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CW: MH-, Anxiety, Covid

I saw a lot of people on my trip into the city that Friday. I'd guess somewhere between 10 and 20 percent were wearing masks.

I hung around in the shops until the anxiety of being around that many people got to me. I spent a long time working towards being less anxious around people, with a lot of success. The last few years have been a big setback.

I took a trip into Portland on Friday (4/22), spent some time in Everyday Music and Powells Books, both on west burnside. Picked up a clean hardcover copy of Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard. Was a nice way to spend an afternoon.

Posting this a bit earlier than usual so I can rest & maybe sleep.

MTT 270 / Far Shore https://djcev.com/2022/04/mtt-270-far-shore/

Ambient, downtempo, and IDM in the 90 and 80 BPM range for this week's #djmix . This one features tracks by Calimex Mental Implant Corp. (Legowelt), Coco Bryce, Fanu, Jega, Pete Rock, Secret Frequency Crew, and more.

CW: self-indulgent self-reflection, writing

I'm weirdly very afraid of structured, planned writing. I'll talk a lot of nonsense on IRC or in person but expressing coherent thoughts in text is petrifying.

When I started DJing for internet radio (and later for my website) I knew I wanted to work on this problem by forcing myself to write about each set. Even if it was only a sentence or two. It's been challenging. The writing part has often been more difficult than the DJing part. I feel like it's beginning to pay off, though, in that it has become noticeably easier and more comfortable to do.

MTT 269 / Tidal Force https://djcev.com/2022/04/mtt-269-tidal-force/

#breaks and #electro this week, finishing on some fun trance-y stuff. This #djmix features music by Ares Voo, Central Fire, Datawave, Digitalis, Nullptr, Silicon Scally, and more.

MTT 268 / Cosmic Breakers https://djcev.com/2022/04/mtt-268-cosmic-breakers/

#electro , techno, and Weird Stuff at 128. Goes to an interesting place (for me) in the last third, some fun swing and syncopation, snares on 22. This #djmix features music by As Far As I Know, Delta Funktionen, J Shaw, Seiji, Skee Mask, Versalife, and more.

I woke up at 4 PM so tonight's mix may be a little late.

Oof. Having breakfast & a cup of tea now, hoping that'll get me going.

Selling stuff on craigslist (or thru any similar classifieds listing) makes me very nervous.

Been watching a streamer I like play through the game "Disco Elysium", the recent "Final Cut" edition. I had thought it was an action game, one that would annoy me. Turns out it's a smart, provocative, and very funny throwback to Planescape: Torment. No combat at all.

It's pretty impressive. One day I'll play through it myself, I think. When Wine catches up to it.

MTT 267 / Night Below https://djcev.com/2022/04/mtt-267-night-below/

#electro up around 130 today. A bit of techno flavor too. This #djmix features new tracks by Alva Recek and Skee Mask, as well as old favorites by Low Orbit Satellite, Mas 2008, Mr Velcro Fastener, and more.

I took a train a few miles down the road to the nearest thrift store today. Picked up a movie, walked around a shopping center.

First time I've really been out of the house in I think months.

There's some #quakeworld TDM on over at andeh's (suddendeathTV) twitch channel if anybody is interested.

Grand Finals of QLAN War #1, Firing Squad v. Commando, in the first map now:

Oops, missed a space after the slash there. Ah well, my mistake, doesn't hurt anything I suppose. edit: corrected this when I imported these old toots.

MTT 266 / Blue Surface https://djcev.com/2022/03/mtt-266-blue-surface/

Drum & bass today, vinyl & digital. A mishmash of used bin finds, mp3 netlabels, old tracker mods, and a couple more recent (2010s) digital releases.

This #djmix features music by Boymerang, Fanu, Funky Technicians, Krii, Seba, and more.

Loaded Renoise onto my raspberry pi 400 last night, then spent a bit of time today digging out, connecting, and testing an old USB MIDI adapter.

For the second time in my life I have a tracker hooked up to a real audio interface and my MIDI gear.