Thanks to my man Pete for letting me know about this. It's an online gallery of some really cool portable record players. After seeing the Baird Wondergram in this gallery I regret selling mine..oh well. The english version of this site is still under construction so I'm not exactly sure if this is a physical museum in Austria or if it is a traveling exhibit curated by Austrian collectors. Or maybe it is just an online thing? Maybe someone can help clarify that for me? Anyway, check out their collection of portable turntables. The cover galleries are nice too.
True story: About a month ago I was in the zone doing some design work and the mix playing really caught my attention. I look at my iTunes and it turns out it's one of my own mixes! Back when people actually bought and sold mix CDs I sold a bunch of these. Now in this new age of piracy and free music I want you to have it. Actually, I'll be posting all of my older mixes up here for free downloads soon..for now you can listen to some of them in the player on the main page.
Make sure to click on that big 'download' button to get more free mixes from me- The Record Player
You can also download this mix from the Sundae party's website >>HERE<<
I can't even front on this song. This is certainly one of the best pop songs from the '80s and undeniably a great song for the ages. Plus, the man can play the bones! Other songs that remind me of this song and vice versa are Every Kind Of People by Robert Palmer (which I posted back in December) and End Of Innocence by Don Henly. The lyrics speak for themselves in all of these...jus' lissen.
CLASSIC by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo...one of my favorites. Kool G Rap really brought the streets to the speakers. Unlike today's so-called thug rappers who all rhyme in the same style about the same stuff and water it down for mass appeal and even try r&b singing, G Rap stuck to his guns figuratively and literally and is one of the most respected MC's in Hip-Hop's history. Don't Sleep.
Yeah, this is a tough one. The brief is to get instant film back into production in less than 12 months. They actually have the equipment which they acquired from a company that manufactured it for Polaroid and have contracted former employees and scientists that worked with Polaroid. So, the real challenges are reducing the cost, distribution and marketing. The cameras are no longer made of course so you can imagine the difficulty in doing this large-scale production.
It's been really , really cold here on the east coast. so, I've just been hibernating and digging around in my cave. I've been looking for some files for my design portfolio and while doing so, decided to listen to some old mixes I've done. Here's a mix I did about 7 years ago. As you can guess, only vinyl, done in one take without any fancy editing or 4-tracking techniques. Any real DJ out there knows how hard it can be to actually mix lower tempo soul music and can appreciate hearing some of the roughness. By the way, the 'join CD tracks' feature in iTunes didn't work as well as expected so when listening to the mix here you'll notice a small skip where the tracks were. (sorry, I can't seem to locate the orginal disc with the full single track.) Use the download link to get the full zip file.
