times.<br /><br />[15:00] Pack up most of the stuff and stroll down to the car. It starts pouring down and we seek shelter inside. By the time it stops it's looking hard to make it on time for Jimmy.<br /><br />[16:30] Lunch: delicious pork on rice. <br /><br />[18:00] More packing - now we're free to enjoy the evening.<br /><br />[20:00] Waltz past Fall Out Boy on the way to Animal Collective. FOB sounding so much more sell-out that in years past, when I used to look forward to seeing them.<br /><br />[20:15] Night lights are looking beautiful.<br /><br />[20:40] Animal Collective come on. I don't know this band, but I've heard amazing things. Sadly, the things I'm hearing from the actual band aren't as amazing. 10 minutes in and it's obvious this is far too "experimental" (which I find is a polite word for "pretentious and botched attempt at originality"). <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/motormouthtim/3771021983/" title="Mirror ball in the woods"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2468/3771021983_a6fbd91151_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="IMG_0405" /></a><br />[20:50] Decide to check out the other half of the festival. Stroll through the boardwalk, where they have hung mirrorballs in the forest. Serene.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/motormouthtim/3771825760/" title="Outside the Orange Court"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2495/3771825760_21fd304934_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="IMG_0412" /></a><br />[21:30] Chilling at the Orange Court, where Seun Kuti is playing, amid talking about women's "nyash", which seems to mean "ass". <br /><br />[22:00] Back to the White Stage for the only real act I want to see today: Royksopp!<br /><br />[22:30] Oh, they're just as awesome as I remember them. Bouncy bouncy fantasy music on a cool evening where the rain has blessedly stayed away. Anneli Drecker is doing the vocals - and the foxy dance moves. <br /><br />[22:40] Obviously the only Japanese words Torbjørn knows are "Hai!" and "Honto ni arigatogozaimas!", but he uses them to great comic effect. A man after my true heart.<br /><br />[23:00] After a downbeat, almost unrecognisable variation on <span style="font-style:italic;">What Else is There</span>, Anneli dons an owl costume for <span style="font-style:italic;">Tricky Tricky</span>, the other Karin track. This crowd is nice and fun, if a little tired.<br /><br />[23:20] A one track encore, and they're done! 10 mins early, too. Sad. Still, stand-out performance from two of the (seemingly) nicest guys in electronic music.<br /><br />[0:00] Finally make it back to the Green Stage to see Basement Jaxx. The rain may be gone, but the mud! Insanity. Half-wade, half-dance our way across the area. The Jaxx are bringing it fullsteam though, good times all round. <br /><br />[0:30] Heading back to the car. Sure hope I can drive back safely. Gotta drop Kobo in Tokyo too.<br /><br />[1.45] Right, everyone's here, we're packed, I've accidentally spilled Red Bull all over my seat, but we're off! Bye, Fuji Rock! See you next year!djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-86697443959968726362009-06-29T16:16:00.004+09:002009-06-29T16:19:43.626+09:00...For the ladies<span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This post is purely because I know I'm going to get strife for the last one from a certain someone.</span><br /><br />...and here's a shot of the (unofficially) hottest man from Japan. Hiro Mizushima.<br />I wouldn't do him, but he's a bit of alright.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mtYhs2SDPFzI3gqNIo48b_fRt83hfT5tdJNDNUBlvzVr4Pwof2xclBb2l9nWPTu6F1HT6aGmx_8hYj9TqpX5eOkmKck1uC9NEU5jV7AMSveujpc5LTiBuydgjFqsmlm47gnyFQ/s1600-h/Hiro+Mizushima.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mtYhs2SDPFzI3gqNIo48b_fRt83hfT5tdJNDNUBlvzVr4Pwof2xclBb2l9nWPTu6F1HT6aGmx_8hYj9TqpX5eOkmKck1uC9NEU5jV7AMSveujpc5LTiBuydgjFqsmlm47gnyFQ/s400/Hiro+Mizushima.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352645609346029346" /></a>djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-86556778412623832302009-06-29T15:46:00.004+09:002009-06-29T16:13:18.208+09:00Lies & Damned Lies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikP2IA_uZnsEwRNYmTHjpvUUTHpXzBG5P_tteO94tt1kh183L9FyPD69YpdRzqLu7csXmujTM5hTQWfvuPRirLi3k0dCagPSkYFUP0BcUe5STki5XI0Nr2bPDik9B42NRjbVNn9w/s1600-h/graph_summary_barchart.php.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikP2IA_uZnsEwRNYmTHjpvUUTHpXzBG5P_tteO94tt1kh183L9FyPD69YpdRzqLu7csXmujTM5hTQWfvuPRirLi3k0dCagPSkYFUP0BcUe5STki5XI0Nr2bPDik9B42NRjbVNn9w/s400/graph_summary_barchart.php.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352642765216978050" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: 90% of statistics are made up - and when they aren't, rarely do they prove anything.</span><br /><br />I've been quite thrilled to see the visit count on my blog get some serious boostage lately. The thought that my musings on seemingly arbitrary themes were gaining popularity makes my head swell most fetchingly. Especially seeing as I didn't post at all in April or May (blame China - I often do). <br /><br />But sadly, it appears that the figures don't actually mean much. The most popular month this year was May.<br />Question: why would people read my blog <span style="font-style:italic;">more</span> when I posted less?<br />Answer: They weren't reading it, they were imagining a naked woman.<br /><br />And I mean that. Upon further research I noticed that almost all the visits to the blog were from google image search, and to my post about <a href="http://machineguntim.blogspot.com/2008/08/10-reasons-to-watch-olympics.html">hot olympians</a>. Most of them were image searches for Jennie Finch, the "hot" baseballer and Republican. I'm almost tempted to remove her - how can I sleep knowing that 99% of my blog love is all because of the male love of the female figure - and a right-wing figure, at that?<br /><br />Moral of the story? Sex sells. Don't try to deny it.<br /><br />I'll never stoop to such base levels of marketing my blog again.<br /><br />Meanwhile, here's a picture of Aoi Miyazaki.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1T_nQYh6YI2NnCH70HjLe-KEIiNNcWXK65VvQQAIG3UY9enhKo6VOF3YRsr3bm5aA7Q0ZOrI7misZBgEmNFAHQ-EjO8WMj8Oz2UEOXWg8uI845wlAjC0RFzzqv0UO8PZotSi9tQ/s1600-h/Aoi+Miyazaki.jpeg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1T_nQYh6YI2NnCH70HjLe-KEIiNNcWXK65VvQQAIG3UY9enhKo6VOF3YRsr3bm5aA7Q0ZOrI7misZBgEmNFAHQ-EjO8WMj8Oz2UEOXWg8uI845wlAjC0RFzzqv0UO8PZotSi9tQ/s400/Aoi+Miyazaki.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352641914625665826" /></a><br />I mean, just damn. If you don't like that, no more women for you.*<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">*If you don't like women, of course, that's no problem. Besides, that means all the more for the rest of us.</span>djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-46416790707577412252009-06-23T16:44:00.005+09:002009-06-23T17:24:35.348+09:00Afraid of the dark?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sEijkDsefmoI79RO-cwPpF7EspMxT-PK2WlhSSTqB67rsxI7-xjjG0nqzeO6EefdId1cHg9fRXsVSJYyoyVoJ8mMt0TO5FTy6twGO1f3CoTNfX1MlbeNbnoi0VAiiX3jqGuRXA/s1600-h/Childhood+Fear.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sEijkDsefmoI79RO-cwPpF7EspMxT-PK2WlhSSTqB67rsxI7-xjjG0nqzeO6EefdId1cHg9fRXsVSJYyoyVoJ8mMt0TO5FTy6twGO1f3CoTNfX1MlbeNbnoi0VAiiX3jqGuRXA/s400/Childhood+Fear.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350429761594584690" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This post contains graphic makeup. And bugs.</span><br /><br />Photography buff blog <a href="http://www.soothbrush.com/">Sooth Brush</a> posted some time last year about the delightfully chilling work of a certain <a href="http://joshuahoffine.com/splash.html">Joshua Hoffine</a>, a man obsessed (possessed) with childhood fear art photography. The brilliant composition and art that goes into the pics is just as impressive as the fact that they aren't photoshop edits, but straight shots with only colour adjustments and tweaking done by computer. The rest is all family & friends, a bunch of free time and an artful eye, resulting in vivid images that shock in their contrast of stark gore with symbols of purity & innocence. <br /><br />Check out Joshua's site to buy signed prints - or even a brooch version of the beasty below. Or just give him <a href="http://joshuahoffine.wordpress.com/">blog love</a>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPfrDwhoOKy6UZ343-IxxQAqBJxBnR2IYn2OKVK8PidQ9loktIs4mJHKHCMgRyPjd0QevTt9YjwR3nTM6a70OEGTH6NRONJeOeyvonwBtGJf_X5tjrx95WI6XQXlq7vAlqoTu4A/s1600-h/Childhood+Fear+2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPfrDwhoOKy6UZ343-IxxQAqBJxBnR2IYn2OKVK8PidQ9loktIs4mJHKHCMgRyPjd0QevTt9YjwR3nTM6a70OEGTH6NRONJeOeyvonwBtGJf_X5tjrx95WI6XQXlq7vAlqoTu4A/s400/Childhood+Fear+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350429771225957954" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Props to Rodney for the linkage.</span>djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-47394273904804822062009-06-21T16:00:00.004+09:002009-06-21T16:29:30.115+09:00Not something you see every day<span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This post contains footage that may be beat-influenced</span><br /><br />Ayoji, aka. <span style="font-style:italic;">Yoji Biomehanika</span>, rocked up to Triangle a week ago as a "secret special guest". Probably the worst kept secret in Osaka, judging by the crowds reaction. The reason he wasn't headlining was purely because he wasn't DJing; evidently the man wanted to try out his guitar skills and didn't feel they were polished enough to do it officially. Good fun all the same - not the most amazing set, but certainly one of the rarer ones you'll see around here.<br />Here's about a minute of it:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UiFGwV090nw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UiFGwV090nw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31737511.post-7583942951790131982009-06-21T13:28:00.002+09:002009-06-21T14:59:07.088+09:00Killing time on Youtube<span style="font-style:italic;">Warning: This post is a collection of entertaining time wasters.</span><br /><br />I think anyone who has ever used the internet has spent time procrastinating on Youtube more than once or twice, and between that and posts on Facebook you've probably seen these before. However, for those not in the viral video loop, here's a few gems I came across lately.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Drumnbass Church Rave</span> - very well edited<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AlZpSd2lRJQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AlZpSd2lRJQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Hammertime in an LA store</span> - flashmob at its best<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vfxCnZ4Dp3c&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vfxCnZ4Dp3c&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Nyuki nyuki nyuki</span> - give a girl a camera...<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Jlv8F9cerA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Jlv8F9cerA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Damian Walters</span> - gymnast, stuntguy, spiderman<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5MeiwLLZjDo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5MeiwLLZjDo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Now, go forth and waste time.djbigtedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611079416954578589noreply@blogger.com0