I recently plugged in the old KORG Poly800. One of the early mass produced polyphonic Synths. Unfortunately the batteries had drained, and the sound settings were completely gone. Now it is possible to restore the sound settings from the 20 …
A few weeks ago I listened to “Welcome to the Welcome Wagon” on the excellent VPRO Luisterpaal (http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/). I ordered the CD and today it has been delivered by mail. The reason I happily pay a few extra bucks for …
From The RIPE 55 Secret Working Group Report a long long time ago i can still remember when my laptop could connect elsewhere and i tell you all there was a day the network card i threw away had a …
This video contains an expose by Nate Harrisson about the “Amen Break”. I did not know about the “Amen Break” as a concept and this video is an eyeopener. A good piece of music history and theory that, when you …
My brother in law gave me a late birthday present: The latest Beasty Boys album: The Mix-UP. I have had a weak spot for the Beasty Boys for many years. I am not particularly fond of their rap style, …
I am a big fan of the Sopranos. However, Dutch television fails to broadcast the show on prime time so it never made it really popular in the NL. That leaves me nothing but SOBT (Stealing over BitTorrent) or …
While over in the US last couple of weeks I bought the latest “The Bad Plus” album “Suspicious Activity”. The band has on my radars screen since I heard their first album and bought it after the first four bars …
Its been a while since I last wrote here. I started a new job with NLnet Labs and it just took all my energy. Besides plog and Safari do not really work together and Ecto does not allow picture uploads …
I recently bought "The Real Frank Zappa Book", the autobiography ofa musician I admire for his music (I will probably blog about thatanother time). On page 104/105 the Plaster Casters are introduced: The way the Paster-Casters worked was, one of …
The events in Rome made me dig up a little avant-garde masterpiece from my vinyl collection. Blessed Easter Track 2 from “Rome Remains Rome” by Holger Czukay (1987) (also available on Amazon) The credits on the cover read: We were …