May 2013
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BLACK PEOPLE CREATED →
pussyharvest:
HOUSE MUSIC (born in Chicago’s Black gay scene, originated from soul and disco)
ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM) (based on disco)
METAL MUSIC (born of blues rock)
THE ROLLING STONES (“inspired” by blues musician Muddy Waters, NAMED THEIR GODDAMN BAND AFTER ONE OF HIS SONGS, admitted to using him as inspiration)
THE BEATLES (cited Elvis Presley (who stole from Black musicians/choir...
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That Ol' Ephemera: Why I Love Electronic Music but... →
bazilisk:
Dubstep is described in this Spotify artist biography of Skream as “…UK garage’s dark, half-speed offshoot” that uses the “tension and release formula.” Thank you, writer of that biography, for putting your finger exactly on why I love a lot of electronic music but hate dubstep. It is too…
Funnily enough, it’s that slow tempo with those precipitous (sorry) drops that...
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They Might Be Giants and they made you a mixtape →
The Onion AV Club have a fascinating interview with the two Johns of TMBG, as well as a playlist of songs that influenced them.
I’m excited about going to see them live at the Bodega this Friday, Guhznee Street, Wellington.
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April 2013
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Bearing a Strange Device
Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been regularly skipping Gramophonic Detritus and Midnight Revel sets, and want to know why. The reason is that I’m working on an ambitious building project, and in the future there’s likely to be changes in sets and venues.[[MORE]]
In Babbage Square there is a venerable old hotel, the Excelsior, which is closing down. It’s a nice...
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Backing up like a toilet
As I write this I’m on the olds’ computer waiting for about 100+GB of My Documents folder to get backed up. Then there’s my Steam apps and emails.
I’ve been waiting for about two weeks and the extra memory module finally arrived this afternoon. So all going well this Saturday I should be able to commence the replacement of my frankly creaking and senile XP with a nice...
Surviving the World - Lesson 1703 - Thoughts While... →
Daylight saving ends in NZ tonight. Which means my schedule of performances get mucked around. Again.
March 2013
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Bemused. Geek. NZ.: Audiobooks! →
bemused-geek-nz:
I’ve been ripping an audiobook version of K. W. Jeter’s steampunk classic, Infernal Devices, in the expectation that such a performance will go down most splendidly with the citizenry of Caledon, New Babbage, and the Steamlands in general.
This has not been a painless task. One has to label …
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SL springs forward, Rabbit takes a day's break
SL started daylight saving, so now there’s only twenty hours’ difference between NZT (my home zone) and PDT (SL’s). In a month or so New Zealand will fall back for winter, requiring me to adjust my friggin’ calendar again.
This means that all sets, for those in the Antipodes, now start an hour earlier - unless the venue decides to shift all its times (like Bara.:CUDA:.,...
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You can't like something before you try it,...
theprophetlilith:
I don’t care for how ReverbNation integrates into Facebook. In order to listen to a band’s music, you have to Like the page. But how am I to know whether I’ll like it if I can’t listen to it first? Bands should be promoted based on the virtue of their music, not based on some silly social network mechanic. (via Facebook)
THIS. Double for games or apps.
It also shits me off...
February 2013
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BARA.:CUDA:. Hiring Hosts
I got this notice by IM and thus - signal boost!
KIA ORA
One of SL’s best lil beach clubs on the grid is NOW HIRING!
We are a Kiwi owned club that’s pretty laid back and crazy
We have slots available for HOSTS from 9-11pm SLT (6-8pm NZT) and 11pm-1am SLT (8-10pm NZT)Pay is 100% tips.Looking for realiable, experienced staff who are enthusiastic and fun-loving.
[[MORE]]BARACUDA...
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Bombastophone closing down
In a little over a week, our rental for the land we currently have The Bombastophone on will expire, and so will, for now, said instrument.
None of us have made this decision lightly. However there are RL strictures that mean that keeping the place open is no longer an option until said strictures are relieved.
Also, the venue was only being used twice or maybe three times in a week; not enough...
January 2013
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Just because you call it art doesn't make it less...
snatching-fedoras:
FYI to people who try to get me to pay attention to certain artists I can’t listen to because their music is actually triggering to me.
There was a track I downloaded in an album of industrial that I had to delete because it used, over and over again, a sample from the Saw movies. Yes, it was a synthetic horrible death, but nevertheless I found it extremely distressing.
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Enjoy this track on repeat while you read For...
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Wotzondisweek
It’s a Second Life Sunday, so that means today I’ll be schlepping over to Edloe and The Listening Room for Sunday Evening Breakfast Serials at 6pm SLT (that’s Monday 3pm NZT).
6:00pm Sci Fi Radio - Diary of a Rose by Ursula K. Leguin
6:30pm Merry Go Round - Studio Stand Easy (14 September 1945)
7:00pm Hour of Slack #1050 - Live 6-4-06 with Revs. Bleepo Abernathy and Baz...
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Team PFV's Car Boot Sale →
Martien (our eldest account, consider him “father”) has finally pulled finger and got us touting his shirts on the Marketplace, starting with these ones.
One the one hand, free (and finished!) shirts. On the other, lots of login roundelay as we pose for the camera. And for some reason searching for ‘Team PFV’ doesn’t bring up our store.
There’s still another...
December 2012
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Einstein: In His Own Voice →
Archived audio of Albert Einstein, one of the most famous scientists of the 20th century, recorded between 1930 and 1950. You might have to concentrate as his accent is pretty thick.
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The Prophet Lilith Sings Hymns
…as in Hymns To the Dead Goddess. If you want to know about what’s what in black metal land, she’s got the podcast for you.
And yes, The Prophet Lilith has a tumblr. Follow that as well.
November 2012
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Considering possibilities
So Martien, Maku and I were talking earlier, and it looks like some projects are going to be pushed front and center to boost usage of the Bombastophone.
One thing that’s happening is that I’ll be simul-casting from The Ark on Wednesdays, all going well. The Hump will probably either move, get merged with Gramophonic Detritus on Thursdays, or be cut completely.
Maku’s 7Seas...
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Meet the Rolmonica →
It’s like a little player piano for your face!
Currently I’m considering means of automating the Bombastophone, and the Rolmonica, being a wind instrument, offers possibilities…
Music humour from Chris Halbeck →
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WatchOh look, a slightly extended version of the “I hate jobseeking” mix I performed at The Bombastophone last Thursday.
October 2012
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Bombastophonia: Monday Evening Breakfast Services →
Gentlefolk, Yetinsyny and Lovers of Radio Entertainment,
Ms. Precipitate Flood will be hosting a Recital this Monday (and hopefully, every Monday to come) as follows:
6:00pm SLT / 2:00pm NZT: Religious Services, i.e. The SubGenius Hour of Slack
7:00pm SLT / 3:00pm NZT: Radio Serials & Comedy
An hour’s Selection of Radio Entertainment. Current selections are The Goon Show, and Ms....
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WatchListen to Collected Machine Music by Plinth.
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Magnificent Failure
What’s a MF? The new build, more or less.
The new place in Port Babbage was meant to do two things: Consolidate all our activities, planned and ongoing, and save money.
I’m actually spending more money per month now.
And as for the consolidation… well. The build currently holds:
Dance venue. This is taking up about 300 prims by itself - and the place still looks bare.
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Help wanted: DJs for Kiwis
I DJ at Bara.:CUDA:., the beachside venue of choice for Kiwis in Second Life. I’ve known this mob for years, and they’re great fun and love getting into the party mood. For more information, see their page and photos, photos, photos on Facebook.
Right now though we’ve had some people leave for various reasons, such as landing positions they’ve been angling for, real life...
“One day in 1999 I stood on a subway platform in Boston as a banjo player named...”
– Chris Hiester’s submission to The Listserve. He makes a good point.
September 2012
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Not just moving, trying to set up
Those of you who actually look at my fucking calendar might wonder what’s happened to the Midnight Revels and Sunday Mushroom Garden Party.
The answer is that my alts and I are consolidating our properties and our activities into one location in Port Babbage.
New Babbage is a grimy steampunk city, so magical mushroom groves are right out, or at least under glass. There’s also a...
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I forgot I had this. →
In moving my site, I learned that I’d uploaded some tracks to this service to repeat mixes from The Fracture Sessions. I need to make more mixes like this.
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Moving, but still Grooving
My alts and I will be moving to New Babbage in a matter of weeks. It’s taken months of thought, dismissal, vaguely schizoid argument and planning, but we finally took the plunge and the building is already almost completed.
The opening will come after the interesting industrial accident.
So what does this mean?
First, parcels in desertpunk (not gorean!) MariKesh Mondrago and Caledon...
