Genius n. 1. Exceptional intellectual ability or creative power. 2. A distinctive or prevailing spirit, as of a place, person or time. So I'm sitting in my room last night, lit up like Christmas, watching Woody Allen's Manhattan . I know people are all about Annie Hall but that's the easy choice-out of his 70s dramadies, Manhattan is by far the most complete film. The photography, music, acting, script...if this was Woody's one and only movie, he would still be [...]
I've been spending most of this week listening to laurent garnier tracks and realizing that this dude is so beyond. the funkagenda remix is great too. but comeonnnnn Tags: Genius , laureng garnier , Video Related posts ZZT - The Worm Video (3) YOUTUBE TRICK OF ALL TRICKS! Knowledge bomb. (3) Your mommas on [...]

Whoever thought of this is genius!
Due to events which occurred this past week, here is a post about the ultimate prankster. Learn about Andy Kaufman here. Andy Kaufman on SNL... HILARIOUS! Classic Kaufman skit. Imitated frequently but never as good as the originial. Here is the epitome of Andy's work. The fact that no one knows if he's joking or not is testament to the fact that he is the greatest comedian of all time. Guess the joke's [...]
I've been keeping up with Fulton Lights as he wanders throughout Europe. Apparently, while over there , he only just found out that his friend Nihiti , over here , remixed one of the tracks from his older album, the FL self-titled release , like, a year ago. So here it is, Nihiti's Fennesz-y take on Fulton Lights' "Thank God For The Evening News:" ::: Nihiti - "Thank God For The Evening News (It Disentegrates Remix)" ::: Far-out minimalist genius Terry Riley [...]

...styles are old like Mark 5 sneakers, Lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers All right friends, you know the deal: the 2008 edition of the Halifax Pop Explosion gets underway tomorrow, and the city will be lousy with awesome shows, least of which is the GZA's Liquid Swords show at the Marquee on Friday. As a bit of prep for that show, last week we hit you with a couple songs from the Genius' pre-Wu outing, Words From The Genius , so it only makes sense to dedicate this week's [...]

Hands up if you've avoided our German techno friends ? Shame on you. I'm pretty sure that MDSLKTOR are certain of top 5 in the world of technical musical ability right now, scrub that, they have been for the last 2/3 years, ask Thom , Hawtin and anyone else that commands musical muscle. Brutally combining dubstep, techno and house with effortless skill on Check out the razor sharp production and particularly the bass production into the mix around Thom's vocals. Wait for 1259, it'll leave you dripping with saliva. I'm [...]

Apple releases a fancy new feature with iTunes 8 and tries to join your mix tape club. Problem is, he's a nice guy with a decent record collection but a lack of understanding of the rules and limited creativity. It's back to school for this "Genius."

La junta directiva de Fan Zinatra Discos estaba negada a la música experimental hasta la llegada de Fuzuku , un ser inusual que nos hizo replantearnos nuestras reglas. Adentro encontrarán su EP , un librillo en .pdf , varias canciones de prueba, una nota de prensa utilizable y los liner notes. Antes de dejarlos pasar tenemos que informarles que una edición limitadísima de 20 copias estará disponible para los coleccionistas, pero dejemos que sea el mismo Fuzuku quien les explique en que consiste la oferta: Cedes de [...]

The most recent release of iTunes contains a new feature that Apple has dubbed "Genius". Essentially what it is is a music recommendation engine: iTunes scans your collection, sends it to home base anonymously, and then compares it to thousands of other collections. You can then tell Genius to create a playlist from one of your songs, and it will use the collective data to pick the songs in your collection that best suit the song you picked. You then have a Genius playlist. We here at HAD (and we're sure probably [...]

A lot (a real lot!) of electronic musicians use PLP loops in their compositions, and they can thank Jason Donnelly (DJ Puzzle) for contributing to their sound. I've incorporated several into my tunes, and there's been a couple of times when I've listened to someone else's song and thought, "Hey, wait .... that's MY loop". Earlier this month I received an e-mail from Jason, inviting those of us on his distribution list (extensive, I'm sure), to have a listen to his new two CD set, "Geodesic Peers". The set includes several [...]
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Vor kurzem hat Apple seine neuen iPods vorgstellt. Wir haben sie getestet - und sind mässig beeindruckt. Es hat inzwischen Tradition: Wenn Apple-Chef Steve Jobs zur Keynote-Speech lädt, fiebert die Applianer einer neuen Technikrevolution entgegen. Diesmal gab's nicht mal ein Revolutiönchen, sondern ein ziemlich unauffälliges Lifting für die bestehenden iPod-Modelle. Am auffälligsten hat sich der Nano verändert. Er kommt nun in einer ganzen Farbpalette daher und sticht optisch ziemlich ins Auge (unser leuchtend magentafarbenes Testexemplar hat sich als echter Hingucker erwiesen). Was neben der Farbe auffällt: Die Form gleich sich [...]

90s r&b albums were full of midtempos, even though it was usually the ballads or club bangers that got released as singles. so, there are plenty of quality tunes that never really saw the light of day. download 90s r&b midtempos assorted phlavors - lovin' on the d.l the girls only released one album, and managed not to overdo the ballads. arrived at the same time as allure, who were more successful. well, they made it to three albums. [...]
It's really difficult to take three classes, be captain of a sports team, and run a club which has suddenly multiplied from 10 to 65 people, maintain a non-hermitic social life, and maintain a music blog all at the same time. I may or may not be abandoning this project in favor of a simpler personal blog. I am so behind on music. I didn't even know that a new Justice album-like-thing had been released last week until someone else alerted me. Anyway, this morning I updated my iTunes and after restarting my computer 3 times, Genius finally [...]

For one day I would like to be Steve Jobs; release an iPod...make a billion dollars -- release a new version of iTunes...make a billion dollars. What exactly does Steve Jobs do again? Regardless, that billion dollar figure wouldn't sustain if the product didn't, well, produce. We have all had our share of problems with Apple products and emoted the veritable "fuck you Steve Jobs!" as your third iPod shits the bed on Christmas day. Or perhaps you just downloaded the new iTunes and as you are quietly enjoying a nice evening with a women, the playlist you so dutifully [...]

First of all, who's your A&R A mountain climber who plays an electric guitar? But he don't know the meaning of dope When he's lookin for a suit and tie rap that's cleaner than a bar of soap And I'm the dirtiest thing in sight Matter of fact, bring out the girls and let's have a mud fight I say this rather often when talking about various old school songs, but this time I mean it: that is a classic verse. Of course it is the GZA/Genius on the Wu's seminal Protect Your [...]

On August 19th Wu-Tang Clan's GZA/Genius released his fifth solo album, Pro Tools . I first fell into GZA way back when while flipping through countless hip hop albums at my local record shop before settling on the infamous Liquid Swords . If you like hip hop and don't have that album, you need to stop whatever you are doing and run to the record shop. GO! Okay back to Pro Tools. After Liquid Swords GZA has put out a stretch of albums that don't quite top the beauty he created on the first, but they [...]

GZA/Genius - 0% Finance (DL) -New track from his album Pro Tools. ..and just in case you're interested you can go here and re-design the album cover for a chance to win some Stanton DJ equipment. =w=

My auditory neurons are still working the kinks out after listening to a new album by an artist that we should keep a wary eye and ear on. Prod is either a vastly superior alien being or a secret collaborative project involving Goldie, Prince and Aphex Twin. I just purchased Prod's debut album, "The Artworks Formerly Known as Prints" on Pollinate Records . Seriously, that is an extraordinarily stupid title for an album that is a thousand percent brilliant. At least half of the tracks on this album are challenging [...]

All right kids, now that the awesome, classic indie-rock cat is out of the bag in regards to the Inbreds and our participation in this years Halifax Pop Explosion , I thought we should post the rest of the initial lineup. Yes, I realize that the two-night herohill hearts music showcase extravaganza is going to be the place to be, but HPX always has a fairly killer lineup, so we want to make sure you fine folks are in the know. Quite simply, what you need to know is that the GZA/Genius [...]