July 2009
Monthly Archive
July 30 th, 2009
The Roots Ticket + 3 Vinyls + #6 DJ Lesson
{$103.80/$297.88 }
In about a month, I have to perform a 6 track mix set in front of our class . We could
use Serato . However, I wanted to do it Old School Style. I went to Earwax Records
in Williamsburg , Bleecker Bob’s Golden Oldies Record, and Turntable Lab , but found
only 2 of the 6 Vinyls I need. Here are the two vinyls.
I also got the RATM remix by Sebastien.
^
In class today, we learned how to EQ Mix. This technique was widely used by House
DJs. Listening to 2 sets of bass drum from one speaker is not a pleasant experience .
To have a smooth transition from one song to the other, the bass drum must not be
too heavy. This is why as you slowly introduce your new song, start removing the
bass of the old song . This sounds easy, and it is easy, but every song has its own way
of entering. Practicing until it sounds perfect is the way to go for this .
^
My current mix is a vocal intro following It Ain’t Love by MSTRKRFT. As the first
song starts to end, the clock sound from Warp 1.9 comes in. As soon as the first song
ends, Warp starts at the 1- 2-Whoo-Whoo part. This sounds amazing.
^
On this same day, I went to the Roots concert at Highline Ballroom. Racially diverse
crowd, Genre diverse music, with a bit of dancing made the whole night relaxed . I
was very disappointed at Amanda Diva’s performance. But The Roots pulled it all
together at the end .
July 26 th, 2009
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I grew up listening to Offspring, Green Day, Rancid, and etc. But I never knew how all of this PUNK movement started. This is why I decided to buy this book.
Please Kill Me (the uncensored oral history of Punk)
{$9.92/$194.08 }
Overall, I’m disappointed in PUNK. But I’m satisfied. The PUNK I know is all about
giving the finger to the BIG MAN . You know you can’t beat the BIG MAN, but you
want to do something about those pigs who rip you off. So that started PUNK! I hate
how you are doing things, and I know anything I do won’t change a thing, but this is
how I feel and the only way I know how to express my anger at you.
^
The musicians who first started this sort of movement, The Velvet Underground, was
well tutored by the famous Andy Warhol. After the first generation of pioneers, things
just got bad. Punk stars became junkies and useless. The movement started to be an
act of self destruction. England saw this act of self destruction and magnified this to a
new level of Chaos, and it died .
^
Danny Fields : “…this punk thing wasn’t viable. That they were meant to self-destruct
and so what’s the point in investing in any of them? Why build an audience for the
Ramones or the Pistols or the Clash? Why institutionalize them if they’re just
going to be destroyed , if it’s their nature to destroy others and to destroy
themselves?”
Legs McNeil : “Now that it was here, I didn’t want any part of it. Overnight, punk had
become as stupid as everything else. Punk wasn’t ours anymore . It had become
everything we hated .”
^
POWER ANGER DIY were the things good about PUNK . Let’s leave it at that.
July 23 rd, 2009
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cap and trade ,
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He doesn’t know how to knock you down with the one inch punch. He didn’t practice
dim mak. But he is the 12th United States Secretary of Energy .
VIDEO
Check Out The Daily Show Interview
As the Secretary of Energy , Steven Chu promotes the Cap & Trade of carbon dioxide.
He believes this will start a new revolution similar to the industrial revolution . I
don’t have a strong opinion about Cap & Trade. But I do have a high interest in
Steven Chu .
^
The interview with Jon Stewart and Steven Chu was very refreshing to me. He
understood how to be on The Daily Show . He sent his message very clear, and
handled Jon Stewart’s joke very well. I felt like as if my uncle was talking about
baseball to me. His Down to Earthness and chill composure caught my
attention , but I realized later that this dude is the Secretary of Energy for the
US of A.
^
I was very disappointed in Obama’s selection of his cabinet crew. Rahm seems to piss
everyone off . Tim seems to give money away to his old pals . And why were so many
candidates for the Obama cabinet not paying their taxes ? But then comes a long
Steven Chu. He has a Nobel Prize in Physics he can whip that out to catch everyone’s
attention. I believe Stven Chu can speak over Obama when it comes to Energy and
Science . This comforts me a lot. When it comes to Global Warming, I want a
scientist to fix it. Not a politician .
I’m sure Steven Chu is a great scientist and professor. But it’s too early to know if he
is a great Secretary of Energy . He did suggest the idea of putting tax on gas , which
got shot down by Obama. I’ll be putting an eye on him. As far of now, he is a great
role-model for the American people .
July 22 nd, 2009
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I can’t listen to the Scratch DJ Academy LPs anymore. The bass and snare on that LP
is draining out my brain. Oh someone please help me .
Another A-Trak Monkeyboy Breaks Vinyl at Fat Beats + #5 DJ Lesson
{$63.08/$184.16 }
Now I can finally try beat matching with these two vinyl. We learned how to beat
match two different songs. The first step is to know the BPM of the two songs you are
trying to mix . If the leading record is about 90 BPM and the following record is about
87 BPM, you know you have to increase the pitch of the following turntable. Now that
you know which one to increase, put your body in motion with the leading record
beats . This lets your body count while your mind is listening to the
following record to beat match. Once you think you got the beats matching pretty
well, drop it on the one again and repeat beat matching for fine tuning . Laura at
Scratch Academy told me, she does it 5 times .
^
It took me 4 tries to get the second A-Trak Monkeyboy Breaks . On Friday, the dude
in front of me took the last copy, but another shipment was suppose to come on
Monday. I went there on Monday, but at 6 PM. I went there at 6PM and he told me
he needed to organize the vinyl to sell. So I came back at 7:30 PM, on finally got my
second A-Trak Monkeyboy Breaks. What a journey…
^
Fat Beats is a hip-hop orientated record store, with weekly live DJ spins. On Monday,
DJ Spinna was spinning . I don’t know him much, but HE WAS ILL . A true
master at work .
I hope one day I’ll be spinning in front of a live audience .
PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE
July 21 st, 2009
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If you read the DAILY BEAST or any form of UK media bashing the US (Guardian ) for
a good couple of month, you know Bush increased the funding for abstinence
education. And no one in America is having sex before they get married . If
Bush had a third term, he would of increased the research funding to find Noah’s Arc .
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported teen pregnancy
“rose sharply.” And this comes to NO surprise to me. As an ex-teen, I didn’t want
to listen to anybody. I listened from whoever I wanted to. And if they made me listen,
I’ll just piss them off by doing exactly what they told me not to do . This is Teen
Psychology 101 . Bush missed this class during his time in Yale. (unconfirmed)
Because sex is a prerequisite for pregnancy + teen psychology + government
abstinence campaign = teen pregnancy “rose sharply.”
^
Although this is a slowly exploding time bomb, we know government can’t do things
right. This is why they apologize for their mistake, fix it, and try to make the best out of
it. But the abstinence-education advocates did not go through this cycle of apology.
They followed the Palin way and made a renegade statement. The advocates stated that
the curriculum did not fail, but failed due to the lack of money they had.
Bush gave you the most money in history, and teen pregnancy “rose sharply.” I say lets
take away all the money and see what happens .
^
Abstinence is an idea thrown around in many religions and non-religion. In America,
this became a political issue for Christians. When I was a strong Christian, I was
indulged with the idea of abstinence. But that never gave me the right to think of my
other classmates, who had sex, wrong or sinful . And this is where Christians in Politics
got it wrong. They seem to have a HARD time figuring out what relies on
personal decision, and what relies on social responsibility .
^
We have no business what goes on in bedrooms or sex swings. It’s your decision who to
fuck. But there is more going on than penetration. You could be the father or mother of
a child. A child must have parents who will teach them about the world they are going
to live in . Are you ready to be a mentor about LIFE? If so, please proceed. If you are
not, discuss this with your mate. Use a condom, or cum outside to prevent pregnancy.
If you do cum inside, let your mate know and try to find a solution. Don’t ignore it. If
you don’t want STDs, get to know your mate before you fuck’em. Last but not least, we
live in a society full of people just like you and full of people just NOT like you. To you,
sex might be nothing. To someone, sex might mean a lot. Open up that conversation
and make sure you’re not breaking another person’s heart. Be responsible for your
actions!
VIDEO
Unwanted pregnancy, and STDs are the problems we need to focus on. According to the
Old Testament, I think it’s about time God comes down with his wrath and wipes out
everyone. But we all know this is not going to happen. So let’s stop looking at the church
for solutions to REAL problems . Let’s start researching the behavior of teen sex .
Interview people with STD, so that we know what thoughts are going through.
^
God doesn’t even have a dick . That’s why Mary was a virgin. Sex problems shouldn’t
be discussed with a dickless God .
July 20 th, 2009
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This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin {$15/$121.08 }
The author used to be in a band, but fell in love with the BRAIN as well . If you’ve been
listening to music more than a decade this book will be very interesting for you.
Just like most cognitive study related book, we learn that we are not who we think
we are . The songs we listened to in the past will affect the music we listen to in the
future. This is because our brain records and stores data of each song we listen to .
If we listen to Britney and Jonas Brothers for 10 yrs, we will listen to the sortof crap
for 50 more yrs. If you train your listening skills to be more diverse, every
song will be pleasant for your ears .
^
The type of songs you listen to during your teenage year will affect you the most .
Because teenage years are when you ask the serious questions in life. Who am I? What
am I good for? How do I steal money from my mom’s purse? Except for the last question,
all questions are related to finding who you are as a person . The music you listen to
during these years will impact how you are as a person .
^
Out of many components of music, for example rhythm, scale, melody, and beat, the
author argues that timbre, the type of instrument you are playing a note, has the most
distinguished taste out of all the components . Shifting the chords, changing the
rhythm, has all been done before. But in the late 20th century and the 21st century,
the type of instrument you play with is the most differentiating factor of them all. I
agree with his statement! Look at electronica music these days… its amazing what
kindof sound they can produce!
For your future music listening entertainment,
I highly recommend this book .
July 19 th, 2009
Posted by bedstuypunk under
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The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman is a famous economist who won the Nobel Prize for Economics .
The book promotes narrowing the gap between the rich and poor class .
The book is all about REPUBLICAN PARTY BASHING. In a society like ours, we have
the rich, the poor, and everyone in the middle. The narrower the income gap is, the
society as a whole is more stable . But what are the forces needed to keep this gap narrow
as possible? This is where government comes in. The government has the power to
narrow this gap , or let it widen as much as the free market wants it to.
^
The book looks at union organization and welfare history in the US. Since the 70s,
unions got harder to organize and the amount of money put in welfare decreased .
Following this was the increase in income gap. The Obama administration is setting
policies to increase welfare, and campaigning for a strong union organization . These
policies are in-sync with Dr. Krugman’s research.
^
I believe a society AS A WHOLE must develop and grow . We’ve seen amazing
developments over the past few decades. But were we marching on forward together?
I do not believe this is the case. The richest in the nation were getting obese, fat, and
stuffed while the poorest had to get their second job, or maybe third job. I admire
those who work three jobs, just to get food on the table. However, I’m disgusted about
the situation. Nobody should be working three jobs, just to get food on the table . So
what is an indication of my opinion? The minimum wage in this country does not
increase that much compared to the economy. I’m not sure about the idea of putting
an income gap on the rich, but I do believe we have to increase the minimum wage .
My philosophy is that, if the country is getting wealthier, the people of the
country needs to get wealthier at the same time .
Republicans were destroying unions, and welfare for too long.
Now is the time for a new change!
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