by Matt | Jul 9, 2001 | Imported Entry
I’ve found the greatest techno cd of the year. Lemme give you the set up. I had taken the time to weed out all my old cds in hopes of getting a few bucks for them at Newbury Comics. I headed into Nashua and handed them over to see what I could get for them. While I was waiting for the grand total (which was going to be about $30) I wondered around looking for new cds to buy. I asked one of the associates if the new Darren Emerson was in yet. Unfortunatly it wasn’t, but as I was turning around he started putting a new cd out on the shelf. I asked him what it was and he said it was the new Darude album and that it had come in that morning. Now, I had used a track from Darude (“feel the beat”) in my first mix this spring and was seriously considering using another of their tracks in my next mix (which is almost done btw). So, I snagged a copy, figuring it wouldn’t be too bad and might tide me over till Darren Emerson came in. I also snagged a copy of Seb Fontaine – Resident @ Cream, which is also good, but that’s only a side note. So, after finishing up a Newbury’s I jumped in the car and headed home. I stuck in Darude as I was rounding the bend onto rt3. The first track “SandStorm” was the one I was going to use in my upcoming mix, but here it was, in all it’s unmixed, original glory. After that came “Burning” and “Feel the Beat” which I had previously used. What followed quickly made my jaw drop. 11 tracks of beautiful, mind melting, deep progressive trance, the likes of which I haven’t felt in years. The last time I was this impressed with an album was 4 years ago with Propellerhead and their first cd. Chris, I know you’re looking for that next big leap in music, well, here it is. I was seriously considering pulling the car over and dancing right there on the side of the road. This disk is freakin’ amazing. It is easily within my top 5 cds of all time and I’ve only just started listening to it. If you like techno in the least, you NEED this disk. Go get it now. I’m not joking, what are you doing still in front of your computer? Ladies and Gentlemen, the best thing to happen to techno since the British… Darude, “Before the Storm”. I’ve got to go listen again. Later.
Current mood: In trance heaven! 
by Matt | Jul 8, 2001 | Imported Entry
Well, I’m bored out of my skull. This afternoon, I took stock of my CD collection, weeded out the ones I never listen to and plan on going down to Newbury Comics tomorrow and trading them all in. There’s so many CDs I want, it makes sense to get rid of what I don’t use in order to help pay for them. I’ve got about 30 I don’t really want anymore so I hope I can at least get a buck or two for them. Even that will get me at least one CD. Kind of a sucky ratio though, but I’m assuming I can get more than a buck for a CD. Other than that I did a lot of sleeping today. I guess I’m still tired from the other night. Anyway, I didn’t get done what I wanted to. Maybe tomorrow. Then again, if tomorrow has better wheather, I’m going to go take pictures. We’ll see. Later.
Current Mood: Still Bored 
by Matt | Jul 8, 2001 | Imported Entry
File this under: “Feeling sorry for Austrailian kids.” By now I hope most people know about the different Blink 182 CD versions. Don’t worry if you haven’t, it took me a few to get it strait in my head as well. Ok, the deal is that there’s 4 versions of the CD. Red, Yellow, Green and Clean. R, Y & G are essentially the same but with each having two different bonus tracks (tracks 14 &15). The clean version is, well, just that. Instead of the nifty bonus tracks they have the “Man Overboard” music video. Which, if I remember correctly, was on the live CD as well. Anyway, everyone outside of the US, with the exception of Japan, gets stuck with weird half clean, half normal CD. They get the regular CD, which has obsenities but without the bonus stuff. Odd. I don’t pretend to understand music industry stuff like that. I just listen to the damn album. Ok, at any rate, its Sunday. Normally, since I have a large amount of time off of work, I would be out taking pictures, especially since I’ve got a project I should be doing. But, since it’s very cloudy and thunder showers are headed this way, I figured that wouldn’t be a good idea. So, today is an inside work day. I’m gonna poke around at some more graphics for this page and maybe take a whack at some Winamp 3 skins. After that, maybe I’ll see if Chris and Chip still want to see “Kiss of the Dragon.” Please note, I wouldn’t normally waste my money on movies I know are going to be crappy, but I’m bored out of my mind at the moment. Ok, pixels await. Later.
Current Mood: Bored.
by Matt | Jul 7, 2001 | Imported Entry
WOOOOOO! That show was freaking awesome! I’ve got so many things to share. We started the day by picking up Brent, driving down rt3, down i95 and 93 into Boston and parked in Copley square. We then went on a quest to find Chris some shoes. We walked the wrong way up Beacon Hill and ended up in Government Center. Which was ok since we needed food anyway and were near Quincy Market. After some good food we took the T back to Copley and started walking the other way towards New Balance for Chris. My ancle was hurting a lot (after twisting it) so me and Brent sat on a bench about half way there and waited for Chris to get back. After a little while, Chris got back with some new shoes and we headed back to the car to drop them off. After that we sat around for a few hours and waited for Avalon to open. At 10 doors opened and we wondered in. The place was completely empty for at least the first half hour or so which left me and Brent time to try the Oxygen Bar, which in case you don’t know, is just flavored oxygen. It doesn’t really do anything for you, it has the same effect as drinking a cup of tea. It just kind of relaxes you a little. The house DJ was still spinning and was pretty crappy and it took a while for him to get into a groove. After that the place started filling up and by 11 it was getting pretty full. Around 11:45 we wondered upstairs and stood 3 feet away from the DJ booth and watched as Darren Emerson came in. He started off his set and the house exploded. We then went down to the floor and danced the night away, two and a half hours on our feet, rockin’ to the house. It was great, it was exactly what I needed. My feet are absolutely killing me and I couldn’t be happier. So, after that, we headed home, back down the highway and I went strait to bed. I wish I could describe the experience to you, its great, letting the music completely take control. I’ve never had that experience at anything other than a club/rave. Not at a rock show, not at a concert, only at something like this. And Darren Emerson certainly didn’t disappoint: moving the floor with some kick ass tracks. Spectacular. And for anything interesting that’s going on today, I’m heading (back) into Boston to pick up my brother whos coming in from Sydney. Also, I got word from Karl (monaux) that I can use those kick ass emotion icons, which was very nice of him, I appreciate that. So, that’s about it. I had a great night and can’t wait to do it again at Area One and Paul Van Dyke later this summer. Later.
Current Mood: Freakin’ Great! 
by Matt | Jul 6, 2001 | Imported Entry
Well, today is the Darren Emerson show. We’ll probably leave around 12-12:30, meet Brent and then head into Boston. It’ll be kinda weird to hang out with Brent for the day, usually I keep a seperation between work and home (friends), so this will be one of the few times I hang out with someone from work when I’m not AT work. Of course, going with Chris will be great, we usually have a good time at concerts and such. Ok, well, I’m going to grab up a few rolls of film and clean the car out a little. I’ll tell ya how the concert goes at some point tomorrow. Later.
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