Twirling my baton

A musical baton has been passed to me by Neil "51.67GB" Lee and at last I've found the will to grasp the candle and bang on...

Total volume of music files on my computer: 32.24GB, 4951 songs, 15.4 days.

The last CD I bought was: Optimo Presents Psyche Out, on the wildly obscure Eskimo label, straight outta Belgium. It's awesome. A mix CD with a difference, seamlessly blending minimal german house music with, erm, Hawkwind and the Temptations, all beautifully mixed with, I strongly suspect, Ableton Live.

Song Playing Right Now: Beats In Space radio show playlist by Tim Sweeney. If you visit the aforementioned link you can listen too, since he posts his shows online in downloadble MP3 format. Tim is DJing at Our Disco tonight, which I'm really looking forward to, having belatedly got into the whole electro(cl**sh) type thing. Eclectic is the word. Good is the other word.

Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:
(This is, of course, wildly arbitrary)

1. Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright) by The Constantines. Toronto's finest band, who deserve to be huge. Always reminds me of skating - somewhat stoned - through a moonlit night in downtown T.O.
2. Cause = Time by Broken Social Scene. Toronto's other finest band. It's just a rockin' good track and they are one of the finest live bands I've ever seen. Particularly when all 13 of them are onstage together, as at the free gig they did at the Harbourfront centre in Toronto, the week we arrived there.
3. You Don't Need A Weatherman (Superpitcher Remix) - Carsten Jost. From the Godlike Immer Mix CD by Michael Mayer, head honco of the mighty Kompakt label outta Koln; superstar DJ and minimal pasta enthusiast. It reminds me of a jaguar stalking sleekly through the rainforest. Wearing some jaguar headphones and wiggling it's jaguar hips slinkily. Go figure. Immer is great for night driving, also.
4. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye. Genius. That is all.
5. Ice Cream - New Young Pony Club. Fabulously obscure, probably only available on ultra-limited 7" white label, and I only ever hear at the frequently mentioned Our Disco. But it sticks in my head and makes me shake my booty, man. What can I say? Oh, you can buy it here. Sadly, I don't own a 'record player'.

That's me done. I'll pass the baton on to...um. I can't think of anyone. Let me know if you want a baton...

Comments

[Banjeroo]

Rik, of course I'll take a baton. Flip it my way, fling it across the ocean!

[Sharon Joan Cheesewright Daniels]

Hi Rik,

It was great to see your web site and know that some of us made an impression. AC showed me your site and I wanted to say hi.

You changed my life along with the books you shared with me, The Holographic Universe, The Holotropic Mind and The shaman's Apprentice.

Thanks

Keep Well
Sharon

[Sharon Joan Cheesewright Daniels]

Hi Rik,

It was great to see your web site and know that some of us made an impression. AC showed me your site and I wanted to say hi.

You changed my life along with the books you shared with me, The Holographic Universe, The Holotropic Mind and The shaman's Apprentice.

Thanks

Keep Well
Sharon