I UPGRADED UR WEBSITEZ
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the output of capitalism
I was reading some interviews with Jonathan Hickman of THE NIGHTLY NEWS, and he mentioned a site called TheyRule.net.
Take a look at it for yourself, and play around with the (frightening) connections you can conjure up. Then realize that, like the site says, this is not a conspiracy. This is the logical end product of capitalism. Buy the ticket, take the ride.
under construction
expect huge, hoary changes as the night goes on
vancouver restaurant list
…compiled by myself and Leenie during the “Let’s Eat Out” Summer of 2007. Go forth and eat too damn much, my minons.
TOSHI SUSHI, Main Street.
SAMURAI SUSHI, Davie.
KALAMATA, East Broadway.
STEPHO’S, Davie.
EAST IS EAST, Main Street
THE REEF, Main Street
HAVANA, Commercial Drive
LEGENDARY NOODLE, Main Street
SLICKITY JIM’S CHAT & CHEW, Main Street
RHIZOME, East Broadway
NIRVANA, Main Street
THE NAM, West 4th
THE FOUNDATION, Main Street
PAPA’S PIZZA, Main Street
NUBA, Hastings
BRIOCHE, Water Street
VERA’S, Main Street
SEB’S, East Broadway
ZIPANG, Main Street
SUBEEZ, Yaletown
LOCUS, Main Street
MITRA, Main Street
fragile things
Download here. Tracklisting is below. This is the set I did for B-Sides – I was pretty pleased with it. It’s ambient and downtempo and pretty, in roughly that order.
1: Neil Gaiman – Fragile Things (Introduction) [William Morrow]
2: Lostep – 6 AM Sedna [Global Underground]
3: Shirt – Naing [Tide Pool]
4: Antiguru – Pre-Emption [Tide Pool]
5: Neon Tetra – Surroundings [Tide Pool]
6: Shirt – Dirty Ye [Tide Pool]
7: Boards Of Canada – Chromakey Dreamcoat (Outro) [Warp]
8: Four Tet – You Could Ruin My Day [Domino]
9: Boards Of Canada – Chromakey Dreamcoat [Warp]
10: Hills West – Hay-On-Wye [Unsigned]
11: Neon Tetra – Immure [Audio Aubergine]
12: Hills West – Watchman’s Cabin Site [Unsigned]
13: Lusine – Still Frame (Lusine Remix) [Spectral Sound]
14: BT – All That Makes Us Human Continues [DTS]
15: Chris Fortier – Despegue (Fractal Ambient Mix) [FDX]
16: Limbo – Pioneer (Fractal’s Verb-Tool) [Tide Pool]
17: Dustin H – Receive The Light (Fractal’s Photons Are Data Mix) [Pacific Front]
18: BT – Dynamic Symmetry [DTS]
19: Hermann & Kleine – Hello, This One Is For You [Morr Music]
I am also playing at Hush on Friday, September 7th, with Cory J and Andy Weeks. You should come down. Yes.
radiohead
I’m delighted to report that I’ll be on B-Sides this coming Monday, August 20th, with a set of ambient and downtempo. The show airs at 9 PM EST, on Proton Radio.
I will also be sharing the airwaves with Perc on October the 11th, on Radioactivity, also on Proton Radio. Look out for hazardous techno and suchlike.
I also need to find time to reorganize and redesign this website…
obsessive compulsions
I was just looking at my folder of sets and minisets, and I realized the following things:
– I’ve recorded at least 64 sets. I think I have about 20 more archived on CD.
– I’ve named sets after every letter of the alphabet except G, I, J, K, Q, U, V, and X.
– I have at least three more sets mapped out to record even as we speak.
– I think I DJ too much.
the last update that is behind
In addition to everything else I did two weekends ago, I also went to see my friends Tia Vickers and Jesse Maddaloni get married in a graceful, lovely, and touching ceremony. Many, many happy returns.
I also bought books: Gibson’s SPOOK COUNTRY, Ellis’ CROOKED LITTLE VEIN, and Gaiman’s FRAGILE THINGS. Quick thoughts follow:
FRAGILE THINGS is very nice. Nothing of Gaiman’s has been as good as SANDMAN, for me, but there are some really good stories in this collection. I will be very interested in how he returns to writing novels, or if he ever does any longform comics again.
CROOKED LITTLE VEIN is hilarious, cruel, heartfelt, and actually somewhat subtle. It is classic Warren Ellis – which is both a good and bad thing. Some caution is advised for the faint of heart.
SPOOK COUNTRY got loaned to Dave before I even opened the cover. More after I actually read it.
interlude between being behind on updates
The Gapminder (Beta) is an amazing array of world data that may or may not be interconnected.
I totally agree with Matt Fraction when he says:
“I came up on books like Chaykin’s AMERICAN FLAGG! or you know, WATCHMEN. These comics refused passive consumption. I’m showing my art school here: I reject passive consumption. I reject the premise. I will have no passive consumers. Casanova will not stop and explain itself to you. It will not allow you to flip through it while you’re dropping a deuce and waiting for Batman to show up.”
Words, in my mind, to create by.
Finally, They May Be Watching You, but Cryptome is watching back, in exacting, terrifying detail.