It's Been A Long Time...

I shouldn't have left you, without some dope beats to get def too. Yeah, yeah, I know it's corny, but hey, isn't life? Anyway, been a way for a while trying to get myself right. For all the MPC users out there, after struggling for a while with getting sounds to the MPC 2000XL from my Mac (actually had a chance to cop an external zip 750MB drive one time, but passed only to check for it later only to find that some scrub had lifted it), I finally utilized the MIDI Sample Dump feature. Basically, what this allows you to do is send data via MIDI to your MPC. It's pretty slow (no where even near USB 1.1 speeds) and it splits stereo channels into two files, which you then have to setup for simultaneous play back (using your pad settings) and pan each file hard to one side. But, this method is much easier than what I did before, which was:

1. Edit files on Mac using DSP Quattro, Audacity and Recycle.
2. Place files on flash drive
3. Transport to PC
4. Load on to PC and transfer to zip disk
5. Load zip disk into MPC
6. Pray that everything sounds fine.
7. If not, start the whole process over again
8. Get frustrated
9. Fuck it, I'm going to sleep
10. Start whole process over again tomorrow

Well, for all my OSX users, DSP Quattro is a mo' fuckin' godsend I tell ya. It's about the only program on OSX that allows MIDI Sample Dump. Also, it's a great audio editor. I've found that it's recording quality smashes that of Bias Peak, which would give me mad distortion whenever I recorded anything from vinyl. Fuck 'em and they expensive piece of basura (thought I was gonna say shit, didn't ya?). Anyway, enough tech talk (don't want to confuse those not into that).

So, I went to see Lady In the Water, the new M. Night Shyamalan film. I thought it was pretty decent. The plot was kind of convoluted, but not in a good way. More like, hard to believe, although I have come to kind of expect that from him. I really think he would make a much better author then he would a director/screenwriter. Folks were walking out like crazy at this showing. My thing is, if you know Shyamalan's filmography, you should know what to expect. No shoot 'em up, no thuggery. Just some quasi sci-fi mess that he tries to reign in at the end.

Other than that, your boy skateboard P released a mish mash collection of music this week entitled "In My Mind". Let me put it to you this way: stick to tracks 2-8 and throw in #14 just for good measure every now and again. And, is it just me, but does the version of the track "Number One" (featuring Kanye) on the album sound much different than the video version? Can someone confirm this?

Well, that's a lot of stuff for a new post eh? But, that's not it, I've also got a full album download for ya:



Zero 7's The Garden

Nice litte number from these guys. Much better than their last one, When It Falls, which wasn't to bad either. Both pale in comparison to their first, Simple Things, but who's keeping track?

Anyway,from here on out I will be posting a full album with every post. If not an album, an EP, if not an EP, a podcast, if not a podcast, a recording of one of my favorite online shows (quite possibly Gilles P.). Anyway, here you go. And please, PLEASE POST A MOFUCKIN' COMMENT IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEECH MY JOINT. And all the good shit you see in my LastFm charts? Don't bother asking for none of that, because I don't worked too hard to collect that stuff to just up and give it away. Be happy with what you get. Piece.

Zero 7 - The Garden

P.S. My little radio station will now be running from 11 a.m. to around 8:30 p.m. every day. I might even put it on before I go to sleep (just for the night owls). But, until further notice, that's the schedule.


As promised, byatches!!

That's right. I got it done. My radio station is LIVE!!! Here's the link: http://65.34.155.79:8000/listen.m3u

Just copy that into you favorite streaming player and you're good to go. Only 8 slots, so jump on the gravy train quick or lose your seat.

Right now I have a varied mix of music genres, so everyone should be satisfied.

Also, here's the Lo Mein track that I promised. Don't say I don't keep my promises.

Oh, and for that pic. That's a seagull that was chilling on Magen's Bay in St. Thomas. Secretly, he wishes you were there.

Off.

Waiting for the green light of your demise...

Well, I've been hitting the bricks pretty hard for ya'll over the past few nights, trying to get Nicecast to work. It says that it's broadcasting but I've been unable to connect to the stream from other computers. I'm hoping I'll have it figured out by this weekend.

This past weekend I was in a wedding for a friend of mine and took a lot of nice pictures using my Fuji Finepix S5200. I was feeling like Gordon Parks-ish and ish (if you figure that vernacular out, you need to stop hanging with them fools on the block; they ain't gone get you no where but in trouble). It was a beheading to remember.

But then, my girlfriend went ahead and played the Delilah (sp?) to my Sampson and deleted every last one "by mistake". Would have loved to have let ya'll see some of the pics. But, no need to fear, there will be more to follow. I got some nice ones from Saint Thomas, when I was there 2 weekends ago (I travel regular, very regular).

On an aside, there's this 400 pound gorilla working at my job who goes by the name of Reuben. The man's like a little kid. Everytime you tell him something he doesn't like, he runs to his boss to "tell" (a boss who's waiting for him to mess up bad enough so that he can get rid of him). To add to that, the man got sunburnt this weekend and came in looking like a buttered lobster on Monday. And, he's limping still from getting an ingrown nail removed. Do I need to tell you that he's a character? Well, I'm going to sneek a nice pic of him for your delight and mines.

Lastly, later on tonight I'll be posting a song called "Lo Mein" from Georgia Anne Muldrow's captivating EP Worthnothings. Don't be a herb, peep her page on the Stones Throw website. If you can figure out the metaphor she's employing in the song, please enlighten. Until then, smoke 'em if you get 'em.

And, dead last: WILL YOU UNGRATEFUL MOFOS POST SOME COMMENTS?!!!

Peace.

So, um.. I'm back?

So, I don't need to tell you that it's been quite a long time since I've posted here. But, I'm working on my posting discipline and will now "try" to post at least once a week. I got a lot of stuff I'm "trying" (notice the emphasis) to line up that may benefit all those who read this shit:

1. Get a Shoutcast channel going for all those who may be interested in my latest listens. This I'm really looking forward to because, believe me, my collection is immense.
2. Maybe post some new tracks that I'm working on.
3. I'm also "trying" to get my photography steez on, so I will definitely be posting pics (since they come more easier than beats).

There was more, but like Kat Williams said:

I only let you mofos know about 1/3 of the stuff I do. That way, you can only hate on that 1/3.

Peace.