A common downside to static websites (like this one) is that there's no
easy way to handle user interaction. Comments, likes, trackback /
pingback / mention, etc. . A bunch of third-party systems exist that
solve this problem, the most popular probably being Disqus.
Disqus relies on browser javascript (which I strongly dislike) and has a
rocky history with user privacy, so it's not something I'm
willing to use. Most of the other comment systems available also require
javascript so, again, not willing to use.
But I still kind of want a way for visitors to leave comments and,
more broadly, for my site to interact with other websites. Enter the
IndieWeb community of web developers and their associated
standards and projects, notably Webmentions.
Doing some music shopping today and found the Bassbin Twins bandcamp page. Picked up the Beats Are King EP.
Paging @b.@t.z. , you might be interested in this, new Bassbin Twins in the classic style.
Posting 226 early so I can sleep. Not my best work - a couple transitions are kinda badly phrased but otherwise it's OK. I dunno.
I'm happy I got to dig out my copy of Terran Invasion of Alpha Centauri Year 2794.
MTT 226 / Island Platform https://djcev.com/2021/06/mtt-226-island-platform/
This week's DJ mix. Slow, heavy, murky, sludgy stuff. Ambient, downtempo, and dub. Features tracks by Automaton (AKA Bill Laswell), Secret Frequency Crew, Skull, We™, and more.
Watching Death Guild at DNA Lounge from home tonight. It's really going off - good music selection, good crowd.
I need to get out and go dancing soon.
And now that that's done I'm going to take a break and chomp on some garlic bread. Try not to think of all the wrong words I just lined up.
MTT 225 / Nobody Home https://djcev.com/2021/06/mtt-225-nobody-home/
A bit melancholy and relaxed this week. #electro and IDM at around 120. Features new tracks by Dez Williams, Mariska Neerman, R 325, Silicon Scally, and Vertical67.
An hour of relaxed melancholic electro and IDM floating around 120 BPM.
This set features new tracks from Brokntoys, CPU Records,
and another piece from Mariska Neerman's Finding Our Way Back Home EP.
This mix is no longer available for download from this website. It is
however available at mixcloud.
These longer daylight hours as we head into summer are messing with my perception of time.
I might be a little late uploading / announcing tonight's mix. I didn't start recording until 5:30 PM.
I went to the arcade tonight for the first time in over a year. Just got home.
Feels... different. Confusing. Not sure what to make of it yet.
Not my best work, but serviceable. I should've let Last Transport by Sonar Base run a little longer.
The tracks are all good, and I didn't get in the way too much. That's what matters.
MTT 224 / Out At Night https://djcev.com/2021/06/mtt-224-out-at-night/
A mix of spacey electro at ~130, mostly old familiar stuff. Features new tracks from Silicon Scally (from his new Revelations EP on CPU), London Modular Alliance (from their new Cracked Dice EP also on CPU), and Mariska Neerman (from her EP on HC Records).
Playing mostly familiar tracks this week, although there are a couple new
ones. Electro, standard 130, spacey stuff. New music from
Silicon Scally's Revelations EP on CPU,
London Modular Alliance's Cracked Dice EP also on CPU, and
Mariska Neerman's Finding Our Way Back Home EP on HC Records.
This mix is no longer available for download from this website. It is
however available at mixcloud.
CW: post-pandemic anxiety
I'm vaccinated now, so I'll be there at GK to say hi to friends (hopefully I can get in - limited capacity).
I have complicated and confusing feelings about all this. About the transition into a post-pandemic world. I'm not ready to return to "normal"; I don't think I can return to "normal". Too much has happened.
Ground Kontrol Arcade posted to their twitter account today that they'll start reopening next week Wednesday 6/16. I really hope it goes well.
Very happy to report that the Raspberry Pi 400 works great as a DVS system running xwax using the standard raspbian install.
I hooked up a screen and an audio interface (an M-Audio Conectiv Synchroscience), turned off bluetooth, and installed xwax via the add/remove software dialog. (xwax is in the default software repos).
No dropouts or problems I noticed. Timecode sources were a 1200 with Serato CV 2.5 and a Denon S-5000 with the Serato Control CD 1.0.
MTT 223 / Crossed Mind https://djcev.com/2021/06/mtt-223-crossed-mind/
This week's mix. A bit of #electro , a bit of #techno , a bit of technobass. Features new tracks from CYWU, DJ Di'jital, dvidevat and nulla (on #kamizdat), a newly remastered piece from Southern Outpost, and a bunch of old favorites.
Electro, techno; Technobass. This mix features new music by
Dvidevat, Nulla, and DJ Di'jital as well as a newly
remastered track from the excellent label Southern Outpost.
This mix is no longer available for download from this website. It is
however available at mixcloud.
It's been a long time since I've played "Cyber Vision" by Andy Dux & Bombing F and now I remember why.
It cooks my ears. Super loud buzzy track.
