listening to pheonix:: if i ever feel better

ok, so that's enough for the list. now to get on napster and see what i can dig up... here's what i found in case anyone is wondering:

Yoshie: Idoratria
for relaxing
NICOLA CONTE "Jet Sounds" (Schema, Italy)
dimitri from paris meets bertrand burgalat for coffee
PEOPLE "Ceremony: Buddha Meet Rock" (P-Vine, Japan)
jazzy hippidy hoppidy spy movie sample?
[V/A] "Input 64" (L'Age D'or, Germany)
yes yes YES!!! music based on the Commodore 64...it's a dream *pinch
NEED NEW BODY "s/t" (Cenotaph Audio)
kraut/free jazz/ post-punk -ish
CONLON NANCARROW "Lost Works, Last Works" (Other Minds)
1935 player piano composer... seems like an orignal electronic musician... i just wish i cared for piano music enough to bother.
[V/A] "Medical Milestones" (Hot Air, UK)
stock, hausen and walkman... it's so worth it
PHEONIX "United"
i don't know anything about it... but it's damn catchy 80's-ish danceyness
MOTOCOMPO Krackerjack Party
arling and cameron meets bis in shibuya for sushi
Low Finger
from the mysteriously great tape that mai sent me... i love mai, she's great!
BOMB THE BASS/LALI PUNA "Clear Cut" (Morr, Germany)
breakbeat fantastica
ANDREAS TILLIANDER "LJUD" (Mille Plateaux, Germany)
i'm beginning to think that mille plateaux IS the pulse of minimalist electro... bravo!
LUTHER THOMAS HUMAN ARTS ENSEMBLE "Funky Donkey Vol.s 1 & 2"
who dat? it luther! luther thomas... he's some funky jezz lemme tell ya wut, uh-huh!
BRAZZAVILLE "Sonambulista" (South China Sea)
instantly i thought, isn't that mutations? then i learned, 5 of these mofos are in beck's posse. that explains it.
[V/A] "Commodore C64 Sid Musique" (Erkrank Durch Musique, Germany)
can you honestly get enough commodore 64? i realize that compositionally, i HATE this music... but that commodore 64 is damn skippy!
Add N to Fu[X]a
good luck finding this, i tell myself...another one that napster never caught... what a shame
Add N to [X]: Add Insult to Injury
essentials
Nobukazu Takemura: Hoshi No Koe
essentials
Nobukazu Takemura: The Sign
essentials
Kreidler: Kreidler
essentials
FUTURE PILOT AKA "Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea" (Geographic, Scotland)
i liked the first one... and this one has a new sound... i love creativity, i really do
[V/A] "Snow Robots 1" (Suction, Canada) [V/A] "Snow Robots 2" (Suction, Canada)
must must must purchase this! robots on their way to a party in the north pole. aroura borealis or cosmic disco ball?
AVALANCHES "Since I Left You" (Modular, Australia)
john spencer, the beastie boys, and even swedes like em... can't be all that bad, eh?
GORILLAZ "s/t" (Parlophone, UK)
miho hatori (cibo matto), Ibrahim Ferrer (Buena Vista Social Club), Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz (Tom Tom Club), some blur guy (eww!), come and play with deltron 3030!!!
HARALD 'SACK' ZIEGLER & E*ROCK "Mind as Master" (Audiodregs)
you are the brother of E*VAX!!! no no... it can't be true! haha... cute sampley goodness
MATMOS "A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure" (Matador)
it's a slurpy laundromat! hmmm... that doesn't make sense... swing little poppy beats too!
AFTER DINNER "Paradise of Replica/Paradise of Remixes"
this has got to be the roots of girly shibuya-ness. rock in opposition. delicious. it is actually "Haco"... and now haco = "Hoahio". gosh, i'm behind!
TIPSY "Uh-Oh" (Asphodel)
bossa exotica fantastica!
THIRD EYE FOUNDATION "I Poo Poo on Your Juju" (Domino, UK)
bow down to the trip hop master
HIM "5/6 in Dub" (Bubble Core)
wow... bubble core... this is exactly what i would think "bubble core" would sound like.
CHOCOLATE BARRY "Ice Cold Lemonaide and Cucumber Trees"
swedish one man band remixed by Eggstone. looks like our #1 has lost himself in the go go... what will we do?

hollAnd "drums"
why oh why can't i find this online? like kraftwerk going to matador records... before matador went hip hop.
THESTILL "Nectar"
3 minute pop song technic... and quite good at it too
SOUVENIER "Point de Supspicione"
french pops, with swishy but beat driven female lyrical style
TITAN "c'mon feel the noise" single
from mexico city with some funky rock... grandroyal is releasing their full length in august

BERTRAND BURGALAT "Quarapicho"
this man is a genius.

KURLTURNI PROGRAM "Quando Que Ono Pori Canto"
like mr. burgalat ala brazillia

LE HAMMOND INFERNO "Speech Defects"
all night long, till the break of dawn! dance, dance, dance... funky beats

CUBISMO GRAFICO "Tout!"
i just love cubi...hmmm... essentials candidate

MINA "minsc"
the modern day saturday night fever... sorry, no beegees here

YOSHINORI SUNAHARA "love beat"
the man is a master. shibuya kei... OK!

STEREO TOTAL "Oh Ah"
disco punk with suspensful cheesy organ... in they live in berlin?

[V/A] POP TICS (bungalow records)
you can't go wrong: "Chicks on speed, Andreas Dorau, Erobique etc. - the limited vinyl version is completely transparent (clear vinyl) and feat. two exclusive extratracks (new song from Pizzicato 5) - fuck the millenium!"
FRIEND + DR. KOSMOS "Single of the Week"
you know, i think jason was hiding this from me when i was on my archiving rampage.
THE ORANGE PEELS
they were on my prego! 99 comp.. very nice pop band from cali, i think
PAPAS FRITAS
pastels innonce in the vocals... but entirely different style. much funkier
DOKTOR COSMOS
pornobilly organs. hmmm... sounds like trouble
FARBEN
one of my favs off of v/a clicks and cuts... minimalism
METATRON
onward!!! to the space palace!!! with my army of lemmings
NUDGE
oh why did my synths leave?!?! that's right, i remember now-- they wanted their own jazzy freeform project.
FENNESZ
that's a guitar right? it's not oval? right, no modem...

Curiousities: these are some things that were name dropped... so i'll try and pick them up again.
-eggstone
-flowchart: actually i've czeched them out before...
-pacifica
-planet nett
-erobique & superschool
-jeans team
-b. fleischmann
-jake mandell
-mira calix
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ok, so i just read over this list and there are too many spelling grammar mistakes for me to bother fixing them. sorry all!

listening to some samples of music... ummm right now... v/a album: Snow Robots

note to self:

czech yo self!

somehow that seems like a katchy title ^_^

listening to pizzicato five:: tout tout pour ma cherie

*yawn... there was a power outage last night. when i woke up the "morning edge" radio show was on. "i never listen to the radio", i thought to myself. so i believed it was a dream. but then i couldn't fall asleep coz the show was so loud. and when i woke up... it was true... i was listening to the radio? then i figured out that when the power went out, my radio defaulted to "tunner" and even though it was off... i was still able to hear the speakers faintly. somehow it seemed much louder in my sleep. well well well.

TODAY IS MUSIC DAY!!! yes, i've decided that i should napster, other music , and label research my way into enlightenment ^_^ ~~~ i'll have to let you know how it turns out... grrrr... my stomach is talking... i must go and have a conversation with it.

listening to pastels: illuminati:: rough riders::: the make up/mighty flashilight mix

kudos go out to ellie, who not only recouped nicely (thank you mr. t... and remember-- be somebody, or be somebody's fool!), but somehow manages to update her site continuously. i am relatively new to this so i'm sure that i'll eventually develop some sort of style. actually, i'm trying to write this like a dialogue, because usually when i write in free form, it sounds like a PBS wild kingdom special. "note the male of the species, as he positions himself... etc." well, close to that. it's sad. it comes from years of writing out overly thought out philosophies in high school.

i would have forgotten completely to even update this... ok wait... that's not true... actually i've been meaning to update any chance i get, but somehow the tv is sucking me back in. finally i was sitting, popping some of those packing bubbles, thinking i have to write and let everyone know that i pop them methodically in a way such that none survive my obsessive compulsive wrath. i don't know, it sounded like a good anecdote when i thought about it, but now...

so the birthday buzz faded out a long time ago. i had another dark and tan with lunch. i'm really developing a skill for making them i think (much respect to j-dog). i always thought, in high school, that i might turn out like heath. heath was a rudeboy... and he thought i was one as well... or at least he thought i was one. i would never make that claim, because in punk and ska circles, ppl are competitive and territorial over their labels and i didn't want anyone to "call me out" on a claim that i was a rudey... or even a mod. people get so touchy about their "identity"... or their "face" anyway.

i went with my bro, kris, today to drive some cars around for some extra cash. i have alot of free time on my hands, so i should be writing here more often right? not really, cuz since i'm not doing anything with my life, it's kinda boring. like, ok later today-- nothing... come back tomorrow for-- nothing. no one will see this anyway though. ^$#%#!!! this gosh darn gee golly hotline keeps dropping my downloads! argh... you know i can actually be productive with the right software. i used to have a mac g4 computer called "rena" but then the tragic story of bills and rent forced me to sell her... and take up with this baka pc computer. well, it's actually just windows 98 that i hate... the computer itself is good. DISCO! THIS CD IS SOOOOO GOOD!!! you know, the one thing that consistently intrigues me is music. i want to get a job at a music store but i can't find any good ones in the area :(

josh just got a job at guitar center and he told jason to get a job, then jason in turn tells me how easy it sounds to get a job there, and i'm thinking i could probably get a job there too, if it weren't for the fact that i don't actually play an instrument. that could be a problem... i don't think i know that much about music either. more than most, but no where near an "authority" on the matter. lets see... i started out with top 40 station music, cuz that's all there was in omaha, then i moved to tex-ass and it was grunge, cuz it was popular and i still didn't know anything about music. then it was punk... cuz punk is fast and ummm... against you... then i hit the punk-ska bridge, then ska and all things related... for a while i was like a ska-historian haha... then that moved into big band (eeewww!!!), then somehow i made a quantum leap to shibuya-kei music and that looped into bossa nova... and then another quantum jump into avante garde electronic??? and then everything started linking together and i find myself here, knowing a bit about different music cliques. i'm not going anywhere with this. jason was a huge influence on music... being that he... the master of unlocking, is a musician. and josh to was influencial in my musical tastes. ska and shibuya kei music, are the main musical styles that i ever really studied.

i realized today that i have a computer and there's still napster, and i've never had a problem finding things on napster, cuz they've only blocked the most popular music... how convenient for those of us with good taste (yes, that's a biased opinion). jason and i have noticed though, that there is a pattern to ppl who listen to good music. eventually they stop listening to the radio, they start reading magazines other than rollingstone... and then if they read an article and there's some name dropping, then they follow the leads to see what is out there. jason has taken this further, saying that there are really two types of ppl... defined by there musical tastes. i think it comes down to active and passive passions. most ppl are reactionists and so they enjoy passive passions... like watching tv, or listening to the radio. of course it's not these things that define their passion as passive. it's actually because, they watch tv, listen to radio, even read magazines... or the evilest of evils "mtv"... and they like their interests to be spoonfed to them. even their philosophies are spoonfed to them. on the other hand... there are ppl who come across something... and think, "that's interesting", and then they go out and try to learn about it. they research, because they just have to know about it. it doesn't have to be music, but if you can find ppl with good musical taste. oh wait, maybe most ppl don't care about music. errr... ummm... wait... this blog is for me not you. duh... i'm preachy today huh? well, i think that if i start to talk about anything long enough, it happens. i end up in a long winded, one way discussion of my opinion... and really, i run out breath.

well... if i meet a girl with good musical taste then i think i fall in love. [wrong, try again]
if i meet someone with good musical taste then i try to befriend them [true]
if i meet a cute asian girl, then i choke up, have a hard time breathing, get hot and nervous, and then shy away out of sight [true]
if i meet a cute asian girl with good musical taste, then i fall in love [true]

of course, i would fall in love and do nothing about it cuz i'm still way to nervous because of the cute asian factor. ya, that's right... i think asian girls are cute ok!?! and i have an infatuation with living in japan. and jason says that ppl ask him why i'm shifty and sneaky. i didn't realize i was shifty and/or sneaky... but maybe i am! and i blame myself for all of my problems, cuz even if i couldn't help certain events from happening, i know that it is ultimately my choice to react, or how to react, to that event. this is a subject better left for some other time. if i do this, long enough....then ppl will know everything about me eventually. cuz when i write, i slowly unfold... one nick (that's me) anywhere i go. that was my promise to myself in high school... ONE NICK...

it has to do with, how ppl act differently around different ppl and eventually you lose your identity. ego is important.

listening to radiohead: airbag ep:: a reminder

the bbq was... ummm... well, it just happened to appease the expectations of a mother who wants a family when no one else does. instead of getting me the gift i wanted everyone just gave me the money for the gift. hmmm... not exactly what i wanted, but at least it's over. i hate family events... echk! later, i went and bought some guiness and harp from an old man who constantly said "hey everyone, it's this young fella's 21st today!!! how about that!!!". you know, i was a little excited about this earlier when i woke up, but now it's just wearing thin on me. i have a short attention span for these things. on the bright side, jason taught me how to make a dark and tan... or as he called it a "dark and lovely"... and i said it was a "black and beautiful", in reference to this extremely close up shot of a black woman's smiling face on a 70's poster we saw on ebay once-- a really close up shot. now that the 21 thing has faded, i'm looking forward to moving on. when i got home tonight i was locked out of the house... my mom had my key. i rang the bell, knocked on the door, even threw rocks at her window... finally 1/2 an hour later, she opens the door and says "if it weren't for the dog, you would have stood out here all night.". there aren't words for how much i hate dogs-- especially the ratty barking thing she has. suddenly this blog takes a dark turn. i'm drunk...

and moody...

grrrrrr....

listening to promise ring: nothing feels good:: red and blue jeans

note to self, "cloud astronomy" is a spiffy sounding title for...ummm... something. talk amongst yourselves.

listening to buffalo daughter: WXBD:: socks drugs and rock and roll [bonus track]

ok, so i'm making the rounds on the internet and i can't seem to find anything new... and it seems like everyone has abandoned their AIM, and other messengers. what the $&^% is going on here?!?! jason is sans internet connection, brian has a job, and josh too... that's what's happening. i just wanna make some music, but i really want to do that with the reason software. i downloaded it on my last computer and it is brilliant really... so many instruments emulated. and at good quality to, which is really posh for a poor boy living with his mom. ach! you know, i don't care what anyone says, now that i'm 21 it's even more of a stab to think of that... "hi, i'm 21, no job, no school, and i live with my mom..." ewww! well, as soon as my taxes finish then i can finally apply for my fafsa... and get my @$$ back in class! i've been thinking, "do i take responsible classes, ie: classes to get me a career, like computer science or computer this or that... or do i take classes for me like different arts and sciences and music or what have you"... hmmm...
so i set up a little test... what would my life be like if... test. i know ppl can always do more than one thing at a time, but not me... i just sort of focus on something and incesantly follow it. i can take, multiple classes over a broad range of subjects, but it's all learning and school as far as i'm concerned-- so that counts as one thing in my opinion. i've tried having a job and going to school and it didn't cut it... i just ended up doing slightly ok in each. but if i'm left to focus on one, then i really get into it. ok, what was i talking about? oh yeah... so if i choose the sword, then i will have a 9-5 life of working for some corporation in a "team oriented environment" to increase profit margins and efficiency and *yawn... you know. i've already done the tech job thing and it drains... it just drains... on the otherhand, if i were an artist, either visual or musical... or multimedia, then i would truly be happy... and in a twelve-step-ish daily-affirmation-ish you-can-do-it-if-you-try sort of way-- that's all that matters. so officially, my major is ART... oh wait... is that a major? hmmm... ok, officially my major is ART ORIENTED... in that it is going to be expressive and creative. why did it take so long to decide this?

listening to junior varsity km: you're fabulous! [lp version]

maybe i'm living the life someone in japan is supposed to be living, and they're living mine? give back #!$!@! i'm moody today

listening to bjork: alarm call:: rhythm phonetics mix

errr... ( >_<)~~ this whale is beached... so many fajitas... so good... ok, so i had three of those things and can't move... and there's bbq tonight? why do all cultural events center around food anyway? it's just not right. of course i realize my opinion is biased right now. what to do... what to do.. so bored... this is what happens when you are sans job, sans school... I HAVE TO GET BACK INTO SCHOOL!!! if for nothing else, then just i'm not so ^&#$%@ bored! how many times can i study what's on the floor of my room? i've told myself that i'll clean, but i'm really not the type. i wonder what jason is doing, what brian is doing, what josh and nick are doing... sometimes i think that little cameras should follow my friends so i can watch them like tv. i don't usually watch tv, but lately boredom has brought me back to it. when i was 10 and growing up in nebraska, tv was all there was. i had friends, but at night, there was nothing to do... and in omaha there are 4 channels of PBS, and 4 network channels... and at night, there's a 2:2 ratio... but somehow i could stay up until 3 or 4am every night and watch. i wish i knew what i know now, when i was younger* i would have been more productive. oh wait, i'm not very productive now, am i? hmmm... maybe i'll make that great website now... or that music video... that's it i'll write a song! of course, i can never seem to get past the beginings of a song. and when i go to "make music" with jason... i am in awe of his ability... i'll take all day trying to figure out how to do something, and i'll come over to show him, and then he'll say "lemme try" and in 10 minutes he has a song that blows away anything i could do. i don't even know why he puts up with me in a musical sense. music seems so important to me now... and i don't know why. i've only started listening since i was 14... and i didn't know enough, not to listen to the radio until i was like 17 or 18... ironically jason's interest seems to be in visual designs ( my talent ), at least he is trying even if he is discouraged. i think that for a month, i just need to try to write a song everyday... and maybe i'll get to the point where i make up some sort of method or i get faster at it each day. jason gives advice, but he doesn't realize his advice is really "you gotta just become a good musician" when you break it down. ya, thanks ! haha

listening to daft punk: something about us

ok... so this blogger thing is freaking me out. is this site buggy or what. i'm on my way to uncle julio's for some fajitas... i can't stress enough how good these things are ^_^ emily just messaged me! wow!!! she's home from london and was on the computer at the same time i was... what are the chances?!?! yes, i'm easily amused. but she really isn't a computer person as far as i know. yeah, she has email, and even a webpage... but i think her life still exists in the outside world. meanwhile i slowly get sucked in more and more into my computer and publishing my life on this blog that no one reads has got to be a sign or something.

*yawn, i woke up thinking that i slept in and when i looked at the clock... 9:49AM. i used to be able to sleep in far later than that, so i was a little depressed that i could be a little lazier. i'm 21 today, horah. ellie is having a crisis or something. i don't know why, cuz if i met a girl like her i would fall in love. then again, i don't think that it would happen. no... more likely, i would see her and then i would get all excited and embarrased and red, then if i thought about talking to her i would blank out and feel stupid. what happenned to me? i didn't always have this problem. as i remember, i was quite the "happnin" chap in high school. the older i get the stupid-er i feel, and my mojo has left. of course, in english we were taught that, in a literary sense anyway, the #3 is a magic number. hmmm... almost 3 years of lovelessness, and now i'm 21 which is a multiple of 3 and the the numerals add to 3 (21= 2 + 1 = 3!!!). so maybe something will happen around august and change everything. maybe. ok, so i gotta take a shower and shave. i'm turning into the mountain man.