Like some cross-dressing mashup of Minty meets The Presets via Front242 and Depeche Mode (and a faint whiff of Jonny Slut’s band Atomizer or is that just me?) San Francisco’s Ejector are not only rubbered up and bear-friendly (and probably NSFW in this video, but whose work doesnt like greased up wrestlers and techno bears dancing in rubber?) but they seem to be creating an interesting mix of influences here…from the EBN/Cabs early 80’s cutup/terror style video to the style and music. Other tunes are a bit more camp and in your face Bowery style, or just pop – but I prefer the darker EBM sound of this one.

And to keep it on the track of mashups – just to show you the Depeche Mode influences (they also covered Photographic) bandmember Ricky Terry’s tune Deep is mashed here with Everything Counts, neatly colliding with my own current Depeche Mode mashup obsession

Original CC image by Lord Jim, design by Tim Baker Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK

Whew what HASN’T happened since the last show? New US President -and he’s black. New back pains and colds for Tim – and he’s ill. Yes we can, and No to H8, but not during happy hour or eating your Credit Crunch cereal (you know the one that turns the milk red). A new hope, Episode III, ‘I have a good feeling about this’, but first where’s my money?

This is a dance we do down Johannesburg way (93Mb, 111mins)

Tracklist:

• Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata
• Fosforo – Cumbia De Obama
• San Francisco Mime Troupe – Because you’re Stupid
• Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo 73
• Nan Vasconcelos – Brasil (Luciano Re-Edit)
• Nina Simone – Sinnerman (Felix Remix)
• Fifth Dimension – Let The Sunshine (Solly Bmore Edit)
• Kanye West – Love Lockdown (Solly Remix)
• AC Slater – Poison
• ZZT – Lower State Of Consciousness (Justice remix)
• AC Slater – Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
• DJ Donna Summer – Hoovermore
• Faex – What Poetry
• Ground Shelter (fear)
• The Chambers Brothers – Funky
• Mercury Rev – Senses On Fire (Fujiya & Miyagi Remix)
• Chase & Status – Against All Odds (Ft Kano)
• Chase & Status – Take Me Away
• London Elektricity – This Dark Matter
• Chase & Status – Is It Worth It
• London Elektricity – Outnumbered
• Eric B. and Rakim – Don’t Sweat The Technique
• The Moog Synthesizer with The Camarata Contemporary Chamber Orchestra – Sports et Divertissements – Le Flirt
• Tom Wilson – Lesbian_Seagull
• Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul (Demo Version)
• Rah Band – Is anybody there
• Fleetwood Mac – Silver Springs (Rough & Outtakes)

This is a little dedication going out to those who voted for Prop 8, 2 or 102 in various states. Or those moaning that they don’t like Obama (don’t get me wrong, I do…I wish he was better in a few places but certainly much better than Grumpy McSame) or didn’t vote at all, and are now kvetching about it being the same old same old.

And especially those who think that civil rights are all separate, they won’t fight for yours cos of self-interest or religion and don’t believe that unity and a common front and acceptance of others than them is worth fighting for.

Because You’re Stupid (by the San Francisco Mime Troupe)

Last Thursday we did a special themed gig at the Parkade in Second Life around the music of the Pet Shop Boys. I DJ’d first for 2 hours, then Amanda Shinji aka Ms Cyberpink DJ’d for 2 hours – you can hear her mix here. My set included a real mixture of originals, covers, remixes, mashups, collaborations and even the odd spoof

In this mix I included To Speak is a Sin, one of my coming out songs, as it is as I correctly guessed before Mr Tennant’s coming out, about a gay bar – takes me back to those times!

C.L.I.C.K.I.N.G. we’re clicking (108Mb, 128mins)

Setlist

• Pet Shop Boys – We’re the Pet Shop Boys
• Pet Shop Boys – Love Comes Quickly (Automatic Drum Beat Mix)
• DJ Magnet – Love Comes Running Up That Hill Quickly
• Pet Shop Boys – You Know Where You Went Wrong
• Pet Shop Boys – Two Divided by Zero
• Xam – West End Jump
• Flight Of The Conchords.- Inner City Pressure
• Junobot – What Have I Done To Deserve This
• Pet Shop Boys – Paninaro ‘95
• Electronic – Disappointed
• judgedreadfull – don’t drop the washing up
• Yoko Ono – Walking On Thin Ice (Pet Shop Boys Electro Mix)
• Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin (DreamTime Mix v2.0)
• Pet Shop Boys – Left To My Own Devices
• Pet Shop Boys – In Private (7″ mix)
• Pet Shop Boys – Sodom (Trentmoller remix)
• Pet Shop Boys – Psychological (alter ego remix)
• Pet Shop Boys – Yesterday, When I Was Mad
• 10000 Spoons – Polyminimal-C
• Pet Shop Boys – Shopping
• Carter USM – Rent (Pet Shop Boys)
• Pet Shop Boys – We All Feel Better In the Dark
• Pet Shop Boys – I Want A Dog
• KLF vs PSB – So Hard
• Pet Shop Boys – DJ Culture
• Pet Shop Boys – How I Learned To Hate Rock ‘n’ Roll
• Pet Shop Boys – Party Song
• Pet Shop Boys – A Red Letter Day
• Pet Shop Boys – Go West
• Pet Shop Boys – To Speak Is A Sin
• Pet Shop Boys – Tall Thin Men (Demo)

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Once upon a time, there was a little powercut in San Francisco…

Why should I care you say?

Well seeing that one powercut can wipe out Livejournal, Second Life, Craigslist, Technorati, Typepad…the list goes on, you wonder why in this apparent age of Web 2.0 these systems are still susceptible to one fatal flaw – location. (actually just read up on the Technorati site and their site did have co-location but the generators went down).

So I’m supposed to set up virtual business and entrust more of my data to these people, in this shiny new world of online applications and environments? You know Google, GMail, LJ, SL et al…

Not until they all have backups, and alternate servers in other parts of the world, I won’t.

Ok for those of you getting the jitters from not being able to get onto LJ/SL et al, watch this: