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"I remember when Prodigy had beef with Chumbawamba"

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:33:23 -0400

“I remember when Prodigy had beef with Chumbawamba”

- Tuesday night conversation (via dallas)

“I heard that Chumbawamba got together in 1982, so it’s taken them 15 years to come up with one piece of shit record. I’d like to point out that any one of my cymbal patterns is more radical than their entire recorded output.” — Liam Howlett of The Prodigy in 1997, responding to Chumbawamba’s criticism of “Smack My Bitch Up”, which in turn was actually just sampling Kool Keith.

Ah, the ’90s.

Internships at VividCortex

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:40:49 -0400

baronschwartz:

We are hiring summer interns at VividCortex. These are paid positions. http://charlottesville.craigslist.org/sof/3795003285.html

Amazing internship opportunity alert! Y’know, if you’re monitoring for that kind of thing.

(My horrible tech jokes aside — these guys are really the best. If I was ten years younger, I’d jump on this in a heartbeat.)

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Tue, 07 May 2013 22:03:25 -0400

eli1ah: Cable London has closed its doors for good...

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:10:19 -0400

eli1ah:

Cable London has closed its doors for good today.

Bummed about this. The location is awesome — the venue is literally made out of space under a railway arch in an otherwise-sleepy part of Southwark.

I’ve been to electronic music events at some pretty weird places before, but Cable is probably the only one that involved lining up under a train viaduct. (the oldest railway in London, no less!)

bobpattersonjr: Evan presenting on jetpants at percona...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:14:44 -0400

bobpattersonjr:

Evan presenting on jetpants at percona live

Huge thank you to everyone who came! I’m especially honored to see so many MySQL superstars in the first few rows :D

Slides are now available for my talk, along with many others on the Percona Live 2013 site. Hats off to Percona — this was easily the best technical conference I’ve ever attended.

If anyone misplaced their liquid nitrogen, it’s at the...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:54:43 -0400

If anyone misplaced their liquid nitrogen, it’s at the corner of 21st and Park.

The next event here is a steampunk exhibition. No further...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:30:02 -0400

The next event here is a steampunk exhibition. No further comment necessary.

Tech conference just got weird

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:51:11 -0400

Tech conference just got weird

Tumblr Engineering @ Percona Live MySQL Conference

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:05:35 -0400

engineering:

We’re pleased to announce that Tumblr’s Database Engineering team will be attending the Percona Live MySQL Conference next week in Santa Clara, CA!

We’ll be giving a talk on our open source automation software, Jetpants, which has helped us scale to over 175 billion distinct rows of relational data to date. We’re also looking forward to attending a number of amazing sessions from our friends at Percona, Facebook, Oracle, Palomino, Etsy, and more.

If you haven’t registered yet, use code SpeakMySQL to save 15%. Hope to see you there!

Help, my cat is now person-sized and keeps taking my spot

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:22:41 -0400

Help, my cat is now person-sized and keeps taking my spot

The Great American Streetcar Scandal

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:11:26 -0400

The Great American Streetcar Scandal:

Fascinating read if you’ve ever bemoaned the state of public transit in American cities. (or if you’re curious about one of the plot twists in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.)

Starting to become skeptical of this FAQ

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:55:22 -0400

Starting to become skeptical of this FAQ

buzz: 24 Hour Party People - “30 Grand for a Fucking...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:51:35 -0400

buzz:

24 Hour Party People - “30 Grand for a Fucking Table!”

Without a doubt, one of my favorite movies about business is “24 Hour Party People,” Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 film about Manchester, UK music impresario and Factory Records founder Tony Wilson. In this scene, Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton attacks Tony after learning he spent £30,000 on a conference room table.

One of my all-time favorite films. Interestingly, I never really considered it a “movie about business,” although I can definitely see that perspective. I always viewed it more as a music film, tracing through the history of the genres I love the most — post-punk and its evolution into the rave scene.

If you’re interested in the business angle of the Factory Records story, give Peter Hook’s book The Hacienda: How Not To Run a Club a read. Basically the Factory folks were all absurdly terrible businessmen… but they made history, and had an amazing time doing it.

Boston police catfishing indie rockers: Cops pose as punks on the Internet. - Slate Magazine

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:22:00 -0400

Boston police catfishing indie rockers: Cops pose as punks on the Internet. - Slate Magazine:

songhia:

What is the address for the local music show tonight?

Different city and scene, but I fondly remember the Baltimore warehouse party where a group of four very obvious cops showed up in different disguises — a cowboy, a hippie, a goth, and a grunge rocker — which was especially hilarious given that it was an electronic music event.

They spread out to four different corners of the venue and attempted to blend in. They weren’t terribly successful. The tie-dye-clad hippie was the most off-base of the bunch, as he kept headbanging to house and trance. Every 30 minutes, they’d all meet up and compare notes. Happily the party was never shut down, because nothing illegal was going on!

I also remember another Baltimore warehouse party that was shut down, by about 20 uniformed officers… plus a helicopter… in a city that’s the murder capital of the east coast. No good cause either — the BPD had a longstanding beef with Lonnie Fisher, who they erroneously assumed was promoting the event simply because he was DJing when they showed up.

I really wish cities would stop wasting tax money on shutting down music events. (somewhat related: I also wish I could live in a city where venues like Twilo can coexist with amazing productions like Sleep No More, and where even questionable venues like Limelight didn’t turn into weird crap malls…)

Cool cell, bro.

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:18:44 -0400

Cool cell, bro.

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Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:42:26 -0400

Wonder what this would rent for in Manhattan. On-site laundry,...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:05:31 -0400

Wonder what this would rent for in Manhattan. On-site laundry, secluded island location, top of the line security system!

Life is good.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:12:16 -0400

Life is good.

Oh hi there, three-legged creepy lamp. Should I be concerned...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:21:32 -0400

Oh hi there, three-legged creepy lamp. Should I be concerned that my hotel room is on the 13th floor?

Just noticed that this foot stool is actually an angry ghost.

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:03:39 -0400

Just noticed that this foot stool is actually an angry ghost.