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"Where I grew up in Brooklyn, man, a punk was like a wuss, the guy who ran away from the fight. “You’re a punk. You’re a weasel. You’re nothing.” Now it has this connotation of being the tough-guy thing. The revolution, are you kidding? So I liked the word and used the term “punk music mass,” maybe inadvertently trying to turn it into something else. One day I wake up and there’s the word punk all over the place. That’s when it became meaningless to me. Somebody said that Suicide had to be the ultimate punk band because even the punks hated us."
"So how did the company decide what customers wanted - surely by using focus groups? “We don’t do focus groups,” he said firmly, explaining that they resulted in bland products designed not to offend anyone."
Jonathan Ive - BBC - dot.life: Listening to Mr iPhone (via hickensian)
got my mobile phone stolen || kuro5hin.org
This won’t be funny if you’re not familiar with Spidy’s semi-coherent ramblings.
FriendDA -- Slightly more than a hearty handshake
“WHEREAS I possess a bright idea that I am choosing to disclose to you, The Advisor, with the mutual understanding that you are my friend and that you will not screw me.”
Linux-style Mac OS X screenshot (via Matt Legend Gemmell)
IT FUNY COS IT TRUE
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Cerrone - Striptease (Superjohan Edit)
I’ve wanted to this for a while—I just needed the song first. I originally heard it on Bob Sinclar’s Cerrone mix and instantly fell in love with the bassline. Well, now I found the song (without resorting to piracy!) and found it to be waaay too short at just a bit over three minutes. So here it is, with a little trickery, a six minute edit of Cerrone’s Striptease. Not in any way perfect as usual, but maybe you’ll find some enjoyment in it.
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"There’s a whole class of recent switchers who define “Apple fanboy” as “anyone who’s been an enthusiastic Mac user since before I switched to the Mac”."
Three Beers
The best (and only) bar in Turku’s student village.
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Da Sampla - Digital System (Superjohan Extension)
An awesome techno classic by Anthony Shakir, now in a slightly extended version with adjusted volume and bump. Nothing special, the song just basically runs twice. I merely wanted the track to be longer because there is magic in those loops. Shake handles Giorgio’s masterpiece “E=MC²” like the genius that he is. And I’ll be there to ruin it.
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iTunes Stats
What better way to procrastinate than by plundering my iTunes library?
Number of Songs: 8701
Number of Albums: 1079
Most Recently Played Song: Cut Copy - Zap Zap
Most Played Song: The Field - Over The Ice
Most Played Song that maybe you haven’t heard: The Millioners - Assault In Space
Most Recently Added Album: Robert Hood - Minimal Nation
First Song Alphabetically: So - a
Last Song Alphabetically: DJ Koze - Zou Zou
Longest Title: Odyssey - You Wouldn’t Know A Real Live True Love If It Walked Right Up, Kissed You On The Cheek And Said Hello Baby
Smallest Number In A Song Title: Pan Sonic - -25
Largest Number In A Song Title: James Figurine - 55566688833 (The Field Remix)
Shortest Song: Cory Arcangel - Hello World (0:04)
Longest Song: Autechre - Perlence Subrange 6-36 (58:36)
Shortest Song With A 5-Star Rating: Beat Happening - Our Secret (2:51)
Longest Song With A 5-Star Rating: Oval - Do While (24:05)
First Album Alphabetically: Pan Sonic - A
Last Album Alphabetically: Pink Skull - Zeppelin 3
First Album Numerically: Raiders Of The Lost ARP - 4
Last Album Numerically: Round One To Round Five - 1993-99 Main Street Records
First Five Songs That Pop Up On Shuffle iTunes DJ:
Undisputed Truth - Medley: Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World) Friendship Train
Alva Noto - u_09-0
Autechre - Theswere
Guru Guru Sun Band - Starway
Drexciya - Draining Of The Tanks
Five Songs I have Never Played
Mayer Hawthorne - Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out
.. and a few mixes.
"The average modern day electronic music listener doesn’t want surprises in his music. He needs to hear the same damn sound over and over again for 60+ minutes, so he won’t be confused."
Jori Kemppi
"Problem with mob justice is the ones who’re more interested in the mob than the justice. “The truth is complicated” is no fun to chant."
