Music

Music is a necessity. Though I focus mostly on alternative/industrial/EBM/electronic styles, my tastes are eclectic and wide-ranging.

[From Usenet: 7.19.98 2300]

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[Note: This was originally a post to the alt.music.nin Usenet newsgroup. I’m including it here for completeness. Originally archived here.]

Hmmm…

Curious…are there any amninnies (did I get that right…?) other than me up here in Alaska? I’ve been lurking around this newsgroup for probably about five years now, and am more and more curious about whether or not any of the names I see here either live or visit this frozen wasteland. So far the closest I’ve known of is finding out that Robin’s got family up here, but as I’ve yet to spot the only other heater t-shirt I know of it the state, I haven’t found her yet. Gets kind of boring up here…the general population of Anchorage is pretty uninteresting.

Hm. I know…as soon as I win the lottery (y’know, Ed McMahon knocking on my door and all that shit), I’ll see about taking over a local hotel and hosting a nincon up here just for shits and giggles…unleash all of you on the local population. It’s a fun thought…hell, it’d be funny as hell to sic a bunch of ninnies on the club I dj at — most of the kids there think that nin started with closer and marilyn manson are the height of being gothic. Ah, well, so it goes…I’ll escape from this place eventually.

Anyway, enough late night (early morning?) babble for now.

Laters…

[From Usenet: 7.11.98 2300]

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[Note: This was originally a post to the alt.music.techno Usenet newsgroup. I’m including it here for completeness. Originally archived here.]

In article <6o3jrq$v4...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, joey...@hotmail.com wrote:

There is this old but good song back in 1992 I believe. It is a techno song or techno rave song with a woman singing….

“its a fine day people are ……” It has a suzanne vega beat and hard techno hits…The only words I remember is “ITS A FINE DAY…” PEOPLE ARE STILL SOMETHING?????

My guess would be either Orbital’s Halcyon (or Halcyon & On & On, same music, just a voxless dub), or from what I understand they took the vocal sample from a song by Opus3. Never caught the name of the Opus3 track, however.

It’s a fine day, people open windows, they leave their houses, just for a short while….it’s going to be a fine night tonight, it’s going to be a fine day tomorrow…etc.

[From Usenet: 6.4.98 2300]

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[Note: This was originally a post to the alt.music.makers.dj Usenet newsgroup. I’m including it here for completeness. Originally archived here.]

This may easily be a blatant newbie question, but…well, having just found this newsgroup, I guess I’m a newbie. So, bear with me, or possibly point me to a FAQ (should such exist).

Anyway…

I’ve been dj’ing up here in Anchorage, Alaska at various clubs for about five years now. Unfortunately, Alaska tends to run about (at least) two years behind the times in just about everything, especially music. Bleah.

So…I’m wondering if anyone has any pointers or tips as far as getting on any label promotional mailing lists (pre-release promo singles, etc.). It’s hard enough weeding through what new music we get up here to find the stuff worth spending the money on…freebies could be a major benefit. Plus, it’d be cool…

The current club I work at (Gig’s Music Theatre – http://www.alaska.net/~woody/gigs/ ) encompasses a fairly wide range of music (just about anything except country, rap, top-40, and hip-hop), but has lately been leaning much more towards the dance/progressive/house scene (no complaints here!), if that makes a difference.

Any info would be greatly appreciated…feel free to reply here, or use my email address at the bottom of this post. Thanks in advance!

Oh…and just to butt in on another thread…I learned beatmatching on the Pioneer CDJ’s (500’s, I believe), have used a couple Denon models, and currently use (at the club) a Numark (Denon ripoff). Having learned on the Pioneers, I prefer those (even though I’ve never tried dj’ing from vinyl), but have also found the Denon mixers quite useable. Even the Numark isn’t too bad, once you get used to having to constantly compensate for the lack of instant start (argh!). My feelings on the whole thread…try and get the opportunity to use both styles, you’ll get a feel for what you like. And if you can’t afford what you like…hell, if it works, get it! More money will come later, if things go well….

[From Usenet: 2.6.97 0000]

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In article <01bc13dc$785fac00$4b2774cf@mgross>, “SB” <sbarr...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> > I know a place that supposedly has the The Perfect Drug promo CD for $15. Is it worth buying? Does it have any tracks that won’t be on the Lost Highway soundtrack coming out in 2 weeks?
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> do you want it? then it’s worth buying.

What if it cost a hundred bucks. What if it cost a thousand. One may want it, but that doesn’t mean it’s worth buying.

Discarding the philosophical ramblings being touched on here, I’d say…no. If it’s the same promo CD i’ve got (friend at a music store gave it to me), it’s only got two tracks. TPD, and a shorter version for radio stations that don’t like songs over 5 minutes. I wouldn’t pay the $15 for that…

[From the archives: 1.21.96 0639]

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[Note: This was originally written back when I was hand-coding my pages. Original entry is here.]

I actually have been doing some occasional work on my pages lately, just haven’t done much in the way of recording it here, just because few of them have been very major. The one major thing is that I’ve worked my ‘shameless promotion’ page into a changing schedule of things going on at the two clubs I’m dj’ing at, The Lost Abbey and Gig’s Music Theatre. Added a © notification to A Fable For Our Times, after the author got in touch with me and told me it was a copywritten work. He did let me keep it around, though, which I’m very grateful for…it’s a piece I really enjoy. I’ve also gotten submissions for a couple more people for my Web-Wide Woody’s page, and will be putting those in later tonight. Quite honestly, working on keeping myself awake for the next few hours. (grin) Ah, well. That’s it for now, then.

[From Usenet: 12.22.95 0000]

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[Note: This was originally a post to the rec.music.industrial Usenet newsgroup. I’m including it here for completeness. Originally archived here.]

In article <4ba65d$...@news.cc.utah.edu>, aam7...@cc.utah.edu (Alan Moss) wrote:

If anyone out there has a copy of Front 242’s Angels vs. Animals they would like to sell, please e-mail me.

If you can find a local Camelot records (I don’t know how big the chain is), ask if they can get it. That’s where I found mine, believe it or not, about two weeks ago…and earlier in the week, I saw that they had another copy out on the shelves. I was impressed.

Oh…sweet disc, too. Sorry, I’m holding onto this one. Especially track 8, L’ange Moderne.

Just how rare is this thing, anyway?

[From Usenet 8.13.95 2300]

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[Note: This was originally a post to the rec.music.industrial Usenet newsgroup. I’m including it here for completeness. Originally archived here.]

just wondering if theres anybody out there in alaska specifically fairbanks….
and if so is there anyplace to get, see, or hear good music…..
i will be moving there sometime in september…….
wow from sunny florida to cold ass alaska, what a change….
oh well, thanx for any info…..

Well, afraid I don’t know anything about Fairbanks, it’s been years since I’ve made it up there. Admittedly, haven’t been in any hurry…

Down here in Anchorage, about the best place to find anything is at Mammoth Music. They’ve got two locations for new cd’s/tapes, one musical instrument store, and one used-cd store. Always have a good selection, and can generally get ton’s of imports and rare stuff that can be hard to get anywhere else. Apparently companies think Alaska’s so out of it, they all send their stuff to us, so we get more than other places can. Not a bad setup…. I don’t know quite how this site is doing, it was seriously under construction last time I checked, but they’re working on putting up a WWW site…try:

http://mammoth.alaska.net/

…and see what you get.

[From Usenet: 8.13.95 2300]

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In article <DD7JG7.586.0.qu...@torfree.net>, bm...@torfree.net (Coire Cadeau) wrote:

Stupid question: There was this song that had an industrial feel to it that I heard at a club last night… The only words I remember weren’t english, but they were something like: “Ich bin ein hauslander” (forgive me… I don’t speak german. That was just a phonetic attempt.) Has anybody heard this song? What’s it called and who does it?

Pop Will Eat Itself, “Ich bin ein Auslander,” off of Dos Deidos mi Amigos.
Sweet album…lots of good stuff.

[From Usenet 8.7.95 2300]

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In article <3vt1c9$...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, mtra...@aol.com (MTRACKS) wrote:

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Okay…I bit. So, what’s the deal? Doing an alternative/industrial all-ages club up here in Anchorage, but it can be hard to get new stuff…. Thing is, some of the stuff you had mentioned in an earlier post wasn’t all that new, wasn’t sure if I should reply or not.

  • all good girls – die warzau – have this on the WaxTrax “Afterburn” sampler
  • hit n run holiday – thrill kill kult – Flintstones soundtrack…
  • language of reality – die krupps (clouser rmx) – this caught my eye…would this be the Charlie Clouser working with nine inch nails now? He does do good work…
  • out comes the evil – lords of acid – good track, but “Voodoo-U”‘s been out for a while…

Anyway, am interested in more info, at least…