OK, my 0.02 euros on the spam. I personally don't mind the playlists at all.
I do mind ads for gigs that don't have the area in the subject line. I do
mind ads posted by people not on the list - and if there was one improvement
I could suggest it would be to screen them out.
Headphones: my personal choice would be (and is) Sennhieser HD25s, available
for anywhere between £110 and £170, depending on where you look. They are
seriously retro looking phones - not at all trendy looking - but sound great
and have excellent isolation, so are great for trains and planes and work
(where you don't want everyone to listen to your tunes.) That said, I
understand the Sonys are pretty good on this score too.
Co-operation CD: got to agree with Stephanie's comments about the Unit 46
and Misa Negra tunes. I think the Phoojun track is kind of dull too - but
the remaining tracks more than make up for it.
..Mark..
on 8/10/00 6:47 am, stephanie at nnine@yahoo.com wrote:
> 1) there is some spam, some posts from people you
> never hear of except to advertise. oh well. If you
> don't like playlists, you don't like the meatiest
> (albeit bluntest) content on this list. poor baby,
> here's a hanky. My favorite new playlist is
> CukiPapa's. I print it out and commit it to memory.
> The only thing I don't like about it is that I can't
> get everything on it!! =(
>
> 2) Hope my, and others in my circle's, posts are not
> offensive. I for one love my city and want to get the
> word out, and furrow out those hiding list-members who
> might be in the neighborhood.
>
> 3) trendy headphones. I fianlly broke down and got my
> first pair of really-truly all-mine headphones. I've
> had a rag-tag string of duct-taped, hand-me-down, $15,
> dead in one ear,
> found-in-the-trunk-of-my-car-after-my-ex-took-her-duct-taped-ones-back-the-bit
> ch,
> and could never quite bring myself to spend the money.
> Finally stepped on the uncoiled cord of the latest in
> that proud lineage and killed them dead.
>
> Went to the store, terrorized the boy behind the
> counter and listened to like 5 pairs. Some Sony's,
> those fancy Pioneer sdj5000(?), some stantons, and a
> pair of Technics. Grudgingly, I decided on the Sony
> MDR-v700dj "for dj remix use" whatever that means.
> They're the fancy silver ones that all the cool kids
> have, they look like a fuckin' sketchers commcerial,
> but they were the loudest and boomiest I found. Super
> cozy on your head, even a small girl head like mine
> which is refreshing, and they swivel around nicely.
> haven't tried them out in a super loud setting yet,
> but they were just dandy in a small bar the other
> night. what troubles me, is that I know a lot of
> sony's have all replaceable parts, and I haven't found
> a part mapping for this one so I hope I didn't just
> buy a black box. Oh well. not everything in life can
> be open source. so far, i love them.
>
> 4) ok, records, old and new, all rather new to me.
> trying to avoid those that have already gotten heavy
> press on here.
>
> - attica blues-what do you want? king britt mix
> a bleepy bloopy effect created by staccato vocal/drum
> stabs. some people arent' so crazy about it, i love
> it.
>
> -pepe bradock - burning
> i never buy house, but i bought this. super sweet
> hypnotic lovely deep stuff, gentle waves. love it.
>
> -brazilian explosion (mr bongo, 1996)
> I want to work for mr bongo when i grow up. just a mix
> of traditional and dancy brazilian rhythms. as raw and
> sugar-caney as you would hope from some good brazilian
> jams. also a section with just clean drum hits to
> sample.
>
> -chataeu flight-prism
> ooh la la! clear vinyl, 3/4, and bouncy-lovely! mix
> with "cravo e canela" for a treat.
>
> -hidden agenda -inside outski/return
> not the most amazing shiki shiki i'v eever heard
> (although one friend insists it's hypnotic and one
> should listen 5 times in a row to truly understand)
> but worth noting because it's not only good, it's
> Hidden Agenda!! Joing others like Seiji and Photek
> with us musical refugees on the other side of the
> tumultous sea of bad drum and bass. So nice to see
> that good musicians are good musicians and that's the
> truth. pffffftt.
>
> - The blacktonez - flying h i g h
> it's on main squeeze. that's all you need to know.
>
> -tony allen - ariya (comet)
> much the same charm as Allenko Bortherhood cuz golly
> jee, it's all Tony Allen. it's all about that
> beat...that tony allen township african tight 4/4
> infectious disease of a beat. Giraffes on the cover!!
>
> -Osunlade - Latina Cafe - Aldeia de Ogun (Yoruba)
> mabye i have the label and artist mixed up? who
> cares, it's dope. Light bouncy latin house(?) with a
> little vocal sample that sounds like Joyce. It's like
> saltines or birds in the morning. outta NY.
>
> - Co-operation comp
> buy on sight, if only for the neon phusion song. but
> it won't be only for that, b/c it's got some wonderful
> stuff. only 2 weak spots: misa negra-keep you head to
> the sky is a little silly, and unit 46-the beach
> absolutely blows. If i want ibiza i'll buy a cheesy
> cd that says ibiza. other than that, lovely.
>
> - kahuun-long time no see (paperecordings-pink cover)
> this one's kinda wierd and growing on my very fast.
> it's this edgy african club beat, not so housy that I
> don't lke it, very light boom boom in there, mostly
> nervous deep duby drums, like kenny dope meets "pump
> up the volume". Then there's this goofy break with
> over-emphasized pan flute sorta things. Kind of
> awkward, but so am i. I give it an 8.
>
> -kenny dope- brazilica
> I thought this was going to be awful and trendy but
> it's quite nice! dancefloor samba.
>
> my 2 favorites now deserve a re-mention from the other
> day, they are so life-altering.
>
> Plutonia-Forever. Makes me almost cry every fkn time
> I put it on. just so sweet and lush, and all about
> sitting back and enjoying, falling into life like a
> big infinite feather bed. amazing.
>
> Likwid biskit- Substance. This is starting to edge
> out Photek-Consciousness for my favorite song ever in
> the history of the world. it's just so bugged out and
> sharp and precise and with funk in it and the vocals
> are understatedly insane. Argo doesn't like it as
> much, so i think maybe it clicks with certain
> personalities.
>
> it's saturday night, and where am i? in front of my
> computer!! Aaaaaahhhhh!!!!
>
> now playing, ravi shankar live at the monterey
> international pop festival. I don't understand ragas.
> I don't think i'm smart enough. I was at a classical
> indian music concert years ago with my friend Ketan
> and as i listened, I thought, oh how nice. Ketan (an
> indian guy from uganda and percussion wiz, to be fair)
> turns and says to me, "wow, did you hear that? it's a
> cycle in 13's." i love staggeringly intelligent
> people. =)
>
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