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Tags:
electro,
music.
I found this interview with Pamétex while researching show notes today. I thought he was super reclusive, so it surprised me to find anything about him on the web. It's a good interview. #electro
Working out some electro this week, old and new. ~130 BPM comfort food.
This mix (like most of MTT Year 3) is no longer available for download here. Get in touch with me at the email address listed at the top of this page if you want a copy of it.
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Tags:
meta,
music.
I like that previewing albums on Bandcamp is as bad as previewing albums in a record store. (OK, almost as bad).
Bandcamp? You're streaming what sounds like a 128kbps mp3.
Record store? The provided headphones (and often the needle & cartridge) are always worn out.
It's comforting. Familiar.
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Tags:
quake champions,
twitch,
video games.
More Quake this morning. #QuakeChampions QPL Stage 2 Week 9 over at https://twitch.tv/quake . Toxjq and Xron are playing the first game of the day, going into a third map right now.
This is apparently Zoot's last time doing Quake commentary for a while, too. End of an era. I think he started with the LevelupTV crew 8 or 9 years ago...
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Tags:
quake champions,
twitch,
video games.
There's some live Quake on right for anybody interested. #quakechampions EU/CIS Challenger League winner bracket semifinals Spart1e vs Bukster map 1, over at Zoot's twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/thisiszoot
Spart1e party.
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Tags:
2020s,
books,
hardcover,
review,
scifi.
I finished reading "Agency", Gibson's new book, this morning. Really enjoyed it.
It feels like the middle book of one of his trilogies. There's at least one major question left unanswered in both "The Peripheral" and "Agency".
It's a 400 page book with 109 chapters, which was noticeable. I wonder when he started doing that... "Pattern Recognition", I think.
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I'm very happy that my sleep schedule is aligned in such a way that I slept through the superbowl.
Now I'd like to go back to daylight hours. Waking up at 10 PM is not great. Not very useful.
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Tags:
ambient,
electro,
music,
review,
techno.
I'm doing a little music shopping today. Picked up Adam Jay's "Inoperable Data" and Galcid's "Ambient Works" both on Detroit Underground.
The Adam Jay album is terrific new (nu-nu-nu-)electro, very bright sounding, futuristic stuff. Reminds me a bit of The Advent's electro output.
Galcid's Ambient Works is also good, three chill beatless pieces and one with fast clattering synth percussion. Has some nice sharp-edged sounds.
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Tags:
2010s,
books,
cyberpunk,
paperback,
review,
scifi.
I just finished reading the 2015 short story collection "Cyberpunk: Malaysia". 14 near-future scifi stories by Malaysian authors.
I really enjoyed it! I appreciated the variety of stories in the book. It could've been 14 derivative angry-man-in-rainy-neon-city stories, but wasn't.
Zen Cho, the editor, has a webpage for the book: https://zencho.org/books/cyberpunk-malaysia/
100 BPM beats for a tired Thursday night. This mix includes one F-bomb at the 30 minute mark, during Viktor Vaughn (MF Doom)'s rap. I guess that makes this one PG-13. Consider your surroundings when listening. (In other words: may or may not be appropriate for work. Depends on where you work.)
This mix (like most of MTT Year 3) is no longer available for download here. Get in touch with me at the email address listed at the top of this page if you want a copy of it.
DJ Megaphysics and I played our regular show at Ground Kontrol Arcade last night, the first of 2020. It was good! Megaphysics took the first half of the night, opening at 9:00 PM. Here's what he played:
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Tags:
ground kontrol,
logical aggression,
pdx.
Back from the arcade.
Megaphysics and I played well, we both had good sets. I spent a few hours hanging out with my friend DJ Popcorn, haven't done that in about a year. And (!) had dinner at The Roxy. Was a good night.
But now I can't sleep. I guess that's OK.
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Tags:
ground kontrol,
logical aggression,
pdx.
I'm headed to the arcade tonight to DJ with my friend Megaphysics. CEV & Megaphysics @ Ground Kontrol Arcade #pdx 9:00 PM until close, $7 cover, games are set to free play, 21 & over.
I'll be playing the usual selection of electro, techno, and downtempo from 11:30 PM on.
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I abstained from drinking alcohol for a year back in 2016, and am doing the same this year.
Both four years ago and now, after about two weeks I started craving sugar. From what I read online that's common. It's some kind of physical or psychological replacement effect. It's a weird feeling.
Feels like time for a late-night PB & J.
Drum & Bass. Halftime, minimal (I guess?), and a couple old '90s tracks. A whole bunch of these tunes are from Om Unit's label Cosmic Bridge.
This mix (like most of MTT Year 3) is no longer available for download here. Get in touch with me at the email address listed at the top of this page if you want a copy of it.
