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Merry Vodka!

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Update: Okay, so the next time I realize something I’m doing is a horrible idea, perhaps I should listen to my inner self and not do it. That way I don’t get corrected by two rightfully pissed off people.

The idea of posting “Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa” as a joke Christmas song was a really stupid idea, not to mention offensive and in pretty bad taste. Joking about topics like that isn’t cool, and help to perpetuate a culture that accepts it. I don’t know what I was thinking when I decided it would be a good idea, actually I probably wasn’t thinking at all. I’m sorry, it wasn’t funny, it wasn’t smart and it wasn’t witty. It was stupid.

I’m not changing what I wrote, I feel that part of owning up to mistakes is to leave them for everyone to see, but I wanted to include this apology with the post so everyone knows that it was something I should not have done.

OMG I’m in Toledo! Oh, the horror, the horror of it all. I’m away from my home, my friends, my fish and my turntable (sob!). Worst of all, I’m away from Pac-Man Championship Edition DX. Where, the last I checked, I was ranked as the 16th best player in the world! I need my Pac-Man fix, for reals. I’m gonna start hallucinating little yellow pellets and ghosts soon. Or maybe that’s just the vodka. Mmm…vodka.

Wait, what was I complaining about again?

De La Soul
Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa (Full Mix)
Keepin’ The Faith (7” UK Version)
Keepin’ The Faith (No Bass Mix)
Keepin’ The Faith (Straight Pass)
Yup, here’s my big Christmas song, a track about a topic so dark and disturbing that I’m not going to mention it because I don’t want to trigger anyone. Y’know, the idea of making it my blog’s Christmas song seemed a lot funnier in my head. Oh well, I’ve never been one to back away from a horrible idea! “Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa” is a great track, even if it is a little bit of a downer for the holidays. After you listen to it and get depressed, listen to “Keepin’ the Faith” to cheer yourself up. It’s a happy tune! And if you still need some good seasonal music go listen to “Fairytale In New York.”

Prince
Purple Medley (Edit)
Purple Medley
And shit, if “Keepin’ The Faith” can’t get you in an upbeat mood, then the full length “Purple Medley” which features about 80 bagillion different Prince songs, should get you out of any holiday funk. Ironic since it, in itself, is nothing but funk. These are from a 12” single. To my knowledge neither version of the “Purple Medley” have ever been released on any album.

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Viruses, Audio Editing, Big Asses and the new Ministry Sucks

Monday, October 18th, 2010

First, some reviews. I haven’t linked to my reviews in a while and that has gotten me complaints (from my mom). So here we go.

Ministry – Every Day Is Halloween: Worst album of the millennium so far.

David Bowie – Station to Station Deluxe Edition: The best re-issue ever. Also, the best sounding vinyl record I have ever heard. And in case you can’t tell, that’s really saying something.

The Orb featuring David Gilmour - Metallic Spheres: Duuuuuuuuuude. Get it now.

Marnie Stern – s/t: Good follow-up to her amazing sophomore record.

Skunk Anansie – Wonderlustre: Shocker. I liked it. “Talk Too Much” is a beautiful and absolutely heart-wrenching song.

Oh, and good news! If you click on my wonderfully ugly logo you can go to the main page now! Thank anonymous Lost Turntable fan person for that!

Okay, now for some geeky shit. If you are not technically inclined you might want to skip down to the tunes.

My computer got a virus (that laid dire straits to my environments) on Friday. Don’t worry, my music was safe (I back that shit up) but I lost all my programs, media tools and shit like that. I was able to re-install my Creative Labs program that I use to record my vinyl, but as of right now I do not have a copy of the program I use to edit/restore my recordings, which is Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio. I might not be able to get another copy of that because of the arcane way that Sony handles online orders. If that’s the case, I will not be purchasing another copy of it, because..well..fuck them.

So right now I’m looking into recording/restoration software, preferably software that costs less than a hundred bucks. Now I know what all of you geeks are thinking, “Hey asshole, why don’t you just use Audacity? It’s awesome and free!”

Well, you’re half right. While Audacity is a great free program that is really handy for simple editing/recording, it leaves a lot to be desired. Its interface is clunky as hell, and navigating a sound file to remove/repair audio imperfections is a royal pain in the ass. Maybe someday Audacity will be great, but it sure isn’t now. So if anyone has any recommendations that are not Audacity please leave them in the comment section or shoot me an email.

Now to get really geeky. I’m thinking about partioning my hard drive and installing Linux. I need to use Windows for work, but I would like my primary OS to be something that is open source and less prone to viruses. I’ve been doing a bit of research and found Ubuntu Studio, which sounds pretty awesome. Its a version of the Ubuntu operating system with a bunch of high-end A/V software built-in. Anyone out there have any experience with it? Is it worth giving a shot? Or should I just stick with regular Ubuntu? Or maybe another Linux variant all together? Any input would be appreciated!

But enough of that geeky shit for now, here’s some hip-hop.

The Beastie Boys
Alive at Youch’s House
Alive (Remix by Evidence for the Dilated Peoples)
Any word on Yauch’s health yet? I got nothing else to say about the Beasties other than that I miss them and I want MCA to kick cancer’s ass so we can all hear The Hot Sauce Committee. These are from a white label 12”.

LL Cool J
Big Ole Butt (12” Remix)
This song is…horrible, but in all the best ways. And it’s not just horrible because it’s about LL ditching his girl for a girl with a bigger ass (and then ditching that girl for another girl with an even bigger ass), it’s horrible for lines like “you look like tastier than a nice and hot pizza” and “I went to Red Lobster for shrimp and steak/Around the time when the waitress are on their lunch break.” I would call it misogynist if it wasn’t just so fucking stupid. Still, I can’t help but love it, in all its ass-happy glory. This is from a 12” single that was sadly not shaped like a big ass.

De La Soul
Itzsoweezee (Hot) (De La Sould Remix)
Stakes Is High (Remix)
“Itzsoweezee” totally makes me want to smoke some weed. Which is quite a task considering I’ve never smoked weed in my entire life. “Stakes Is High” is good too, but not nearly as groovy. Both of these are from a 12”.

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Ain’t No Buddy Of Mine

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

I hope all my American readers had a pleasant Fourth of July. Mine was as enjoyable as pounding hot needles into my forehead.

Speaking of things that suck, I got another DMCA notice! That’s my third! Yay me I must be making friends in the right places to get that much attention. Progress on the new Lost Turntable site is ongoing. When the inevitable happens and Blogger shuts my ass down be sure to go to LostTurntable.com, as that is where I will be.

De La Soul
Buddy (Native Tongue Decision)
Buddy (Native Tongue Instrumental)
Ghetto Thang (Ghetto Ximer)
Ghetto Thang (Ghetto Ximer Instrumental)
That remix of “buddy” is on my top ten list of best hip hop remixes of all time. Dunno why, I just dig it. I especially dig the random interlacing of The Jungle Brothers’ “Got It Like That.” That song is on Fatboy Slim’s On The Floor At The Boutique, which I’ve probably mentioned a dozen times or so as my favorite mix album of the 90s. You should own that. These remixes are from a 12”.

Underworld
Promised Land
Little known fact: (well, not that little known, I’ve talked about it before) Underworld used to be a mediocre synthpop band before recruiting Darren Emerson and re-inventing themselves as the best fucking house band of the mid-90s. Listening to their pre-Emerson stuff it’s hard to imagine that they were the same group, especially after hearing this piece of 80s cheese off of the Wild Orchid soundtrack. Goofy but fun.

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Add on a Beat to the Standard Song

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Those Michael Jackson posts attracted all kinds of people to my dark little corner of the internet and I got far more hits over the past few days than I ever had before.That must account for some of the more….interesting comments I’ve been receiving over the past few days. Thanks for them guys, I love you all.

But enough of that popular shit, here’s a bunch of obscure hip-hop. I’m sure this will attract a whole other group of d-bags. Whatever, just keep it real.

Word.

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Made In America (Whoopi’s Mix)
Made In America (Del’s Mix)
I was trying to find the Del album that this song was originally on and I couldn’t. Turns out it originally appeared on the soundtrack to Made In America, the comedic opus about interracial artificial insemination starring Ted Danson, Whoopi Goldberg and Will Smith. Yeah, that’s the weirdest sentence I’ve typed in a while. That at least explains why one of these remixes is titled “Whoopi’s Mix.” I got these versions from a 12”.

De La Soul
Say No Go (Say No Dope Mix)
Say No Go (New Keys Vocal)
If I was a writer when De La Soul broke through I would have tried to dub their unique laid-back style of rap “Hippie-Hop.” Good thing I wasn’t a writer at the time. These are from a 12” single as well.

DJ Shadow
Dark Days (Main Theme)
Dark Days (Spoken For Mix)
High Noon
Devil’s Advocate (Heaven v. Hell – Bonus Beats)
The first two tracks are from an excellent documentary called Dark Days, which is about homeless people in NYC who elect to live underground. It’s a fascinating film and I highly recommend it. The soundtrack of the movie was comprised mostly of tracks from DJ Shadow’s groundbreaking Endtroducing, but he also contributed a few original tunes and remixes for the movie. Dark Days has no official soundtrack release, but the main theme has shown up on a couple compilations, including a 12” single that I got yesterday. The other two tracks are from an EP, also released around the same time as Endtroducing. Strangely they weren’t including on the Deluxe Edition of that album though.

Posted in B-sides, De La Soul, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, DJ Shadow, remixes | 3 Comments »