This little ditty is making my week. It’s Cher vs. Snoop Dogg. It’s kind of beautiful. And why am I only catching onto BootieUSA now? Oh, right: because my iBook is slowly dying and I’m afraid to tax it too much. That’s why. Hopefully, I’ll have a new Macbook over the summer. I’m thinking of getting either Traktor or Serato (yes, I know) and I can’t get either one of those until I get something that doesn’t eat it’s own battery power.
However, the main problem with this iBook is the battery stuff. I’m sure if I were to buy a new battery, new charger, and a new memory+ external hard drive, I’d be in good shape. Then again, by the time I spend that money I might as well by a new one and treat it right the first time around. I don’t think I’ll throw this one away, though. If I slowly accumulate the proper parts it could be a sturdy backup.
I’m spending my last week before the summer at Amherst. It was pretty deserted today, but I’m sure I’ll find people to hang out with. I’m not sure of what next year will bring, but I’m glad it’s not more of the same. It’s not that I’m tired of learning, but I’m tired of this. It’s the perfect time for me to go. I’ll enjoy what I can, warm up the camera, read a few books and lay in the sun, but I think I’m peacing out at the right time.
PS Isn’t this record great? I’ve been seriously considering yielding to temptation and getting two Technics and Serato Scratch, so this is particularly amusing to me right now.
Man, the Dutch love some ugly shoes. I found this Croc-House on Kalverstraat a few weeks back. Just wanted to share it with you; misery loves company.
So: I’ve got a new mixer, on the way to getting the second turntable, and probably a senior week vacay. More dance floor moratorium and Amherst to come.
Be back soon; I’m too busy being a senior in college.
When I heard Madonna and Justin Timberlake were working together, I was looking forward to it. They had me at “collabo.” And I hate when people say “collabo.”
But 4 Minutes sounds like something the Crocmen dragged in, with Timbaland’s “freekuh- freekuh” help. If you request this I might play Sexyback , followed by Hung Up, followed by Promiscuous. But I’m sure as hell not playing this.
The title explains itself. Thanks to my lovely seniordom + thesis, I can only go to parties that I’m working at. Therefore, if I am spinning a party, (hell, if I am at a party) you may no longer request the following soul crushing hits. I can only hope that I can start a movement of song euthanasia:
Soulja Boy
Cotton Eyed Joe
Dancing Queen
Come on Ride the Train
Anything by Flo Rida or Miley Cyrus
Acceptable Substitutes are: The Electric Slide
Jimmy by M.I.A.
Love in the Club (for now)
Anything but Flo Rida and Miley Cyrus
So, this is my current setup. I just got my Denon turntable (little guy at left) and I’m super excited. My desk is officially dominated by audio equipment. (Good thing I virtually live in the computer lab when I do work.) I had some technical difficulty at first, but after a bit, I got used to it. I won’t be up and scratching anytime soon, this will take a lot of practice and experimentation. And Vitamin Water. But I can’t wait to learn.
Tomorrow: Impressions of some fresh nedderap I just got. Oh dear.
I was reading the Turntable Lab blog, and learned that there is a DJ school in…guess… the Netherlands. It’s a merger of my post 2007 dreams come true. Every since I threw a wonderful Pancakes, Booze and American Pop Party on the Prinsengracht I’ve connected the NL with good times in DJing. This excludes the night at Dansen bij Jansen when the DJ abused the smoke machine in order to compensate for a sloppy night. Other than that, fun times. I’d love to go here. Check it. It’s a school attached to a hotel, and there are setups in every room, so you needn’t drag your own around.
It would be fun to see what formal training looks like, meet more people, and get exposure to other setups. And more time to practice my Dutch!
I’m gonna getcha. I’m gonna getcha good. And when I do, it’s scratch time.
I’ve been waiting to add to my current set, and I this would be a good choice. Ideally, I’d want two scratchable turntables, but I want to test drive one first. Strangely enough, they cost the same at J&R as they do at Turntable Lab. I’ll probably get them from Turntable Lab.
Lately, I’ve been tempted to get Ableton Live. My laptop’s kind of slow, though, so I’d only do that after getting a new one. But for now, I think a hands- on experience might be nice. It’s very lovely, don’t you think? It doesn’t look vinyl-ish, but that really doesn’t matter to me. As long as it acts as such.
Mission accomplished. Got these sweet puppies from turntable lab. I haven’t test driven them yet, but I can’t wait. These are the updated versions of the ones I was looking at. The other ones are great, but these have a detachable cord.
I’ve been watching lots of Intervention on AE lately (I’m home for Thanksgiving) and I’ve been struck by how much the interventions look like surprise parties, but everyone’s sitting down quietly. I’ve also been wondering how hilarious it would be to have a headphone intervention. I’ve gone through 4 this year alone. (The ones above, camo Audio-Technicas for DJing and much cheaper Sony and rather crappy Audiology ones for listening.)But they’ve all been planned purchases. I wonder what Candy Finnigan would say to me.
Haha, no it isn’t. But, since you asked, one of these will do:
They’re quite beautiful. They’re not my ultimate objects of headphone lust, though, which are these:
But these are decadently pricey. It’s so scary. Actually, there’s a chance I might have gotten the Technics by December. Hopefully. Just get me a small, drooling pug to fuss over.
I’ve been here, in Amherst, the first half of the blog’s namesake. I’ve been drowning in work lately. I’m sure I’ll miss this place after May, but sometimes it just makes me want to die inside.
I’ve been studying for random tests, churning out essays, none of which I’m fully satisfied with, and getting sick. Surrounded by the same, damn 1,600 people. I love (some of) you guys, but this is not Brooklyn…or Breukelen…or Amsterdam. This really isn’t Amsterdam. This isn’t biking past the Westerkerk at 1 AM, this isn’t running to Albert Heijn before it closes, this isn’t the Van Gogh museum, this isn’t the pancake bakery.
Instead, it is a wilderness based debt factory. Why do I nap all the time? I feel like I’m not doing anything constructive but I have no time anyway.
PS Fedde Le Grand: also Dutch. For a country with only 16 million people, it seems that every other person from here is a superstar DJ. Kind of like the way that they produced all of those Golden Age painters…but catchier?
Dutch Word of the Day
doen: to do
Het is uw ding…doe wat je wil doen.
It’s your thing…do what you want to do.
We’ve got a very timely Mooi Vrouw this week: MIA is coming out with her new album, Kala, tomorrow. I strongly encourage you to buy it. (No, not rip it off Limewire as you usually would, but buy it.) She’s an extremely talented artist but she doesn’t have a lot cash. I mentioned her already in a post about Siren Fest, but she’s worth the repeat.
The video is from the new album and the song is called Boyz. I’m so excited for the whole thing to come out tomorrow.
Dutch Word of the Day microfoon:microphone Ik heb twee turntables en een microfoon. I have two turntables and a microphone.
Well, I don’t have a microphone. But I’m sure Paul van Dyk would have one lying around somewhere. There are so many famous Dutch DJs floating around, although Paul van Dyk is not one of them. Tiesto and Armin van Buuren, yes. But Paul van Dyk is German. This is a shock to me, because that’s gotta be the most Dutch last names I’ve seen. “Van” in becomes “Von” in German, anyway.
But what do they have in common? They all have had or will have shows in New York this summer, none of which I will be able to see.
This little ditty is making my week. It’s Cher vs. Snoop Dogg. It’s kind of beautiful. And why am I only catching onto BootieUSA now? Oh, right: because my iBook is slowly dying and I’m afraid to tax it too much. That’s why. Hopefully, I’ll have a new Macbook over the summer. I’m thinking of getting either Traktor or Serato (yes, I know) and I can’t get either one of those until I get something that doesn’t eat it’s own battery power.
When I heard Madonna and Justin Timberlake were working together, I was looking forward to it. They had me at “collabo.” And I hate when people say “collabo.”
The title explains itself. Thanks to my lovely seniordom + thesis, I can only go to parties that I’m working at. Therefore, if I am spinning a party, (hell, if I am at a party) you may no longer request the following soul crushing hits. I can only hope that I can start a movement of song euthanasia:
So, this is my current setup. I just got my Denon turntable (little guy at left) and I’m super excited. My desk is officially dominated by audio equipment. (Good thing I virtually live in the computer lab when I do work.) I had some technical difficulty at first, but after a bit, I got used to it. I won’t be up and scratching anytime soon, this will take a lot of practice and experimentation. And Vitamin Water. But I can’t wait to learn. 
I was reading the Turntable Lab blog, and learned that there is a 
I’m gonna getcha. I’m gonna getcha good. And when I do, it’s scratch time.
Mission accomplished. Got these sweet puppies from turntable lab. I haven’t test driven them yet, but I can’t wait. These are the updated versions of the ones I was looking at. The other ones are great, but these have a detachable cord. 
I’ve been here, in Amherst, the first half of the blog’s namesake. I’ve been drowning in work lately. I’m sure I’ll miss this place after May, but sometimes it just makes me want to die inside. 
