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MTT 262 / Where I Stay In Reality https://djcev.com/2022/03/mtt-262-where-i-stay-in-reality/

An hour of #electro to start my show's sixth year. New and old, domestic and import (as they used to label the bins at some of the shops here). This #djmix features music by Automat, Aux 88, DJ Di'jital, E.M.S., Gucci Bass, Versalife, and more.

CW: Bandcamp & Epic Games, Negative

I worry that this is the beginning of the end for Bandcamp. I'm worried because of who they're "joining" and also because this feels to me like a shift in priorities.

I've been buying music through Bandcamp for 10 years; we'll see how much longer it lasts, I guess. See what Epic Games does to it.

I suppose the fundamental question is: did Bandcamp sell out?

If you haven't seen it: https://blog.bandcamp.com/2022/03/02/bandcamp-is-joining-epic/

CW: Quake 3, Defrag, Youtube link, first person gameplay

Yo there's a new power_of_heavy_metal video

Good night, DeFrag [.df]

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#quake3 #defrag , almost 90 minutes long. If first-person gameplay gives you motion sickness then please skip this one.

Also this marks five years of broadcasting and/or producing a one-hour mix every week. It's been a ride. And a lot of work. I think I can safely say I'm much better at it now then when I started.

I have no idea what I'll do for year six.

Posting this one early so I can go to sleep in an hour or two.

MTT 261 / Have You Left https://djcev.com/2022/02/mtt-261-have-you-left/

#ambient and #downtempo this week. Slow and easy. Mostly old tracks this time. This #djmix features music by Coldcut, Dagobert, Drome, Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza & SkyTwoHigh, Nagz, Nightmares On Wax, Quantum Leap, and more.

Eliot Lipp has a bunch of his old albums up on his bandcamp pay-what-you-want, including one of my absolute favorites, the Galaxy Toobin' self-titled LP:

In case anybody out there needed outer space inner tubing music.

New Blind Test video from Telekom Electronic Beats. The subject this time is 2000s Liquid Drum & Bass:

Absolutely love these videos, this whole idea.

Rohs! Records is having a sale right now, most releases are 1€ until the first of March. If you're interested in hazy ambient, #dubtechno , Rhythm & Sound style dub, etc.:

libarchive and bsdtar are rad. It (libarchive) understands ISO9660 images and so I was just able to use /usr/bin/tar to extract a ~7 gigabyte multi-extent file from optical media. Good Stuff.

CW: re: Podcast, V:tM, Edginess

I've listened to an embarrassing amount of Path Of Night in the last week. It has 40-some episodes and I'm almost caught up.

There's more horror in Path Of Night than there was in LA By Night, I think. It's a pretty edgy show: gore, graphic violence, smoking, the late '90s. It comes close to being too much for me but hasn't yet gone over the line.

I'm really enjoying it (and I'm maybe a bit worried what that says about me).

MTT 260 / Nervous Energy https://djcev.com/2022/02/mtt-260-nervous-energy/

Mid 120s #electro and IDM. Mostly 2000s and early-mid 2010s tunes this time around. This #djmix features music by Dark Vektor, Drøn, Mr Velcro Fastener, Robert Cosmic, Silicon Scally, and more.

CW: Podcast, Vampire The Masquerade

I've been wanting a good audio drama / TTRPG show lately. LA By Night ended, campaign 3 of Critical Role didn't really grab me, and NY By Night hasn't started yet.

So I did some searching & took a look at the available VtM actual play shows. After trying a few I got hooked on Path Of Night:

Path of Night Podcast

The official YouTube channel for the Path of Night Podcast, an actual play podcast about a group of roleplayers telling engaging shared stories around the gaming table. Campaign One follows a group of vampires in New Haven, CT, in the year 1999 using the Vampire: The Masquerade system by White Wolf Publishing and Paradox Interactive.

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VtM 20th anniv. ed. game set in Connecticut. Very nicely edited & recorded show. Can be a little confusing at times. I'm really enjoying it.

Morning sounds

Wow, a rare lock-up in FreeBSD. The video player I had open froze and the system stopped responding to keyboard and mouse input. Keyboard didn't even toggle the numlock or capslock lights in response to the appropriate keys.

Ended up having to reboot.

CW: Horror movie talk, Eko Eko Azarak 3

Watched Eko Eko Azarak III just now. Different director than the first two, different actress playing Kuroi Misa, has a different vibe. I suspect this one is closer to the comics, it goes much harder.

They don't take away Misa's powers this time so there's a lot more fun witch magic. Liked that part. Didn't care for some of the casual gore (the movie opens with an unconvincing but still gross autopsy scene). Was not expecting where the story went at all.

Kind of loved it? I don't know. Maybe I'm in a weird mood.