Tagged: rantsandraves

When I look at the list of music I have bought/downloaded (guilty as charged) / or ripped, I sometimes get a little asphyxiated with what David Shenk calls Data Smog . I suppose I'm an information asthmatic. It is hard to remain productive, be that selecting new music for the season or keeping track of RSS feeds, or even remembering my passwords. I however am confident in saying that my information smog cannot begin to compare with Beijing's real smog. And since I am not hosting any Olympics anytime soon, my net-coughing is just a [...]

Happy Hardcore is the goat here.

One of my favorite comedians, and philosophers, of all time. George has influenced so many people with his raunchy thought provoking quips. I feel so lucky to have finally gotten a chance to see him live last year. RESPECT. Comedian George Carlin Dead at Age 71

You do what you can, but food comes first (most of the time). As you may or not have noticed, I haven't really been posting much lately, and I attribute that to my preparations to outsource myself. What if I could work in a geographically independent manner? My preference is a nice secluded beach in Costa Rica next to a nice beach-house-club and decent sound equipment to throw some sandy parties So I tirelessly toggle Ideas noting what sticks to the pan as I consult pen-pals (remember those days?) for feasibility. What if I [...]

There are times when we all sit back and think about the many obstacles DJs, ranging from the bedroom to the main stages, must deal with throughout our musicultural journey. Self described as a 'producer/remixer/singer/songw riter,' Detroit native Aaron-Carl tunes into an ongoing case of the jades that I believe many DJs here in the USA unnecessarily have to deal with. In his post, State of the Scene, on his blog The Revelations of Aaron-Carl , AC makes three powerful observations about other scenes that I know resonate [...]