Pneumatic Detach

Thanks again to all that showed up, it was a fantastic party! Hopefully this can be more of a regular happening.

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Intoner @ Death Guild, SF (11/3/09)
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Ancient Methods - Else (Radio Edit)
Clark - New Year Storm
Ancient Methods - Untitled 2
Matka - Manipulame (Feat End)
Oyaarss - A La Holeage (Cloaks Remix)
Budstep - Budstep
King Cannibal - A Hundred Eyes Closed
FluiD - Black Jinn
Gizmode - crackstep
Techdiff - Majory And Her Crunkomatic Ver9
Defrag - The Stones
Panacea - Kill The Processors
Orphx - Burning Flags (Surgeon Remix)
Scrap.edx - Machine Death
Contaminant - Misleader
S.I.N.A - Strong Ahead
Soman - Noise Anthem
Converter - Death Time
Broken Rules - Default Parameters
AFX - Elephant song
Orphx - Critical Mass
Alva Noto - Univers 133.333
Cloaks - Sixmenace Two
Cenotype - She's Dead... Requiem (Intoner Remix)
Gunjack - Bruckshut's Revenge
Reso - Onslaught
Chasing Shadows - Ill
Broken Note - War in the Making (Remix by Niveau Zero)
Goldfinger - Chainsaw
Rosewater - Normality
Vex'd - Thunder
Gunjack - Down The Ox
Sully - Voidsucka
Selfsimilar - Godspeed
Kulture - Diesel
16 Bit - Chainsaw Calligraphy
Vaski - Resonate
Broken Note - Dubversion (Hecq Remix)
Techdiff - Electrolytic Deposition
I:gor - Unsettled Stepper
Dune - Hardcore Vibes (South bound Mix)
Enduser - Perfection / Stillness
DJ Hidden - Here Lies The Confusion
Enduser - The Catalyst (DJ Hidden Remix)
Cooh - Black Monday
Broken Note - Pyrotek
The B-52's - Love Shack

• @qtrnevermore that was awful. you should be ashamed. #
• @AnoukWipprecht i got like 21 messages saying "dude, your sister is hot!" #

So, yeah, I was called into a conference room and I ended up having to fill up one of those cardboard boxes which were in the hallway. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. Let me explain:

I'd been meaning to write a post like this for some time, but things have played out such that I have to write it anyway. I've felt that my life's been at a crossroads, with every path leading towards good. On one hand, I enjoyed my time at Sun a great deal. My act is finally together, I finally had stability, both my mental and physical well-being are greatly improved and sound, my career is on track, my financial situation is great, and so on. The job itself was great - the best I ever had, to be honest - with work I enjoyed and co-workers I liked both professionally and personally. At the same time, I have the wanderlust and there are things I'm looking for that I'm just not finding here. There were times at work where I'd be sitting in my cubicle, staring at a backup tape and wondering if that's what I want my life to be. Still, I'd been sweating out layoffs and obnoxious managerial situations at Sun for quite some time now, and I suppose the ideal outcome would've been to stay at Sun and keep the stability I'd been seeking for a very long time.

However, other opportunities have presented themselves. I could rent out a place in Hungary and hang out there for quite some time (honestly, a year or more). I have a standing job offer from a friend in Germany. The pay wouldn't be great, but it'd be a fun way to see Europe for a while as well as being a life raft until the economy improves. I could find another job with my newly-developed skills and experience. These are all possibilities I've created through my own efforts and skills and networking and friendships.

I can even just chill out around here a while, and work on projects and travel here and there and get caught up on videogames and such. I'd have no excuse for not learning Hungarian. :) There are friends in Boston I could see more, as well as friends and family in Montreal, NYC, SF, Vermont, San Jose, Atlanta, Providence/Pawtucket, and so on. Oh right, and I could take more horse riding lessons up in Vermont. I have a trip to Spain coming up next week, and thank goodness I procrastinated on buying the plane ticket, 'cause I'm no longer bound by vacation days. I'll probably spend 3 weeks over there, going back to my original idea of visiting Spain, Italy, and Tunisia. It'd be fun to get one of those cheap Iceland Air deals this winter. I've always wanted to see the Mayan ruins, and I could very well do that, too.

Money-wise, I'm in great shape. I'm still fully on Sun's payroll until January 3rd, and I get 6 weeks of severance pay on top of that, plus about 7 days of vacation pay. If I don't find a job or run off to Europe by then, there's 6 months of unemployment. Truth be told, if I wanted to milk it, I could go 10 months to a year without working before I touched my savings. Like I said, don't worry about me. I'll be fine.

It's not without frustration, of course. I liked that job. I don't want to burn up my savings. I just bought my new $89 bus pass today. I had to pick through the leftovers of the Winter Classic seats 'cause I couldn't order them as soon as they were available today (yes, yes, I'll be there and that's what matters). I need to get a gym membership so I can stay on track with my fitness efforts. I'll need health coverage - anyone know of good options, particularly for keeping up with prescriptions? I really liked the stability and the (sorta kinda) sense of security, and now I'm facing uncertainty. I will have to find a new job _again_, and I hoped I finally had broken that pattern.

All in all, I consider this to be the less good of the possible outcomes, but still good. I'm not down or sad or depressed or upset. I'm happy, annoyed, optimistic, and uncertain. It's going to be a lot of fun, and I have to make sure I get a job before I _need_ to get a job. At least this time, I have a lot of time.

After an excellent reception playing the Alternative Halloween at the Resolution in Whitby, and currently gigging in Scotland, Psydoll will return to Leeds to play their final gig of this 'Through the Spyglass Tour'. The band will be onstage at 11pm but Black Veil will be running as usual in the upstairs room for the rest of the evening from 8pm through to 1am.

eTickets are available for this event

You can listen to tracks from the new CD and buy it direct from the band at the gig or later from
here

• @jwjs you only want to do the 2nd one because you want to watch porn while you're at work. :D #
• I will be djing at 12:30 tonight since there are 3 djs. See you there! #
• @feau @AnoukWipprecht man, i wish i was a lesbian. ;D #
• @AnoukWipprecht friggin hawt! #

20min, 405 calories burned, 4803 strides, resistance 8, no co-pilot

Connexion Bizarre was updated on November 2nd with new content (reviews, podcasts, interview and links).

A quick overview of this week's update:
Webcast: "Strumming the Beats" with music selection by DJ Istabmyhead and "Post-Halloween Thing '09" with music selection by M.
Reviews:

Best regards,
Miguel
(editor, etc @ www.connexionbizarre.net)
    



Podcast & Radio Show

Part 1 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("Strumming the Beats" with music selection by DJ Istabmyhead)
Flint Glass - Connexion Bizarre Podcast identifier
[exclusive]
Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden - Bonkers (Club Mix)
[Bonkers - Dirtee Stank Recordings]
Deadmau5 - Complications
[Random Album Title - Ultra Records]
16 Bit Lolitas - Murder Weapon
[Nobody Seems To Care - Anjunadeep]
Skepta - Rolex Sweep
[Rolex Sweep - Data Records]
Wiley - Wearing My Rolex (Extended Version)
[Wearing My Rolex EP - Asylum Records]
Drop The Lime - Bella
[We Never Sleep - Tigerbeat6]
Surgeon - Hunger
[Body Request - Dynamic Tension Records]
Download - Eruption
[FiXer - Sub-Conscious Communications]
Boys Noize - Deny Select
[Oi Oi Oi - Boysnoize Records]
Noisia - Yellow Brick
[Yellow Brick - Division]
The Presets - My People
[Apocalypso - Modular Recordings]
Feed Me - Raw Chicken
[The Spell / Raw Chicken - Mau5trap Recordings]
Mr Oizo - Erreur Jean
[Lambs Anger - Ed Banger Records]
Ed Rush & Optical - G-Force Jesus
[Travel The Galaxy - Virus Recordings]
Pendulum - Fasten Your Seatbelt
[Hold Your Colour - Breakbeat Kaos]
Hadouken! - That Boy That Girl
[Music for An Accelerated Culture - Surface Noise Records]

Part 2 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("The post-Halloween thing '09" with music selection by M.)
Flint Glass - Connexion Bizarre Podcast identifier
[exclusive]
Wentworth Kersey - Teton Mountains
[(O) - Plastic Sound Supply]
Wilt - A Small Release
[Cemetery Road / Dead Electroniks - Ad Noiseam]
Sturqen - 47
[Piranha - Kvitnu]
Raoul Sinier - Alternative Rush
[Tremens Industry - Ad Noiseam]
Imminent - Lorst
[Cask Strength - Ant-Zen]
Lingouf - Vifoogy
[Ange et Gruikk - Ant-Zen]
Scrap.edx - The Gospel According to Cranium
[Merciless Protraction - Hands Productions]
S.K.E.T. - How DU Works
[Depleted Uranium Weapons - Hands Productions]
Mono-Amine - If I Started ..........
[Like A Machine - Ant-Zen]
W.A.S.T.E. - Cleansing The Earth
[A Silent Mantra Of Rage - Vendetta Music]

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Reviews

Defrag - Lament/Element
"Lament/Element" is a perfect chaos of mood and mode of expression, ranging from dnb to glitch/experimental to ambient orchestral grandeur - an album which is a must have for fans of intelligent electronics. This will be a return selection in my collection showing wear and tear of multiple repeat cycles in my stereo.
Read more

dISHARMONY - Evolution
It may not feature the next big dancefloor filler, but an older, wiser audience cannot fail to sit up and take notice. Taken as individual tracks, or in its entirety, dISHARMONY have, indeed, evolved on this album, taking their compositions one step further towards enlightenment than many of their contemporaries would dare to.
Read more

Gerostenkorp - Terre Brûlée
More IDM than experimental per se, but there's still nearly as much attention given to the process as the result, making for a well-balanced (if unclassifiable) album that will resonate equally well with fans of either.
Read more

Aere Aeternus - Humanity Needs No Funeral
This is not to say that Aere Aeternus aren't honest about the message they are trying to convey. Perhaps they should consider re-evaluating their aesthetics and their discourse to avoid the clichés mentioned above or, perhaps (and quite difficult), reformulate them into something more convincing.
Read more


Links

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Net releases spotlight
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Mak's Chornyj "Sarkofagiya" (Umpako)
Metaform free downloads


Recommended
MI5 comes out against cutting off internet pirates (Times Online)
China looks to export censorship (BBC)
The new fast ways of keeping in touch are driving us further apart (The Guardian)
Criminal record checks are turning us into a nation of suspects (Telegraph)
Virtual Geocities Tribute

Thank You. That was awesome.

• 15:45 @PPact Tell Congress to protect reproductive health care: bit.ly/2v69QG #
• 15:46 @virul3nt I call bullshit. I'm sure some do, but I *highly* doubt it applies to the majority. #
• 16:08 I favorited a YouTube video -- Autonomous Sentry Robot bit.ly/4DYwkB #
• 16:21 I favorited a YouTube video -- Vitter Town Hall, Baton Rouge, 10/31/09 bit.ly/42nfZx #
• 16:35 I favorited a YouTube video -- Stormtroopers reminisce about death star bit.ly/3sbD0t #

Yep, a twitter repost. Suck it up.

Incidently, I will also be DJing at Death Guild tonight. which will, as a result, become a gay bar. so please, join me in a night of good old fashioned fun.

• I really really hope you guys come prepared for tomorrow, because it's going to be an Onslaught. Noise Noise... bit.ly/2v1KAQ #

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• 19:42 I just got a Yes We Cannabis sticker from CREDO! Get 1 FREE to support the Tax Cannabis 2010 campaign. bit.ly/3H0QjP #

Yep, a twitter repost. Suck it up.

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• hah, word. RT: @doommerchant Halloween is the new New Years. Fuck this noise. Day of the dead bitches. #
• @caitlinterrupt Almost as bad as Rob Zombie making a horror movie(s)? I'm totally not surprised. #
• thinking of what I should play tomorrow. I'm starting to realize how much awesome music I want to play, and that i haven't DJed in ages. #

• @orgnsm are you still in SF? I heard a rumor that you packed your things and headed back home. #

From Squid @ BCP:

Bugs Crawling Out of People will be turning 5 years old soon and to celebrate this fact, and to give you deals for the upcoming months (if for some reason you had to buy gifts for people), BCP is going SALE crazy, offering all available BCP titles for EXTREME discounted rates. Now is the time to finally purchase a copy of these CDs before this whole idea of owning a physical copy of something becomes nothing but a horrible dream.

I mean, sure, you could probably find illegal downloads of this stuff somewhere (and I encourage you to do so, or if not to upload it for others to find) but by owning a physical copy of it you possess the possibility of much more satisfaction when you smash it. Putting something in your virtual garbage bin is not nearly as satisfying as getting a CD, jewel case and all, and saying "FUCK THIS SHIT!" while smashing it or throwing it off a high story building. And at the prices BCP is offering you can buy and subsequently destroy tonnes!
Feel that great satisfaction of destroying something better than yourself! Feel that great rise of pride you'll get by using your subnormal mind to crush the works of utter brilliance. Think of it! You! A piece of shit no good meaningless peon destroying something that you don't even have the ability to understand... and at a reasonable rate!

http://www.bugscrawlingoutofpeople.com

And with each purchase, you help fund my future money losses! Because at this moment in time BCP doesn't want to do that i-tunes selling mp3 bullshit. DOWNLOAD it for free if you're going to download it. What? Are you that stupid?

No of Tickets...

One ticket left on door £15.00Two tickets left on door £30.00Three tickets left on door £45.00

9.10

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