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[opabinia]

I'm very tired of ninjas, zombies, and pirates. Let's talk about bounty hunters or whirling dervishes or something.

One more Carmina Burana sample, and that's when I take out my revolver. Some years ago, znuh got fed up, bought a synth, and made his own damn music, and it was good. I sometimes want to do that, but I fear the learning curve. I psyche myself out completely every time I consider it. If I really want to do this, I'll have to shadow someone who's already doing it.

99.9, "The Electric Front" on live365.com has given me some pleasant surprises. Best damn remix of NIN's "Slipping Away" ever. Dunno what it's called. It's 6:11 long, and it's great -- that's all I know.

Had dinner with canongrrl, nepenthe01, and darla at Tacos Lupita last night. They make a good beef burrito, those Mexicans. Use the green sauce liberally.

Last night, beer, nachos, and constructive conversation with fusion_waste. We have work to do, because life is now, not later.

Today has been good. Nothing extraordinary, just a pleasant day. I feel content. I'm hoping to catch Constantine with darla tonight.

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[darla.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping to catch Constantine with darla tonight.

+ dad + teenage boys.

You must really like me. ; )

[cris.livejournal.com]

Best damn remix of NIN's "Slipping Away" ever. Dunno what it's called. It's 6:11 long, and it's great -- that's all I know.

I think you're thinking of a remix of "Into The Void" that's actually called "Slipping Away" (aka the "Go Be Sexy for Six Minutes" song) which is off the The Things Falling Apart EP. Or at least, I think it is, unless someone did a remix of that remix that still kept the original length.

... which is not beyond the beyond the imagination, dontcha know?

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

You are correct, sir. The online radio station labeled it as "Slipping Away," and I wrongly assumed that was the name of the original track.

[alonewiththemoon]

Whirling dervishes are pretty cool. I have some video footage of some that once they are spinning fast, lift up their overskirts so that those are spinning upwards from the waist, so that they look like two whirling cones. Then they lift the overskirts above their heads and look like strange spinning pizza makers as the overskirt flattens out into a disk shape.

Nifty.

[pat-man-ta.livejournal.com]

Aaw, Cmon!

Gimme 1 more night on pirates! (like, Tonight) ;p

maybe a bunch of ninjas with huge boners and wailing guitars will show up and they'll all fight?

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

Fine, fine, one more night. I'll try to be there (http://manrayclub.com/). I don't love ninjas with my pee pee, though.

[canongrrl.livejournal.com]

el savadorian, not mexican

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

Pfft. All look same.

[znuh.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like!!! If you're interested, I can give you a copy of all muh stuff, and you can hear where I started, and where I'm at, right now.

It's weird - when I started, I really remembered Michaelalgelo's(?) quote about sculpting. When asked how he created such lifelike art, he replied, "Well, when I start, the final piece is in there, it's just imprisoned by all this marble. All I do is chip away until it's free."

Armed with that, I stared at my new purchase back in 2000 and said, "All the songs you ever wanted to hear are in that synth. All you have to do is hit the right keys and they'll come out." I treated the keys like they're keys on a typewriter. Letters become words which become sentences and so on; you just have to press them and things start happening. The difference here is that the keys aren't labeled in the same way, so you end up exploring using your ear instead of your eyes, which is fun.

And I think that's really it - even goofing around is fun. The more you fool around with it, inevitably the more familiar you become, skill increases and before you know it something pops out. The real freaky thing is when people tell you they like your stuff. It's definitely more along the lines of enjoying the journey vs. reaching a destination kind of thing.

And phffft, if I can do it, anyone can.

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

Definitely interested in a copy of your music.