OMG. Another multiple days, another CB post of Kari Byron Pics here at The Beef.
These two pics are from the end credits of the "Bottle Flight" episode. Can't say I'm wild about the credits, but those are some pretty rockin' shades.
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(Those of you, including CB, who have contacted me about sorting more pics, I will be emailing you shortly. If any other obsessives want to help, nuclearbeef at gmai l dot dot d0t com.)
Here's two CB selected pics of Kari Byron smiling in the forest. Awesome.
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Wonder what that weird pink splotch on her cheek is. Could Kari be a moonlighting rodeo clown?
Minimal editorial content, all Kari all the time. Thanks to CB for picking these framegrabs out of the massive pile of frames I have.
I even wrote some perl to generate HTML for Kari posts, so Kari won't have wonder why there haven't been more updates!
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Kari, as she often does.. thinks this new arrangement RAWKS.
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(If anyone else wants to help pick pics, nuclearbeef AT gmail DOT DOT DOT COM)
Here's some Kari Byron Pics with not much commentary. I'm really busy lately, but I frequently want to blog, and that's almost the same thing, isn't it?
Kari doesn't understand why I don't update more often, either!
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What 'chu talkin' bout, darwin?
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(If anyone wants to help me sort Kari pics, I will post more of them. I have a kabillion screenshots, I just need the help. But though there are thousands of you, none seem willing to help. nuclearbeef AT gmail D0t com. Shouts out to my homies.)
TV Soundtrack Audio Beef Today. Hurley has killer Desert Island Discs.
ABC's 'Lost' is over for the season, people are wondering what's up with the spooky island with all the spooky stuff. They told us just enough stuff, mercilessly killed some folks, made up some more crazy crap and of course.. the cliffhanger ending. Here's a quick fix for those who appreciate the show, a Willie Nelson gem that Hurley listened to in the first season episode 'House of The Rising Sun.' It's a good thing that they found that crazy hatch because otherwise the producers wouldn't have been able to reference popular music after Hurley's walkman ran out of batteries!
This track is one of the demos that Willie Nelson recorded when he was under contract to Pamper Records. These versions are are frequently much better than those he would record later. When I first saw the episode and decided to post this song, I bought a 3CD European box set which had 'Are You Sure' and it was a multitrack electric 70s version. No thanks. This kind of thing, all you really need is Willie, a guitar and a load of tape hiss.
(Shouts out to all the Lost fanatics. You know who you are.)
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I'm really excited. I think these tests went extremely well. I mean, we found the butter zone : about one-third full is exactly what we need.The Hackers reference to the butter zone :
PHREAK : I'm sorry, we're sorry, just checking out your fly laptop!
NIKON : Yeah, it's hyped, you know... you're in the butter zone now, baby.
Is Kari Byron a fan of 'Hackers'? We report, you decide...
(Shouts go out to S. who is a fan of Hackers. Remember, no obscene comments about Kari. If any of you obsessives want to help me sort and post screencaps of Kari, please email nuclearbeef AT gmail.com. )
German Techno Pop Audio Beef Today. It takes five German guys produce... Einmusik.
Sometimes when I'm listening to my Winamp shuffle, I come across a song by an artist I've never heard. In the best cases, this random play opens a window into a whole new world. First, I find out who the artist is and what label they're on. I then start collecting their work and other material on associated labels until I hopefully have many new entries in my "favorite artists" list.
Other times, I hear a good song and discover that it's literally the only good song by the artist. This club track from German acts Coburn and Einmusik is one of those cases. I hunted down the rest of their work and none of it really had the same feel or excitement. I even listened to everything else on 'Great Stuff' Records and was disappointed to find that it all pretty much sucks!
How can I like a remix of artist whose music I don't like by another artist whose music I don't like? I'm confused, but I can report for certain that I do rather like this track.
'We Interrupt This Program' is a piece of Techno-Pop fluff which I'm sure went over huge in the German market. It would never in six billion years be played on American radio, because it's a loopy little club anthem with more energetic glitchy edits than editorial foundation. I suppose I've become addicted to glitch-pop in 2006, perhaps my mind is going soft but I increasingly find myself wanting to hear music that's stumbling over itself. It also doesn't hurt that the lead synth is a new-school rave hoover sound and that all of the breakdowns are well constructed. Solid choon all around, really, and designed for the peak hour dance floor.
Einmusik is a group made of three DJs, one each of whom plays Gabber, Drum And Bass and Techno. Unfortunately, that unique pedigree doesn't show in most of their relentlessly typical music. I suppose that the quality of this remix is another case of every dog having its day. Weird.
(Shouts out to Moebius Rex, who I think of when I rock out to this track. Also shouts out to my man man, none other than Charles Ives and the cdub who brought him into my life.)
DJ Data Corruption Classic Hip-Hop Remix Audio Beef Today. Data goes up against Grandmaster Flash on the magnetic wheels of steel.
DJ Data Corruption is my anthromorphized DJ homie, and his funky fresh remix styles keep coming. Today's selection is one of the true classics of hip-hop, which Data has given an ultra-modern Data Dada remix... while I wasn't looking. I'm tired of the original, but somehow this mix is refreshing. Maybe it's just that I love lyrics like "Used to be a FAG / living in a BAG" or "broken glass / don't care / everyWHERE" but I could listen to this all day. Or at least the eight minutes (!) that DJ Data Corruption has dedicated to this remix.
Hoo lawd, don't push him. He's close to the... edge!
(For those of you who are here for Kari Byron stuff, I promise I'll post some more pics soon. Until then, check out these two Kari videos which reader Matthieu posted on youtube! Thanks, and if anyone wants to help me sort Kari pics, it's still nuclearbeef AT gmail d0t com)
Long Overdue Forward Electronic Music Audio Beef Today. Daedelus denies the day's demise like a ninja and does some crazy dancing in Daly City.
'Samba Legrand'
from the forthcoming (May 2006) album Denies The Days Demise on Mush (US) and Ninja Tune (International)
Both tracks by Daedelus.
Behold, it is I, the Prodigal Beef. I have returned. This crazy 'real life' thing won't get the best of me!
Today's slices of Audio Beef come from Santa Monica experimentalist Daedelus. Longtime readers know that Daedelus is a Beef favorite because of the panache with which the man programs and performs his music. Most of all, his music reminds us that it's actually the twenty-first century... music is dead, long live music.
'Crazy Dancing' comes from a compilation on Mochipet's new Daly City Records label. It's an appropriately named mix of dancehall and IDM which is permeated with orchestral vibes. Like much of Daedelus' work, it has an almost-live feeling and a sense of humour that render the otherwise disjointed elements into a coherent whole. The samples evoke the early 20th century but the buzzsaw bassline is pure 2G-aughts. Downtempo meditation clashes with rave-style excitement and frantic transitions.
When I spoke with Daedelus at the Baby Godzilla record release party, he mentioned his love for 'Rave' music, and it definitely shows on Denies The Days Demise. 'Samba Lagrande' is a good example of an evolving style from a fearless Daedelus, a man who is clearly not pulling any punches. It also illustrates the Brazillian undercurrent which permeates the album. FM synths and video game sounds ride a chain-gang clap-step rhythm which sweeps and turns itself inside out and back again. By the time the towering anthemic vocoded bassline kicks in, it's clear to all in listening range that Daedelus has made an album with a measure of magic.
It's 2006, be on notice..
(Shouts out to my partner in crime and of course the cdubble, who enjoys herself some Daedelus. Kari Byron fans, I haven't forgotten about you. If there's anyone out there who actually wants to help me with the posting of pics, feel free to email nuclearbeef AT gmail d0t com)
Just Say No To Coke Audio Beef Today. Willie Rosario and Pato Banton share the wisdom of the ages with the hipsters of the aughts.
'Don't Sniff Coke' (DJ Data Corruption Remix)
by Pato Banton from his 1987 album Never Give In, remix by DJ Data Corruption.
Today's Audio Beef is a post I shouldn't have to make. Suffice it to say that I'm concerned with the degree to which my extended peer group of young hip folks is cavalierly playing around with cocaine. I mean, I know you guys think that you're so much smarter than that, but what do you think.. you're so much better than 80s stockbrokers?
This isn't a new story, as the smoking track from Latin music titan Willie Rosario attests. His track my be from 1968, but it's a clever Boogaloo story about the costs of messing with 'The Shining Knight and His Big White Horse.' A scorching vocal from Joe Cuba veteran Willie Torres makes it clear that people understood the risks in the late sixties. Two decades later, Pato Banton drops the science about the relative merits of sensimilla and the dread (no pun intended white powder. Two decades after that, this mp3 was corrupted while transferring and given a deluxe remix by DJ Data Corruption, my anthropomorphized DJ buddy. The extended DJ Data Corruption mix is eight minutes long and makes me laugh while also making it very very clear why you should not sniff coke, only burn the ganja.
Seriously, y'all. Check yourself before you wreck yourself. That's my word.
(Shouts out to the smokers crew. All tight.)