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Internet Memorial Audio Beef Today. No clever summary line or picture.

A recent comment on this old post about Liquid Cop reminded me of an update I've been meaning to post for a long time. This is the first time I've done something like this, so I hope this post is properly respectful.

Here's what I said in that original post :

Liquid Cop is an enigma wrapped inside a mystery wrapped inside the Bay Area. According to this page full of CD-R treats at Aquarius Records he is from San Francisco, but I can assure you he is flying deep under the rader here. That's why he doesn't have a web page link... he doesn't have a web page.

It's a shame, because his album Data So Nice I Saved It Twice is one of my top ten of 2003.

I regret to inform you that my best friend, Kevin Rearden aka Liquid Cop, is no longer with us. He passed away last February at the age of 35. He was a pure genius to me. He allowed me the honor to design his CD Cover for "TheClearAlbumEP". He is my inspiration for making music myself. I actually wrote the original track for "webcam girl" when it was called "silent". Leave it to Kevin to freak it with some moan and groans and give us what he did. He made music for about 5-6 years. He used very few programs to do his music. I think it was just sound forge or something. I work on a mac so i'm not sure exactly. He worked on an old PC. He was not one for fancy gimmicks. Just record your hand hitting the desk and call it a base drum. Slam a cabinet call it a snare. That kind of guy. He was all about having fun in his music.

Actually he was just about having fun in life. Lord knows we had some good times. Kevin used to come to my house in the Mission every Saturday morning, smoke a joint, watch a little kung-fu, and make beats for the next few hours. He was so much fun to work with. He did not care about what samples were in it, cuz it's not about money to him. If he got sued, that would mean he hade made it to the mainstream, and if someone wanted to use his beats it would become their problem to get it cleared. He blatantly used metallica samples as a big fuck you to the industry and the overpaid bitches within that industry. He was the fuckin MAN. I really miss him, and I am glad that someone else out there got a chance to hear his genius.

hope this helps answer some questions. If you have anymore questions, please don't hesitate to ask. These things help keep his legacy alive.

Chris Davis
aka HiGRADE, QRIS24, WASABIONE, THE LAST TREE

We here at Nuclear Beef offer our sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of Mr. Rearden. We offer this post as an internet memorial to a talented individual whom the world lost too soon. We have posted his song 'My Neighbor Sidney Is From Brazil' as an audio tribute to his musical legacy. May he rest in peace.

(I have also contacted Aquarius records about finding a CD quality copy of this album, for archival purposes. If anyone out there has a copy that they'd be willing to encode lossless, I can provide archive space. It'd be a shame for this album to be lost to history. email to nuclearbeef at gmail dot com.)

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New School No-Wave Lo-Fi Hi-Fi Audio Beef Today. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone and Prince ruminate on sadness.

There's a new Casiotone album coming out, and a few new releases are available at his recent live shows. Unfortunately for most people, he recently moved to Chicago and isn't going on tour again for a while. The new stuff drops at retail next Tuesday, but The Beef brings it to you today. (Yes, yes, I know that Young Shields and the new album are on P2P, but I actually bought this music. I went out and sourced something unique, which hasn't been posted already by 6000 mp3 bloggers. Imagine that!)

The first track is from an odd little CDEP, which collects a new track, two previously vinyl-only remixes and... this weird little cover of 'When You Were Mine,' a classic Prince B-side. I like Casiotone and I like Prince.. is it any surprise that I like Casiotone covering Prince? This track showcases the semi-gloss shine of the new Casiotone sound. He implied at a recent show that his record company had sent him some cash and hardware and it's clear he's been busy putting it to good use. You're not going to mistake this record for anyone else, but this cover and the new tracks he played at the live show indicate that he's definitely taking things to the next level.

'The Only Way To Cry' is a short songlet of classic Casiotone. A clever lyric and a dirt simple melody. Loverly. It's from a 7" on brand-spanking new Stationary (Heart) Records. This 7" is split with 3 tracks each from Fox Pause and Casiotone. According to their website, it's limited to 350 copies so you should hurry if that's your sort of thing. Personally I wish people would stop issuing music on vinyl. Fuck vinyl to death. Note the awesome scratches and pops on this BRAND NEW, NEVER BEFORE PLAYED 7". Oooh yeah, vinyl is awesome.

(Shouts out to Cinnacism and Cdub, who dig Casiotone. Also shouts out to Liza, who digs Prince covers.)

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Ok, so it's half past midnight and I don't feel like thinking up a post title. The title doesn't really matter anyway, does it?

Because I've got some more Kari Byron Pics!

Here's Kari with a mischevious smile and a stripedy shirt. I'm not sure what episode this is from, but this is a bit of a different hairstyle and color for her. Nice!

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And here she is in that same yellow shirt from the car pancake episode. This is from the scene where her and Tory are buying the big rigs.

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Enjoy! And remember, obscene comments will be junked. Please don't waste your time or mine!

(I'm sorry for the delay, but I was hoping that some of the people who responded to my last plea for help would have picked some Kari Pics out for you all. Unfortunately, that didn't really pan out... probably because it took me so long to set everything up and mail everyone back. So, if there are those among you many Kari Byron fans who really have what it takes to wade through thousands of screenshots and providing them to me in a reasonable fashion... please email me at nuclearbeef AT gmail D0t com. Shouts out to Anthony V, who is down with Kari Byron.)

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Spoken Word Gulf War Audio Beef Today. Ice-T leaves it out on that note.

("I want to shoot you so bad... my dick is hard!")

I'm back, baby. I've been off doing various things which I find more essential and rewarding than entertaining random people on the internet. But you know... the motherfucking party doesn't stop. You can't stop the Beef Rush.

This album was completed on January 15th, 1991
By now, the war has probably started
And a whole bunch of people have probably died out there in the desert
Over some bullshit
There's a war going on right now in my neighborhood
But I really can't determine which one is worse
I think the one we're all fighting is fucked up
And that's the war inside our brains, you know?

It should go without saying that we here at The Beef do not necessarily agree with or endorse Ice-T's view on the first Gulf War. I do agree with him about one thing, though.. Fuck Tipper Gore.

I know that at least half of my readers only come here for pics of nerdy TV hottie Kari Byron, and that's dispiriting sometimes. But maybe some of you guys occasionally look at the other quality Beef which we here at Nuclear Beef strive to provide. Sure, the only people who ever comment about the music are people I know personally, but they're cool people and they have good taste in music. What more could a blog-guy ask for?

This post marks my 100th Music Audio Beef post, and what a weird ass journey it's been.

I've posted more than a few historical musical political oddities lately. I've also been branching out into weird (occasionally cheesy) electronic music, music which I wish I could post 10x as much as my free time allows. But the Good Lord knows that I'm a sucker for a well-written song by a well-respected songwriter. We've also done a few themed weeks to widespread indifference acclaim.

Many of the mp3 links in the above posts (the ones which haven't been wh0red by Russian mp3 indexing assholes) still work, so you should feel free to click around if you missed any Audio Beef. Thanks for visiting, even if you're only here for the Kari Byron pics. There will be more Beef to come, or my name's not C. Montgomery Burns Darwin. 2006 is the Year of Rip Fuel. What ever it is that you have to do this year, do it to it until the wheels come off.

(Extra special shoutouts to all of my friends out there. You know who you are.)

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