Rob Ray

Jammin' this Redshape set.

Redshape Live @ Liquid, Robert Johnson, Offenbach - 19-12-2009 by R_co

Wow! ha! Yes, this is probably just some sort of goofy example he cooked up, but what if?

"...if suddenly there was a threat to this world from some other species from another planet outside in the universe..."

A great nerdly overview of the thinking behind the Internet's infrastructure and how military concerns guided some of the decision making. Then we get... THE FUTURE! NOTE: It is probably better to listen to this video than watch as it's a "talking head" video and the camera doesn't switch to his presentation slides.

Cutty Rank's Limb by Limb is probably the rawest toughest song ever made. Dubstep, dancehall, jungle, rap, and drum and bass artists have all referenced it numerous times. If it would just get used in a Toyota Camry commercial it just might become the vocal counterpart to the "Amen Break". (Actually, check the DJ SS version of the song and you'll get both!) Nobody buying a Camry would know he's saying "Pick ya coffin And your burial spot. Tell no see I and I me coming down hot." Hit up the youtube page directly if you want to check the full lyrics. Luuiiggiis has written them in just below the video. They're 90% right. I love the little pitched up fill in vocal stabs in this track. Squiggy never sounded so tough! Same ting dead.

Really enjoying LMGM's impeccable selections in his first mix! Hit up his blog for the track list. Luis is one of the smartest and most interesting people I know. I'm really psyched he's making mixes!

LMGM April 18 2010byLMGM

It's too bad cheerleading is relegated to a few young nimble overly-smiley persons busting a move on the sidelines. Spectator sports would be so much cooler if everybody in the crowd rooted for their team by trying to do this stuff in the stands.

M.I.A.'s Born Free video, directed by Romain Gavras who also did Justice's Stress video, is bound to create a stir. The storyline isn't particularly deep, but some of the peripheral questions it digs up might be. Or... maybe you'll just hate it.

If you have small kids, are in an old folks home, or are around other easily excitable/confused types, you might want to watch this later.

A really nice tightly executed uptempo set - just what you'd expect from Rob Hood.

Robert Hood Live @ Awakenings Easter Anniversary, Gashouder, Amsterdam - 04-04-2010 by R_co

An awesome BBC Documentary. Here's a write-up about the doc in the Detroit Free Press. Thanks for the link dbit!

I'm really enjoying this 4 hour Sandwell District set! I'm finding it particularly useful while staring at php.net's Image Processing and GD docs. But it's making me regret missing Movement and Mutek coming up in a few weeks...

Sandwell District Live @ Planet Rose, Nijmegen - 14-02-2009 by R_co

Booman fires up 2hrs of B'more club

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speedy j live @ some old nazi bunker in norway 01 by jochempaap

GET LOST! is a GPS and compass-enabled adventure I created for the Abandon Normal Devices festival in the Grizedale forest of the UK. I just posted a new Flickr set of images if you'd like to check 'em out. A description and photo slideshow of the piece is available over in the visual art section of my site.

Busybee's highly entertaining Super Mario Bros.: A Literary Criticism from wayyy back in the year 2000 is worth the 5 minutes away from Facebook and then... sharing on Facebook. (thx for tha link Sarah!)

Enter Mario, the fallen hero. At the very outset of his adventure, he is doomed, as almost right away he steals a dealer's mushroom (obviously mixed with peyote) and begins to hallucinate, that he is big, that he is powerful. As though on PCP, he finds it easy to break solid bricks by punching it and does not perceive the pain; however, when dealers, pushers (personified by turtles much like Thompson's literal lounge lizards), and other minions of the kingpin catch up with him and retaliate for his original drug theft, he immediately loses the empowering effects of the peyote, and in fact, seems very small and vulnerable, and must desperately seek out another hit.